specializing in sustainably-grown, artfully arranged, seasonal cut flowers
Celebrating over 20 years of farming!
OUR STORY
Stonecrop Farm was launched in 2003 when Bert Webster and Gwynn Hamilton moved to family land in Giles County, Virginia. We have spent the last 20 years adding organic fertility and carving out terraces from the thin mountain soil. We’ve removed countless trailers of rocks and rotated cover crops to add in organic matter. The seeds we have sown have changed over the years. What began as vegetable-based harvest specializing in salad greens with a few flowers has morphed into a small flower farm with a few vegetables we can’t give up. Today, our terraces and greenhouses produce the New River Valley’s finest cut flowers. Our team works to create stunning arrangements suitable for the table or altar.
Over these twenty-plus years, we have been joined by 38 crew members — some just for a short stint, others for as many as five seasons. When we think back on the years, it is often the memories of the team that stand out. We are proud to support the four flower farms that former Stonecroppers have launched. Several others have gone on to start their own agriculture or flower-related businesses.
Our team contributes florals for more than forty events each season and has been a part of 241 weddings since the first family invited us to grace their daughter’s celebration. We love to get to know our couples and then watch as their families grow and change over the years as they visit market.
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We strive to educate our clients and customers in the care and arrangement of their flowers and in the importance of selecting locally-grown blossoms. This ranges from a quick how-to at market to workshops and events around town. Each year, we schedule a season of workshops and special events to celebrate with our community.
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We are so fortunate to have amazing community support, dedicated customers, and venues that trust us and send business our way. We hope you will be a part of this and future years as a market customer, bouquet subscriber, or event client. Here’s to the folks that keep this small family farm humming!
OUR TEAM
Stonecrop Farm is supported by part-time seasonal staff. Together, we share a love of sustainable farming, hard work, and creative expression. Joy recently graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in Environmental Horticulture. She brings energy and creativity to the farm team as she continues to grow her horticulture knowledge and experience. Lauren is a fiber artist who explores quilting traditions and a former librarian. Her talent for organization and her artistic eye support the variety of work done on the farm. Elizabeth brings a sharp wit, social media savvy, and lovable farm pup Cooper to Stonecrop. She is also a current Ph.D. student in sociology studying whiteness in organizations. This 2024-2025 season we are lucky to have Joy, Lauren, and Elizabeth all return for their third season.
Joy, Lauren, and Elizabeth
Join Us!
STONECROP IS HIRING FOR THE 2025 GROWING SEASON
Stonecrop Farm is searching for a part-time team member to join our creative, hard-working team for the 2025 growing season. The new team member will help to grow, harvest, and arrange flowers as well as tend to a few vegetable crops. The season begins in April 2025 and runs through November 2025. If you have horticulture or agriculture experience or if you have artistic skills and are ready to get dirty, let’s talk!​
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Interested? Think flowering farming is for you? Send an email and resumé to stonecropfarmers@gmail.com
A full job description can be found here:
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