Why Local Flowers

Have you ever noticed that a typical grocery store bouquet only lasts a couple of days? Here’s a little secret… It’s because nearly 80% of flowers sold in the United States aren’t even grown in North America! That’s right—the flowers you buy for special occasions are usually not American-grown. Yikes!

Imported flowers go through an entire chain of processes before they reach you. By the time you hold those blooms, they’re often already a week old. They’ve been grown in South America (typically), shipped via airline freights and containers, imported to brokers, distributed to wholesalers, sorted, sent on trucks to your local florist or grocery store, and finally, into your hands. Whew! That’s a lot! Are you still with me?

When you buy flowers from a local farm, your blooms go straight from “seed to vase.” From sowing seeds to tending the soil, we hand-pick the freshest, in-season stems from our flower fields! We thoughtfully select colors and textures for your bouquets, and the quality speaks for itself—not to mention the vase life.

Here at Wildly Rooted Floral, we grow all the heirloom varieties that florists and chain stores can’t get their hands on! Why? Because our flowers are “grown, not flown.” Have you noticed that grocery store bouquets barely smell floral? That’s because they’re bred for durability during shipping, often losing their scent. Not here on our little flower farm—we promise an abundance of fragrance!

Most local flower farms use organic practices. Why? Because we live on the land we steward and grow on! I want my little ones running and playing without exposure to harsh chemicals. Our flowers are grown without pesticides or herbicides, unlike many imported blooms. When you purchase a bouquet from our farm, you can feel confident about what you’re bringing into your home.

Since we grow naturally, without harsh chemicals, our farm is a safe haven for local pollinators. Birds and bees here often go on to help pollinate other farms and crops in our community.

I hope you get the chance to experience the joy of locally grown flowers. I can’t wait to grow and share them with you!