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About So many flowers
Hi! I’m Briana, the face behind So Many Flowers. After a few years gaining horticultural skills through working at gardens in the Caribbean, Virginia, Israel, and Wisconsin, I decided to use my talents to start a cut flower business. My inspiration and love for plants comes from many places, including working in the English cottage style gardens of Bunny Mellon, learning about Caribbean ethnobotanical uses of plants during my masters research, and working in my parents backyard gardens growing up in Wisconsin.
In 2020 I had my first flower growing season in my hometown of Madison, Wisconsin and in 2021 I relocated to the Hampton Roads area. The long growing season here means I am able to grow flowers from March-November, and in the fall and winter I love to create with dried flowers. I do everything from planting to harvesting to arranging, with occasional help from family and friends. I find working outside and caring for plants to be incredibly satisfying, and I also love the artistry that comes along with arranging and designing with flowers. My current favorite flowers are strawflower, gladiolus, and daffodils.
Why local flowers?
Our flowers are field grown using sustainable techniques (no pesticides and mindful of our plastics and water usage) following what is in season. 80% of flowers in the US are flown in from overseas, which has a huge carbon footprint. Local flowers are free of harmful preservatives, long lasting, and consist of unique varieties, many of which don’t ship well. Our flower varieties change from season to season, and sometimes even week to week, just like nature intended. In the middle of summer our fields are home to more than just flowers, but also important pollinators like bees, butterflies, and insects. Though temporal, we are creating a piece of nature through the planting of all these flowers, and every little bit helps!
Nothing better than a fresh cut bucket of gladiolus (and yes, I frequently garden in sandals and socks).
Sunflowers in the garden at sunset.