July 17, 2012

Sunny Sunday

This past Sunday, Sunny Meadows Flower Farm opened their gate for a farm tour. We were so there. They are my local flower heroes.
Located within Columbus proper, they use organic methods to grow some seriously gorgeous blooms.  
I was pretty blown away by the quantity of flowers they are producing, and just how, well, farm-like their farm really is. Though I grew up gardening, I'm several generations removed from agriculture for a living, so the tour was illuminating as to the hard work and time necessary to grow at the several acre-scale. Food for thought as I contemplate the next stages in the evolution of Unknown Blackbird Flowers .
Sunny Meadows can be found on Saturdays at the Clintonville and Granville farmers markets and their bouquets are also in grocery stores throughout the city including Whole Foods. And they do weddings! This one for which they designed the blooms, the wedding of the proprietors of the best wine and beer shop ever, House Wine here in Worthington, was featured on Style Me Pretty. Big time.

Colorado pics before it's time for the next trip of the summer, which it will be in approximately one week. Promise.