We are looking forward to the new growing season and the new political era. We recognize that unity will only come from accountability & justice for all. Our hope is that our society will raise these values up in the months and years ahead. The work will be hard and it will be continual, but just like the work in our garden, the opportunity for growth is exponential. 🌱 Some extremists may think that smashing windows is the work to be done but it most certainly is not - each smashed window works directly against the cause. Destroying community does not work in the favor of anyone. Indeed, humans survive because of community. The challenges ahead will be met by those who get out of the echo chambers of social media and get involved in their community. If we are to truly take advantage of this new political era, let us challenge ourselves to read the books, not post memes about them. Let us challenge ourselves to show up for our community in real life not on the internet. Let us learn about each other. Ain’t nobody ‘woke’ folks. Let’s get to work! 🇺🇸

#opportunity #community #newbeginnings #risetothechallenge #unity #accountability #justice #understanding #newchapter #merica #usa #zacharyalanphotography #pollinateflowers ...

For while we have our eyes on the future

history has its eyes on us

This is the era of just redemption

We feared at its inception

We did not feel prepared to be the heirs

of such a terrifying hour

but within it we found the power

to author a new chapter

To offer hope and laughter to ourselves

So while once we asked,

how could we possibly prevail over catastrophe?

Now we assert

How could catastrophe possibly prevail over us?

We will not march back to what was

but move to what shall be

A country that is bruised but whole,

benevolent but bold,

fierce and free

-Inauguration poetry by @amandascgorman ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♥️

#blackgirlmagic #queen #blackexcellence #blacklivesmatter #bidenharris #inaugurationday #letfreedomring #usa #america #movingforward #liberty #justice #wethepeople #zacharyalanphotography #pollinateflowers ...

“First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season." -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

#mlk #freedom #endwhitesupremacy #endpolicebrutality #blacklivesmatter #goodtrouble #restinpower #blackexcellence #drking ...

Oregon wine country wedding flowers fresh from our Dundee Hills garden for all the celebrations of love in 2021! If you or someone you know is getting married this year, visit pollinateflowers.com and fill out our wedding flower inquiry form. ✨

#weddingflowers #weddingseason #localflowers #oregongrown #oregonbride #oregonwedding #oregonwinecountry #winecountrywedding #weddingblooms #weddingbouquet #floraldesign #certifiedfloraldesigner #dundeehills #yamhillcounty #newbergoregon #zacharyalanphotography #pollinateflowers ...

“People think that a liar gains a victory over his victim. What I’ve learned is that a lie is an act of self-abdication, because one surrenders one’s reality to the person to whom one lies, making that person one’s master, condemning oneself from then on to faking the sort of reality that person’s view requires to be faked…The man who lies to the world, is the world’s slave from then on.” -Ayn Rand

#truth #aynrand #byetrump #liarinchief #changeiscoming #movingforward #clarity #flowerpower #ceanothus #merica #bethechange #zacharyalanphotography #pollinateflowers ...

It’s been hard to know what to say during this time on social media so I have mostly been quiet. I will say that our little team is hunkered down for the rona winter - resting, doing winter projects & planning for the year ahead. We are thankful for the opportunity to continue growing beautiful blooms for our local community in 2021. Sending our best wishes to you all. ✨

#flowerfarm #nasturtium #edibleflowers #cutflowers #edibleleaves #annualflowers #beefriendly #dundeehills #oregonwinecountry #yamhillcounty #community #home #oregon #usa #zacharyalanphotography #pollinateflowers ...

Today is the day all the Trump FB & YouTube conspiracy theories became real life. And 2020 continues... 😑 “The best way we can show respect for the voters who are upset is to tell them the truth.” -Republican Mitt Romney tonight after fleeing a mob of white domestic terrorists. Trump lost folks. Let’s all move on. We’ve got a lot of big problems to address this year. 🇺🇸

#merica #wow #coup #domesticterrorism #whitesupremacy #patriarchy #whiteterrorism #thisisamerica #enoughisenough #trumplost #getoverit #newyear #poppy #breadseedpoppy #zacharyalanphotography #pollinateflowers ...

