Garden and Roads Flower Subscriptions
We are excited to share the beauty of cut flowers and the bounty of our gardens with you! Flowers may be in a vase or a bouquet (no vase). All subscriptions will include locally grown flowers during the growing season, but we also offer the option for 100% locally grown with our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) subscriptions. Details below, but feel free to email anne@gardenandroads.com with any questions.
Year-Round Subscription (Feb - Dec)
We call it year round, but you can sign up any time for flowers delivered Feb - Dec. If you sign-up mid-year, your subscription will cover the months until year end. Available once or twice a month. We have several pick-up locations and the delivery schedule will be similar to the schedule listed below. Minimum bouquet $30 for pick-up / $35 delivery, Vase $45+
Growing Season Subscriptions (May - Oct)
Minimum bouquet $30 for pick-up and $35 delivery, Vase $45+ We offer 2 types of subscriptions:
CSA 100% locally grown flowers from our gardens and other local flower farmers
CSA Mix - these bouquets feature locally grown flowers, but also include flowers from further afield - perfect for someone who wants the beauty of local flowers, but also more variety and florist style flowers (like roses)
Spring CSA Subscription (April-May)
Runs mid-April through mid-May (start date determined by the weather). The best of locally grown spring blooms including: heirloom narcissus, fancy tulips, hyacinth, allium and more. Select either 5 weekly bouquets ($150) or 3 bouquets every other week ($90).
Getting the Flowers to you!
Delivery - Tues - Thurs mid-day. Our routes are by town/neighborhood (working schedule included below)
Pick-up - We will have a couple of pick-up locations: Trove Green Provisions 330 Boston Ave Medford, The Medford Arts Collaborative 162 Mystic Ave Medford, Fulfilled Goods 612 Washington St Newton as well as the primary garden and floral design studio (and our home) 76 Greenleaf Ave Medford
Pricing & DELIVERY
Bouquets start at $30 for pick-up and $35 bouquet for delivery with 4 miles. You can expect a $30 bouquet to have around 10 - 12 flowers with greens and each $5 increment would add 1-3 stems depending on the flowers. Vase arrangements start at $45. Deliveries are scheduled mid-week by neighborhood (see current monthly schedule at the bottom of the page).
Delivery Pricing:
Medford Hillside Neighborhood: $3.5
Distance up to 2 miles $5
Distance 2-3 miles $7
Distance 3-4 miles $9
Distance 4-5 miles minimum for delivery $50 and delivery is $11
Greater than 5 miles the minimum is $50 delivery is based on distance and time in traffic.
If you have several neighbors who would like to join the subscription and we can deliver to a single location, there is 1 delivery fee that is split between the participants - great for apartment buildings, family or close neighbors.
To sign-up for a flower subscription, use the form below. After submitting your subscription form, we will email you to arrange for delivery details & payment.
have Questions? READ ON…
Bouquet vs Vase - What Type of flowers should I order?
Vase Arrangements: We’d recommend a vase arrangement if you want to ensure your flowers are artistically arranged in a lush floral style, you aren’t certain that the flower recipient has a vase or, if you need your flowers to travel and stay hydrated, we’d recommend a vase arrangement. What if I don’t want to pay for the vase every time? No problem - we are happy to have you return vases to us and we will put the cost of the vase back into the flowers the next month. Insider tip: some beautiful flower stems are too short to work well in bouquets, but are perfect for low vases including some varieties of sweet pea, early anemone and ranunculus, hellebores and more.
Bouquets: Bouquets are a bunch of flowers wrapped in craft paper or burlap. We think our bouquets are beautiful, but there is less artistic design work with bouquets and all stems are generally the same length. Bouquets are perfect for the person who wants to do some of their own floral design and arranging.
Price Point?
How do I know what price point to pick? Floral items are priced by the type of flowers (some are more expensive), number of flowers (roughly equates to size) and the complexity of the design. For our subscription customers, we typically have a mix of flowers with some being more expensive (roses, dahlias, peonies, ranunculus, anemone) and some being less expensive (daisy, carnations, mums) and many in-between. The starting price of a $30 bouquet would be ~10 floral stems and add 1-3 stems for each $5 increment. Most vases run between $4 - $10 and the price is included in the arrangement unless we have an agreement to get the vase back and reuse it.
2025 Monthly Delivery Schedule (Work in progress)
1st Tuesday- Medford West & Medford Tufts
1st Thursday - Medford Hillside
2nd Tuesday - Arlington & Somerville Davis Square
2nd Thursday - Medford Lawrence, Winchester & Lexington
3rd Tuesday - Medford East, Malden
3rd Wednesday - Cambridge Fresh Pond, Watertown & Newton
3rd Thursday* - Cambridge Central, Somerville Central
Last Tuesday - Medford South, Somerville South & Brickbottom Artist Studio
HOW TO CARE FOR YOUR CUT FLOWERS:
Keep them out of direct sunlight
Even temperatures (keep away from radiators or forced hot air/AC)
Keep away from fruit (especially apples, bananas as the give off ethylene, a gas that will shorten bloom time)
Change the water every other day
Give stems a fresh cut before they go back into the vase
Make sure your scissors and vase are clean before starting
Flower food/preservative will also lengthen the bloom time of your cut flowers. As part of our ethos to use methods gentle to the environment, we will provide a small glass jar of flower food or you can easily make your own with a simple recipe (good for 3-4) water exchanges:
1 quart warm water (warm water helps the sugar dissolve)
1 tablespoons lemon juice or white vinegar (strained)
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1/4-1/2 teaspoon bleach – less is more with the bleach