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Great Ring Farm

Our journey begun with chickens and goats. In 2023 we are launching a micro flower farm offering a bouquet CSA. Message us or visit our website for more info

06/11/2024

We are just in our second growing season and learning a lot. We deeply appreciate the support of our community with our CSA members and the folks who got flowers from us for Mother's Day and other occasions. As part of giving back to the community, today we gifted 4 teachers who got the most comments in our town group page with flowers. This is to thank them for their dedication to the children of our community. We also thank all you followers for being a part of this.

05/09/2024

We are grateful to grow our community footprint. All week our flowers have been on the display table at the Newtown Municipal Center. Last weekend we had the opportunity to supply table arrangements to the Edmond Town Hall Fundraining gala. This Mothers Day the inside tables at Aquila'Nest Vineyards have our flowers and tonight we will be there from 6 pm to 8 pm with Mother's Day Bouquets. HURRY to grab yours before we sell out.

05/03/2024

This Mother's Day, show your love and appreciation for the extraordinary women in your life with a beautiful bouquet of fresh, locally grown flowers.

We have two convenient options for you to secure some gorgeous blooms for your cherished one.

*Aquila's Nest Vineyard, 56 Pole Bridge Road in Sandy Hook this Thursday, May 9th between 6 pm and 8 pm to purchase / pick-up a stunning arrangement to convey your heartfelt sentiments.

*Preorder and collect a bouquet at Zesto Market at 150 S. Main Street in Newtown between 10 am and noon on Saturday, May 11th

Zesto is the newest pickup location for our flower CSA.

We have 3 subscriptions left for 7 weeks of flowers if you want to give a gift that keeps on giving all summer long.

Email [email protected] to place your order or for more information.

04/30/2024

We kicked off our CSA last week with wine, cheese and cake Coincidentally, we had a ribbon cutting ceromony with the town officials. It was great to catch up with our CSA friends from last year and meet our new members. We had a representative from the CT Dept of Ag join us as well as folks from . To make it convenient for those who live on the other side of town, Zesto will be a pick up location for CSA pickups and bouquet preorders. Details coming soon.
Photos courtsey of and one of our CSA members who shared a photo of their bouquet .
Thank you all for a great launch to this season

04/24/2024

The good news is: the rain will be moving out of Newtown by mid morning, so we shouldn't be under rain for both of today's ribbon-cutting activities.

The first of two ribbon-cutting events is happening at 12 pm April 24 celebrating green jobs and green energy generation at Solar of Newtown at 75 Glen Road. Your hosts will be CEO Quinn Hogue and co-founder Jason Campbell and their team.

Then at 3 pm that day, it’s off to tout Great Ring Farm, (corner of Berkshire / Rte. 34 and Great Ring Road) one of the many agricultural contributors to Newtown’s economy and quality of life. Our hosts - Roberta and Chandravir Ahuja - produce everything from goat's milk and eggs, to a variety of traditional New England and ethnic specialty crops, along with flowers. Roberta is also an accomplished pottery maker and will soon be opening an instruction studio here in town!

Hope to see you - and please bring a friend, spouse, colleague, etc.

03/02/2024

Dear Farm friends. Some of you live in Newtown and may have already seen this but just wanted to share with the rest that we were featured in the Newtown Bee this week. To our CSA members I can’t thank you all enough because we would not have made it here without your encouragement and support.

03/01/2024

Earlier this week we shared some photos of what Great Ring Farm and the neighborhood looked like long ago . Today we are reflecting on our journey into farming that accelerated when we got our goats 4 years ago. If you want to learn more about these captivating creatures Newtown Continuing Ed has an Introduction to Goat Class on Monday, March 5. You can find out more at https://www.newtown.k12.ct.us/AdultAndContinuingEducation

02/28/2024

We are so excited about this upcoming season. The flowers in our low tunnel are doing great. The weather is warming up and we will already start preparing more beds this weekend. In a few weeks we will be planting more flowers (Lisianthus, Stock and Snapdragons) and also some vegetable including Kale and Spinach. A shout out to our CSA members. We are sold out of our "Champion " subscriptions. We still have some other options so do check out https://www.greatringfarm.com/flower-csa-info.html if you are interested. While we eagerly await this season we thought it would be cool to share some photos of what the original Great Ring Farm looked like about 40 years ago.

02/09/2024

Flowers on your mind for Valentine’s Day? Gift your loved one the joy of a Flower Bouquet CSA subscription that also supports a recently established small scale farm right here in Newtown. Great Ring Farm is offering an extremely limited number of each of these subscriptions so get yours NOW. For more information email [email protected] or visit their website https://www.greatringfarm.com/flower-csa-info.html

02/03/2024

A sneak peek at our 2024 season. We uncovered the tunnels to air our plants and everything looks great I am especially in awe of our Ranunculus and Anemones. Some of the others here are Snapdragons, Scoop Scabosia and Poppies. It’s time to launch the CSA Stay tuned.

01/24/2024

Nice project for our goats

01/01/2024

Trimming the kiwis… left after, right, before.

12/26/2023

Your future Ranunculus and Anemones are taking a fresh air in the amazing December day🤗

08/14/2023

In our first season, the hectic work pace has not given us much time to update our social media. However, are having lots of fun. We had a bountiful 9th week of harvest - and will lots of flowers to play with, we gave our CSA members a choice of 4 themese for their bouquets. Half opted for Barbie - pretty in pink. A few chose America - Red, White and Blue. Some asked for a regular "Bright Summer" theme and one went with Oppenheimer - Red, Orange and Yellow. Among the flowers we used we had Pink and White Lisianthus, Blue Delphinium, Chocolate Sunflowers - bright red Jacob Cline Monardas and a few bouquets even got our first Eucaplytus of the year. Please vote in the comments on what bouquet you liked best.

