We are husband and wife farmer-florist duo, Jared and Lindsay Storm, owners and operators of Bushel and Peck Wildflowers. We are a small family-run flower farm located in Decatur, Illinois, specializing in unique, inspiring, and hard to find flower and foliage varieties, as well as old-fashioned cottage favorites that have gone by the wayside. Our locally grown flowers are available during our growing season which runs June through October. Find them at farmer’s markets, our local florists, and through our seasonal flower subscriptions. Contact us for whimsically curated floral designs using our homegrown blooms to create one-of-a-kind pieces for weddings and events, or for special orders throughout the week during our growing season. All of our blooms are grown responsibly, using organic practices that benefit our planet and encourage pollinators to stop for a drink, while protecting little noses from any unnecessary chemicals when stopping to smell the flowers.
““When we first decided to try our hand at selling our flowers, we had no idea just how much love would come from it.””
Why Locally Grown Flowers?
Think about how many times in life flowers are needed. Weddings, birthdays, sympathy, celebrations, or just because...the reasons are endless. Every time that you choose locally grown flowers for those events, you are supporting your local economy and small businesses, all while helping save the planet from unnecessary gas emissions and wasteful one-time-use packaging. We also plant lots of varieties that are specific food sources for our local pollinators. When you go with our flowers, you also avoid breathing in chemicals that are used in the fumigation process in addition to the chemical preservatives that are sprayed to make flowers more likely to withstand the long journey from South America where most flowers sold in America are grown.
What is a Farmer-Florist?
We are a fairly new type of business. We take both elements of being flower farmer (who does all the growing), combined with a florist (who does all of the designing) and smoosh them together into one business. All of the flowers we use in our designs for events, markets, special orders, and subscriptions are grown by us, right here in Decatur, Il. Isn't that double the work? Yes, it is! We don't have pre-cut flowers shipped in at our disposal, so everything we use in our designs has been cut fresh in the field over a period of hours out in the elements. They are then brought in and conditioned, before being processed for use in designs. We believe so strongly in the final outcome of using our home-grown flowers to create the beautiful bouquets that you take home to enjoy that the extra effort and long days and nights are totally worth it. The flowers you take home from us are long lasting and unlike anything you can buy at a store.
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