The life and happenings of a flower farmer in West Linn, Oregon.

I feel so grateful. I started 4thQuarterFarm in January of 2019 after my husband, Lynn died of Alzheimer’s. I threw myself and his life insurance into growing cut flowers for the purpose of delivering them to seniors and caregivers in assisted living. Here we are at Mary’s Woods Friday selling beautiful spring bouquets. Residents there are enjoying 4thQuarterFarm flowers knowing that they are making it possible to deliver flowers to seniors who have very little. My dream is working. Life is good. ... See more

Fabulous over the top spring blooms on the stand this week! Probably the last week for tulips, these include doubles, parrots and species, also anenomes and ranuculous. Saturday and Sunday 9-5, $25 all funds go to flowers for seniors and caregivers in assisted living. ... See more

Sumptious bouquets available at the farm stand Saturday and Sunday, 9-5. Completely Oh La La! Including colorful double parrot tulips (no, they won't talk to you) and anemones (not enemies), and ranunculus (what a great Scrabble word), aka the Rose of Spring. $25; all proceeds go to support our mission of providing bouquets to seniors and care givers in assisted living communities. 4th Quarter Farm, 1335 S. Woodbine, West Linn, OR. Cash, check, Paypal and Venmo. #4thquarterfarm #tulips #springflowers #beautifulflowers #localflowers ... See more

These are in this weeks bouquets. Saturday and Sunday 9-5#localflowersmakelifebetter #springflowers #tulips #beautiful

The most fancy beautiful bulbs are blooming this week. On the stand Saturday and Sunday 9-5, 1335 S Woodbine Rd, West Linn.$25 bouquets,cash check Venmo and PayPal. #Localflowers #Tulips #springflowers ... See more

Ranuculous! The roses of spring! Thousands of them are beginning to bloom!#4thquarterfarm#localflowers#quality#flowerstagram #springflowers

It’s happening! The field is being terraced for the 2021 flower crop!#4thquarterfarm#localflowers#tulips #

So cut flower farmer grow tulips differently from the way you do it in your garden. The bulbs are planted close together like eggs in a carton in the fall. When they begin to color up in the spring, we pull the entire flower out bulb and all. They can be stored in the cooler for up to 3 weeks to stretch the time to offer them. Cool huh! Get some Saturday and Sunday 9-5, 1335 S Woodbine rd, west Linn large mixed bouquets $25 all proceeds go to flowers for seniors and caregivers in assisted living ... See more

Flowers bring smiles! 4th Quarter Farm sent out its first batch of 60 bouquets to hospice patients this week. You can support our mission to provide flowers for seniors and their caregivers by purchasing a special bouquet this Friday, Saturday or Sunday 9-5 at the flower stand, 1335 S. Woodbine Rd., West Linn. This week bouquets are approximately 14”x 16” in a vase, and feature species daffodils, tulips, anemones, magnolia, rosemary and fennel. At $25, all proceeds go to our mission. #springflowers #easterflowers #localflowers #freshflowers #4thquarterfarm
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Celebrate Spring! This Easter weekend we will have special bouquets available Friday, Saturday and Sunday 9-5 on the flower stand: 1335 S. Woodbine Rd., West Linn, OR 97068. Arranged in a vase, they include species daffodils, tulips and anemone, pussy willow, rosemary and fennel for a natural garden look. Approximately 14"x 16", they are perfect for your table. At $25, all proceeds from these bouquets go to flowers for seniors and their caregivers in assisted living. This week 60 bouquets went out to hospice so the season has begun! We truly appreciate your support for our mission to bring smiles to our isolated seniors.
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4th Quarter Farm needs your help to continue delivering flowers to seniors in assisted living and to their caregivers. Links for donations and/or memberships are: https://4thquarterfarm.com/product/make-a-donation/ OR https://4thquarterfarm.com/flower-bouquets-for-sale/ #4thquarterfarm #localflowers #flowersasgifts #flowermemberships #donationsforseniors ... See more

