Welcome and Bouquet Care
It all begins with an idea.
Welcome to our 2025 flower subscriptions! We are very excited to welcome you this year! If you have received our flower subscription before or this is your first year, we have some important tips to share with you to insure you get the most out of your beautiful flowers!
Flower Care Tips
Choose a clean vase for your flowers. Dirty vases may harbor bacteria that can decrease your bouquets life. Cleaning your vase super well with dish soap and spraying a small about of white vinegar in before you fill with water can help stop any bacteria from harming your flowers.
To ensure the flowers have fresh water, change the water every other day with fresh room temperature water. Please note our flowers here on the farm are freshly harvested, so they can be extra thirsty compared to flowers from a florist shop so keep an eye on your water level.
Recut stems every third day on a slight angle to allow the best water intake. Making sure you are using a sharp knife to avoid crushing or tearing the stems. You may want to cut the stems upon first receiving your flowers but we have kept them in water the entire time and have cut them the day you receive them so it isn’t necessary compared to shipped overseas flowers.
Remove any foliage below the water line. Decaying foliage will deposit bacteria into the water.
Keep your flowers out of direct sunlight and heat.
Keep your flowers away from fruits such as Bananas, apples, pears, plums, avocados, tomatoes and mangos. Many fruits give off ethylene gas which can decrease your flowers lifespan.
We typically only use flower food for our peonies. Which you will receive if peonies are in your bouquets. Otherwise, we don’t use flower food. If you are interested in a at home flower food you can just mix: 2 tablespoons of lemon juice -1 tablespoon of sugar -1/2 teaspoon of bleach and mix into your water. If you use flower food at any time it is really important to be sure all particles are dissolved before adding your flowers or the flower stem could get clogged. Note: Zinnias don’t like flower food.
Flowers are not supposed to last. Their job is to help us stay in the present.
They grow.
They blossom.
They thrive.
And then they are gone.
You have to stay in the present. You have to stop and be in the moment.
Otherwise, you are going to blink, and they are going to all be gone.
