Urban Buds: City Grown Flowers is located in the Ducthtown neigborhood of Saint Louis, MO; just 7 miles south of the Arch.
We farm unique specialty cut flowers and select foods for the local market. Beauty, stewardship, and quality define us.
08/27/2025
Every year I pull out this old photograph, just to remember what was on this city lot before us. I’m blown away every time. As I remember how we got here.
With each passing of the now 9 years, we pick up less & less debris that still bubbles up from where this house was torn down and some of it buried underground. The first year it took us weeks of cleanup of a zillion bricks, boards and other stuff. Then each spring after that, the earth would vomit up the foreign objects that didn’t belong to her. Everyone of the team started to question if it was possible to even grow there & thought I had lost my mind and not worth the effort. (.morgan) I continued brick by brick. I touched every single brick. We moved out of there!!
Now in our 9th summer growing in our annex field in all its beauty and glory, I’m reminded of how we have overcome, transformed this once derelict property into a thriving, beautiful field of flowers. Pictured is what was once in the same footprint on the same property as our flower field is today. It makes me really believe beautification is possible in any area. With a little elbow grease, a brick at a time and a packet of seeds, and hanging on to a vision of what could be.
08/22/2025
Reminder: WE WILL NOT BE AT TOWER GROVE FARMERS MARKET! This Saturday (8/23) We WILL be on Sunday. Saturday is going to be a perfect day for our Sunflower Saturday Open House event from 10am-3pm!!!
We hope you all have this on your calendar! Both of our locations (4728 Tennessee Avenue and the corner of Grand & Osceola) will be available for strolling and lots of picture taking! This is the time to visit the farm, see some of our growing practices, and get to know your bouquet! This weekend we will be selling flowers off the farm during our open house. We can’t wait to see you here!
Pictured is a little snippet of what you can expect tomorrow… happy scrolling!!
08/19/2025
Hallelujah!! Cooler weather is on the horizon and we can almost see it!! The cooler temps are going to feel so great this Thursday, August 21, and there’s no better way to celebrate than by joining us for an evening on the farm at our Flower Farm Happy Hour! Bring your boo, your gal pal, your mother, or your daughter, along with a drink and a snack, and join us for a stroll among the flowers as Mimo guides a tour and shares about the farm and its history, then make your own full-sized bouquet to take home! Spots are still available. register .com and the weather should be perfect for an evening outside among the blooms!
08/17/2025
It’s a sunny Sunday these teddy bear sunflowers harvested less than an hour before the start of the market!! Freshest of the fresh!! Make your way to the for a full booth with amazing selections!! Beat the heat come early. That means put a pause on the scrolling and get a move-on! ☀️
08/15/2025
Shout to the teachers! It’s back to school season and of all the professions, there are four that I see as critically important. The doctor, the farmer, the teacher, and the undertaker. We need to be thinking about the teachers not just this week but every day. They mold the minds of our future generations and never in the history of our country has the educational system that they work in been so under attack. When these systems are under attack, the people within those systems feel exorbitant amounts of pressure and that stress trickles all the way down to our children! We have to interrupt this!
There are lots of ways to help our teachers. Probably one of the most vital ones is a gift card (Lol!! you thought I was going to say flowers, didn’t you?!), because teachers are known to have to supply their own materials from their already limited income. The second greatest gift for a teacher would, of course, be flowers for their classroom! I don’t need to tell you about the stress-reducing benefits of flowers, we all know them to be true!
Support your local farmer, elevate your teachers, and help instill the importance of empathy in our children by buying flowers (with that gift card) to share with teachers and anyone else you want to recognize this weekend at both Saturday 8-12:30 and
Also, if you are a teacher, present your teacher ID at either market and get a free Happy Bouquet while supplies last.
You can also order your happy bouquet at www.citygrownflowers.com
08/13/2025
Join us on Saturday, August 23, 2025 for our annual Open House & Field Day from 10am-3pm here at the farm. Come see where all of the flower beauty starts! (4728 Tennessee Ave, St. Louis, MO 63111)
Our doors will be open for you to stroll among the flower fields and purchase your weekend bouquets and flower bundles while mingling with fellow flower lovers. This event is open to all, no RSVP required, and coincides with the nearby . We can’t wait to welcome you! ✌️
08/13/2025
It was a picture perfect evening last night hosting photography club. The light drizzle of rain added droplets to the flowers that made them glisten in the setting sun. It was a great time!! We even called in a rainbow for them. Can’t wait to see some of their photos. We love hosting our community friends! Do you have a group, club, or community event you’d like us to host? Give us a shout!
08/09/2025
It’s a perfect Saturday, with perfect flowers, for the perfect you!!
08/03/2025
Due to circumstances beyond our control, sadly we will not be today. We will see you next weekend! Everyone with pickup’s we will be in touch today. We appreciate your understanding. See you next week!!
08/01/2025
Welcome to August!!
So grateful to have a break in the weather! The flowers took that heat like a champ! Far better than we did!! They are gorgeous, scroll for a taste of what coming. It’s gonna be amazing day!! The weather, the Flowers, the food, with family & friends!! See you tomorrow.
Saturday 8-12: 30 & Sunday 9 -1:00
07/26/2025
Coming in hot! Looking for some thing different than the usual run of the mill? We got you!!!
Happening now at here until 12:30. Tomorrow 9-1
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Our story is one of land, community, culture, and love. Urban Buds: City Grown Flowers are proud farmer-florists supplying the highest quality flowers in the St. Louis area. We also handcraft and stage gorgeous floral arrangements for life's most important events.
Urban Buds: City Grown Flowers is located in the Dutchtown neighborhood of St, Louis, Missouri, on a historic farmstead with a rich flower history that dates to the 1870s. Together, we (Karen “Mimo” Davis and Miranda Duschack) have transformed an overgrown lot and property left fallow for years into a productive flower farm. Surrounded by a sea of concrete, we tend our oasis of green....and pink and yellow and orange and red. Our flowers not only bring color and vibrancy to our community, but also great joy to those that receive them.
We grow more than 70 different kinds of flowers on our farm - from ruffly ranunculus and daffodils in the spring to colorful kale and dinnerplate dahlias in the fall, we specialize in growing flowers that are "locally grown, not flown." Environmental sustainability is paramount, so our flowers are grown with the use of Integrated Pest Management techniques, cover crops, compost, minimal tillage, and drip irrigation rather than harmful chemicals. The flowers are grown in our field, in a high tunnel, and in a heated glass greenhouse. It's pretty impressive for two ladies in the middle of the city. Our flowers are lush, fragrant, unusual and beautiful; there's nothing quite like them anywhere in St. Louis.
Tucked within our field of flowers are beehives that hum with activity. Our bees produce a rich, fragrant honey that carries with it the many flavors harvested from Urban Buds' flowers. Miranda is a fourth generation bee keeper, so the connection to this trade runs deep in her connection to the farm. As consumers and farmers in an urban environment, we are committed to helping bee populations rebound. Save the bees!
Our greatest joy is growing and arranging flowers for weddings. We know just how meaningful it is to incorporate seasonal, locally-grown flowers in your special day. In June 2014, we were one of the first four same s*x couples who successfully challenged Missouri's gay marriage ban. "From this day forward," we pledged to bring beauty, joy, and love through flowers to all couples choosing to celebrate their love with friends and family.
You can find us with our flowers at Tower Grove Farmers’ Market, selling to area florists, and designing arrangements for weddings and events. We are also the parents to an amazing young man that makes farm life even more exciting and enriching! We think his presence adds some extra joy to each of our flowers!
