Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

– Hans Christian Andersen

CommonWealth Urban Farms now offers the Slow Flowers Club!

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How it works.

  • You buy a Slow Flowers Coupon from CommonWealth for $50, which entitles you to FIVE bouquets.
  • Reserve your bouquet via email by Wednesday of any week, and pick up your bouquet on that Friday during Veggie Club hours, from 4-6 pm. Alternate pick up times can be arranged.
  • We’ll punch your card each time you pick up a bouquet.
  • You can use your coupon anytime between today and late October (or whenever cold weather puts an end to our flower season.) You can buy more coupons as long as they’re available.
  • If you don’t use up your whole coupon by season’s end, the remaining shares will be donated to an eldercare facility.
  • No refunds on coupons.
  • Coupons are limited to the quantity of flowers that we can grow.
  • First come, first serve.
  • If too many coupon-holding people email us in one week wanting a bouquet, we’ll ask some of you to switch to the following week.

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Sign up here for occasional emails to tantalize you with photos of flowers currently in bloom, and of the types of bouquets available. If you buy a Slow Flowers coupon, we’ll automatically add your name to the email list unless you indicate otherwise.

The Bouquets

Flowers, flowers and flowers – oh, be still my beating heart! I truly love vegetables, and find them beautiful beyond words. But give me a field full of flowers… and something deep and vital wakes up.

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Our bouquets reflect my aesthetics. Which lean toward a grandmothers-flower-garden, romantic, wildflower look. If you want petal-perfect, formally composed arrangements, our Slow Flowers bouquets are not for you.

We grow all the flowers for our Slow Flowers bouquets. We create our bouquets with what is in season. No zinnias in March, and no daffodils in September. As we become more savvy flower growers, we’ll undoubtedly have more and more varieties of flowers in bloom in each season.

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By buying a Slow Flowers coupon, you get a sweet price discount; bouquets are priced at $12 to $15 retail, but you’ll get them for just $10. For those of you familiar with the bouquets we’ve offered through the Veggie Club, please note that our Slow Flowers bouquets are substantially larger and more varied.

Not sure if this is for you? You can try it out ONE time at the reduced $10 price. Be sure to email me ahead to reserve your bouquet.

What’s up with “Slow” Flowers?

Like Slow Food, Slow Flowers indicate an appreciation of what is local, seasonal and sustainable, a desire to support small farmers and family farms, and an emphasis on quality of life rather than speed or quantity.

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When you buy a bouquet at the store, it’s worth asking:

Who grew the flowers?

Did they receive a living wage?

Were the flowers shipped in from another country?

What is their carbon footprint?

What chemicals were sprayed on them?

As with food, flowers give us the simple, profound pleasure that comes with noticing, with connection, and with beauty.

Slow Flowers means taking the time to smell the daisies – and peonies and sweet peas and lilacs!

– Elia Woods & the CommonWealth team