Creekside Farms Expands Product Line

Birdhouses, pottery, lavender soaps and lotions, jars, and more are all coming soon to our website. We are expanding our line of products to include garden inspired gifts in a new tab: Home & Garden. The items will not only make great gifts, but are products that you’ll want for yourself! Gardening is a passion for many of us at Creekside Farms, and we have found excellent products with gardens in mind to compliment our natural line of wreaths.

Under the Specialty Wreaths tab we are also adding natural branches. Look for all of these new items to accent and beautify your home.

Holiday Production

Creekside Farms is busy manufacturing thousands of wreaths destined to travel throughout the U.S. Our focus for the month of December is producing high quality wreaths, and fulfilling orders for our catalog companies, corporate, retail and wholesale customers. Most of our energy goes into creating and shipping our wreaths. We were also able to harvest the last of the late blooms, because we did not get a hard frost at the end of November nor beginning of December. Our fields require little maintenance during the winter months, although we continue to hand weed to keep the weeds in check. Our facility is filled with Christmas greenery aroma and the buzzing of a Santa's Workshop. We enjoy our "Santa's Wreath Workshop" and welcome visitors.

November Harvest

November is upon us and we are getting our last harvest of the few herbs that flower late into fall. The crop that blooms the latest is our Salvia Leucantha (Mexican Sage). The deep purple velvety flower spikes dry well and add great color to many of our wreaths. It will continue to flower until about mid November, when we will go through and do our final cutting. Marjoram is another herb that flowers into late fall. We will get our last cutting of marjoram before the weather turns too cold. Our warm weather in late October allowed us to get these late harvests. Our herbs will be mixed with different greenery to create some of our holiday wreaths, while the majority are stored for spring and summer use.

Drying Our Herbs

Have you ever wondered what is involved in drying our herbs? When a crop is ready it is hand harvested by our crew who tie the herbs into small bunches. The bunches are then gathered and brought into the warehouse where they are hung on wire racks to air dry. When the days are shorter and the temperatures start to dip, we may also use a drying chamber to completely dry the herbs. Typically, depending on the herb, it takes about two weeks before the bunches are fully dried. After drying, the herbs are carefully packed into large boxes for storage until they are needed for our next wreath creation.

Support Our Troops Wreath

We have designed a new wreath to help support our troops. The wreath will be available on our website starting July 5th. This beautiful wreath has a wonderful blend of natural herbs and is decorated with lavender, feverfew, straw flowers and fresh bay. We have added a yellow ribbon to show support for our troops. For every wreath purchased Creekside Farms will make a $10 donation to benefit wounded service men and women. If you or someone you know has a family member serving in the military, this will not only make a lovely gift, but will also make a difference.

We had a nice visit today from some local Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts. Pictured here with their bouquets are George, Lili Beth, Wendy, and Summer. In the back row we have Bernadette, Kristian, and Arlen. Thank you for visiting, we had a great time!

Antique Car Club Visits Creekside Farms

Creekside Farms had a visit from the Western Gaslight 1&2 Cylinder Registry, a division of the Horseless Carriage Club of America. This club is mainly compiled of vehicles dating back to the early 1900's. In essence, all automobiles are Horseless Carriages, but HCCA has defined the Horseless Carriage as any pioneer gas, steam and electric motor vehicle built or manufactured prior to January 1, 1916.

HCCA members got to see firsthand the rows and rows of herbs and lavender growing in our fields. Each guest received a bouquet of mixed herbs and flowers made by our skilled craftsman as they watched.  Creekside Farms welcomes the community and interested parties to tour our farm and facility.  If you would like to schedule a tour just give us a call 831-674-1234 or go to our website at www.creeksidefarms.com