Local Flora

Photos by Johnny C.Y. Lam, Ben Welland and Amy Zambonin
Sas Long and Jaime McCuaig, above, cut flowers in one of the two fields that comprise Floralora Flowers farm.
On a little more than three acres, Long grows flowers such as snapdragons, sweetpeas and lisianthus, garnishing the wedding industry with beautiful arrangements.
Amber Tiede, owner of Riverwood Gardens, says gardening is in her DNA. When she was a child she had her own rose bush to tend.
One of her most popular arrangments is her edible bouquets, which feature herbs, edible flowers — even vegetables, such as kale.
Virginia Vince, prepares bouquets of flowers in one of the two shops she owns with her husband, James.
At the peak of the season, the family flower farm they own in Prince Edward County supplies two shipments of fresh blooms a week to their stores in Ottawa.