1. Home
  2. Critters

Critters

November 15, 2024

Goodbye, Lucky Duck

It’s with heavy hearts that we share the news: Our beloved Lucky Duck has flown off to the great duck pond in the sky. For those of you who’ve visited Bees N Blooms, you may have met Lucky—often found mingling with the chickens in the chicken pen. Lucky’s journey began in the spring of 2018, […]

Critters, Farm News
June 10, 2022

Get Your Bloom On!

It sure feels like summer. The lavender labyrinth is in peak bloom, and a diversity of other flowers are blossoming now too! We're open next on June 11 and 12 from 10am-4pm, with musical guests Parlor Tricks ragtime band (Saturday) and Muleskinner Stomp bluegrass band (Sunday). Get your tickets online!   Admission is $20 per [...]
Critters, Events, Farm News, Labyrinth, Lavender
February 18, 2022

Monarch Butterflies—Citizen Science Opportunity

This week, we have a guest post from Emily Erickson, a graduate student in entomology (bugs!) at Tufts University in Boston. She is collaborating with Washington State University to get the word out about the Western Monarch Mystery Challenge, an initiative with the goal of monitoring monarch butterfly populations during the spring months following their [...]
Critters
April 3, 2021

Open-Farm This Easter Weekend

Spring has sprung! Come welcome in spring by sharing our first open-farm weekend here at Bees N Blooms, April 3 & 4 from 10am to 3pm. This is the weekend to get your organic tomato and pepper plant starts. We will also have organic ornamental flowers available as well. If you haven't already pre-ordered plants, [...]
Critters, Events, Farm News
February 22, 2021

The Promise of Spring

New beginnings are on the way as we welcome the arrival of Spring! Symbolizing this transition, we have baby plants growing in our nursery and baby geese growing in eggs on the farm. In preparation for spring and summer crops, we've started several different varieties of tomato and pepper plants that you can preorder here. [...]
Critters, Farm News, Flowers
January 26, 2021

Winter Season at Bees N Blooms

Happy New Year, 2021! Here at Bees N Blooms, we are ringing in the new year by distilling our lavender into oil and hydrosol, planting cover crops, and hatching baby geese. While closed during the winter months, we focus our efforts on processing the lavender buds harvested during peak summer months into our lovely organic [...]
Critters, Farm News, Lavender
October 12, 2020

Pop-Up Open Farm Weekend!

It's that time of year when pumpkins are harvested, corn mazes are happening, and tree leaves are changing colors. It's Fall! This weekend, we are opening our doors for our fall open-farm weekend, Saturday October 17th and Sunday October 18th, 10 AM to 3 PM. Come out to see the gorgeous flowers: Marigolds, Dahlias, Celosia, [...]
Critters, Farm News, Flowers, Labyrinth, Lavender
July 7, 2020

U-Cut Lavender Daze

For those who missed out on our Lavender U-Cut last weekend, or wish to come back for more, bee sure to join us again this upcoming weekend on Friday, July 10th and Sunday, July 12th. With the help of visitors last weekend, around 400 bunches of Grosso lavender was cut! That’s a whole bunch ;)  [...]
Critters, Events, Farm News, Lavender
June 17, 2020

Legs, tails, and wings…Oh my!

What’s new with the critters of Bees N Blooms What’s not to love about animals? Here at Bees N Blooms, we not only provide a healthy ecosystem for the wild and native species, we also integrate some domesticated animals into our farm family. Chickens, ducks, and Cotton-Patch Geese live here, assisting with our Integrated Pest [...]
Critters, Farm News