Area Attractions - 2024's Best Cities for Local Flowers

 

Does your city grow the freshest blooms? To mark Valentine’s Day, Lawn Love ranked 2024's Best Cities for Local Flowers. We compared the 500 biggest U.S. cities based on five floral categories. We looked at access to flower shops and specialty-cut flower vendors, consumer ratings, and even the number of flower festivals, among 11 total metrics. See the 10 best (and 10 worst) cities for local flowers below, followed by key takeaways. (Don’t see your city below? Check out the full ranking.)

Best Cities for Local Flowers Rank City 1 New York, NY 2 Miami, FL 3 San Francisco, CA 4 Seattle, WA 5 Los Angeles, CA 6 Chicago, IL 7 Portland, OR 8 Philadelphia, PA 9 St. Louis, MO 10 Houston, TX Worst Cities for Local Flowers Rank City 1 South Fulton, GA 2 Woodbury, MN 3 Alameda, CA 4 Warner Robins, GA 5 Sandy Springs, GA 6 Lynn, MA 7 Daly City, CA 8 League City, TX 9 Brooklyn Park, MN 10 Hoover, AL

Key Insights: Populous cities like New York (No. 1), Miami (No. 2), and San Francisco (No. 3), bloom to the top of our ranking with high access to flower shops, delivery services, and events.  Romantic coasts and flowers go hand in hand — 33 California, 7 Florida, 6 Washington, and 5 Oregon cities sprout into the top 100.  Evergreen State cities claim the best access to flower farms — Seattle (No. 4), for one, is surrounded by a whopping 36 flower farms. Smaller cities like Asheville, North Carolina (No. 12), Bend, Oregon (No. 13), and Ann Arbor, Michigan (No. 14), stand out at the top thanks to their top-quality bouquets. Asheville also boasts annual flower festivals, such as Biltmore Blooms and the Asheville Orchid Festival. Other small cities wilt to the end of our ranking — such as Alameda, California (No. 498), Woodbury, Minnesota (No. 499), and South Fulton, Georgia, in last place — with little access to fresh flowers.  Most cities in the bottom 100 have populations below 200,000 — except for Toledo, Ohio (No. 411) and Corpus Christi, Texas (No. 415).   Read the full story here: https://lawnlove.com/blog/best-cities-local-flowers/  Other helpful links: Methodology  Need a hand keeping all your outdoor plants and flowers happy? Hire a local Lawn Love crew to keep your landscape looking bright and colorful.  More from Lawn Love:  14 Best Flowers for a Cutting Garden Best Cities for Outdoor Weddings Best States for Beekeeping Best Cities for Birdwatching Cities With the Best Residential Views Best Cities for Tackling Home Improvements 10 Winter Flowers that Bloom in the Cold