The story of an urban flower farmer & florist

Quaintrelle Farms began as a tiny seed of passion. Little did this farmer know that her love for plants would have blossomed into such an incredible journey.

The journey began many years ago in a little floral design studio in the Santa Cruz area. It was a dream come true, being able to play with flowers all day, and learning the basics of floral design as an apprentice, while being allowed hone my own design style. After years of this work, I decided to open my own floral design business, following the same principals I was taught about the floral industry. As parenthood became more of a focus, I closed that design business to focus on growing my babies. I became a weekend warrior gardener who delighted in flowers, but became much more interested in learning to grow vegetables.

After years of dabbling in homesteading, but never having quite the right set up, we moved to a new property, and an entirely new world was unveiled as we began working the land. The property had just the perfect exposure, just the perfect micro-climate, and some might even say, a little bit of spirit that blessed the soil.

After few years of integrating flowers into the vegetable beds, it became apparent that I had been bitten by the flower bug again, and now with children who are little more grown, wedding and event design has come back into focus. Only this time, I’m approaching it with what I have learned about the floral industry as a farmer. I’m committed to integrating principals and values that will help change the way our society views flowers, and the people who grow them.