What We Offer

Locally grown garden blossoms and sunflowers.
Delivered weekly to your home or business.
Always fresh! Always easy!

Sunflower Hill Flowers handles the flowers

for you each week, late June through September.

We're back for 2009! We offer the same vase full of flowers at last year's prices or smaller bunches at a lower price. Monday morning flowers to brighten the work week. Flowers on Friday to celebrate the weekend. Cheerful blooms that welcome customers, calm clients, or soothe patients. Garden blossoms to greet guests. A unique lasting gift for that unique person.

$21.00 per week for large arrangement in a French vase.

$13.00 per week for a small bouquet in a Mason jar.

Price includes tax and delivery on Mount Desert Island only.

First bouquet complimentary with annual subscription!

Contact us at sunflowerhill@roadrunner.com or 288-9070.
Your subscription helps us support Compassion International, http://www.compassion.com/.

Scroll down for more information ! Order form link at page bottom.

What's a Flower Subscription?

Simply put, a flower subscription entitles the customer to fresh flowers all summer long. Each week or every other week, simple garden bouquets accompanied by an informative card about the flowers arrive on Monday or Friday (your choice). Our large arrangements come in a rustic galvanized French vase already arranged; our smaller bunches are gathered in a simple mason jar. Vases collected on delivery of fresh arrangements. You don't even need to dump the older flowers (unless you want to)!

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is growing across the country as some people choose local organic produce that’s fresh over food that has traveled hundreds or thousands of miles. CSA’s offer customers a “share” in the land for a subscription price, providing fresh food weekly. Although we do not offer produce, we operate under the same principle. Our customers have a steady supply of fresh flowers, food for the soul that’s sure to produce a smile, throughout the growing season.

Why Try Sunflower Hill?

* We’re local. Our flowers are fresh – delivered within 24 hours of being cut!

* You love fresh garden flowers, but don’t have the space for a cutting garden.

* You love fresh garden flowers, but don’t have the time to keep a fresh bouquet in your home weekly.

* Nothing says summer better than fresh garden flowers. And in coastal Maine, we need to squeeze out every piece of summer we can!

* No chemical pesticides or synthetic fertilizers are used on our flowers. (We do add floral preservative in our water for our arrangements however).

* Florists and grocery store flowers certainly have their pluses, but there are drawbacks too. Many of the flowers have been cut days and sometimes weeks in advance of sale. Although flowers from grocery stores may be a little bit cheaper, the selection is not as varied, or fresh, as garden flowers. Florists have a bit more variety, but cost and delivery charges are higher.

How to Reserve a Piece of Sunflower Hill

Limited subscriptions are available by the season for weekly or bi-weekly deliveries or for one single month of weekly deliveries.

Our season begins the week of Monday, June 22nd; our last deliveries will be the week of September 21st (unless weather dictates otherwise!). You do not need to order for the whole season. We'll adjust to your schedule!

Ordering is easy! Print out an order form from the link on the bottom of this web page and mail it to us, or request a brochure and/or order form by e-mail at sunflowerhill@roadrunner.com or call us at 288-9070.

When you order, indicate your subscription plan preference for the season, your delivery day, and payment plan. Payment by cash or check will be due with the first regular delivery (week of June 29th for most orders). Remember, the first bouquet the week of June 22nd is complimentary with a seasonal subscription! When we receive your order, we will send you a confirmation as well as phone you to set up specifics regarding delivery.

Reserve now and the first bouquet is free!

Ten percent discount for full weekly seasonal subscription!

Payment Schedule

Large arrangement

in French vase

$21.00 per week (includes delivery and tax.) Payment due on date indicated.

Full season weekly subscription – 14 weeks for the price of 13 plus 10% full payment discount . Due June 29 - $246.00

Full season bi-weekly subscription - 8 deliveries for the price of 7! Due June 29- $147.00

Small bouquet in a simple

Mason jar

$13.00 per week (includes delivery and tax.) Payment due on date indicated.

