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Guiding Green Thumbs

We are a Certified Naturally Grown specialty cut flower farm in Upstate New York's Hudson Valley.

We offer farm-grown cut flowers, wedding & event florals, on farm workshops & experiences and an annual online dahlia tuber sale in February.

10/29/2026

🍂 A LITTLE GRAPEVINE, A LITTLE CREATIVITY & A WHOLE LOT OF AUTUMN CHARM! 🍁🌾

Join me on Saturday, November 7th, at the beautiful Old Austerlitz Barn during Holiday House for a hands-on Harvest Wreath-Making Workshop!

We’ll start from scratch, weaving our own rustic wreath bases using natural grapevines harvested from our flower farm. Then, we’ll bring them to life with an assortment of beautiful farm-grown, naturally dried florals, ornamental grasses, seed pods, lavender, yarrow, hydrangeas and more!

You’ll learn how to create a gorgeous, asymmetrical design that highlights the natural beauty of the grapevines. Each wreath will be as unique as the person creating it! 🌿

No experience needed! Just bring your creativity, and I’ll bring everything else!

🍁 Saturday, November 7 | 11 AM–1 PM

📍 Old Austerlitz Barn | Holiday House

🌾 $40 per person — all materials included!

🍂 Only 15 spots available!

📩 RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED!

To reserve your spot, you MUST email:
𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧@𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐳.𝐨𝐫𝐠
Registration is handled directly through the Austerlitz Historical Society.

Payment of $40 (cash or check payable to Austerlitz Historical Society) is collected the day of the workshop.

Come spend a couple of hours getting creative, celebrating the harvest, and making something beautiful to take home!

Don’t wait to reserve your seat — I’d love to create with you! 🍂❤️

Austerlitz Historical Society

10/27/2026

WHAT A GIFT I’ve received! ❤️🌸

Let me start by saying that one of the most beautiful things about this flower-growing community is the people behind the blooms.

As a licensed seller of Kristine Albrecht - Dahlias (the amazing KA dahlias!) I’ve had the privilege of growing, sharing, and selling her extraordinary varieties. (I gush about them ALL the time!) But what makes this gift so special goes far beyond the flowers themselves.

Yesterday (on my BIRTHDAY which was a total coincidence!) and today, I received a large box filled with beautiful KA dahlia tubers, personally sent by Kristine from her own farm stash! Over 20 lbs of pure tuber joy!

Losing her varieties in particular was an overwhelming loss, not only financially, but emotionally. I had spent the past four years investing in and carefully building my collection of KA dahlias. Each variety represented years of growing, learning, and looking forward to what I could share with our customers.

And then, in one devastating storm, so much of that was gone.

But these boxes represent so much more than replacement tubers. They represent generosity, compassion, encouragement, and perhaps most importantly, a woman who stands behind the smallest of farms! She’s given me a HUGE jumpstart on rebuilding a collection dear to me and for that I’m a big puddle today!

Kristine, THANK YOU for going out of your way to help our little farm get back on its feet. Your kindness and generosity have left me absolutely speechless (which, as many of you know, doesn’t happen often! 😉).

I cannot wait to get these beauties growing in 2027!

From the bottom of my heart, thank you, Kristine! AND thank you to all who have helped, donated and are helping us rebuild! I hope you all know how forever indebted I feel. ❤️🌸

10/26/2026

Of course my birthday would happen to fall on a Monday this year! 😂😅

Age is just a number that keeps getting bigger without my permission… like….. 47! (Yikes!)

But- I’ve learned that the older I get, the less I care about having everything figured out. There’s something incredibly satisfying about knowing who you are, embracing your quirks, and realizing that not everything (or everyone!) deserves your energy.

I’m grateful for the people who have supported me along the way, especially my husband, who has been right there through the adventures, questionable decisions, trials, failures, and all those moments that eventually turn into great stories. Because really, it’s those experiences, the laughter, and all the little moments that make this crazy life worth celebrating.

Here’s to more adventures, spontaneous decisions, belly laughs, making memories, and doing things simply because they make me happy. ❤️

Another year older, slightly more opinionated, and still a work in progress. But the limited-edition kind. 😉🥂

P.S. I can’t wait to show you all the fun I have planned for our Halloween Barn Party this weekend! Hopefully in Sunday’s video! It’s one of my favorite opportunities to let my creativity run a little wild! 🎃👻

10/16/2026

🍂 Cozy candles, beautiful blooms & all the fall feels! 🕯️💐

If you haven’t stopped into Concord Hill Soap & Candle in Chatham yet, you’re missing out on a little slice of heaven! From their amazing candles and soaps to all the charming goodies inside, it’s the perfect place to treat yourself (or get a head start on holiday shopping 😉).

