A small weekly luxury — grown right here in the north.

There’s something about fresh flowers — soft petals catching the morning light, the breathe-in deep floral notes mingling together. The happiness at having a bit of our fleeting summer on your table.

At Bloomstead, we grow seasonal flowers right here in Thunder Bay so you can bring that feeling home each week.

Our 4-week flower subscriptions celebrate the most stunning blooms we can produce in our short northern growing season — dahlias, lilies, lisianthus, heirloom chrysanthemums — harvested fresh from our urban flower farm.

These are local flowers you’re unlikely to see in grocery stores. Growing blooms right here that often can’t survive shipping means it’s likely you’ll meet a new-to-you bloom or two each subscription. So our bouquets feel a little bit like discovering a secret garden.

A Flower Subscription Designed for Flower Lovers

Bloomstead subscriptions highlight the most beautiful flowers blooming at that moment in our fields. The subscription ensures you receive the premium blooms that week, no rushing to the market and facing disappointment. You can arrange for pickup later as it suits your schedule, or you can gift it to a friend. Who doesn’t love a bouquet of freshly harvested blooms harvested locally at their peak.

Pickups are available at our urban farm or at the Saturday market. It’s simple, local, and something to look forward to every week.

What Your Summer of Flowers Could Look Like

Because we have a short growing season, we appreciate the fleeting beauty of flowers all the more. Each month brings something new from the garden.

Here’s a glimpse of what might be blooming when subscriptions run:

Late July – Along with our elegant soft lilies, there may be some late peonies, early dahlias, we’ll have stock, snapdragons, feverfew, yarrow, bee balm, forget-me-nots, bells of Ireland and others.

August – The cool season blooms are finished so we say goodbye to stock and early lilies. The garden reaches its peak in August with armfuls of zinnias, china asters, dahlias, lisianthus, sunflowers, african marigolds, gladiolas, rudbeckia, and other seasonal fillers.

September Rich autumn colours arrive — deep burgundy dahlias, happy sunflowers in oranges, yellows, and reds, and textured late-season blooms.

October – We’ll keep the dahlias going as long as we can, but they are planted in the field so when the frost arrives they are done. We will have beautiful cottage-garden romantic heirloom mums to pair with seasonal autumn foliage through Thanksgiving and as long as we can.

No two weeks are exactly the same. These blooms are simply stunning in bouquets and many people don’t even know about them.

Subscriptions for Summer 2026 Are Delayed

We experienced significant shortfalls in precipitation (only 20% of the monthly avg May 15 – July 15) and unseasonably cold night time temps in June, our plants just hit pause. Like many other growers in the region, this year has been slow. Watch socials for announcements when our subscriptions will begin.

— Lisa & Jenna