Jo's Farms

“My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of nature.” — Claude Monet

Jo’s Farms and our home feels like a small dream, tucked into the gardens.

Welcome to our flower-filled world — where décor, blooms, and style entwine, and quiet muses of beauty are reborn.

I’ve always believed a home should be lived in beautifully. Not saved for a special occasion. Not waiting for someday. Use the good dishes. Bring in the flowers from your garden. Find your favorite place and adorn it to your heart’s content.

My life is rooted in something deeply beautiful — in blooming gardens, in the rhythm of the seasons.

We wake with purpose. We grow what we can, and honor what we cannot.

We find beauty in the ordinary. There is meaning in tending, in creating, in living closely with the earth.

My home has become a kind of living tapestry — and everything on the property has found its purpose. A greenhouse glowing with promise, a light-filled shop, an A-frame flower shed barn, a field of lavender and flower gardens and my new potting shed… it feels like the beginning of something, even now.

Inspired by the grace of the English countryside, this little haven is layered with fresh and dried flowers, curated décor, and a sense of timeless charm.

It is where floral design meets creative display. Where beauty lives effortlessly.

A field of lavender that hums in the sun. Cut flower gardens that feel wild and painterly. And my beloved dried flowers—fragile, textural, holding onto their beauty in the most timeless way.

The garden remains my heart’s quiet muse — every bloom a poem, every fragrance a soft refrain carried on the air at Jo’s Farms.

There is a kind of magic in a meandering garden — the way it reveals itself slowly, petal by petal, path by path. That quiet search led me here, to this two-acre haven I now call home.

My home is more than a place — it’s a frequency, a way of being.

Every mindful step, every seed sown, every plant planted, every choice made with intention… creating a life that feels like home.

And this is how it begins. 🍀

A small dream, tucked into the gardens.

Softly waiting ….

Our Final Lavender Plant Sale of the Season

Plant the beauty. Harvest the calm. Savor the scent. 🌿💜

Bring home a little more calm, beauty, and intoxicating scent this fall at Jo’s Farms Lavender Plant Sale!

Join us September 11, 12, and 13, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. for our last lavender plant sale of the season. We’ll have beautiful, healthy plants in three beloved varieties:

Grosso
Provence
Phenomenal

Lavender is wonderfully low-maintenance, drought-tolerant, and pollinator-friendly—a beautiful addition to gardens, pathways, pots, and patios. Plant a few this season, and before long, you’ll have your own rows to walk, your own blooms to harvest, and your own fragrant moments of calm to enjoy.

As an added bonus, every lavender plant purchase will include planting instructions, because we want you to feel confident growing this beautiful purple-bloomed beauty at home.

Plant the beauty. Harvest the calm. Savor the scent.

Gathering flowers from the lavender fields and cutting gardens is a life force for me—it’s a way of life.

A reminder that a beautiful life is one you cultivate with intention. Grow something. Make something

Jo’s Farms is my passion, and without question, our greatest achievement.

It began as a blank canvas and has become something I could never have fully imagined—wildly beautiful, quietly magical. That is the true gift of a garden.

Don’t miss your final opportunity of the season to bring home lavender from the farm. We can’t wait to see you! 🌿💜

JJ and LIsa

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Jo’s Farms was born from sun-soaked memories of Provence, where endless rows of lavender first captured my imagination.

But at its heart, this farm is something far more personal—it is a tribute to my mother, Josephine, known and loved by all as Jo.

Her spirit lives on in every row we’ve planted, in every bloom that rises with the seasons.

These gardens, along with our home, greenhouse, flower shed and newly imagined potting shed are the foundation of my styling and floral work—an ever-evolving source of inspiration.

Everywhere you turn, something is blooming, inviting you to pause, gather, and create.

Jo’s Farms is the story of Lisa Fontanarosa and Joe Ornelas—two deeply devoted, nature-loving, flower-obsessed souls… well, perhaps one especially flower-obsessed (that would be me).

This life holds a certain intensity—it asks everything of you, and in return, offers something equally profound. It is both breathtaking and all-consuming.

At Jo’s Farms, I invite you into a world where fresh and dried florals intertwine with French and European-inspired touches—an eclectic, sensory experience designed to charm, inspire, and awaken your space.

Each stem, each detail, is chosen to spark a quiet kind of beauty, one that lingers and transforms the everyday.

Because when it comes to our homes, there are no rules—only endless possibilities waiting to unfold. Vive la différence.

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I have a curatorial eye for detail, creativity and the art of noticing.

At Jo’s Farms, every space invites you to wander, discover, and fall in love.

Our lavender fields are only the beginning. From the shop to the greenhouse, the flower shed to the newly imagined potting shed, each space is designed as part of a shop-and-stroll experience—where fresh and dried flowers mingle with beautiful objects and textiles gathered from Europe and beyond. You move through them as you would a garden, each turn revealing something unexpected.

Curation is at the heart of everything I do. My life is both curation and creation—a world shaped by a careful eye, a love of detail, and the quiet art of noticing. These spaces are an extension of that world, filled with the same beauty that surrounds me at home: thoughtful, layered, and alive with story.

Jo’s Farms houses my floral creations alongside an ever-evolving collection of rare accessories and unusually beautiful furnishings. It is a place to indulge a signature aesthetic—chic yet rustic, French-inspired yet deeply natural, artistic, whimsical, and just a little wild. A destination for discovery. A place for that unmistakable coup de cœur—the moment you fall for something without quite knowing why.

You’ll find bespoke pieces by artists I’ve had the privilege to represent from France, the United Kingdom, Scotland, Sweden, and the Netherlands—some no longer in production—as well as custom creations like Marie Christophe’s delicate wirework crystal birds and sculptures. Interwoven are my own works: dried-flower arrangements, sculptural compositions, and floral fashions that transform vintage dress forms into naturalistic couture.

Lavender, of course, is ever-present. The shop, greenhouse, flower shed, and potting shed are filled with dried bouquets and bespoke pieces made from the blooms grown here in the fields—each one carrying the scent and spirit of the land.

People often ask about my style. It’s difficult to define, but easy to feel: French, feminine, and rooted in nature. A balance of refinement and wildness. Every piece is either made or hand-selected to belong, to contribute, to create a world that feels both effortless and intentional.

My muses are simple and enduring—Mother Nature, my gardens, my love of France, and the belief that a house without flowers has no soul. So I bring the garden indoors, season after season, with fresh blooms and dried works that preserve their beauty in time.

But more than anything, this is something to be experienced.

Come stroll. Come discover. Come shop and find what speaks to you.