Iron Butterfly Farm and Lodging

01/27/2025

Playing with some dried flowers this winter! Dreaming of Spring 🌹🌷🪻

12/21/2024

Here’s to the return of the light on this beautiful winter solstice.
THE SHORTEST DAY BY SUSAN COOPER 
So the shortest day came, and the year died,
And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world
Came people singing, dancing,
To drive the dark away.
They lighted candles in the winter trees;
They hung their homes with evergreen;
They burned beseeching fires all night long
To keep the year alive,
And when the new year’s sunshine blazed awake
They shouted, reveling.
Through all the frosty ages you can hear them
Echoing behind us—Listen!!
All the long echoes sing the same delight,
This shortest day,
As promise wakens in the sleeping land:
They carol, feast, give thanks,
And dearly love their friends,
And hope for peace.
And so do we, here, now,
This year and every year.
Welcome Yule!

11/07/2024

Rise up my sisters… beautiful music to lift spirits today! The world will someday remember the power within its mothers, grandmothers, daughters, and Great Mother. If Christianity is your religion, remember, the Holy Spirit was traditionally thought of as feminine, as Wisdom, as Sophia, and the trinity as Father, Mother, and Son. The patriarchy has suppressed feminine power for so long we have forgotten. Remember who you are my sisters!

Ajeet Kaur’s newest album Haseya is a journey with sound to heal with the earth. Haseya means to rise up, or she rises, in Diné, the language of the Navajo p...

11/02/2024

Leave the Leaves and Save the Stems!

Let's work together to re-define what a beautiful landscape is. In our eyes, the most beautiful landscapes are the ones that support the most wildlife. One of the most valuable (and easiest) things you can do to support pollinators, invertebrates, and other wildlife is to provide them with the winter cover they need - fallen leaves and standing dead plant material.

Many butterflies and moths utilize leaf litter as their overwintering habitat. A great example of this is the Wooly Bear Caterpillar; it spends the winter months burrowed beneath fallen leaves for protection. The seed heads on native plants provide crucial food throughout the winter for birds and other critters like toads and turtles. In early spring, seed heads can be pruned in order to create nesting sites for Carpenter Bees, Leafcutter Bees, and Mason Bees. In addition to all the great benefits for wildlife, leaf litter also serves as free mulch that suppresses weeds and fertilizes the soil as it decomposes.

That’s why this year - and every year - we encourage everyone to and

11/01/2024

I embodied one of my favorite artists, women, and feminists this Samhain, Halloween, Día de los mu***os, Frida Kahlo. “…her work acid and tender, hard as steel and delicate and fine as a butterfly’s wing, lovable as a beautiful smile, and profound and cruel as the bitterness of life.” Diego Rivera. Also, I made the flower crown with dried flowers from the farm! Future workshop?

09/08/2024

09/03/2024

Flowers for Mom & Dad 🥰

08/25/2024

First time growing these beauties!!

08/02/2024

Come join us August 17 to pick flowers for your own bouquet! Please share this post with your friends and family! Details on our website www.iron-butterfly.com

08/02/2024

07/30/2024

Join us Saturday, August 17 for a Pick Your Own Flowers Event! 🌸🌼 Don't miss out! Fresh flowers for the week, memories for a lifetime.
Details on our website!
https://iron-butterfly.com/pick-your-own-flowers

07/23/2024

07/14/2024

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07/13/2024

Shout out to the Rochester Garden and Flower Club! We enjoyed being on your annual tour! Hope our space brought others joy today. 🌸🌺🌻

Thank you to Twigs & Branches for bringing her amazing pressed flower art, and to for her organic homemade heavenly soaps! Last but not least, thank you to Thistle Root for the lovely music!

07/06/2024

😍😍😍 Working on some display gardens so not everything gets harvested.

07/05/2024

Twins!