Local flowers celebrate the seasons and cut the carbon footprint.

Southeastern Louisiana’s unique climate can be celebrated and shared through flowers. Learning what blooms when in your area is an education in our natural habitat— it takes into account specific climate attributes like temperature, rainfall, and day length. Flowers flown in from overseas are monetarily cheap but their environmental cost is high.

Conventionally grown flowers are bad for the environment.

The majority of flowers sold in the United States are imported and “conventionally grown.” Conventionally grown flowers means they use chemical fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides. There is no legal limit to the amount of pesticides that can be used on these flower crops. These chemicals can cause health problems for farm workers, harm beneficial pollinators, and often pollute soil and local waterways.

There is a better way.

When we started Baby T-Rex Farms, an elderly organic farmer gave us one piece of advice: “If you’re going to do it [start a farm], do it right.” We took that to heart. Flowers can be grown without chemicals. Farmers can work to improve the microbial life of their soil, practice crop rotation, and use organic inputs— all in lieu of chemicals. Flowers are the natural foods of bees, butterflies, and other insects. Poisoning these insects to ensure unblemished blooms is absurd. We firmly believe that flowers can do two things: nourish the ecosystem they grow within, and end up as a stunning bouquet for someone special.