Writing Retreat on Strawflower Farm: October 3, 2026
Join us at Strawflower Farm to:
Questions? Ready to Register? Please contact Louise at [email protected] or 610.892.7604 (voice only).
- Write as a group while enjoying breakfast
- Complete work on a writing project
- Cut flowers and build your own arrangement
- Make new writing friends; see old writing friends
- Relax in a supportive and beautiful environment
- Eat a delicious dessert
- Meet the miniature silky fainting goats, alpacas, the angora goats, and Jack the Turkey
- Walk around a farm located on one of Delaware County's highest points
Questions? Ready to Register? Please contact Louise at [email protected] or 610.892.7604 (voice only).
So many flowers!
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Seasonal dessert
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Kathryne and Tamsin meet Jack the Turkey and Scout the Cat
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A great group of writers with their flowers at the end of the day.
What We’ll Do
Come out to an all day writing retreat at Strawflower Flower Farm, located on one of Delaware County's highest points. Arrive to the gazebo at 8:30am for breakfast, tea, coffee, and a chance to meet everyone. Starting at 9:00, we will assemble outdoors, with a view of the flower fields, and write on a prompt to warm us up. We will then have a one-hour block of time to work on a longer project of our choice in a variety of outdoor/highly-ventilated spaces. A lunch break in the gazebo will give us time to socialize and enjoy delicious seasonal food. After lunch, we will have another two-hour writing block, followed by sharing our progress. During this time, Louise will offer 15 minute consults on attendee's projects. At 3:30 we'll enjoy some dessert, with another chance to socialize. At 4:00 we'll step into the high tunnels to cut flowers and create our own arrangements.
What We’ll Provide
Breakfast and Dessert
Enjoy a delicious, seasonal dessert as we conclude the day.
Coffee, Tea, and Water
We'll start the day with coffee and tea. Beverages will be available throughout the day.
What to Bring
Time = 8:30am to 4:30pm
Cost = $100 for full day retreat
Review: Chapin Cimino: So glad I choose to spend this day writing with others just like me (and the animals, of course!). Heartwarming AND productive day.
Come out to an all day writing retreat at Strawflower Flower Farm, located on one of Delaware County's highest points. Arrive to the gazebo at 8:30am for breakfast, tea, coffee, and a chance to meet everyone. Starting at 9:00, we will assemble outdoors, with a view of the flower fields, and write on a prompt to warm us up. We will then have a one-hour block of time to work on a longer project of our choice in a variety of outdoor/highly-ventilated spaces. A lunch break in the gazebo will give us time to socialize and enjoy delicious seasonal food. After lunch, we will have another two-hour writing block, followed by sharing our progress. During this time, Louise will offer 15 minute consults on attendee's projects. At 3:30 we'll enjoy some dessert, with another chance to socialize. At 4:00 we'll step into the high tunnels to cut flowers and create our own arrangements.
What We’ll Provide
Breakfast and Dessert
Enjoy a delicious, seasonal dessert as we conclude the day.
Coffee, Tea, and Water
We'll start the day with coffee and tea. Beverages will be available throughout the day.
What to Bring
- Notebooks
- Pens/pencils
- Laptop and charger
- An open mind
- A sense of fun and adventure
- Your lunch
- A water bottle
Time = 8:30am to 4:30pm
Cost = $100 for full day retreat
Review: Chapin Cimino: So glad I choose to spend this day writing with others just like me (and the animals, of course!). Heartwarming AND productive day.
About Louise
Louise Bierig graduated from the University of Iowa's Undergraduate Writers' Workshop. She has written countless short stories, several personal essays, a few poems, and is currently working on two novellas and a novel. She has taught at the William Way Center in Philadelphia and at Soul Source in Swarthmore and Aston. Currently, she leads the Lansdowne Writers' Workshop as well as a workshop for Wallingford Swarthmore Community Classes. In 2021 she became an Amherst Writers and Artists (AWA) affiliate, certified to lead workshops in the AWA method.
Her short stories, Field of Rye at Twilight (2018), and Sylvia (2019) were published in Philadelphia Stories. In Winter 2020 her flash fiction piece Be the Deer was published in Peregrine Journal Volume XXXIII. In Spring 2020, her flash piece, The Valley of Ebro was published in The Schuylkill Valley Journal, Volume 50. In Winter 2021, her flash piece The Corner Bar Read-In was published by shortedition. In Summer 2021, her short story The Anderson Family Motto was published in Toho Publishing's The Best Short Stories of Philadelphia 2021. In 2022, her short story A Cow Stood in the Field won third place in Mayday Magazine's March Madness Tournament and was subsequently published.
In 2024, she published her poetry in Pure Slush, Lifespan Volume 11: Older and Peregrine Journal Volume XXXVII. In 2005, she published her epic poem, Lake Erie Odyssey in Woodsqueer Literary Journal, Volume II. In 2006, she published 3 poems in Peregrine Journal Volume Praise and Thanks.
Her essays have been published in The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Swarthmorean. Her fiction has won the following awards: 2004: Finalist in novel writing contest sponsored by Suspect Thoughts Press; 1997: Finalist for The Heekin Group Foundation Writer’s & Education Fund; 1992: First prize in Mercyhurst College’s short fiction contest.
Her short stories, Field of Rye at Twilight (2018), and Sylvia (2019) were published in Philadelphia Stories. In Winter 2020 her flash fiction piece Be the Deer was published in Peregrine Journal Volume XXXIII. In Spring 2020, her flash piece, The Valley of Ebro was published in The Schuylkill Valley Journal, Volume 50. In Winter 2021, her flash piece The Corner Bar Read-In was published by shortedition. In Summer 2021, her short story The Anderson Family Motto was published in Toho Publishing's The Best Short Stories of Philadelphia 2021. In 2022, her short story A Cow Stood in the Field won third place in Mayday Magazine's March Madness Tournament and was subsequently published.
In 2024, she published her poetry in Pure Slush, Lifespan Volume 11: Older and Peregrine Journal Volume XXXVII. In 2005, she published her epic poem, Lake Erie Odyssey in Woodsqueer Literary Journal, Volume II. In 2006, she published 3 poems in Peregrine Journal Volume Praise and Thanks.
Her essays have been published in The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Swarthmorean. Her fiction has won the following awards: 2004: Finalist in novel writing contest sponsored by Suspect Thoughts Press; 1997: Finalist for The Heekin Group Foundation Writer’s & Education Fund; 1992: First prize in Mercyhurst College’s short fiction contest.