Photography

Photographers - if you have a client looking for photos among flowers, we can help! The garden offers rows and rows of flowers in a range of colors, textures and heights July through frost! The flowers begin blooming in July and reach optimal height by late July.

Click here to schedule for the 2024 season.  Please note we do require the photographer be a professional with an active photography business.  

LIMITS:  
TWO photographers at a time in July & October.
THREE photographers at a time August & September.   The second garden opens in August and the eucalyptus in the hoop is taller, providing more options for photos.

If you arrive for your session and find red cones with a closed sign across the driveway, just go around them.   These cones are in place during our closed times because we get a lot of visitors at random times.   Please do not park down by the house, drive past the barns and park in the grass after the last building.   

Please review the sign-up carefully before signing up to ensure no more than one other photographer is here during your selected session times.    When signing up, please enter the business name and session start/end times.  Also, provide the best email contact for the photographer.  

Sign up to reserve time in 1/2, 1 or 2 hour increments only.  Session fees shown at the bottom of the page.

Pay attention to the notes on each date on the signupgenius.

Please join our photographers only Facebook group.   We use this private group to communicate with photographers who shoot here or are interested in doing so.  You must answer the questions to join.   https://www.facebook.com/groups/208945420278708  - Country Joy Flowers - Photography

Availability is Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday evenings beginning at 5pm.  
We are open for public u-pick Thursday and Friday evenings but you may sign up to use the gardens beginning at 7pm when u-pick closes those evenings July & August.    
Closed Sundays and Mondays.

While here you may use the flower gardens, antique truck, eucalyptus hoop house, barn exterior, etc., for photos.  

Mini sessions with multiple clients during your selected time is fine...it is your time and you may schedule with your clients as you wish.

When you arrive, follow the drive past the barns until you come to a large grass area.   You may park there or in the grassy area facing the woodpiles.   The gardens are located to the right of the two red buildings (behind them).

September and October offer some unique opportunities for fall photos. We grow several acres of pumpkins in a wide variety of colors and types and could work with you to create the fall scene you need for amazing photos! In 2024 our pumpkin patch will not be located by the barn but we will have harvested pumpkins available for you to use at will.

No pets please; we are a working farm, and it can be a bit much for pets not used to all the new smells! We also have free range pets and poultry, and their safety is very important to us!

Payment options:
Paypal to countryjoyflowers@gmail.com.
Credit card through the store.

Please wait until after your session has been completed to avoid a refund situation due to weather. If you do not wish to use PayPal or credit card, cash or check is also fine.  You may place your cash or check in the little greenhouse in the main garden.  Be sure to label it with your business name and the date/times.

**Reservation fees are required to be paid within 24 hours of your sessions.**
**All payments should be made through the photographer and not the client(s).**

Session fees are based on time reserved on the sign-up genius page. When you sign up for a slot, please enter the exact times you will be here. This helps to schedule adjacent sessions. If you reserve two hours but only use 1/2 hour, the rental fee is based on the two hours you reserve/blocked on the schedule.

If you know in advance you will not need the full time booked, you may update your sign-up to reflect the actual time you will be here, however, this should be done a week or more before the date when possible.  No shows - you will owe the rental fee for the amount of time you booked. If not paid, future sessions reserved will be deleted. In either scenario, future sessions will be required to be paid in full at time of booking to reserve.

Weather - if it rains the evening you have booked causing cancellation, we do not expect payment for the reserved time.   You are free to reschedule on another open date.

NOTE: Due to the high number of beneficial pollinators in the gardens, please ensure your clients do not have bee allergies prior to scheduling. Chances of a sting are extremely low, however safety is our first priority.

                                                              2024 Rental Fees:
                                                                 1/2 hour: $30
                                                                 1 hour: $50
                                                                 2 hour: $90