ASCFG Farm Tours

Attending an ASCFG Farm Tour helps you learn real-world production strategies and connect directly with fellow flower farmers. 

• Peer Knowledge Sharing: See firsthand how host farms handle daily operations, crew structures, and efficient task completion.
• Production Insights: Discover specific crop selections, high-performing variety trials, color palettes, and seasonal planning methods.
• Business Inspiration: Gain practical ideas for value-added offerings, sales outlets, agritourism, and infrastructure improvements.
• Sustainability Strategies: Explore organic growing, no-till methods, high-tunnel use, and pollinator habitat creation.
• Networking: Build relationships during farm walks, panel discussions, and grower meetups. 

Watch this video to see a farm tour in action!

 Thank you to all of our generous 2026 Farm Tour Hosts and Sponsors!

Tulip Farm Red Deer

Hosts: Michelle Elston
Carlisle, PA 

Event Overview: Roots Cut Flower Farm, home of ASCFG Treasurer Michelle Elston, is a sustainable cut-flower farm in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, growing seasonal blooms for grocery bouquets, bulk “party buckets,” and subscription services. Roots specializes in the production and sale of field-grown hot annuals, with no heated greenhouse space. They produce nearly 30,000 supermarket bouquets annually on about six acres of land. This exciting farm tour will provide a thorough overview of the production systems currently in place at the farm, highlighting most productive and vigorous varieties. Both tour groups will gather together for a lunchtime panel discussion with Maggie Taylor of Delight Flower Farm, Laura Beth Resnick of Butterbee Farm, and Michelle from Roots They will discuss crew structure, crew management and efficient task completion on teams. Farmer meetups are planned for both Thursday and Friday evenings; stay tuned for locations and times. 

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August 18 2026

Ganden Gardens

Host: Nancy Jordan and Katrina Jordan
Winchester, ON

Event Overview: Farm Tour & Floral Design Workshop.

Morning: Tour Ganden Gardens

Ganden Gardens, a family-run flower farm operated by mother and daughter, Nancy Jordan and Katrina Blackburn. They cultivate specialty cut flowers across more than five acres of a stunning thirty-acre property. Over nearly four decades, they have turned former hay fields into a distinctive farm that blends traditional cut-flower fields with extensive perennial beds, woody shrubs, and trees. With a focus on sustainability and beauty, they provide bouquet subscriptions, edible flowers, and host workshops and events. The farm stands out by focusing on unique blooms that go beyond the offerings of typical florists.

With decades of experience in the landscaping industry, they will share their secrets for maintaining properties and gardens, and demonstrate how they extend their landscape aesthetic into their production fields.

Afternoon: Floral Design Workshop—Creating Tabletop Meadows

In the afternoon, Katrina will lead a floral design workshop. Going beyond typical arrangements and emphasizing sustainable methods, participants will learn to create a whimsical “tabletop meadow.” Katrina will highlight the design’s flexibility, showing how it can be used en masse to create a wedding ceremony aisle and then easily transformed into table centrepieces for the reception.

Katrina is the lead designer at Ganden Gardens, where she crafts original floral arrangements for restaurants, weddings, and events. She has studied with Jennie Love, Ji-Seon of Solemoon Studio, Marc Sardi, and Phillipa Craddock, among others. Additionally, she has assisted several internationally renowned floral designers in hosting design workshops at their farm near Ottawa.

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August 25, 2026

Charles Little & Company

Hosts: Charles and Bethany Little
Eugene, OR 

Event Overview: Join a guided farm tour at Charles Little & Company in Eugene, Oregon, where you’ll walk through acres of specialty‑cut flowers, foliage, and ornamental crops grown in rich Willamette Valley soil. Attendees will learn how the farm operates seasonally, with clip‑your‑own (U‑Pick) fields, a flower barn and farm‑stand, and an emphasis on field‑grown, non‑forced blooms. This program will be a full day farm tour, with the morning tour of the fields led by Charles Little and an afternoon tour of the farm infrastructure led by Bethany Little. 

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September 30, 2026

3 Porch Farm

Event Overview: 3 Porch Farm is a small, sustainable flower farm in Comer, Georgia, cultivating seasonal cut flowers with eco-friendly practices. Guided by the motto “Principles before Profit,” owners Steve and Mandy O’Shea emphasize organic growing methods, solar-powered operations, and a strong commitment to community and workers, offering fresh blooms and artisan goods through their farm store. During this half day tour, attendees will learn about growing dahlias in the South and will receive a tour of the farm’s operations and sustainability programs. 

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Host: Daniel Schavey
Piedmont, SC 

Event Overview: Petal Pickers Flower Co., founded in 2017 and based near Greenville/Piedmont, South Carolina, is a vibrant specialty‑cut flower farm that embraces heirloom varieties, fragrance, and seasonal drama. Farm‑owner Daniel Schavey and his team cultivate fields of dahlias, ranunculus, lisianthus, and other expressive stems, with a mission to grow blooms that linger in the vase and tell a story. They supply retail and wholesale florists, offer bouquet subscriptions, and ship fresh seasonal bouquets nationwide. Attendees will tour the farm and learn about the operations in this full day farm tour. 

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