Hollow Thistle Ranch
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Riviera, Texas · Family-run

Rooted here.
Growing
with purpose.

Native flora, specialty cut flowers,
and a living record of the land.

Blush and cream flowers in a stone bowl on weathered wood
The land was here first.

Flowers are part
of a larger story.

Hollow Thistle Ranch brings floriculture, native restoration, and field research together in South Texas. We are building a flower business that can support the land.

We’re starting small, learning which flowers grow well here and last in a vase. The soil, water, and seasons guide the next planting.

Follow the work
One ranch. Connected work.
Cream sunflower with a dark center

Grow.

Texas-native flowers, specialty stems, and small trials of something new.

The flowers
Planned Living Classroom and greenhouses among the flower rows

Learn.

Follow the flowers, soil, and water through our field notes and growing trials.

Research & learning
Hollow Thistle Ranch flower trailer with a cream and olive striped awning

Gather.

Seasonal U-pick flowers and hands-on visits are part of our plans for the ranch.

Visiting the ranch

Leave the land better.
Leave the knowledge better.

Conservation, research, and the work of growing belong to the same responsibility.

Our purpose