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Flower Shares
One in twenty cut flowers purchased in Massachusetts is grown on the East Coast. Only one in four is produced in the US. Most flowers come from the equatorial countries of South America and Africa, traveling an average of 4,500 miles to reach your home! Due to trade regulations that require imports to be insect-free, flower production uses more pesticides than any other agricultural crop. Thus the conventional flower industry poisons birds and insects while polluting the soil, the air, and groundwater.
Now you can have fresh cut flowers without damaging the environment! This year Stearns Farm CSA will sell shares in our flower garden. Our flowers are raised naturally, with no synthetic pesticides or fertilizers! The garden is a haven for butterflies, bees, birds, and other wildlife - and a lovely place to relax and enjoy nature.
Our fresh flowers will last a full week in your home, and our edible flowers are safe to eat!
Purchase of a share entitles you to come to the farm weekly to pick your own fresh, colorful bouquet of up to 24 all natural flowers. The season starts in July and lasts approximately 16 weeks depending on the weather. A flower share costs only $100. Shares are limited so act fast.
We grow over 30 varieties of annuals and perennials chosen for their beautiful colors and fragrance, including:
| Bachelor buttons Bee balm Black-eyed Susan Calendula* Celosia Cosmos China asters Feverfew Lavatera Lavendar Love-in-the-mist Liatris | Marigolds* Nasturtiums* Scabiosa Shasta daisy Snapdragons Statice Strawflowers Sunflowers* Torch tithona Veronica Yarrow Zinnias |
2008 Flower Share Enrollment Form.
Revision 2. Last edited Fri 4 Apr 2008 10:30am by TomYelton