Enjoy a weekly stop by the farm to breathe fresh air under the big blue sky and harvest your own bouquet of beautiful flowers. Of the many species and varieties we grow at Raindance Organic Farm, you can choose the colors & look that you like. Have fun designing and arranging your own bouquets of organically grown flowers to bring nature and joy to your indoor spaces.

• The 8-week season runs July 18th through September 7th.

• Our certified organic farm is located on a main road just 10 minutes north of downtown Ann Arbor and 5 minutes south of Whitmore Lake.

• Wander the flower field and harvest one large bouquet each week.

• Stop by the farm anytime between 6am and 8pm Thursday or Sunday— on the commute home, early in the cool of the morning, or right before you visit a loved one who would enjoy a special gift.

• Kristen will offer a pre-season tour of the farm in mid-July to orient you to the farm and help you find flowers, snippers, mason jars, and water.

German Red is a full-bodied, strong and spicy garlic that reliably produces large, satiny white and purple heads. The easy-to-peel cloves are wrapped in fawn colored skins.

Rocamboles have thin papery wrappers and large cloves making them easy-to-peel in the kitchen and also short-storing (through December). 

Killarney Red Rocambole garlic has a strong, nutty flavor with thin, mahogany clove wrappers that are easy to peel. 

Rocamboles have thin papery wrappers and large cloves making them easy-to-peel in the kitchen and also short-storing (through December). 

Purple Italian Rocambole garlic is as beautiful as it sounds and has a medium garlic flavor that is excellent for baking. It averages 7 cloves per bulb and peels easily.

Rocamboles have thin papery wrappers and large cloves making them easy-to-peel in the kitchen and also short-storing (through December). 

We first became interested in Siberian Purple Stripe garlic when I saw it advertised at the Ann Arbor Kerrytown Farmer's Market as an immune booster. In one garlic study Siberian was found to have the highest allicin content of its competitors. Allicin is the compound in garlic that supports normal cholesterol levels, boosts the immune system, and enhances circulation.

Purple Stripe garlics are hardnecks (which means great flavor!) and they're also beautiful. Stores 6-7 months.

This beautiful purple bulb from the Republic of Georgia is know for its mild, creamy flavor when cooked. Bulbs average 7-10 cloves. Chesnok Red won “best baking garlic” in taste tests conducted by Rodale, Sunset Magazine, Martha Stewart and others. 

Purple Stripe garlics are hardnecks (which means great flavor!) and they're also beautiful. They store well for 6-7 months.

Bogatyr Marbled Purple Stripe was originally picked for seed stock at a market in Moscow, Russia. It tastes mild at first but then bites with a bit of heat at the finish. Bogatyr yields smaller bulbs, but has only 5-6 cloves in most heads, so the dark brown-purple cloves are large. 

Purple Stripe garlics are hardnecks (which means great flavor!) and they're also beautiful. 

Inchelium Red Artichoke has a mild flavor and scored the highest rating in Rodale's test kitchen. Hailing from the Colville Indian Reservation in Inchelium, Washington, this garlic is a large and beautiful artichoke variety. They lack symmetry, but are very photogenic. Inchelium Reds have large heads with four or five layers of cloves and up to 20 cloves per bulb.

Artichoke varieties are large softnecks that grow easily and multiply quickly.  Their chalky feeling, irregular size, and shaped cloves (12-25) are arranged in a random pattern with 2-5 clove layers.  Artichokes mature earlier than most hardnecks and are extremely long storing, often lasting through spring.

Lorz Italian Artichoke is one of only three garlic varieties listed in Slow Food's Ark of Taste, a catalog of delicious foods facing extinction. Slow Food has been instrumental in educating the food-eating and food-growing community about the importance of biodiversity as an essential tool in creating a healthy environment and defending our future against climate change. We grow Lorz Italian and the two other Ark of Taste garlic varieties in support of Slow Food's mission. We want to preserve diverse garlic genes.

Artichoke varieties are large softnecks that grow easily and multiply quickly.  Their chalky feeling, irregular size, and shaped cloves (12-25) are arranged in a random pattern with 2-5 clove layers.  Artichokes mature earlier than most hardnecks and are extremely long storing, often lasting through spring.

Italian Late Artichoke has a pleasing, rich garlic flavor. It's bulb is tight, with light-colored wrappers over fat round outer cloves. Good for braiding. 8-12 cloves/bulb. Lasts until the New Year. 

Artichoke varieties are large softnecks that grow easily and multiply quickly.  Their chalky feeling, irregular size, and shaped cloves are arranged in a random pattern with 2-5 clove layers.  Artichokes mature earlier than most hardnecks and are extremely long storing, often lasting through spring.

Silver Rose Silverskin is a beautiful color and one of our two longest-storing garlics. We grow a ton of it because we want to keep our local, organic garlic in our kitchen until the next garlic harvest twelve months later. It 's a very clean garlic with little after taste. Rosy-skin bulbs have both large and small cloves. Our garlic mentors, Dick & Diana Dyer, told us Silver Rose was the surprise ‘hit’ at Ann Arbor’s Local Food Festival in 2011.

Silverskins are a softneck garlic are among the latest varieties to mature and be harvested each July. They are excellent for braiding and we love to see their cheerful beauty hanging in the pantry in the doldrums of Michigan winters.

Idaho Silver is a variety we're introducing to our farm in 2018 in our search for great long-keeping garlic. The bulbs are a beautiful creamy silver color with reddish-pink cloves hiding inside. It is mild and sweet when baked.

Silverskins are a softneck garlic are among the latest varieties to mature and be harvested each July. They are excellent for braiding and we love to see their cheerful beauty hanging in the pantry in the doldrums of Michigan winters.