Cathy Jones of Perry-winkle Farm
My daughter is interested in buying locally for her wedding, and so she sent me to the Carrboro Farmers’ Market to look for flower growers and vendors who sell by the bucket. The first I talked to was Cathy Jones of Perry-winkle Farm. She was friendly and confident. Her variety of flowers was the most extensive.
Farmer's Market flowers in Carrboro NC
See her website and farm at her
Cooperative Extension Service website
Flowers available in May and June in NC
The next batch of flowers were available at the
Wild Hare Farm booth …
Bouquets and Calla Lilies in Carrboro
Leah Cook is the owner.
Under cover at the Hitt farm
“Haygroves are multi-bay tunnels that the Hitts use to grow high quality crops like heirloom tomatoes and cut flowers. The tunnels protect crops from the rain and allow the Hitts to control the amount of moisture going to the crops.” (From the
Hitt Farm site at NCSU Cooperative Extension Service.)
Betsy Hitt, farmer in Orange County
You can email her: abhitt (at) bellsouth.net
Flowers at Carrboro Farmers Market
More flowers at the Farmers' Market
Ken Dawson of Maple Spring Gardens
The fourth and last flower vendor selling by the bucket was Ken Dawson of
Maple Spring Gardens.
In general, it’s great to go see the vendors in action on Sunday mornings, 9-12 (here’s the Carrboro Farmers Market website to check for updated information). There are a few small parking lots on Weaver Street approaching the market, so you don’t need to park a mile away and hike like I did.
However, you can’t have much of a conversation there because they’re very busy! If you know you want local flowers for your wedding, call them at a more peaceful time and they can tell you what can be available at your wedding date. Ken said when his daughter told him she was getting married, he knew a year in advance and planted huge drifts of “her” flowers around where the wedding was going to take place. Sigh.
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