Nashville's 4 New Flower Shops

New flower shops are blooming in Nashville.

May 19, 2016

5:00 AM

Farmer’s Florist

What do a trendy flower shop in Manhattan and a muddy cattle farm in Leiper's Fork have in common? Christen Craig gathered valuable lessons from both before opening The Farmer’s Florist, a flower shop as aesthetically pleasing as it is mindful.

She offers arrangements, gardening tools, aprons, and artwork, most of which is local. Turnbull Creek Farm, Humble Flowers, and Green Door Gourmet provide her local floral selection. There are also subscriptions, deliveries, events, and styling—she often works with local establishments, like Crema.
1411 Buchanan St., 845-598-1856; thefarmersflorist.com

Amelia's Flower Truck

Mattie's name isn’t actually Amelia, but she opened Amelia's Flower Truck in early March. Now she travels the city selling flowers out of a fully restored 1962 Volkswagen Transporter Truck, brought to Tennessee from California.

The goal of the vintage truck is to make buying beautiful flowers convenient for anyone. Similar to a food truck, Amelia's Flower Truck parks in different Nashville locations. The flowers are sold out of shelves on the bed of the truck, allowing customers the option to pick their own flowers out of tin buckets. Recent locations of the truck include Hillsboro Village, Centennial Park, and White's Mercantile.
@ameliasflowertruck; 615-722-7516; ameliasflowertruck.com

Flora

Nashville now has its first pop-up plant nursery. On Earth Day (April 22), Flora had its grand opening, offering customers a pint as they shopped for plants, vegetable garden starters, houseplants, and accessories.

Friends Kate and Kerbi opened their business after many discussions of starting a plant nursery. Both have a history of gardening in their families, which they have continued in their homes’ gardens. Because of their passion, they wanted to make their hobbies into a business.

One of the shop’s main goals is education about sustainability, plant care, and cooking with whole foods. Ten percent of the shop’s proceeds go toward local food and nutrition education. The company only uses biodegradable and recycled materials when growing their plants, and their website contains a directory with instructions on how to care for plants. Upcoming pop-up locations in May include Yeast Nashville, Germantown, and Native + Nomad.
@FloraNashville; theflorashop.net

FLWR Shop

Alex Vaughan and Quinn Kiesow, owners of FLWR Shop, arrived in Nashville from New York on a mission: to bring the people of East Nashville beautifully crafted, well-designed floral arrangements that don't break the bank. They quietly opened their welcoming shop in a refurbished house in February.

Guests are greeted by tasteful bouquets resting in buckets as well as carefully crafted potted succulents and a display of vases. The couple offers same-day delivery and a subscription service for those who want flowers on a regular basis.

Vaughan and Kiesow share a business, a daughter, and a dog together. They met as neighbors living in Los Angeles and got to know each other through their work in the floral industry. A lot of dirt, sweat, and thought goes into the seemingly glamorous industry, the couple admits—and they should know: They've worked for top designers in New York, Miami, and Boston and on a flower farm in Central America.
123 11th St., 615-401-9124; flwrshop.com

Community-supported agriculture is a term tossed around regularly when it comes to fresh producebut plenty of floral farmers have picked up on the trend, too.  

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Bells Bend Farms

Subscription: 30 weeks (May through December)

Cost per season: $700

Pickup: Tuesdays at Sulphur Creek Farm; Saturdays at West Nashville Farmers' Market; bellsbendfarms.com

Green Door Gourmet

Subscription: 16 weeks

Cost per season: $250

Pickup: 7011 River Road Pk., Shelby Park; greendoorgourmet.com

Humble Flowers

Subscription: 15 weeks (June through September)

Cost per season: $225 for Bouquet Share; $600 for Bucket Share

Pickup: Mondays at Hendersonville Produce; Tuesdays at 12 South Farmers' Market; Thursdays at Hey Rooster General Store; humbleflowersnashville.com