April 2023 Update:
After 6 years of endless projects I am extending my break from social media, and I’m not posting on the websites right now either.
I have funneled my other websites (Historic Faraway and Faraway Flower Farm) to this one website to simplify and streamline things.
Farming of any kind is very hands on plus we have quite a few animals here too, so I find it difficult to justify spending time on this when there are so many other things (and critters) that need my attention.
I think to create a great website one has to spend extended periods of time sitting at a computer, and right now there aren’t enough hours in the day for that.
I still post occasionally on Instagram, but you won’t find me on TikTok, Twitter or Facebook.
The next time you walk outside I hope you listen to the birds; that you see weeds and realize some of them make a delicious salad; that you carry a pruning shears so you can snip some branches and flowers and make an impromptu bouquet; and that you realize that the little things in your daily life are much more meaningful than most of what you see on social media. (But it IS hard to compete with those animal rescue stories with happy endings!)
Wishing you peace, joy and love ~
Brook
July 2022 Update:
If you came here looking for the online plant shop it is temporarily closed while we transition to cut flower season.
Thank you for your interest, and if you came to a pop-up and/or ordered online, thanks so much again!
~ Brook
The name The Barn Marché is a play on words, meant to honor and celebrate Frank & Josephine McDermott, the founders of The Bon Marché department store chain in Seattle in the late 1800s.
That same drive they shared to build the very best department stores inspired them to build Far-A-Way, a summer retreat in Longbranch, Washington in 1915, sparing no expense when it came to details.
Because there was only a small dirt road on this part of Key Peninsula, building this sprawling waterfront estate was a challenge; all craftsmen and materials were brought from Seattle via steamship, which took 3 hours each way.
We have not only saved the original 100+ year old dairy barn, but transformed it into a floral shop and demonstration kitchen on the main floor, and an airy light-filled open workspace in the loft.
It has been a work-in-progress full of mud, sweat & tears since buying the run-down property in 2016, but we are almost there!
We are hoping to open in the summer of 2023.
Please check back for updates and follow us on social media as we get closer to opening and can begin offering classes, events and a few surprises.
Instagram: @historicfaraway and @farawayflowerfarm
Facebook: The Barn Marché (not currently enabled)