flowers

Last year I discovered a CSA (community supported agriculture) for flowers. A young woman and her husband acquired a 1/4 acre lot behind their home in the Historic Inner East neighborhood through a City of Dayton tax foreclosure program. With this backlot, their dream of having a small-scale flower farm was born. From April to September their garden yields new and heirloom varieties of flowers cultivated from seeds, bulbs, and tubers. 

Yesterday was the first delivery of the spring CSA season and what a beautiful bouquet to start: hellebores, two varieties of tulips, and fancy daffodils. 

So what makes flowers so special? They're an immediate connection to nature, a contradiction to a fast-paced lifestyle, a way to keep us grounded. They are a beautiful burst of color which is sunshine for the soul. Blooming flowers are associated with new life, new opportunities, new people, new vibes for ages. Flowers inside and outside a home create an ambiance of welcome and induce happiness. The magical power of flowers is that they always make us smile.