8:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. or 11:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
THE MORNING TOUR IS FULL.
See tour group details below

Host: Michelle Elston
Roots Cut Flower Farm
2428 Walnut Bottom Road
Carlisle, PA 17015

Limited to 100 attendees.
Registration Fee: Member rate $225, Non-member rate $275
Lunch is included

Farm Tour Registration Policy: Our farm tours are designed for attendees aged 18 and up. Infants and children are not permitted. However, we welcome older youth actively working on your farm. Please reach out to us directly to arrange their registration.

Event Overview:
Join a guided farm tour at Roots Cut Flower Farm. For each tour, owner Michelle Elston will walk attendees through Roots’ seven acres of production highlighting various production systems for field-grown annuals with little mechanization and lots of efficiency. She will highlight Roots’ top varieties of asters, celosia, gomphrena, sunflowers, marigolds, and more. Fertility, irrigation, weed control, planting methods, and harvest will all be covered.

A highlight of every farm tour is interacting with other flower farmers. To facilitate this interaction, both the morning and afternoon tour groups will converge midday at Linwood Estate, just two minutes from the farm.

At Linwood, we will gather for a lunch catered by Healthy You Catering and a panel discussion about team structures, hiring, employee management, and communication on teams. We are excited to welcome Maggie Taylor from Delight Flower Farm and Laura Beth Resnick of Butterbee Farm to join Michelle from Roots for this discussion. These three farms employ different strategies for labor (H2A, local workers, seasonal, part day, full day), yet all seek to offer a thriving, positive workplace for their team. Bring your questions!

TOUR OPTIONS:

Group 1:
THE MORNING TOUR IS FULL
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 Farm Tour
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch and Presentation at Linwood Estate just 5 minutes from the farm.

Group 2:
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch and Presentation at Linwood Estate just 5 minutes from the farm.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Farm Tour

Hotel Recommendations:

Lindwood Estate – 5 minutes from the farm, and the beautiful location of our lunch and panel discussion. View details via the link.
To reserve under Roots block, email [email protected] or call 717-317-7474.

Comfort Suites Downtown Carlisle – 15 min from the farm, located in downtown Carlisle

Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham – 15 min from the farm

Fairfield by Marriott Inn & Suites Carlisle – 10 min from the farm

Fallen Tree Farm Bed & Breakfast – 10 min from the farm

Stuart Manor Bed & Breakfast – 7 min from the farm