First Look: Oopsy Daisy Flower Farm

When we stumbled across Oopsy Daisy Flower Farm on Instagram, we couldn’t get to their adorable flower stand in South Glens Falls fast enough! We chatted with owner Angela Weinberger about this new family venture, including how the flower stand came to be, the joys (and challenges!) of small scale flower farming, and of course, how to get your hands on one of their gorgeous bouquets!

Tell us about yourself!

My name is Angela Weinberger and I live in South Glens Falls. My husband Seth and I have been together since we were 16 and 17. We have a 3 year old daughter and 1 year old son. When we aren’t covered in dirt from the garden, you can find us at Lowes or bike riding to our local elementary school playground. We love to spend time by our pool and with our family and friends!

An Idea Blooms

In August of 2022, I was 4 months postpartum with my son and had a crazy energetic curly haired 1 year old girl. I had a fun idea for her to have a lemonade stand that weekend, but I wanted a way to incorporate all of the fresh flowers that we had grown in our yard and garden. So I thought, “lemonade and fresh flowers” — who could say no to that, let alone from a 1 year old?! Seth got right to work and built the most adorable toddler height lemonade stand. My daughter was thrilled. She wore her garden hat with pride and sold enough lemonade and flowers to fill her piggy bank the next day. It was then that we realized we had the space to grow even more fresh flowers and make something of this.

We immediately got to work and started all of our seeds indoors over the winter. Our kids loved helping water them and take care of them. In the freezing 30 degree winter weather, nothing made me happier than seeing green sprouts on our plants! Spring was coming!!

We’re currently growing on about a quarter acre. We have over 60 varieties of dahlias with a total of roughly 215 dahlia plants. Along with dahlias, we grow zinnias, sunflowers, hydrangeas, snapdragons and more. We planted a small pumpkin patch this year with plans to expand next year.

As far as the Oopsy Daisy name, well, our daughter has always said “oopsy daisy” when she drops something. One day she just said it, and it clicked! Oopsy Daisy Flower Farm!

On Rewards and Challenges

Seeing customers when they pick up their bouquets has to be my absolute favorite! When I deliver flowers, I enjoy seeing how happy and surprised they are. I truly try to put a lot of thought into the bouquets I design. We have done a few events this season and being a part of bridal showers, baby showers and just day to day celebrations is so special. Aside from my children, nothing makes me more proud than stamping our Oopsy Daisy logo on an envelope for a bouquet.

As far as challenges, I think most people in our area can agree that our weather this spring and summer has been so inconsistent. Between the drought and then constant rain, we really haven’t had the best growing conditions.

The only other challenge we have faced is trying to arrange and deliver flowers with a 1 and 3 year old. We are out working before they wake up and out the door the second we put them to bed. You can say we are pretty busy over here! Thankfully, we have had some help this summer from my 12 year old brother who stays with us. He helps me on our deliveries and brings our bouquets to the door when he isn’t helping out with the kids. You can say he’s rightfully earned employee of the month this month!

At the Flower Stand

My husband Seth built our flower stand. He is a man of many trades and I will always brag about how handy he is.

Our stand is typically open every day. I like to put a couple bouquets out a day, but I’ve found that weekends are our busiest. You can find up to date information on our flower stand hours and address on our our Instagram page @oopsydaisyflowerfarm. I always say that pre ordering ahead of time is a better way to get your hands on a bouquet in case the stand sells out.

When you visit our stand, you’ll find rows of flowers in our front side yard with a hand painted by my 3 year old and a “fresh cut flowers” sign hung with pride. You might also see an exhausted mom in her nightgown with a baby on her hip chasing her defiant toddler around.

On The Future

Our first season has certainly been a trial and error experience for us. We now know what is most popular and plan to grow more of that next season. We specialize in dahlias and next year we plan to triple the amount of plants.

We plan to spend the fall and winter figuring our logistics for ideas we have. I love the idea of “U-Pick” events and “mommy and me” picking. We would eventually love to buy a piece of property to grow flowers on. We have so many ideas and are so excited for them. Our first season really took off so quickly and well. We are so grateful for this opportunity to share something we love with our children right at home. It’s a great opportunity for them as they grow older to help us and learn to work for money.

On Giving Back

Recently, we started a thankful Thursday giveaway on our Instagram page. Each week for the remainder of the season we will give away a bouquet of fresh cut flowers. We love making others smile!

We are always looking for charitable events to donate to. Please reach out via Instagram or our email [oopsydaisyflowerfarm@yahoo.com].