Looking to extend your gift of Mother's Day flowers well beyond May 11?
For the past several decades, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has been an excellent way for people to enjoy seasonal, locally grown goodies from local farmers. Traditionally, folks pay for a subscription upfront—so the farmers can manage their cash flow—in return for a weekly box of vegetables.
Now, we’re seeing floral CSAs, thanks to an abundance of flower farms popping up across the country, including several on the North Shore. The folks who run these farms love growing flowers and want to share their colorful bounty with you and your favorite Mom. Here are four local ones offering CSAs.
Cider Hill Farm, Amesbury
Cider Hill Farm is hosting Tulip Fest 2025 on May 10-11 so you can take Mom to a cut-your-own tulips field for Mother's Day. They also have a limited time offer for a Cutting Garden 5-Pass Pre-Sale. The garden opens mid-July and features a wide variety of blossoms to cut your own farmhouse bouquets. Each 5 pass offers 5 visits from mid July - September to create a mason jar of fresh blooms. Make a day of it with Cider Hill's Eleanor's Lunch Box, PitchFork Food Truck, Farm Store & Bakery, Drink & Snack Stand, children's play area, farm animals, pick-your-own fruit crops, and more. For more information and tickets.
Fioritura Farm, South Hamilton
Fioritura Farm offers a pre-order Mother's Day bouquet, and an array of weekly flower CSA shares to choose from. Options include weekly mixed flower shares and specific shares for tulips, dahlias, and peonies. Fioritura, meaning “bloom” in Italian is owned by Jessie Fabrizio and specializes in sustainably grown flowers. Weekly CSA pick up locations include sites in Hamilton, Essex, Ipswich, Marblehead, Newburyport, Beverly, Salem, Manchester by the Sea, and Rowley.
Whipple Bee Flower Farm, Marblehead
Whipple Bee Flower Farm's owner, Carolyn Whipple Fraser, grows specialty tulips and sunflowers in Marblehead. The business started as a micro flower farm in 2021 and utilizes pollinator friendly techniques. Her offerings include tulip packages that come with work from Marblehead artist Tracy Finn and a pocket nature book from Saltwater Bookstore, weekly tulip subscriptions, and a Summer Sunshine Sunflower Subscription. Pick up sites include locations in Marblehead, Salem, and Beverly.
Anything Grows, Salisbury
In addition to flowers, Anything Grows propagates and grows over 800 varieties of certified organic plants including tomatoes, perennials, berries and fruit, and herbs. A farm store offers their own produce, honey, and eggs. Flower subscriptions include a summer mixed flower share with 6 weeks of bouquets and a 4 week fall mixed flower share. Planning ahead? Anything Grows even offers winter tulip share options. You can choose to pick up at the farm or there are delivery options available.