Fox Creek Flowers is Hannah Bailey’s garden in Shasta County, in far northern California. The place takes its name from the seasonal stream that runs through the front field. Here the wet season fills the creeks, and the long hot summer draws them down. The garden follows that water. Cosmos, zinnia, dahlia, amaranth, and celosia come on as the heat settles in. What is cut that week becomes a fresh bouquet. What is hung to dry keeps a piece of the season.

Hannah grew up stopping at farm stands, picking the fruit that hung over the fence, and eating blackberries in the heat beside a river. She learned the names of plants by asking her mother on walks. The front field is that habit, planted: flowers grown at home, without sprays, and gathered by hand.

The bouquets in the shop are the ones the garden has been giving. Mixed buckets leave the field in the back of the car. A week of dahlias lands on the kitchen table. Zinnias and celosia are cut for arranging. The mix changes with the weather. Newer stems are still shared on Instagram.