Flower Farming is Making a Comeback as Gardeners Grow a Local Niche

In the humid haze of an early summer morning, Ash Hobson Carr walks up and down rows of snapdragons and delphiniums, expertly snipping long stems of bright blooms. On the 6 acres in Highland Springs that she shares cooperatively with two other farming enterprises, Hobson Carr’s Hazel Witch Farm flower business is blooming.

One Wild Acre Puts the Spotlight on Local Flowers in Charleston

From her one-acre flower farm, Peachey Trudell is working to get people in Charleston, South Carolina, to embrace local flowers in the same way they’ve embraced local food.

ASCFG: See What Our Members are Growing at LocalFlowers.org

Members of the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers produce a huge range of flowers, everything from the familiar dahlias and zinnias, to exotic callas and curcumas, to fragrant garden roses and luscious garden peonies.

Wholesale Market Selling Local Flowers Blooms in Spokane

The displays at the Inland Northwest Flower Farmers Market in Spokane can’t seem to contain themselves.