Our Growers
Buckley, IL
Jessica grew up helping her mom grow colorful blooms every year - Zinnias were always in the mix! While travel nursing in Alaska in 2019, local Peony farms inspired her to Google "flower farming" and soon Iron Meadows Flower Farm was born. Now a full-time farmer, Jessica and her team take great pride in being local growers and they strive to respect their land and community by using socially responsible growing practices.
Valparaiso, IN
Emma grew up gardening with her family and working on her grandparents’ strawberry farm in Ohio. She even grew flowers for her own wedding! After finishing undergrad and grad school at The Ohio State University in horticulture and crop science, Emma realized she wanted to return to growing flowers. In early 2020, her dream of starting a local business that supports the Northwest Indiana community she grew up in became reality. Emma hopes her grandkids might work at her farm one day. Now starting year four, she wants to continue to steward the land well and show more people the beauty of local flowers.
LaPorte, IN
Becki grew up in Northwest Indiana and has always been connected to farming, 4H, and horses. While studying chemistry in college, she took a horticulture elective and fell in love with growing. She’s had had a farmer’s tan ever since! After graduating from Purdue with a BS in horticulture she had many jobs in the green industry but nothing is better than flower farming! Becky and her family grow on 3 acres and they specialize in dahlias, love to trial unusual cuts, and revel in the challenge of growing in zone 5b. Her team is maniacal about starting seeds, this year over 500 varieties! Green Trail Farm has an abundance of variety June through October.
Lincoln Square, Chicago, IL
Monarch Beauty Farm is a model of sustainable urban gardening. Maru, a certified horticulturist and passionate gardener, founded Monarch Beauty Farm in the bustling urban hub of Chicago's Northside. Her aim was to create an environment that supports the local bee and pollinator population. The project began small, with Maru transforming her parkway into a farmette with raised beds that produced cut flowers. Today, Monarch Beauty Farm boasts several hyper-local residential gardens that utilize regenerative practices, native plants, and integrated pest management. Maru has committed to using no synthetic fertilizers or sprays in her gardens. She grows local flowers eight months a year, including throughout winter, and caters primarily to CSA and retail clients. Maru also conducts floral workshops and enjoys meeting new people at markets.
Racine County, WI
Emily dreamed up growing flowers on a 36-acre corn field out of an intense desire to bring a greater variety of locally-grown flowers to Milwaukee-area designers. She is in a unique position to truly understand what is possible in her growing zone since she's been growing cut flowers on a smaller scale since 2008. As a floral designer herself, Emily has a deep understanding of the flower trends, quality, and quantity required to produce beautiful events. She has a degree in biological conservation and is forever committed to environmental sustainability and responsible land use.
Chicago, IL
The Roof Crop is a design focused, urban agriculture initiative that values and promotes sustainability, ecology, and community engagement.
TRC was conceived as a project to market farmable green roof systems in 2013 and has since grown into a green roof growing media, landscape, and urban farm company with deep ties to the communities in which they work. TRC grows flowers, produce, grains, and natural dyes in any farmable growing media on roofs and on-grade.
Their greatest sources of inspiration come from developing thoughtful products that are good for people and good for the environment.