08/09/2023

Some Barbie and America bouquets for our CSA

07/07/2023

Introducting Great Ring Farm, a micro flower farm in our inaugural season. Besides selling sustainably grown local flowers through our CSA we offer blooms by the bucket, bundle or bouquet. We are growing a wide variety of annuals and perennials including premium flowerrs such as Dalhias, Lisianthus and Peonies. We would be delighted to discuss your needs whether its for a celebration or just something to brighten your day. Corporate inquires welcome. Message us or find us at www.greatringfarm.com

06/28/2023

In our second CSA week we had fun pushing different color themes for our bouquets. Lots more flowers are around the corner.This week we were swept away by the magincal and whimsical Baby's Breath.

06/27/2023

We had the privelge to host the New CT Farmers Alliance for a "Grow Together" dinner last Saturday. We are grateful for all that we have learnt from other farmers in our flower farming journey. As ambassadors of local flowers we belive in buying local with food from and wine from . Besides good food and wine, we shared ideas about a tool sharing network and got a policy update including learningn about Climate Smart Ag grants. , , ,

06/20/2023

We kicked off our CSA deliveries this last weekend. Seeing the gorgeous flowers highlighted in beautiful handcrafted vases brought us great joy. It was also a pleasure to meet all the people who are encouraging us in our journey. Thank you

06/12/2023

While flowers are our commerical "face", goats are an integral part of our DNA. The 2023 kidding season is closing on us. Two of our kids - nicknamed Missy and Tutu's boy went to their new home last Friday.While we were sad to see them leave we are so delighted that they have gone to an excellent home and we can always visit them 😀

06/08/2023

This morning we were pleasantly surprised by lots of buds pop iup overnight on our Ranunculus. For weeks, we have patiently (and a little anxiously) cared for these "babies". These beautiful flowers are informally known as "buttercups" for their soft buttery petals. These were not part of our original crop plan though we consider it a high priority for the future given its sheer beauty. We took a risk and "forced" them in early March in our basement and then field planted them early April. We would love to see them blossom next week and be part of our first CSA bouquets. We are growing a variety callled Aviv - and this is what it should look like. Lets see 😀

05/31/2023

The farm is buzzing with life. Out of the blue, the Strawberries are bursting and we will see much more fruit than we would have ever guessed. The core flower area is now almost fully completed and we have more than a few thousand flowers planted. The Sunflowers are looking sturdy and are close to budding. The snapdragons have put on a growth spurt. The Lisianthus is growing slowly - think the cool May slowed them (and everybody else). In our next post we will share some close ups. The goats give us delightlful company when we are working in the field - of course on the other side of the fence.:)

05/25/2023

Our first bouquet of the season ! A belated Mother's Day stunner for Roberta. All of a sudden the peonies are erupting. We have about 80 peonies of 6 different varities and this one is Shirley Temple. It's breathtakingly beautiful to see the buds open up in the vase. As these were planted last year, we clipped off all the buds except 1 per plant to develop the root system. We haven't even got through this season and I'm already dreaming about next year. :)

05/24/2023

FLOWERS ARE COMING :) For the last few months we have been hard at work, starting seeds, preparing beds and transplanting seedlings. Our crop planning spreadsheet tells us to expect blooms between May 28 and June 8. While the plants are all looking healthy we hadn't really seen any buds emerge. All of a sudden this week we are seeing signs of life. While I would not consider this a marketable stem as its too short it brought us great joy. We excitedly look forward to sharing our season with all of you and are especially grateful to our CSA members who have invested in us.

05/17/2023

Mother's Day has come and gone - but here at Great Ring Farm we value our mother's all year long.😀 Here's Mia, Ruby and Tutu. Coincidentally, Sunday was the first day we had excess milk to shart making cheese and so we started a batch of Cambozola. (it's a combination of Camembert with Gorgonzola).

05/12/2023

Gearing up for the season we were at the incredibly scenic Aquila's Vineyard, honing our bouquet making skills. The season is coming incredibly fast This weekend we will be sending out a welcome email to our CSA members.

05/06/2023

Mothers Day Special - someone messaged us earlier this week asking if we would have flowers for Mother's Day. While we have plenty in the field and the grow room -we will not be harvesting yet. We decided today that we would offer a Mother's Day Special. We are offering a limited number of bouquet subscriptions - For $100 you will receive 4 luscious bouquets of sustainably grown local flowers on any Saturdays of your choice between Independence Day and Labor Day. Email us at [email protected]

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1 Great Ring Road
Sandy Hook, CT
06482

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

Website

http://www.greatringfarm.com/

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Videos

Yesterday we got to harvest most of our garlic.

Every goat day is a good day

The video is a bit long but Roberta is giving a nice tour of what we call the old garden area. It’s got the compost bins the asparagus the sweet potatoes and the comfrey among other things. In the comments will be the new garden area video viewed from our bedroom. This has dahlias, peppers, eggplants and sweet corn besides the flowers - sunflowers, zinnias, cosmos and bells of Ireland among others.

A Garden Tour.

Nice update by Roberta of how our somewhat messy but delicious garden is growing. Goats are an integral part of the farm so they make a cameo appearance 🥹