Flower farmers in the United States can use the Pantone color as an edge to compete with the massive flower shipments coming in from South America. Unlike those monoculture farms, local growers have ...

As Deanna Kitchen worked in her garden in the summer of 2010, cutting an unexpected bounty of late-blooming sweet peas, she realized she had more blooms than she could use. A lot more. So, she decided ...

To see them recognized on a national stage feels like such a win for not just our farm or the Shenandoah Valley, but for flower farmers across the country." Harmony Harvest Farm is a family and female ...

A customer buys flowers at the Utah Flower Market. These dahlias, shown in buckets, are among the last of this year's harvest. (Emily LeFevre) This autumn, members of the Utah Flower Market are ...

There is nothing like the smell of fresh-cut flowers. Flowers are there for the happy times and the sad. They can say "I love you" and sometimes say "I'm sorry." Many might think the agricultural ...

OCEANSIDE, Calif. – The demand for flowers increased over the last few months, and now farmers say there’s a nationwide shortage. Mellano & Company is a family-owned business, growing flowers since ...

EMILY -- It’s in a small hayfield hugging a picturesque country road -- a secret garden obscured by a grove of trees. Rows of petite cosmos, feathery amaranth, wispy zinnias and stately gold and ...

On her small lot in a Richmond suburb, Ayla Poling started her flower farm three years ago in a spot that once housed a swimming pool. Not wishing to deal with the upkeep and maintenance of a pool, ...