Hand-painted wooden sign reading Home, Maine, Est. 2018

Our Story · Est. 2018

Three years to find home

We searched for this property for three years. When we found it — old ground in Pittston, a century-old barn, fields running down to the Eastern River — we drove up on weekends for two more, clearing and cleaning, before we could call it a farm.

worth every mile of it —

A short, factual history

How the farm came to be

three years to find it, five to call it a farm —

The farm from above — the red barn, greenhouses and covered rows against the treeline the search Three years of looking

The right land does not announce itself. We looked at property after property before finding this one — the barn, the slope of the fields, the river at the bottom of them.

the weekends Two years of driving up

For two years we came on weekends, working the place back into shape while the rest of life carried on elsewhere.

the first winter Clearing fields, cleaning the barn

Our first winter went to clearing overgrown fields and cleaning out the century-old barn — the same barn the studio works out of today.

The rows in full summer bloom — yarrow and sweet peas against the sky 2018 Eastern River Farm

Established as a specialty cut flower farm: regeneratively grown, zero pesticides, herbicides or fungicides. Family-run and owned, then and now. See what the rows grow each season.

An armful of cosmos held overhead in the century-old barn grown up in the rows —

A family affaireveryone on the payroll, roughly

  • Jennifer JorayFarmer Florist

    Master of Music in Flute Performance. Trades the flute for the field knife most mornings.

  • Scott JorayThe Management

    PhD in Inorganic Polymer Chemistry. Applies it, loosely, to soil and irrigation.

  • Violette & ChloeCo-owners

    The daughters of the farm — seeding, cutting and quality control since the beginning.

  • GrangerMiniature Schnauzer

    Perimeter security, self-appointed.

  • ButtonBarn Cat

    Rodent policy, enforced.

Consulting

For the next farmerwe made the mistakes already —

We consult for farmers and aspiring farmers — attainably priced, by the hour, with packages for longer engagements. Working sessions with people who cleared their own fields and built this from the first winter on.

  • aValuing your time — an honest accounting of what the work actually takes
  • bPinpointing your dream — deciding what the farm is for, before what it grows
  • cActionable goals — toward a profitable farm and a manageable workload

The point of the exercise, in our experience: joy and purpose.

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The farm from above — greenhouses, rows and the barn among the trees the rows, earning their keep

Come see itwell — by appointment, anyway

The farm is not open to the public, except for workshops and special events. For wedding flowers, à la carte arrangements, workshops or consulting, write to us — every note is answered personally, within two days.

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