Utah Flower Farm in February

Valentines day is fairly synonymous with flowers. It is easily one of the biggest flower purchasing holidays in the US with over 1 billion flowers imported every year for Valentines day alone.

And for good reason. Flowers are a beautiful symbol of love. They have been for centuries. Their fragrance, texture, color, the way our hearts expand when we see them, flowers are an amazing way to express love and devotion and it’s one of my favorite things about growing them. 

But visit a Utah flower farm in February and you will see the ground is frozen, covered in snow, and the only thing that resembles a flower is the ice that forms on the windowsill every night.

Every year on Valentine's day I feel frustrated with the fact that I don’t have any flowers to share. One of my biggest reasons for farming is to share love, but on the day renowned for doing so, I don’t have a single flower. 

But there are other signs of love on a flower farm. 

The deer tracks circling the flower barn, the dusky grouse warming themselves on the roof, the ice rosettes that form on the windows, the steam coming off a warm drink as I take in the cold morning air, these are the signs of love that I find on a Utah flower farm in February.

And I will embrace them and know that my flower farm is showing us love in quiet ways. 

While I may never stop longing for flowers in February, that longing will only make the first flowers of spring and summer even more magnificent.

I hope you have a wonderful Valentine’s day with your loved ones.

Your Flower Farmer,

Heather