Gem Bloom Flower Co

07/25/2025

A few of the gems that will be tucked into this weekend’s Farmer’s Market bouquets. Grab yourself one at Malchow Plaza Farmers Market Saturday 8:30-Noon.

07/20/2025

My favorite addition to the garden so far! 🤩

07/19/2025

This new (to me) Lavatera is beautiful! I’m testing its vase life to see if it makes a good cut flower candidate to add to bouquets.

07/11/2025

See you all at the market this Saturday!

At Gem Bloom Flower Co, every stem is sown, grown, and hand-picked just outside Aberdeen. From the first vibrant blooms of spring to the golden hues of autumn, they cultivate specialty cut flowers that capture the essence of each season, ensuring only the freshest blooms make their way into arrangements. Just like gems found deep within the earth, their flowers are treasures waiting to be discovered!
Owner Jennifer Svarstad is not your typical florist. She has a full-time career in the ag industry, and growing unique flowers is her hobby turned second career. Because of this, she doesn’t offer floral services for events such as weddings. Instead, she provides buckets of fresh, seasonal blooms for do-it-yourselfers and can provide a pop of color for special occasions with a wrapped bouquet or vased arrangement. All her flowers are field-grown, so she typically has flowers available May to September.
Visit Gem Bloom’s booth at the Malchow Plaza Farmers Market to find locally grown fresh-cut flowers, flower subscriptions, dahlia tubers, and specialty pumpkins.
All their flowers are grown locally, so they arrive to you in the best condition possible and are freshly harvested for the longest vase life. They specialize in growing unique flower varieties that you may not find at a box store or your local flower shop.
Follow GemBloomFlowerCo on Instagram and Gem Bloom Flower Co on Facebook for dates Jennifer will be at the farmers market. You can also subscribe to her email newsletter at www.gembloom.com or email her at [email protected] to arrange pickup for blooms.

07/10/2025

Big, beautiful, and bursting with blooms! 💐
These huge bouquets are headed to the farmers market this Saturday—grab one and make your table (or someone’s day) a little brighter! 💛

06/19/2025

The cooler room is full! This is where you can find me making bouquets - it’s a cool reprieve from the heat outside and smells amazing in here! Grab a bouquet Saturday at the Malchow’s Plaza Farmer’s Market 8:30-Noon in Aberdeen!

06/14/2025

We had a blast handing out flowers and tossing candy at the Trail Days parade this morning. “Decades” was the theme and having peonies in bloom for the float was classic! 🌸

06/07/2025

SOLD OUT! It was a great morning at the market and I got the best compliment a flower farmer could ask for: “Are these real?” Yes, they are. Grown locally by yours truly! “Wow. They are beautiful!” Thank you!!

05/28/2025

I couldn’t have said it better! Tulip season was sparse and quick this year 🥵. Hoping to be at the Farmer’s Market soon with peonies and ranunculus🤞!

😳“Will you have ______ (insert name of specific flower) in bloom on _______________ (insert certain date)?”

“Hold on, lemme pull out my crystal ball so I can give you an accurate answer.” 🔮

Thank goodness I never actually typed up that response to anyone 😂… but on those days when I was hot, tired, exhausted, and feeling particularly snarky, I was sorely tempted to. 😵‍💫

The seasonality of cut flowers is simultaneously the most delightful 😍 and maddening 😫 part of being a cut flower farmer.

Each year, the weather is a little bit different, which means the flowers bloom on a slightly different timeline each year. 

I’m learning to embrace this and let it go. Seriously, there’s nothing I can do to make them bloom faster or slower!

In my first few years of farming, I would STRESS OUT when my inbox was bombarded with anxiety-inducing requests like:

✅“I’m getting married on ________________ (a date 12+ months in the future) and I need to know exactly what you’ll have in bloom.”  ...Yeah, me too, girl. I’d love to have that kind of certainty in my life. 😩

✅“I need _________ (qty) _____________ (type of flower) in ________________ (specific color) on ________________(specific date 3 months from now).”
….Ummm, I have no idea what will be in bloom each until I walk out to the field and see what’s ready to harvest. 😳

But now? 
I realize that nature moves at its own pace. 

The flowers will bloom when they decide the time is right… and I cannot (nor dare not!) make predictions about when they will bloom. 

It’s freeing. 

And while I know it’s inconvenient not to be able to plan ahead… it makes it more delightful when the flowers DO bloom. 🌸♥️

This is true seasonality. 
Living according to the seasons, not our calendars. 🚫🗓️

No matter how much we try to dominate Mother Nature and make her fit into our tidy schedules, she gleefully refuses and does what she wants. 
I admire that. 

P.S. It won’t be long until we have bucket loads of Peonies like this again! But exactly when? I have no idea. 🙃 Stay tuned… they’ll be ready when they’re ready!

04/22/2025

A Gem Bloom Flower Subscription is just one of the many awesome prizes the Ipswich Volunteer Fire Dept is giving away at their Annual Smoker this Saturday! Grab your date and come out to Ipswich this weekend - all you can eat and drink for $50 when you buy your ticket in advance!

03/29/2025

It seems like a good day to shop for dahlia tubers! Then again, what day isn't?!

https://gembloom.com/shop -tubers

Shipping or local Malchow Plaza Farmers Market pick-up available!

03/23/2025

What flower farmer dreams are made of 😍