Our Iris Open House and Sale​

 

Every spring, as the flowers begin to bloom, I hold an iris open house and sale. If you see a flower that you and your yard might like, I'll dig up the rhizome, teach you how to care for it, and wrap it up for you to take home. Hopefully, it will grow and multiply and reappear regularly to remind you that we really do transcend time, even as seasons and creatures insist on beginning and ending. The plants are so easy to care for, but droughts, storms, and distractions are normal. I have more offshoots in my yard, and my mom has more in hers so we can help you find new seasons of life. Community creates resilience.

You're welcome to just walk around, hang out, and think. Or don't think! Paint something, write a poem, chat, listen to the birds. Bring someone you love! Bring your kids and take pictures of them. They grow like weeds so capture the moments. There are so many moments I have for you in my fields. Looking forward to sharing them!
 

The Flower Photographs

The irises come from my mother. She has hundreds of varieties, passed down from family and friends. She put me through college on them. The photographs you see here are also hers. Picture her standing beside each flower in the sunshine after the rain. She loves how the little round water droplets fall onto the petals and then catch the rays of light. In one hand, she holds a piece of black velvet cut from a Goodwill evening gown. That material scrap of castoff memories creates the lush black background you see in the photos. In the other hand, she holds a camera to take the pictures. My flowers are her. The images are her friends, my grandma, a neighbor. They hold the faces that cared for them, the people who absorbed their beauty. They hold my past and I hope, if I can handle the weeds, they will reach well beyond my future.

 

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