This week, Ginger Steele and I delivered 3,000 poinsettias to care centers. KPTV and KGW both aired features about us. https://www.kptv.com/news/west-linn-farm-gives-away-more-than-3-000-poinsettias-to-seniors-and-their-caregivers/article_80c84558-3a42-11eb-a76e-575f842def9b.html?block_id=994431 AND https://www.kgw.com/article/life/holidays/special-flower-deliveries-make-spirits-bright-in-the-portland-area/283-a58a012a-8895-4eb6-8f53-2a7b2fa18ac9 #4thquarterfarm #newleafgreenhouse #flowerdonations #localflowers #poinsettiasforseniors ... See more

Thanks to Ginger Steele we are delivering 3000 poinsettias to seniors and caregivers in assisted living this week! Tune in to Good Day Oregon, channel 12 tomorrow morning for the story!

This is the last weekend we will have flowers in the stand. Thank you for supporting our mission to provide flowers for seniors and caregivers in assisted living. Each $10 bouquet funded hundreds of bouquets that were delivered each week. These final buckets are beautiful. 1335 S Woodbine Rd, West Linn ... See more

These are going out to the stand this morning.#localflowers #oldfashionedflowers #flowers🌸 #flowersforseniors #4thquarterfarm

The end of summer flowers are beautiful. Saturday and Sunday 9-5, 4thQuarterFarm 1335 S Woodbine Rd, West Linn. Each $10 bouquet funds flowers for seniors and caregivers in assisted living. Thanks

Coming this Sunday! hope you can come!

Join us Sunday Oct.27th, from 5p-7p at Mississippi Pizza for a "While Roam Burns" music event. $10 cover, with 100% of the proceeds going towards 4th Quarter Farm. Your support will help us serve our mission of growing fresh, local, old-fashioned flowers for isolated seniors and caregivers. Join us for fabulous pizza, beer, wine, family-friendly entertainment and an array of goods & flowers from 4th Quarter Farm! ... See more

Join us Sunday Oct.27th, from 5p-7p at Mississippi Pizza for a "While Roam Burns" music event. $10 cover, with 100% of the proceeds going towards 4th Quarter Farm. Your support will help us serve our mission of growing fresh, local, old-fashioned flowers for isolated seniors and caregivers. Join us for fabulous pizza, beer, wine, family-friendly entertainment and an array of goods & flowers from 4th Quarter Farm! ... See more

Sometimes I wonder what Sandy's dreams are like. Her critters are so wonderful, she must wake up smiling and head straight to her studio! #artistsgreenhousesale #sandyvisse #ceramicsculpture #pdxartevents ... See more

Sandy Visse does have a way with critters and this cuddly(?) fellow is looking for a good home. Find him and more at the Artists Greenhouse Sale in West Linn OR the first weekend in December. #porcupine #ceramics #sandyvisse #artistsgreenhousesale #artshow #pdx ... See more

Congrats, Ann! You so deserve this.

I'm SO EXCITED, I'm doing a 2-legged snoopy dance! I was notified this morning that I received a partial scholarship from FLORET FLOWERS for this year's online cut flower school!!!!! (See me jumping up and down?!) This is a REALLY BIG DEAL!!!!!!!!! In the dead of last January with Lynn gone and recuperating from my second broken leg surgery, my sister Claire introduced me to the Floret website and I was immediately smitten. And I knew right away that I wanted to grow flowers for seniors in assisted living to honor Lynn's passing. It's been a long wonderful journey since and I'm so grateful for the mentoring and help from Ginger Steele and Jenn Fifer and Ignatio and Miguel and the support and encouragement and help from my friends. 4th Quarter Farm delivers fresh flower arrangements to over 300 lonely people per month. It is the most wonderful feeling in the world to make someone's day. It's healing and enriching for everyone who takes part in any step in the process. I am looking forward to taking the next big leap. I will be working on getting non-profit status this fall. My friend, Ginger is planting hundreds (no thousands) of seeds for me, some of which will go into a new cold frame this winter for early blooms this spring. Thousands of bulbs have been planted and thousands more are on order. The entire pasture will be planted out next spring. In January, the yucky shed will go away and a beautiful new building designed by Ellie Wellstead and built by Johnathon Markt will sit next to the greenhouse with plenty of space to process flowers (no more leaves and stems in the washing machine!) and provide some much needed parking. Big planning will go into reaching out to the elder care community to spread our mission and begin to get funding to cover all the expenses. Who would have thought a year ago that
all this would happen. If you are curious about this whole thing, please visit my wonderful website designed by Anneli Anderson. www.4thquarterfarm . I would love to have you join me on this wonderful journey. ... See more

