Flourish Organic Farms

05/24/2026

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05/12/2026

Please keep eyes open for this stolen trailer. It belongs to Red Bowl Salsa Company 🌶️🌶️🌶️

05/08/2026

As I walk the farm, I see, hear, and feel the beauty of the flowers around me. There is a quiet hum in the rows, a rhythm that shifts with the light, the weather, and the season. I am deeply moved by this beauty, and macro photography has become a way for me to slow down and truly witness it.

Flowers, especially fresh cut flowers, are fleeting by nature. Their beauty arrives, peaks, and fades — sometimes within days. Through macro photography, I can capture what might otherwise go unnoticed: the delicate folds of a petal, the texture of pollen, the way light settles into the center of a bloom. These images become a form of documentation, preserving a moment in time while honoring the flower’s life cycle.

As I spent time revisiting the full collection, I found myself continually drawn back to a handful of favorite captures — the ones that still feel alive, the ones that hold the light just a little longer. From those images, I printed a small batch and created handmade greeting cards.

Read more about this experience on my website www.flourishorganicfarms.com under the Journal tab.

This collection will be available in time for Mother’s Day

💖Keep Flourishing, Kari

05/07/2026

We’re loading up and rolling into to kick off the 2026 season to celebrate Moms!

We have intentionally curated a collection, with you in mind. I’m calling it, “Gifts of The Garden”.

If yo mamma loves flowers, trust us, she’s going to love our collection.

Pop in, we’ve missed you!

Let’s Goooo Season 8!!!

03/06/2026

This Women’s History Month, I’m reflecting on the women who have lived, worked, loved, and shaped this place. The quiet responsibility of tending it well.

I stepped into the archives to learn the history of the land my family calls home.

In the late 1800s, Ida Adaline Sawyer Knighten (1858–1949) held title here, her name preserved in aging deed records. Through research at the Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Museum, I was able to trace the story of this land back to 1858.

Nearly a century later, my family built our log home here and moved in during 1986. My younger sister and I grew up running the property, and my mother cared for this land during those early years.

I left when I married, but in 2004 my husband and I returned to raise our children here. In 2016, we renewed our wedding vows on this very property. Today, our daughter Haven still calls this place home.

Before any of our names were written in record books, this land along the Stillaguamish River was and remains the ancestral homeland of the Stillaguamish people, whose stewardship stretches back generations beyond recorded history.

It’s a story layered with resilience for generations.

What we plant today, in soil, in memory, in love becomes the inheritance of tomorrow.

If you’re local, consider spending time in the archives at the Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Museum. You might discover the stories waiting beneath your own feet.

Read more about the Stillaguamish Valley and the women who went before us on my blog www.flourishorganicfarms.com

02/12/2026

There are seasons for expanding… and there are seasons for refining

As I look ahead to 2026, I’ve made a thoughtful update to the Flourish website; including our FLOWERS page. This shift didn’t happen overnight. It’s been shaped by reflection, clarity and a desire for a healthier rhythm for both farm and family.

It feels intentional. It feels grounded. And it feels right for this season.

If you’d like to read more about what’s changing (and what’s staying the same), the full blog post is live on our website.

Thank you for growing with me, supporting small farms, and giving me the space to Flourish.

Stay tuned for 2026 pop-up announcements.

Meanwhile, keep Flourishing 🌿

01/28/2026

🌱 THIS SATURDAY 🌱
Country Living & Modern Homesteading Expo

✨ FREE to attend
📅 Saturday 1/31
⏰ Doors open 7am–4pm

If you’re dreaming of growing food, raising animals, keeping bees, or simply learning how to live more intentionally, this is your day!

I’ll be there with:
🌸 Flourish Organic Farms Dahlia Tuber Sales (limited + PNW grown)
🐝 Stilly Valley Beekeepers Collective — sharing mentorship, real-life beekeeping experience, and encouragement for treatment-free hive health
💗A whole lot of inspiration, learning, and community

Families welcome • Bring cash for vendors • Classes require pre registration.

This expo has shaped my journey since 2019, from student to contributor.
👉 Read more about my experience on the blog (link in bio).

Bring your curiosity. Leave with confidence

📸 Emily Walls

01/19/2026

2025 was full for presence, patience, and partnership.

From community events and collaborations to quieter moments in the garden, this season offered so much to reflect on.

I’m entering the new year and claiming my word: CLARITY

Removing distractions, returning to my North Star, and allowing the land to guide what comes next.

✨ Read the full reflection on the blog (link in bio)

12/05/2025

We are honored to be nominated for Arlington Farmers Market Business of the Year.

This recognition means a great deal, and it's only possible because of the incredible community that surrounds us. Thank you to the City of Arlington for uplifting small businesses, the customers who trust us season after season, and our families who stand next to us each long day and big idea, thank you.

I'm deeply honored to be nominated within the Arlington Farmers Market category among such incredibly talented farmers. Together, we represent the heart of local, seasonal agriculture and the hard work that brings fresh, small-batch ingredients to our community.

Be sure to cast your votes in all categories.
Voting closes Sunday, 12/7
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Grateful beyond words for this nomination and for everyone who makes this journey possible.

Keep Flourishing!

Thank You for voting and supporting the businesses in our community. Voting closes December 7th

12/02/2025

There’s something beautiful about life returning home to itself.
When our flower farm first began, Casey lived here, part tenant, part friend to all of us, part quiet encouragement in those early, learning seasons.

Years later, she returned to the farm not to live, but to love.
She met the man who felt like home, and asked me to grow the blooms that would frame the start of their forever.
In every bucket of blooms that I gathered, a little of this place went with her. The energy of the farm in each stem, the intention tucked into every seedling, the commitment in every early morning, and the quiet hope for their future woven into the harvest.

Her order was beautifully rounded out by fellow flower farmers from
A team effort rooted in seasonal abundance. I respect couples who value what’s growing in our valley.

She chose the À La Carte route, gathering bloom buckets in the richest fall tones… and somewhere between the harvesting and the arranging, I realized this palette might be my new favorite.

Here’s to full circle stories, intentional blooms, and the sweetest new Mr. & Mrs.
Cheers to the bride and groom. 🌾🧡🥂