What is a CSA Flower Share?

CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. It is a way for farmers and consumers to connect directly without a middleman, and ahead of the growing season. In short: people buy "shares" of a farm's harvest in advance and then receive a portion of the crops as they're harvested. Your purchase of a CSA flower share helps us tremendously with planning how much to grow, having capital to buy seeds and supplies in the winter, and reducing our marketing costs and time during our busy season.

What can I expect in my flower CSA share each week?

Every week, we walk the fields and decide what is best to harvest for our flower shares. On pick up day, we create our bouquets using ingredients harvested within 24 hours from our fields. We work hard to bring a different blend of flowers and varieties to our flower share every week, and to give you a glimpse of the best of what's growing in our fields.

How do you value your flower shares?

The weekly value of each bouquet is an average of all of the weeks. (Share value = total cost / number of weeks) Some weeks you may receive a larger bouquet than others based on the variety and quantity of flowers in bloom.

We want to grow beautiful flowers for our customers, and it takes years of planning and spending to be a profitable farm. A fair market price is also important in the cut flower industry, we work hard to produce beautiful flowers and getting a fair market price is better not only for us but the cut flower industry as well. Buying directly from the farm gives you the freshest cut flowers you can ask for that can last up to 2 weeks. From seed to flower our hands have touched it and it never traveled by boat or airplane, it’s all grown here in Salem County NJ.

Where are your CSA pick up locations? What are the pick up days and times?

2025 Flower CSA Pick Up Location: Our flower shed is located in front of our farmhouse, just pull up, walk in and grab your bouquet with your name on it.

I purchased a share. When will it start?

Our start date for our shares is approximate based on the weather, especially in the Spring. Our Spring share usually begins in early to mid-April and runs through mid-May. Our Fall Share will start in September and 2 weeks into October.

Weekly Newsletter/Communications

Once the share begins, we will send an email every week to remind you to pick up your share. Please be sure to add info@slabtownpetalpickers.com to your contacts so our emails do not go to your spam folder. Also, if you gifted a share to a friend or loved one, please make sure we have their email so they receive our weekly newsletters. You can email us at info@slabtownpetalpickers.com to confirm.

I missed my share pick up this week, can I reschedule my pick up for another day?

Please know it is every shareholder's responsibility to pick up their share during the allotted pick up time. We understand that our shareholders have busy schedules. All shares at the Farm Stand Pick up, will be left on the stand till the next day.

I'm going on vacation, can I pick-up my share at a later date?

If you are going to be away, we encourage you to have a friend or neighbor pick up your share. We finalize our seeding and planting schedules months in advance to meet the needs of our shares and orders each week. Unfortunately, we can not accommodate vacation change requests during the season.

How do I best care for my flowers to make them last the longest?

We typically harvest your flowers within 24 hours of delivering them to our pick up locations making them much more fresh than flowers you can buy in any store. Our flowers typically last about a week, but some varieties have shorter or longer vase life.

Tulips, daffodils, lisianthus, snapdragons, sunflowers - when harvested at the right stage, can last almost two weeks. Zinnias, dahlias, sweet peas and some other varieties typically last 4-5 days. We grow over 40 varieties of flowers, and each flower has its own unique habits and proper post-harvest treatment. Our best recommendation is this—- place your bouquet in a very clean vase, with clean water. Be sure to remove all leaves and extra foliage below the water line. Only stems should be in the water to keep it clean. Change the water every morning. Bacteria build up in the water speeds up decay of flowers. You can snip 1/2 inch off stem ends every few days so the stems take a fresh drink. Also, keep your bouquet out of direct sunlight and extreme heat as this will also shorten life.