About Us
We are a small farm
We strive to be as eco-friendly as possible
We strive to be as eco-friendly as possible
founded in 2017 in Lansing, MI. We recently relocated to Brighton, where we opened a farm stand in 2024, and in 2025, planted a vineyard. We cultivate a wide variety of vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs, grown utilizing sustainable and organic practices.
During the growing season, we offer bouquets, floral design, and bouquet subscriptions, as well as wholesale and DIY flowers.
We strive to be as eco-friendly as possible
We strive to be as eco-friendly as possible
We strive to be as eco-friendly as possible
by using sustainable and organic practices, which start with saving seeds and using organic, local seed and ingredients when available. We compost, plant native flowers, use integrated pest management practices, and work to reduce our use of disposable materials.
What we're up to...
We strive to be as eco-friendly as possible
What we're up to...
Grapes are coming soon, with jam and wine to follow! Want to try your hand at home jam or wine making? We will soon have fresh grapes for sale. Get in touch to reserve some.
Planning a wedding or other event and need DIY flowers or want to know about our floral design services? Contact us.
Where to Find Our Flowers and Produce
our shop
Click here to see our available produce and floral design offerings.
Buckets of flowers for DIY events are available during the growing season--contact us with inquiries.
Our Farm Stand
Find flowers and produce at our seasonal self-serve farm stand. We are located at:
4529 Pleasant Valley Rd.
Brighton, MI 48114
on the corner of Pleasant Valley and Spencer Roads across from Warner's Orchard. Look for the brightly painted mural on the back of our stand!
Hours vary by week, but are typically Thursday-Sunday 9 am to dusk, weather permitting.
Updates will be posted here and on our Nextdoor page.
A bit more about how we got here...
Hi, I'm Danielle! I've been the primary driver of this business since its inception: the manager/primary farm worker/florist/designer, etc....
My personal path to farming was a winding one, but it began with wanting to live more lightly on the Earth and be more self-sufficient. I have always loved being outside and learning about the natural world. I became more interested in food & healing more specifically while working at a small health food store in Tucson, Arizona. For years, I steeped myself in information about homesteading, foraging, and herbal medicine-making. My husband Nathan and I began talking more & more about starting a farming operation of our own. At the beginning, our ideas included a vineyard and winery. To learn more, we got involved with the nascent wine industry in Southern Arizona, and volunteered on vineyards there.
Nate returned to school, completing an MS in Agriculture at Washington State University, along with certificates in sustainable agriculture, viticulture, & enology. After he completed his studies there and worked for a time at Black Star Farms in Northern Michigan, we both decided to return to school--again! And we were both accepted to Michigan State University to study Community Sustainability at the graduate level.
The following spring, in 2017, we started growing—with a 20’ by 20’ plot at Northwind Community Garden in East Lansing, a little patch in my mom’s backyard, and a raised bed at home. It wasn’t much, but we were excited to finally be taking the first tiny steps towards our dream. That same year I also did a volunteer internship at Urbandale Farm in Lansing, and began selling floral arrangement made with flowers purchased from local growers. The next spring, we were able to lease 1/2 an acre through the Ingham County Land Bank & expand operations a bit.
In 2018 I completed MSU's Organic Farmer Training Program, which helped me acquire hands-on skills & practical business & agricultural knowledge. The tips and ideas offered up and inspired by the farmers at the many farms across the state were invaluable. As I learned more and completed my graduate studies, Nate and I continued to think about how we wanted to design our future farm, and this evolved.
Family vacation in Sedona, AZ: Me, Danielle Brugnone, my husband Nathan, & our sons, Asa & Miles.
our vision
Nate and I are, in our hearts, a musician and an artist, which is why--in addition to growing a variety of flowers, vegetables, and fruits--we plan to offer on-farm classes and other events. (Think: farm-to-table dinners with live music, writing and art workshops, and more!) In 2023 we broke ground at our new farm site at our home in Brighton, which includes a historic barn in which to host these types of happenings.
In this fast-paced, increasingly complex world, we want our farm to be a place of healing and regeneration: for ourselves, for others, and for the land. We want it to be a place that cradles what truly sustains us: good food, community, beauty. We hope that it will be a place where people can expand their vision of what a farm is and is for.
The Feral Field is grounded in the values of:
❖ Sustainability—in every facet
❖ (Re)Connection—to the Earth, to the wild world
❖ Community, including animals and plants
❖ Stewardship
❖ Sovereignty—in food and seed
❖ Service
❖ Respect—for difference, for wildness
❖ Hope—for a brighter, healthier, more peaceful future
❖ Beauty and Joy!
We know it is possible to grow delicious food andbeautiful flowers while respecting and providing critical habitat for pollinators and the many other incredible creatures we share this planet with.
Black swallowtail caterpillar nibbling a bronze fennel at our urban farm in Lansing.
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