Skinny Trees Farm

Flower farm & roadside stand · Hopewell, New Jersey

Skinny Trees Farm

We grow cut flowers and figs on eleven acres, fuss over native plants, and leave bouquets at a stand by the road. It began as a side project. It is no longer entirely under control.

Every color we've found in our own flowers so far — 360 of them, counted one photograph at a time, across 33 kinds of flower. We may have gotten a little carried away.

I · The farm

Shagbark hickories mark the old boundaries of a dairy farm that was abandoned in the 1960s, next to the St. Michael's preserve.

We bought eleven acres and named it Skinny Trees Farm after overhearing visitors remark on how skinny the ash trees were. Since then we've been slowly trading invasive roses and a dying ash forest for native trees, shrubs, wildflowers, and herbs — and adding a fig orchard, a berry patch, a great many cutting flowers, and a stand to sell them from.

— Pascale & Adam

II · At the stand

A little hut by the road

Open seasonally, on the honor system. Pay with cash or Venmo. Take a book while you're at it.

Flowers $10
Figs $4
Jam $8
Seedlings $3
Tomatoes $3
Herbs $1
Firewood $4
Used books $2
The Skinny Trees Farm stand: bouquets in mason jars, a chalkboard of prices, figs, jam, and used books.
The stand in high summer — dahlias, figs, jam, and whatever's ripe.

IV · What you'll find

Flowers

Cut flowers all season, and the bouquets, jars, and centerpieces we make from them.

What's blooming →

Celebrations

Weddings, showers, markets, the odd memorial. We grow and arrange; you handle the toasts.

See more →

Figs & the stand

Figs (recovering from a brutal winter), berries, jam, seedlings — out at the stand.

Visit →

V · Also on the payroll (unpaid)

Mica

A mutt from Alabama. Plays with turtles, supervises.

Domingo

The other dog. Offers a second opinion on everything.

Boosa

A retired cat gang member, now running the spa for tired farmers.

VI · Find our flowers

By the road, and around town

Stop by the stand, or look for our bouquets on Fridays at Lillipies Bakery and The Green Trellis. Want something specific? Email us and we'll cut it for you.

Where to find us