NEW WINTER HOURS ❄️ Our downtown Newberg shop will be open 11am-4pm on Fridays & Saturdays only each week during January & February! This year we look forward to collaborating with more local artists like Lanette @studioartlark who created this beautiful painting of our storefront 🎨

#flowershop #lavendershop #watercolor #painting #shoplocal #smallbusiness #flowerfarmer #localflowers #localflorist #localartist #downtownnewberg #newbergoregon #dundeehills #oregonwinecountry #yamhillcounty #lgbtqbusiness #womanownedbusiness #femalefarmer #entrepreneur #growthmindset #2021 #newyear #littlelavenderfarm #pollinateflowers ...

Happy New Year! 🎉

#2021 #newyear #violet #pnwnativeplants #edibleflowers #earlyblooms #oregon #pnw #dundeehills #zacharyalanphotography #pollinateflowers ...

Y’all, this year we opened a flower shop in the middle of a pandemic! 💥 With a better business partner than we ever could have dreamed of. Thank you Pam @littlelavenderfarm_shop 💜 Cheers to every lesson learned in 2020! Happy New Year friends 🍾🎉🥂

#cheers #newbeginnings #nye #bye2020 #happynewyear #2021 #herewego #pandemiclife #flowershop #flowerfarmer #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #lgbtqbusiness #downtownnewberg #newbergoregon #dundeehills #oregonwinecountry #yamhillcounty #thankyou #allsmiles #littlelavenderfarm #zacharyalanphotography #pollinateflowers ...

Another year gone yet he’s more handsome than ever. So incredibly privileged to be on this journey with you Jeremi @jeremicarroll ❤️

#2020 #husband #sexyman #stud #lover #blondeguy #gayguy #instagay #gayfarmer #gayflorist #lgbtqbusiness #countrygay #smalltownboy #gayfarmlife #pnwboys #zacharyalanphotography #pollinateflowers ...

Our essential oil products are now available online in our Self-care section & we ship to all 50 U.S. states! 🇺🇸 In 2020 we began steam distilling herbs and flowers growing in our Dundee Hills garden. Zach @zacharygoff spent time researching, experimenting, and creating our first line of delightful, aromatic spritzers. Freshen your linens or air with all natural plant essence. Shop at pollinateflowers.com 🌿

#essentialoils #spritz #herbalspritz #herbalspray #selfcare #allnatural #plantessences #farmtobottle #oregongrown #dundeehills #oregonwinecountry #shoponline #steamdistilled #zacharyalanphotography #pollinateflowers ...

Feverfew is on our list to distill in 2021. What other kinds of new essential oils should we make next year at the farm? Let us know your ideas! 🌿✨

#feverfew #medicinalherbs #medicine #plantmagic #essentialoils #oregongrown #flowerfarm #herbfarm #perennialherbs #cutflowers #flowerpower #healingherbs #dundeehills #oregonwinecountry #flowershop #zacharyalanphotography #pollinateflowers ...

Thank you for an absolutely incredible 6 months Yamhill County (and beyond)!! We opened our downtown Newberg shop in mid-June, not having any idea what our business was going to look like during a pandemic. Y’all came through our doors with so much love, feedback and support! We are truly grateful. 🙏 Our shop is now closed until January 2nd as we take this time to rest & do winter farm projects. We will be open throughout January & February on Fridays & Saturdays from 11am-4pm. You can shop selected items online anytime at pollinateflowers.com & littlelavenderfarm.com 📦 The Pollinate team has some exciting ideas in the works for 2021...and our farm fresh flowers return in March!! Thank you all again and happy holidays! 🌲✨❄️

#flowershop #newbusiness #thankyou #entrepreneur #downtownnewberg #newbergoregon #yamhillcounty #oregonwinecountry #dundeehills #oregongrown #willamettevalley #flowerfarmer #farmstore #firstyear #2020 #pandemiclife #lgbtqbusiness #slowflowers #americangrownflowers #littlelavenderfarm #zacharyalanphotography #pollinateflowers ...

The Pollinate boys enjoyed a very quiet & relaxed holiday yesterday. We’re back in action today - Zach @zacharygoff is singing on the elliptical, getting ready to open our Newberg shop from 11am-4pm today ⛄️ We are moving into a time of planning and self-care on the farm. For obvious reasons, we were playing catch up in both of those areas in much of 2020. We’re all looking forward to the winter months ahead. ❄️

#poppy #cutflowers #slowflowers #newbergoregon #downtownnewberg #dundeehills #oregongrown #summerdreaming #holidayseason #lookingforward #zacharyalanphotography #pollinateflowers ...

