About The River

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Yerke Greenhouses ~ Mukwonago, Wisconsin

 Yerke Greenhouses

Yerke Greenhouses in Mukwonago, Wisconsin the home of Gail Yerke who sells fresh Cottage Garden Bouquets.  I was blessed with an outing to meet her and tour her business.


 The following garden are her annual flowers plants for summer bouquets.


 Taking a tour of the grounds.


 I loved this idea.


 Yerke Greenhouses
Family Owned and Growing 
Since 1869


 Red!


 Ferns, one of my favorite.


Herbs and more.

Thank you for coming along with me.
Wishing you a great weekend!
 

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Back to Heritiage Flower Farm


 This past week, I went back to Heritage Flower Farm to see it in bloom.
Beautiful flowers and fun added touches in the gardens.
Heritage Flower Farm is an award - winning nursery devoted to finding, growing and preserving heirloom plants.


 Betty, who is the owner of Heritage Flower Farm, sells at Farmer Markets as well. 
I met with her in April to get some ideas for market.
In April plants where just starting to pop up.  I knew I wanted to go back when the gardens where in full bloom.


 My Aunt Sally and Aunt Sharon both joined me.
And to my surprise, Betty had planned for me to meet her best friend Gail.
Gail is the owner operator of Yerke Greenhouses and she sells Cottage Garden Bouquets at the Milwaukee market. Betty thought Gail would be able to help me with ideas, share her tricks of the trade and talk bouquets.


 Betty took us to lunch at a fun restaurant called Wildflower Cafe.


 I was blessed with the knowledge that both women shared with me.
It was great fun to talk flowers and share stories about heading to the market.
I am so thankful to Betty for thinking of me in such a way to meet Gail and be able to ask her so many questions. It was a wonderful surprise.



 All of the following photos are from Heritage Flower Farm.
Thursday,  I will share more about Gail and her flower business, Yerke Greenhouse.



Tuesday, June 28, 2016

American Flowers Week

I am back!
Thank you for all the well wishes for my trip to meet up with Betty of Heritage Flower Farm. I am happy to report the trip had a surprise twist to it. A good surprise! I will tell you all about it Wednesday and Thursday right here at The River.

In the mean time, this week is American Flowers Week!

Celebrating American Grown Flowers in all 50 States!


I am also going to start to participate in Joy List Monday.
My blog buddy Anne at My Giant Strawberry
She started Joy List Monday to help us remember to stop and pay attention to the little beauties and graces that make life magical and to set aside time for gratitude each day!
I love the idea. 

My list for this week.
* Making new friends at the Farmers Market. We have a fun group of us that set up each week, brave the weather and give each other a helping hand when things go wrong.
* Fresh Wisconsin Strawberries...my boys still enjoy going strawberry picking with me, I am so thankful.
* My garden...fresh radish and lettuce.
*My road trip went well. Yay!
*Enjoying infused water. I made a batch of rhubarb and it was yummy. I just made strawberry. Next on tap is strawberry/mint.

Do you have a favorite infused water?