My family and I reside in Manhattan, KS, where we provide flower subscription services and wholesale products, but grow most of our flowers down on the farm in Barclay Township outside of Osage City. The Barclay Flower Farm is nestled into the larger Lewis Family Farm, which has been in Wendy’s family since the 1870’s! The farm is home to grazing cattle and acres of pasture grasses. We drive back and forth between the farm and MHK a few times a week……commuting through the Flint Hills rarely disappoints.

The flowers are planted on an acre plot surrounded by an 8 foot tall fence that keep out the digging critters, hungry deer and the occasional rouge cow. We fertilize our beds with manure from a cattle operation down the road and are thoughtful about our pest management practices. When necessary, we will spray a narrow-spectrum pesticide to control crop damaging insects and employ application methods that reduce negative impacts to beneficial pollinators and beneficial insects. We use durable UV resistant ground cover and employ the “crouch and pull” or “kneel and yank” method to control grass and weed pressure around the flowers.

The flower farm has provided our family a great opportunity to plan, plant, grow, harvest and arrange a wide variety of local boutique flowers. We love providing subscription and wholesale flower services to our friends and neighbors in the Manhattan area. A well arranged flower bouquet communicates love, which is why we do it. Thank you for supporting your local flower farmer.