And while you’re there… don’t forget the FLOWERS! 🌸

We just dropped off fresh, locally grown & spray free dahlia bpuquets, and this will likely be your LAST weekend to grab them this season! 🥹

With frost in the forecast, our beautiful dahlias are getting ready to take their final bow. 🌸🍁

So stop in, smell the candles, browse the shop, and bring home one last burst of locally grown blooms before they’re gone!

📍 Concord Hill Soap & Candle | Chatham, NY

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10/10/2026

Flower season may be slowly winding down, but it’s certainly putting on one spectacular finale! 🍂🌸🍁

Five fall-inspired centerpieces are headed out to an event today, and I’m absolutely loving these autumn colors! 😍

Fiery oranges, rich burgundies, soft pinks, and all the beautiful textures of fall!

What a beautiful way to celebrate the changing seasons through local flowers! 🍁💐🍁💐

10/09/2026

Autumn in New York is exactly what I see in this bucket of strawflowers! Just whoa!

I am thrilled to have grown these this year and they are surprisingly frost tolerant. This was today’s harvest after a light frost Tuesday night!

10/08/2026

🌸 Can you believe I just harvested buckets of these beauties?! Want some? 🌸

💐Stop by this weekend for a beautiful, freshly harvested bouquet before dahlia season calls it quits. We’ll also have fresh mixed eucalyptus bunches, straight from our fields! 🌿

📍 FRIDAY & SATURDAY (October 9 & 10) While bouquets last!

🌸 Guiding Green Thumbs Farmstand – 278 Rigor Hill Rd, Chatham . Open at 9 AM.

🕯️ Concord Hill Soap & Candle Flowers drop at 11 AM~ 54 Main Street, Chatham.

🍻 Saturday BONUS! Chatham Brewing is hosting Oktoberfest from 12–10 PM, right across the street from Concord Hill! Make a day of it: enjoy the festivities, shop Concord Hill’s amazing selection of hand-poured candles and handcrafted soaps among other businesses on Main Street and take home some gorgeous flowers while the season lasts!

Never bought our flowers before? Come see what all the fuss is about. Worst case, you leave with a bouquet. Best case, you become the person who casually has locally grown gorgeous flowers on their table. 💕

🌸 Locally grown. Spray-free. Freshly harvested.

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10/05/2026

Fall at the farm is soooooo pretty! I’m so happy to have had a late flush of these summer beauties. Tonight and tomorrow night temps are in the mid 30’s… this could very well be it for them as they are sensitive to cold but wow, what a show!

10/03/2026

🍂 The Grapevine Witch’s Hat Workshop is officially in the books!

A huge thank-you to everyone who came out and created with us today—even if you didn’t make it into the photos! 🤎

It was so much fun watching everyone start with the same materials and weave them into completely different, one-of-a-kind witch’s hats. This class was a little more challenging than some, starting with grapevines freshly pulled from our farm, but everyone jumped right in and conquered! Thanks for a great afternoon!

And we’re not done yet…

🥖 The Sourdough Workshop is tomorrow!
See you soon!

10/02/2026

We made the COVER, whaaaaaat?!

Yep! Our family — and our big red barn — are on the October cover of The Hudson Connection magazine! The Hudson Connection is a local community based magazine that features local families and curated local content.

When we started Guiding Green Thumbs, the drive was never just about growing flowers. It was about sharing my love of flowers, finding new plants, learning, sharing real life laughs and of course growing with organic methods.

So seeing the words “Cultivating Community” across this cover feels especially meaningful.

We can clean up pretty well when someone tells us there’s a camera coming too! Don’t ya think? 😉

A huge thank you to The Hudson Connection for sharing our story, to Photo-Art by Ken Bovat for the amazing photo shoot and to every single person who has visited the farmstand, taken a workshop, bought a bouquet, picked flowers, supported us through the hard seasons, or simply cheered us on.

You are the community we’re cultivating. 🌱

Now excuse me while I casually leave approximately 47 copies of this magazine in strategic locations around my house! 😂

For those of you that aren’t local and wish to read, the online version up shortly! I’ll let you know when and link it so you can access from my website!

Address

278 Rigor Hill Road
Chatham, NY
12037

Website

http://www.guidinggreenthumbs.com/

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