Buy Yourself the Flowers: A Valentine’s Day Tradition Worth Starting

Valentine’s Day doesn’t require a plus-one. At Seashore Flower Farm in Cape May, NJ, we believe in buying yourself the flowers, using your treasured things now, and celebrating with fresh, local, seasonal blooms like tulips and ranunculus.

Who Really Controls the Remote? (And Why Flower Farming Is a Lot Like Watching TV with Steve)

A funny behind-the-scenes look at marriage, television habits, and how winter at our Cape May NJ flower farm mirrors Steve’s methodical TV-watching style—slow, thoughtful, and perfectly timed for spring blooms.

The Best Valentine’s Day Gift Isn’t Flowers (It’s the Promise of Them)

Forget last-minute grocery store bouquets. This Valentine’s Day, the best gift isn’t flowers—it’s the promise of them. Here’s why a tulip or ranunculus subscription from our Cape May flower farm might be the most romantic (and practical) gift of all.

My Daughter’s NYC Apartment Hunt + This Week’s Farm Happenings

Living in New York City in my twenties felt like living in a fairy tale — $700 Manhattan studios, rent-stabilized Stuyvesant Town apartments, and job hopping like it was an Olympic sport. Now my daughter is starting graduate school at NYU, apartment hunting from several states away, and I can’t help but compare her experience to my magical (and occasionally chaotic) NYC days. Plus: a peek into this week’s Farm Happenings, from tulip bulb arrivals to wreath workshops and our Early Black Friday bloom subscriptions.

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