I'm SO EXCITED, I'm doing a 2-legged snoopy dance! I was notified this morning that I received a partial scholarship from FLORET FLOWERS for this year's online cut flower school!!!!! (See me jumping up and down?!) This is a REALLY BIG DEAL!!!!!!!!! In the dead of last January with Lynn gone and recuperating from my second broken leg surgery, my sister Claire introduced me to the Floret website and I was immediately smitten. And I knew right away that I wanted to grow flowers for seniors in assisted living to honor Lynn's passing. It's been a long wonderful journey since and I'm so grateful for the mentoring and help from Ginger Steele and Jenn Fifer and Ignatio and Miguel and the support and encouragement and help from my friends. 4th Quarter Farm delivers fresh flower arrangements to over 300 lonely people per month. It is the most wonderful feeling in the world to make someone's day. It's healing and enriching for everyone who takes part in any step in the process. I am looking forward to taking the next big leap. I will be working on getting non-profit status this fall. My friend, Ginger is planting hundreds (no thousands) of seeds for me, some of which will go into a new cold frame this winter for early blooms this spring. Thousands of bulbs have been planted and thousands more are on order. The entire pasture will be planted out next spring. In January, the yucky shed will go away and a beautiful new building designed by Ellie Wellstead and built by Johnathon Markt will sit next to the greenhouse with plenty of space to process flowers (no more leaves and stems in the washing machine!) and provide some much needed parking. Big planning will go into reaching out to the elder care community to spread our mission and begin to get funding to cover all the expenses. Who would have thought a year ago that
all this would happen. If you are curious about this whole thing, please visit my wonderful website designed by Anneli Anderson. www.4thquarterfarm . I would love to have you join me on this wonderful journey. ... See more

I’m so excited, check out my new website 4thquarterfarm.com! Yeah!

4th Quarter Farm grows and delivers fresh, local, old-fashioned flowers to seniors in assisted living, caregivers and the homebound. Bouquet sales at farm.

Noooo Jack Frost! We’ve got flower deliveries to make! Hopefully the dahlias and some of the zinnias will stay happy in their tents! #4thquarterfarm,

Blog post #3. The heady fragrance of ripe concord grapes drifts across the back lane to the barn at this time of year, signalling it's time for the annual Chicken Olympics. The main event is the standing high jump, in which heavy bottomed hens (they prefer the term fluffy butts) jump in place to get the overhanging grapes. This is usually acted out with a couple of hens who perch on top of the grape vines to serve as judges: "ah that was a sound 7.8; 6.2 from the russian hen; ooohh, that was a colossal fail, that's going to hurt her in the overall pecking order." I wanted to record the proceedings but arrived instead just in time for a sprinting contest. Who knew chickens could move so fast? Oh, yeah. Mr. Big at the bottom of the hill knows who's fastest. At getting away. ... See more

You might have to fight me for one of these.....

Naturally beautiful silk and merino scarves by Patti Bobonich will be available at AGS in December/West Linn OR #silkscarf #artshow #artsale #wearableart #pattinobonich #artistsgreenhousesale

This is amaranth. Know anybody you want to flip off?!