Eden Street Flowers

We are located in Maine, in the coastal town of Bar Harbor, nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and Acadia National Park. We grow cut flowers on about a 1/4 acre. Our mission is to build a business that is an indispensable part of the community through reciprocal relationship-building and ecological farming practices. We want our neighbors to be excited about seasonal flowers that return year after year while knowing they can depend on us to provide a local flower alternative.

Our flowers are field-grown, tunnel-grown, and in the winter, we grow thousands of tulips inside in crates in a minimally heated greenhouse. The covered spaces (heated and unheated) allow for earlier blooms in the springtime, and a continuation of blooms past the first frost. Our flowers are available for purchase through seasonal flower subscriptions and at retail stores, with pick-up locations throughout the area from January through October.

MORE ABOUT US:

Jodi Sargent: Owner, Head Grower: At a young age, I had a keen interest in the intersection of people and plants, and the places that shaped them. I watched my Dad as he shaped the gardens around our home and I studied herbal medicine and plant-based nutrition as a teenager. Armed with just a BA in Anthropology and French, and this interest, I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Public Health in Burkina Faso, West Africa, and there I started to understand the impact local agriculture plays on access to fresh food, livable wages, and healthcare. I worked alongside farmers and healthcare providers to increase access to fresh produce and healthcare resources, and for fun, I sowed my first flower seeds (Hail the Sunflower!). Fast forward almost three decades and I am still deeply interested in the intersection of people, plants, and place, this time with floriculture.

After relocating to Maine, and completing a master's degree in Human Ecology from the College of the Atlantic, I built Eden Street Flowers in 2013. It started with estate gardens around Mount Desert Island, and in 2019, added cut flowers, selling to retail and wholesale customers. A highlight of the business is the seasonal weekly CSA subscriptions (Community Supported Agriculture). As a member of the Maine Flower Collective and the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers, I work to bring American-grown specialty cut flowers to market and offer Maine communities a local flower alternative.

Thomas Sargent, Co-Founder, Head of Buildings and Grounds: Thomas leads the construction of greenhouses and tunnels, cold storage, and indoor growing spaces. He excels at learning the latest methods and technologies to build efficient multi-use spaces that provide Eden Street Flowers with affordable solutions for our current needs and future growth. He is also the founder of Sargent Custom Building, a construction firm based in Hulls Cove, Maine.

Our Team: Eden Street Flowers is supported by a hard-working crew employed from April - October, our two busy kids, and a dog and cat that remind us all to slow down for play and rest.