At Upper Ballaird Farm we’ve had a busy spring, enjoying the glimpses of sun boosting our mood and seedlings. We love the hope that Spring brings and are looking forward to the fragrant smell of seasonal flowers dancing in the breeze, their blooms adding pops of colour to the farm.
If you fancied an array of these gorgeous flowers on your table each month, you are in luck. We offer subscriptions, and each bucket of flowers fills a medium vase or makes several smaller vase arrangements. We will also be offering bouquets nd buckets this year.
So why buy local and seasonal when it is so convenient to pop to your local shop and pick up a cheap bunch of daffs wrapped in plastic?
Did you know that over 86% of the cut flowers sold in the UK come from abroad? These hothoused blooms sold in supermarkets, flower shops, and online are imported from Holland, and flown in from as far afield as the large-scale commercial growers of Kenya, Ethiopia, Israel, Ecuador, and Colombia. The carbon footprint of a bouquet of imported blooms is estimated to be 20 times higher than that of a local flower farmer, who typically cultivates hundreds of different varieties of flowers and foliage outdoors across the season. These issues, along with similar problems in our food system, are why we got into farming in the first place. We want to see change and work toward more fair and sustainable systems together with our community.
In contrast, the farm’s locally grown flowers have no air miles involved and are not cultivated using harmful pesticides and herbicides. We offer different, and novel varieties of flowers to the types you might find in the shops. We move with the seasons. Flowers change week to week and some only available for a two to three-week window. This season we have been harvesting zinnias, dahlias, cerinthe, straw flowers, cornflowers, lupins, delphinium, yarrow, and sunflowers, rather than the usual, predictable, year-round crops. We plant for efficiency and productivity, ensuring our blooms are promptly picked and locally delivered. Over the past five years, consumers have increasingly gone local as we learn more about the harmful effects of the global cut flowers industry.
If you like how we cultivate our cut flowers at Upper Ballaird Farm, sign up! Our 2025 flower season runs from June to November.
We offer a monthly and fortnightly subscriptions for 3 – 6 months, a bucket of local hand-picked seasonal flowers and foliage grown naturally by us. We will also be offering one off bouquets nd buckets this year which CSA members will be able to add to their veg box. Visit our Flower Subscription page to sign up for our 2025 season, and share with your friends, family, and neighbours. Please help us encourage more people to buy local flowers grown with care for people and the planet.
Why buy locally sourced flowers?
At Upper Ballaird Farm we’ve had a busy spring, enjoying the glimpses of sun boosting our mood and seedlings. We love the hope that Spring brings and are looking forward to the fragrant smell of seasonal flowers dancing in the breeze, their blooms adding pops of colour to the farm.
If you fancied an array of these gorgeous flowers on your table each month, you are in luck. We offer subscriptions, and each bucket of flowers fills a medium vase or makes several smaller vase arrangements. We will also be offering bouquets nd buckets this year.
Eleanor is our new flower grower here at the farm, you can read more about her on our website where we Welcome our newest Farm Team Member.
So why buy local and seasonal when it is so convenient to pop to your local shop and pick up a cheap bunch of daffs wrapped in plastic?
Did you know that over 86% of the cut flowers sold in the UK come from abroad? These hothoused blooms sold in supermarkets, flower shops, and online are imported from Holland, and flown in from as far afield as the large-scale commercial growers of Kenya, Ethiopia, Israel, Ecuador, and Colombia. The carbon footprint of a bouquet of imported blooms is estimated to be 20 times higher than that of a local flower farmer, who typically cultivates hundreds of different varieties of flowers and foliage outdoors across the season. These issues, along with similar problems in our food system, are why we got into farming in the first place. We want to see change and work toward more fair and sustainable systems together with our community.
In contrast, the farm’s locally grown flowers have no air miles involved and are not cultivated using harmful pesticides and herbicides. We offer different, and novel varieties of flowers to the types you might find in the shops. We move with the seasons. Flowers change week to week and some only available for a two to three-week window. This season we have been harvesting zinnias, dahlias, cerinthe, straw flowers, cornflowers, lupins, delphinium, yarrow, and sunflowers, rather than the usual, predictable, year-round crops. We plant for efficiency and productivity, ensuring our blooms are promptly picked and locally delivered. Over the past five years, consumers have increasingly gone local as we learn more about the harmful effects of the global cut flowers industry.
If you like how we cultivate our cut flowers at Upper Ballaird Farm, sign up! Our 2025 flower season runs from June to November.
We offer a monthly and fortnightly subscriptions for 3 – 6 months, a bucket of local hand-picked seasonal flowers and foliage grown naturally by us. We will also be offering one off bouquets nd buckets this year which CSA members will be able to add to their veg box. Visit our Flower Subscription page to sign up for our 2025 season, and share with your friends, family, and neighbours. Please help us encourage more people to buy local flowers grown with care for people and the planet.