Grateful Petals

04/11/2018

02/16/2018

So ready for some springtime color. Some Italian poppies would be great too.

Shout out to the ladies at seattlewholesalegrowersmarket... We just love their excitement for our Italian Poppies. Thank you for coloring the world with us (grown by CamFlor Inc) American Grown Flowers

02/12/2018

Not only can Flowers Farmers not compete with imported Rose pricing this article does not even cover the fact that imported flowers are heavily sprayed with pesticides. Guess that takes a little of the Romance out of the roses.

The majority of roses Americans give one another on Valentine’s Day, roughly 200 million in all, grow here, the savanna outside Bogota, summoned from the soil by 12 hours of natural sunlight, the 8,400-foot altitude and an abundance of cheap labor. Thousands of acres of white-tarped greenhouses, s...

05/06/2017

Getting the first flowers of the year ready to take to Kimmswick tomorrow. Here are a couple of teaser pictures.

04/26/2017

Bright cheerful Zinnias for a gloomy day.

04/24/2017

Had to get a new phone as the old one no longer worked. Tested out the camera and took some pretty good pics. Will post one each day this week.

04/23/2017

So ready for Peony blooms.

04/16/2017

Happy Easter from Grateful Petals with the first iris of the year!

04/02/2017

Flower farmers, mostly in their 30s, are changing the flower landscape — literally — and cultivating a taste for wilder arrangements.

04/02/2017

04/02/2017