Farm Calendar & Hours for Summer 2012

Our farm is a busy place during the summer months, and we are available most of the time, but periodically we are closed due to reserved activities, days off, daylily events, or family activities.  Please find below a calendar which may help you determine the best time for a visit to Solaris Farms (Please note that our daily hours have changed).  We do not open the gardens until July 6th (unless bloom season arrives early), and daylily bloom season generally starts after July 18th. In the past we opened at the beginning of July, but this period of time has few flowers and has proven to be difficult for flower shoppers to make selections.    We dig and sell most of our daylilies and Lilium during peak bloom and find that the plants establish and grow very well for our Midwest customers.  If you visit the farm and are interested in purchasing daylilies and/or Lilium, please remember it takes us some time to dig plants and label them so you can take them home. The advantages of having plants dug on the spot are 1) you are able to see the plants in bloom for a better perspective   2) you will likely get larger plants  3) plant growth is geared for easy transplant during this period  4) comparison of different cultivars in bloom helps in proper selection.   Solaris Farms  is a place you can spend much time wondering, so your visit should be very enjoyable.  We now have comfortable seating in shaded arbor settings and packing a lunch and picnicing is a welcome activity.   Simply enjoy the quiet country setting...pack a lunch and take a load off!!!

May:  Open by appointment only.  Peony season is in full swing and we are hybridizing and weeding.  We will post open house dates for Peony bloom for those interested in the update pane of the main page.   If you'd like to visit please email us at info@solarisfarms.com.

June:  Open by appointment only.  Peony season is reaching completion and we are hybridizing and weeding.  If you'd like to visit please email us at info@solarisfarms.com.  Daylilies are not yet in bloom (even if they are in your garden) and the farm is getting ready for the big show!

July 2012:  =Solaris High Bloom (Solaris Farms daylily peak bloom period).  Typically the weeks of July 18th through through August 10th are the peak of the peak for great daylily and Lilium flowers (this is weather dependent, so an email can save you some travel time).

Monday		Tuesday		Wednesday		Thursday		Friday		Saturday		Sunday
2	Seedling Planting/Open by appointment	3	Seedling Planting/Open by appointment	4	Seedling Planting/Open by appointment	5	Seedling Planting/Open by appointment	6	1st day open Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	7	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	8	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4
9	Open by appointment Call or Email	10	Open by appointment Call or Email	11	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	12	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	13	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	14	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	15	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4
16	Open by appointment Call or Email	17	Open by appointment Call or Email	18	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	19	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	20	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	21	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	22	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4
23	Open by appointment Call or Email	24	Open by appointment Call or Email	25	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	26	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	27	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	28	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	29	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4
30	Open by appointment Call or Email	31	Open by appointment Call or Email

 

August 2012: If the weather is right, daylilies will be in bloom until mid August.

Monday		Tuesday		Wednesday		Thursday		Friday		Saturday		Sunday
	Open by appointment only Call or Email		Open by appointment only Call or Email	1	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	2	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	3	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	4	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	5	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4
6	Open by appointment only Call or Email	7	Open by appointment only Call or Email	8	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	9	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	10	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	11	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	12	Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4
13	Open by appointment only Call or Email	14	Open by appointment only Call or Email	15	Last day open Solaris Farms Open  10 to 4	16	Closed  for the season	17	Closed  for the season	18	Closed  for the season	19	Closed  for the season
20	Closed  for the season	21	Closed  for the season	22	Closed  for the season	23	Closed  for the season	24	Closed  for the season	25	Closed  for the season	26	Closed  for the season
27	Closed  for the season	28	Closed  for the season	29	Closed  for the season	30	Closed  for the season	31	Closed  for the season

September and October:  Solaris Farms is open by appointment week nights and weekends.  Please contact us via e-mail.  Peony digging and shipping during September and October is in full swing, thus we are unavailable for visits.  We are also propagating peonies during these months and ship peonies bare-root from September 15th through November.  Appointments may be made to pickup fall peony orders.  We do not recommend planting daylilies after August 20 (best time to plant is during flowering or just after).

November through April:  Closed to all farm business at this time.  We do, however, take internet website orders for the coming year and can be contacted via email.  Nate also teaches from late August to early June.