Corona Christmas has us staying at the farm this week, planting late blooming daffodil bulbs in the garden & getting ready for a Christmas Eve dance party - just the three of us + a @garethemery livestream. 🙌 A HUGE holiday thank you to everyone who supported us this year, including our incredible employees - despite it all, each of you helped make 2020 our best sales year yet. Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! 🎅🏻🎅🏾🎅🏿

#christmaseve #thankyou #2020 #coronachristmas #pandemiclife #daffodils #narcissus #springbulbs #lookingforward #farmlife #danceparty #garethemery #trancefamily #trancearoundtheworld #laserface #teampollinate #zacharyalanphotography #pollinateflowers ...

I’ll never forget a lesson my parents taught me about sharing abundance as a young kid. Now, it’s not like my parents had a lot of abundance when I was young but they always recognized when they had the opportunity to share. They’re selfless givers, I remember my mom donating to one of those St. Jude radio fundraisers once, demanding that they do NOT announce her name on the radio. But the real lesson came one Christmas season when my parents had just purchased a cheap, new-to-them, used car from a friend. It was an upgrade and it meant they had an extra, older car that they no longer needed but still in great working condition. Instead of selling it for the little it was worth in cash, they decided to donate their extra car to a woman in an ‘empty stocking’ ad in the local newspaper. I remember being so excited to “get rid” of the old car. The new (used) car was just so much cooler. I remember thinking maybe my parents would buy us something fun with the money from selling the old car. Instead, one evening a single mother came over. I can’t picture her face, but I’ll never forget the tears of gratitude she shed as my dad signed the car title over to her in our dining room. I was just a kid but I knew something powerful had just happened. My parents had given this adult woman a material possession that I took for granted as a child. Flash forward to 2020 and the lesson I learned that day carries on in how I look at our business. In the panic and uncertainty this spring, we began a vegetable plant start donation program. I knew I had the opportunity to create this small bit of abundance and I know the importance of home grown food. We donated over 1,000 veggie starts to local charities this year and we will be back at it with a more streamlined system next spring. I share this story not to get accolades but to empower all of us to look at where we might have a small abundance to share this year. Sharing abundance is at the heart of the holiday season and even (especially) during these pandemic days there is so much opportunity to give. Happy Holidays to all from the Dundee Hills. 🌲

#giveback #abundance #holidayseason #community #inthistogether #pollinateflowers ...

Last minute? We got you. Our shop is open today through Christmas Eve and it’s stocked with great locally grown/made gifts from our farm + @littlelavenderfarm_shop 🎁

#lastminutegifts #holidayseason #giftbox #shoplocal #smallbusiness #lgbtqbusiness #pandemiclife #flowerfarm #flowershop #newbergoregon #downtownnewberg #oregonwinecountry #yamhillcounty #zacharyalanphotography #pollinateflowers ...

Some beautiful summer sun for this rainy December Sunday. 🌼

#floraldesign #bouquet #bridalbouquet #weddingflowers #weddingseason #oregonbride #winecountrywedding #localflowers #certifiedfloraldesigner #oregongrown #dundeehills #oregonwinecountry #newbergoregon #shoplocal #beyondorganic #summerblooms #zacharyalanphotography #pollinateflowers ...

Zach’s @zacharygoff 2020 vintage of Pollinate Flowers Farm Sink Face & Skin Toner is selling fast and folks are loving the scent! Grab yourself a bottle of our skin-friendly, Dundee Hills essential oils, steam distilled on our farm using herbs + blooms from the garden. All natural, small-batch skin care. 💯 Available at our downtown Newberg shop or order online at pollinateflowers.com in the Self-care section. 🌿

#essentialoils #plantessences #aromatic #facetoner #skincare #allnaturalskincare #toner #skintoner #oregongrown #distillation #farmtobottle #nochemicalskincare #shoplocal #smallbusiness #lgbtqbusiness #gayguy #gaymodel #modelboy #cuteguys #instagay #zacharyalanphotography #pollinateflowers ...