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Grateful to be growing

We're grateful that you've found us and for your support of Canadian Dried Flowers. We're focused on being a convenient and reliable source of these versatile flowers for you. We're located in the Greater Toronto Area, but are excited to offer our dried flower products for Canada-wide shipping in early 2025.

As a business, sustainability and making the smallest environmental impact drive our decisions and actions. Our goal will always be to give more than we take. We grow all of your flowers naturally and by hand; without the use of pesticides, dyes or chemicals. It's important, now more than ever, to support the health of our shared resources. Protecting water, soil and pollinators isn't optional for us.

Additionally, your purchases through us are actively supporting an Indigenous-led organization that is changing the health of generations. As a business that uses land as a resource in Canada it is imperative to continue to do better.

Thank you so much for joining us here. Please feel free to follow along on Instagram for updates or to visit our Shop page as both the flowers and Dewhurst continue to grow throughout 2025. We can't wait to provide you with flowers, and thank you very much for your support!

- Kristen & Family

(Photo by Madeline Kimberley Photography, madelinekimberleyphotography.com)

OUR story

Thank you for visiting! I'm Kristen, the elbow grease behind helping the flowers to grow.

Having a pull towards farming, farm-work, and the possibilities of using business for social change goes back as far as I can remember. The spark to begin growing flowers began in 2019, with my sister's wedding - and her desire to include local, natural floral confetti in her celebrations. Unable to find Canadian grown options that suited her needs, I was inspired to offer a solution for others in a similar position.

To me, there is nothing better than being outside in the natural world - seeing the beauty and experiencing the rewards that nature provides. It's important that Dewhurst Flowers doesn't take from the earth and only shares the joy that exists in it.

My ultimate aim is to purchase land to host an inclusive and accessible community garden space for those affected by life-limiting illness and grief. I want to contribute to making gardening and farming an inclusive and welcoming space.

We all could use as many opportunities for connection and joy in this world as possible, and I thank you for your support of the flowers and the products that I make. Your purchases go toward making the dream of the community garden possible, and it means so much. - Kristen

Why Local Flowers?

"The flower trade is a miracle of modern capitalism. A chain of cold storage starts with stems being picked in places as far-flung as Africa, the Middle East, and South America, then packed into refrigerated trucks, driven to refrigerated planes, and flown to Amsterdam to be auctioned off. They’re then repacked into more cold trucks and planes and delivered to supermarkets, florists, and bridal bouquets across Asia, Europe, and the U.S." (Bloomberg Business Week, April, 2020).

Traditional cut flowers often make a monumental journey around the globe before they land in our communities. As everyday consumers in North America, we don't generally get to see how our flowers arrive at our homes, and are often not privy to what chemicals are used in their production.

Knowing your local flower farmer and consciously choosing the source of your cut flowers can help to:

ensure kinder treatment of the earth by curbing the use of toxic chemicals
reduce the production of tonnes of waste and refuse
bolster the usage of our natural resources in a sustainable way

Supporting your local flower farmer with your floral purchases makes an immediate impact within our communities. When bought locally, fresh cut flowers:

support our small businesses and local economies
nurture sustainable jobs
assist the wellbeing of neighbourhood pollinators and rural ecosystems
further the strengths of a next generation of talented growers by deepening our homegrown knowledge base

Thank you for supporting your local flower farm, and your community, with your next cut flower purchase!

- Slow Flowers -

When we think of locally grown food the term 'farm to table' easily comes to mind. Locally grown flowers that go from 'farm to vase' are part of the just as amazing Slow Flowers Movement. Slow Flower businesses support customers in making informed floral purchases and are helping the earth by employing sustainable & green growing practices. Purchasing flowers from a Slow Flowers farmer is a direct way to get involved in supporting a conscious community beyond just the blooms that you buy. There are many Canadian Slow Flower Businesses who would love your support!

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Why Local Flowers?

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