The Carpinteria Greenhouse and Nursery Tour on April 1 can’t help but be a showy affair — we’re talking bajillions of beautiful blooms that are normally off limits to visitors, in one of the nation’s most productive flower-growing regions.
But the farmers have a deeper message for the thousands who come to ogle the fields of lilies, Gerbera daisies and other brilliant stems: Look for the orange and blue “CA grown” stickers when you purchase your bouquets.
“We’re trying to get people to be more discerning,” said Kasey Cronquist, head of the California Cut Flower Commission. “Historically, in the wholesale flower business, a rose is a rose is a rose, but not anymore….Now you need to ask, ‘Where did this rose come from?’ ”
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