Why It Matters Where Your Flowers Come From?

How far did your flowers travel before they made it to your kitchen table? Do they have more air-miles than you do? I bet you'd be surprised at how many of the flowers you're used to seeing in your bouquets were flown in from places near the equator. Those flowers are grown in conditions that are much more controlled, often heavily rely on pesticides and herbicides to create the most uniform and ideal stems. Did you sniff the bouquet when you got it?

Fields of Greenhouses packed together are filled with flowers grown in highly controlled environments to measure daylight, temperature and water.

Sometimes, when we're trying to support local, like our locally owned grocery stores or even a local florist shop, we may still be missing the farmer. Of course, here in Eastern, ON the seasonality of flowers means that winter leaves us in short supply. There's no getting around that. But wouldn't it be nice to be able to identify exactly where your flowers were grown? What about how they're grown?

If you've never wondered about where your flowers have come from- you're not alone. And maybe, you'll still decide that you're ok with the way things are because its still convenient. I want to challenge you, to shift this thinking for even one week this growing season. Go to your local farmers market, u-pick, or flower farm. Talk to the people who grew those flowers. Ask them about how they like to grow on their farm (this is like a love language to a farmer). Maybe you'll find that connecting in this way adds even more value to that bouquet. You'll leave with a bouquet that is totally unlike anything you'd find at a grocery store, grown locally and sustainably, and you'll be supporting a local family. You might not even have to worry so much about smelling those beautiful flowers.

At Biederman Blooms, we grow our flowers without the use of pesticides and herbicides. I feed my family from the same plot of land that I grow these flowers. We utilize things like no-till, regenerative and sustainable farming practices. We don't do a single one of them 'perfectly', but we take from each to grow responsibly and improve this land we steward. We value nature and truly cherish the diversity of wildlife that are involved in growing here. When you stop for a bouquet at our roadside stand, pop-in to see us at the farmers market, or simply share our content or like a social media post you're helping us continue to grow our flowers with intention. You are a part of our community and we are incredibly grateful for you.

Biederman Blooms - June 2025, rows of spring flowers and the beginnings of summer annuals. Some flowers left unharvested to support native pollinators and cardboard used to smother weeds in the isles.