Petal & Root Garden at Hidden Ridge Farm

Who We Are

Petal & Root Garden is a small, owner-run regenerative flower farm in Montgomery County, Maryland. We grow field-fresh cut flowers for local CSA farms, market vendors, and florists.

Our approach is simple: grow beautiful flowers in a way that protects the soil, the water, and the land we share.

What We Grow

Six classic summer cut flowers, sown in succession from May into August for a steady, varied harvest from mid-July through mid-October.

Where We Grow

Our flowers grow at Hidden Ridge Farm in Clarksburg, Montgomery County, an established flower farm built over fifteen years. The field is fenced against deer and irrigated by drip, with a high tunnel for early and late crops, a walk-in cooler, and long-established perennial beds.

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How We Grow

Low-Till Beds: Beds are loosened with a broadfork rather than turned, protecting soil structure and soil life.
No Bare Ground: Every bed is planted, cover-cropped, or covered between crops and through winter.
No Herbicides: Weeds are handled with solarization, tarping, and shallow hand cultivation.
Biological Pest Control: Companion plantings host beneficial insects, and trap crops draw pests away from the flowers.
Respect for the Land: Established beds and perennials are tended for the long term, and changes to the land are made together with the landowners.
Clean Handling: Flowers are cut in the cool of the morning into sanitized buckets and moved to cool storage the same day.

When We Grow

Our first growing season is 2027.

January–April	Bed preparation, weed-suppressing covers, irrigation setup
May–August	Weekly sowings, daily watering and cultivation
Mid-July–October	Early-morning harvest for partner farms and buyers
November–December	Cleanup, cover crops, and planning for next year

Growing Harvest

Who We Grow For

CSA Flower Shares

We partner with local vegetable CSAs to add a flower share for their members. We grow, harvest, and bunch the flowers and deliver them to the partner's existing pickup. The partner sets the share structure and price.

Wholesale

Bunches and buckets of fresh, local stems for market vendors and nearby flower farms that need extra volume for events or busy market days.

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Petal & Root Garden sells to businesses only. There is no farm stand, u-pick, or public visiting at the growing site.

Why We Grow

Flowers are one of life's small, everyday joys. We believe they can be grown in a way that gives back, putting fresh, local blooms into people's hands while leaving the ground healthier than we found it, season after season.

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Peter Sparklin has eight seasons of hands-on farm experience across cut-flower and diversified vegetable farms in Maryland, Maine, and Arkansas, including assistant and farm manager roles. He trained through the Future Harvest CASA Beginning Farmer program and currently runs Grown@Pope, a food production and donation program for Montgomery Parks.

He lives in Boyds, a short drive from the farm.

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