Move over, rutabaga. Ranunculus graces this type of farm share.
Leaford Roberts of Bear Creek Farm with fresh-picked Ferncliff Copper dahlias.
Bear Creek Farm
Shoving Leopard Farm is located in Barrytown, in Dutchess County, Hudson Valley.
Shoving Leopard Farm
Ranunculus grown on Tiny Hearts Farm, a 22-acre flower farm in Copake, NY.
Tiny Hearts FarmDemand for flowers from local farmers jumped last year, as the pandemic disrupted the wholesale flower supply chain, leaving grocery stores and large-scale florists mostly empty-handed. Buying direct from local Hudson Valley growers became the best option for many consumers — and that demand has carried over into increasing options for flower and herb community-supported agriculture (CSA) shares.
“People literally cried last year when they’d come to pick up flowers, saying it was the only life in their house after feeling so cooped up,” said Debra Kaye, owner of Bear Creek flower farm in Stanfordville, who mobilized a CSA for her farm last year for the first time and is excited for this year's subsequent offering. “It gives us such joy.”
For a full list of CSAs available throughout the Hudson Valley, visit the Hudson Valley CSA Coalition directory, and our fresh picks for other CSAs offering fruit and vegetables, and meat shares this year.
Dutchess County
Bear Creek Farm
Spring season (poppies): 4 weeks, March - April; Summer season (peonies): 4 weeks, June; Fall season (dahlias): 4-week or 6-week option, Sept. - Oct.
Bear Creek Farm offers different flowers at different times of the spring and summer, including tall poppies.
Bear Creek Farm
Bear Creek started its CSA last year during the pandemic, and farm owner Debra Kaye said it’s now a recurring part of the farm’s operation. The farm specializes in rare and tall flowers, like heritage chrysanthemums that are 5- and 6-feet tall, and — for the first time this year — the rare Colibri Icelandic Poppy, which is taller than traditional poppies and comes in a range of pastel colors.
Pickup is available at one of three locations: 6208 Route 82, Stanfordville, NY; Bedford NY; New York City’s Union Square Market.
Ulster County
Deer Creek Collective Herb Farm
Season: 4 boxes of herbs, May - Sept.
The CSA offering from Deer Creek Herbs in Accord includes bunches of medicinal herbs and four workshops.
Deer Creek Collective Herb Farm
Shift your herbalism hobby into full gear with Deer Creek Collective’s fresh medicinal herb box CSA. Each box comes with seasonal, medicinal herbs and recipes to turn them into tinctures, salves and teas for your at-home apothecary. You also get access to monthly herbal medicine making workshops and a welcome invitation to visit the farm and harvest herbs.
Farm location in Accord, NY, available upon registration
Pickups are at the farm and in Kingston, New Paltz, and Brooklyn
Dutchess County
Shoving Leopard Farm
Spring season: 5 weeks, mid-April - May; Summer season: 12 weeks, June - Sept.; Fall season: 6 weeks, late Aug. - Oct.
Marina Michahelles of Shoving Leopard Farm is entering her 16th year farming in the Hudson Valley.
Shoving Leopard Farm
Marina Michahelles is entering her 16th year farming in the Hudson Valley, growing more than 300 varieties of flowers at her historic Barrytown estate farm using organic methods. She offers three seasonal flower share seasons: weekly spring mixed bouquets of specialty tulips, anemones, hyacinths and more; weekly curated summer bouquets or a pick-your-own flower share option; and fall dahlia bunches, which draw from more than 60 different varieties.
Pickup is Friday, either at the farm (4-7 p.m.) or at the O Zone in Red Hook (4-6 p.m.) located at 148 Pitcher Lane. Summer pick-your-own days are Saturday - Tuesday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. at the farm’s flower labyrinth.
Columbia County
Lu-Na Blooms and Herbs
Season: 11 weeks, July 3 - Sept. 18; Tulip Share: 4 weeks in April/May
Seasonal flowers and herbs are grown by Luloo and Sha-Na of Lu-Na Blooms & Herbs in Columbia County.
Lu-Na Blooms & Herbs
Sha-Na Dahl and Luloo Flynn-Man are the farmers, herbalists, and floral designers of Lu-Na Blooms and Herbs, and showcase their talents in their weekly shares of florals and herbal teas that they dry and blend themselves. The farm furnishes the outdoor seating for patrons of the West Taghkanic Diner, so you can fuel up on a knockout brunch while seated in their garden after you pick up your bouquet and treats. As a sweet bonus, full and half shares come with a sampler of pastries from the diner’s pastry chef, Kate Snider of Honey’s.
1016 NY-82 Ancram, NY 12502
Pickups at the West Taghkanic Diner, Saturdays 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Columbia County
Tiny Hearts Farm
Season: 10 weeks, July 2 - Sept. 3; plus flexible CSA card option for bouquets beginning in mid-April
Lisianthus growing at Tiny Hearts Farm in Copake, NY.
Tiny Hearts Farm
Classically trained-musicians-turned-farmers Jenny Elliott and Luke Franco support a wedding and wholesale business, online shop, and flower CSA from their 22-acre farm in Copake. This year’s reimagined CSA has two options: a weekly curated bouquet, or a prepaid CSA card at three different price levels that enables users to buy flowers throughout the season via the online shop.
Studio and showroom: 2643 State Route 23, Hillsdale, NY 12529; (914) 236-0760
Pickups are curbside at the farm’s studio and showroom
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