# Ep 281: Behind the Scenes with Cross Street Flower Farm

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Podcast: [The Dirt on Flowers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dirt-on-flowers-5452673)
Published: 2026-05-29T04:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.thedirtonflowers.com/
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Duration seconds: 3213

## Resource

In this episode of The Dirt on Flowers , Lyndsay and Shannon chat with Nikki Bartley of Cross Street Flower Farm in Norwell, Massachusetts. Nikki shares her 11-year farming journey, from running a vegetable CSA to building a thriving flower farm with a retail barn shop, pick-your-own tulip and dahlia events, and seasonal festivals. She also recounts an inspiring trip to Europe, visiting tulip farms in the Netherlands and flower growers in Italy and France, which reinvigorated her passion for farming heading into the new season. Learn more about this weeks guest Nikki Van Lith : Website , Facebook and Instagram Be in the know for DirtCon 2027 If you want to dive in deeper with us each month, join our membership group - The Dirt on Flowers Insiders! So if you love the podcast and want to dig deeper with us, head over to www.thedirtonflowers.com/membership to join now. Did you love today's episode? Take a screenshot and share it in your IG stories. Don't forget to tag @dirtonflowers ! Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Head to www.thedirtonflowers.com to sign up for our newsletter and become a Dirt on Flowers insider! Want to learn more about your hosts? Follow us on Instagram! Lyndsay @wildroot_flowerco Shannon @bloomhillfarm

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