Have you heard the update?
If not, please check out our recent post about shifts we’re making this season. Here’s the ultra quick version:
We are stepping back from our summer and fall flower operation this year, allowing us to re-focus on our food & social justice initiatives. Bittersweet, for sure! But we’re excited for the possibilities this opens up for our farm and our community. And, we will be growing a beautiful abundance of specialty cut flowers during the Spring, available for wholesale and events.
FLOWERS will be Available mid-April through end of May / early June (Give or take).
What’s growing?
Specialty Tulips
Ranunculus
Anemones
Narcissus (Specialty Daffodils)
Various foliage and perennials
Get them while you can!
Florists, designers, markets, and restaurants: If you are interested in ordering Spring flowers, please reach out asap to get on our wholesale list. Click the button below to get in touch with Hannah.
Why choose us?
We’re proud to grow stunning flowers, in a way that supports our planet, our community and our region. Sadly, the flower industry as a whole is very problematic in all these areas.
Quality
You can’t find more vibrant, gorgeous blooms than those that are freshly harvested in your region. They’re delivered in water, soon after being cut from our fields - you can see and feel their vitality, and they last longer, too.
Conventional flowers travel thousands of miles, in boxes without water. They were bred to be able to withstand the trip, which rules out the delicate and diverse varieties we can grow right here.
Environmental Responsibility
We are deeply committed to ecological stewardship, nurturing our soil and our pollinator friends through sustainable growing practices.
While conventional flower production depletes the earth with pesticides and thousands of miles of transport (using fuel, plastic and refrigeration) — your Rock Steady blooms are grown with zero nasty chemicals, very little plastic or packaging, and never travel very far to get to you.
Social Justice
We’re proud to be a women- and queer-owned cooperative farm, rooted in social justice. When you buy our flowers, you support our mission to increase equity in the food system - for farmers, for workers, for women, for the LGBTQ community, for people of color and youth.
In contrast, the global flower industry has a reputation for poor working conditions including low pay, overcrowded housing and repression of trade unions.
Regional Economics
By supporting a local farmer, you are putting your dollars towards strengthening our regional economy and developing the Hudson Valley into a premier flower-growing region.
In contrast, 80% of cut flowers sold in US are imported from overseas. That’s a multi-billion dollar industry, which could be close to home.
Questions?
If you have additional questions not provided on this site, feel free to send us an email. Thanks for your interest!
