“What a desolate place would be a world without a flower!  It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome.  Are not flowers the stars of the earth, and are not our stars the flowers of the heaven.” ~  Clara Lucas Balfour

 

GreenFingers Farm supports the “grown, not flown” production and marketing of flowers.  Simply put, the regional growing and marketing of flowers reduces the overall carbon footprint of flower production and distribution, reduces pesticide and insecticide applications, eliminates export/import fumigation regulations, and reduces the prolonged transporting and refrigeration of flowers before sale. It introduces a new aesthetic for flower bouquet design because it relies upon native and seasonal flower production.  Supporting the efforts of our local flower farmers in northern New Mexico is a nod towards responsible and ethical consumption at a time when every little bit counts. 

 

At GreenFingers Farm, our locally grown and wildcrafted flowers are fresh. Our bouquets are cut the day before marketing.  The flowers are put immediately into water where they stay until sold at the market.  On the other hand, imported flowers are shipped dry in a box, held up at customs when entering the country of destination, and finally trucked to their end destination before encountering water for hydration. And this is all before we consider the chemical cultivation of flowers overseas and farm labor working conditions.

 

GreenFingers Farm firmly commits to locally produced flowers with an emphasis on native flowers.  Our bouquets reflect the unfolding shapes and colors of the seasons from late April to November. With a special eye towards grasses, seed pods, wildcrafting, and tree/shrub branches, our bouquets surprise the eye and please the heart.  While growing, our flowers provide nectar to the pollinators and support their return gift of pollinating our local flora. The world would indeed be a “desolate place ….without a flower.”