Full season weekly subscription – 14 weeks for the price of 13 plus 10% full payment discount. Due June 29 - $152.00

Full season bi-weekly subscription - 8 deliveries for the price of 7! Due June 29 - $91.00

Payment by cash or check. Bill will be presented with delivery the week before it is due. Payment may be mailed or accompany next delivery. If you are not satisfied, you may cancel your subscription and receive a refund for the remaining weeks.

Delivery

Select your delivery day of Monday or Friday. On your chosen day, we deliver your flowers. Flowers are conditioned and most should last for the week. Those that will be short-lived will be indicated on the information card. The following week, when we deliver fresh flowers, we collect the vase and dead flowers! No dealing with wilted bunches or vase washing! That’s our job!

Caring for Your Flowers

* Add fresh, warm water every other day, if possible. At the very least, an extra drink of warm water mid-week will be necessary.
* Keep away from direct sun or heat. It will cause the arrangements to decline prematurely.
* Avoid placing flowers near fruits or vegetables. Many emit ethylene gas which may also wilt them prematurely.
* Some flowers may fade, shrivel, or begin to drop petals after five to seven days.

About Our Flowers

Well-established perennial beds are the backbone of our garden. Each spring an intensive planting of annuals produce cascades of color. Combined, Sunflower Hill produces over 50 varieties of abundant blooms June through September. And of course, our favorites are sunflowers! We try different types of sunflowers and wherever possible, we choose pollenless varieties.

Our flowers are cut and delivered within 24 hours and are comprised of common and unusual varieties. We take extra care of our blooms by conditioning our flowers - all leaves are stripped from the stems, we "rest" the flowers in buckets of water in a dark area, dip stem ends to kill bacteria, and add floral preservative to our vase water. These steps help to add longer life to the bouquet.

Mixed bouquets may include:

Mid to late June: Iris, Daisy, Cornflower, Amsonia, Dame’s Rocket, Baptisia, Coreopsis, Dianthus, Sweet William, Salvia, Veronica, Catmint

Mid July: Zinnia, Snapdragon, Sunflower, Liatrus, Yarrow, Ageratum, Heliopsis, Larkspur, Lady Bells, Verbena

Mid August-Mid September: Early Autumn: Black-eyed Susan, Phlox, Sunflower, Snapdragon, Zinnia, Cosmos, Gloriosa Daisy, Helianthus, Ironweed, Purple Coneflower, Aster, Butterfly Bush

What Happens If...

We're gone during one of our delivery weeks? Let us know in advance and you can choose to have the delivery sent to someone else, change the delivery date, or we will pause the deliveries for you. You do not need to pay for weeks you do not use.

We can't subscribe to the end of the season? We'll adjust to your schedule. As mentioned above, you do not need to pay for weeks you do not use.

We're not home when deliveries are scheduled? When we set up your delivery schedule, we will talk with you about the best place for delivering the flowers to be sure they remain protected from harsh weather elements.

Nature acts like...well, nature? If an early frost or unforeseen extreme weather event cuts short our delivery schedule, you will be reimbursed. Bloom times are difficult to predict exactly (ah, for a crystal ball!) as some years are cooler, some warmer. But that's our headache - not yours!

The flowers droop? We do everything we can to assure freshness. This includes conditioning flowers (see below "About Our Flowers"), clean vases, and preservative in the water. Our arrangements should last a minimum of five days, most will last longer. Some flowers simply do not cooperate for long vase life. Your information card will let you know which flowers may droop before week's end.

We want a refund? We want you to be happy with your purchase. However, if for some reason you find the quality lacking or you decide you can not continue with the subscription, you may cancel and we will refund your money.

Who We Are

Sunflower Hill is a small family business with expansive gardens where every inch is planted with perennials and annuals. This is our second year marketing our flowers.

Our roots on Mount Desert Island are in Acadia National Park. Our backgrounds include degrees in botany and science education, Master Gardener certification, landscaping, farm work, and of course, personal experience as obsessive gardeners!