We endeavor to bring you only the freshest of live collected greens. We collect all our greens locally to insure freshness. While we have developed steady supplies of our staple greens; Canaan Fir (similar to Frazier Fir), Blue Spruce, White Pine, Blue-berried Juniper, and Boxwood, we often are offered an opportunity to collect more unusual assortments of cypress, hollies, laurel, junipers, viburnum, that give us a much wider palette of color and texture to create your piece with. We are selective about what we use as some greens don’t age well once cut. Bringing you the Freshness of the Valley is our slogan for a reason!

Tips for Care

All cut greens will dry out with increasing age, most keep a semblance of green color for a time, especially if the tip is kept moist. Maintaining freshness is a matter of temperature (cooler is better) and humidity (higher is better). Exposure to direct sunlight will hasten drying. Direct sun through glass (such as a storm door) will usually cause almost immediate browning. We feel your Christmas greenery should be green on Christmas. We pride ourselves in supplying fresh greens, and providing you with a product - that is cared for correctly - will last well throughout your holiday celebrations. We often have customers tell us that their decor often looks fresh well into February and sometimes into March in outdoor sheltered locations. We like to hand our wreaths on the outside wall, next to our doors. This works well for us and we enjoy them deep into the winter.

Cut greens, such as wreaths, used indoors should only be brought in for a short time and misted frequently. We suggest being prepared to put them up and take them down for each planned event and displaying them outdoors in between indoor uses. Dry indoor heat is their enemy. Greens in centerpieces, arrangements, christmas trees and kissing balls are made with we florist foam and will last a long time as long as the foam is kept wet. Fill containers every couple days. Likewise, run water over kissing balls and trees in the sink every couple of days.

-Wes, Ann & Adam Ford