Local Flower Farms and Farms with Flowers

I've decided, in order to make this blog more helpful for people interested in flowers, to include descriptions/reviews on places in the area to get cut fresh flowers. Many of these farms grow other crops, but for the purposes of this blog I am only interested in commenting on the flowers.

Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm. Located in Woodburn, Ore. They grow tulips in fields and other bulb flowers (daffodils and hyacinths) in pots and smaller gardening areas around the place. The season is late March through late April. I don't think you can cut your own tulips there, but they sell potted tulips, bags of bulbs, and cut tulips there. They bring in lots of vendors (food and games) so it's a real family-fun experience if you've got kiddos. It's open every day during tulip season, and is always very, very busy on the weekends.

Schreiner's Iris Gardens. Located in north Salem, Ore. Iris season is early May through early June. This isn't a big farm; it's a beautiful Iris breeding garden. They have around 20 rows of Irises, all with unique names, different every year. They have just a few vendors for food, but lots of cut irises for sale, as well as some potted plants and gardening items and equipment.

Sauvie Island Lavender Farms. Located in north Portland, Ore. I have not been here myself, but they boast 800 different lavender plants in 14 varieties, and all kinds of lavender products for sale. The season for lavender is mid-June to August.

Schlichting Farms. Located in Sherwood, Ore. They sell beautiful hanging baskets, but also have rows of u-cut flowers. Currently blooming are delphinium, sunflowers and snapdragons. There were also other flowers blooming that I couldn't name. They were mostly "filler flowers" and not too many showy "focal point" flowers. They are only $0.25 to $0.75 a stem.