农场概况
阳光草地花卉农场（Sunny Meadows Flower Farm）位于美国俄亥俄州哥伦布市中心以东约六英里处的都市边缘地带，是一家由第一代农民 Steve 和 Gretel Adams 夫妇经营的家族花卉农场。农场目前在哥伦布周边的四个地块上种植 500 多个花卉品种，主产面积逾 50 英亩，并在俄亥俄州中部运营多座温室大棚以应对多变气候。零售业务由位于其官网首页的 Farmstand 自助花摊承担，批发则由独立的批发站点面向花艺师和零售商供货。
历史由来
农场由 Steve 和 Gretel Adams 夫妇于 2006 年在自家宅基地上创办，最初只是一小块菜园搭配鸡鸭猪的乡村式庭院，曾自产蔬菜罐头、自制肥皂。鲜花只是顺带尝试，最初在农夫市集上以向日葵、百日菊的成束鲜花起步，并承接婚礼与活动的花艺设计。夫妇俩并未受过系统的农艺训练，全靠向同行和前辈请教自学，逐渐把鲜花从副业变成了主业，并在十年内把猪鸭等副业全部停掉，专做切花。
经营品类
线上零售店常年供应鲜切花束、干花花束与花环、秋植球根（包括银莲花、虎眼万年青、花毛茛、郁金香等）、大丽花块根与扦插苗，以及适合切花园的多年生花卉与盆栽。秋冬季节还推出节日花环与常青制品，干花品类全年有货。每年早春到深秋在售的鲜切花以当地当季花卉为主，每周更换花材，让顾客能直接感受到俄亥俄四季的物候变化。
销售渠道
农场同时面向终端消费者和花艺师两条线。零售端除自营网店全国发货、哥伦布市内配送和 Farmstand 自助花摊之外，还在俄亥俄州多家连锁超市和健康食品店设有合作销售点。批发端则通过专属批发站点向哥伦布、辛辛那提和克利夫兰三大城市的花艺师直送鲜切花，并支持全国范围的 UPS 和西南货运发货。无论批发还是零售，订单细节和具体联系方式均以官网公布为准。
行业参与
夫妇俩多年参与美国切花种植者协会 ASCFG 的交流活动，并在 Growing for Market 行业刊物上发表过三十余篇文章；从 2013 年起在各大农场会议上作主旨分享，并开设线上与线下工作坊、承接花艺咨询业务，是行业内被广泛引用的「农民花艺师（farmer-florist）」实践者之一。Slow Flowers 等国内花卉产业组织也将其列为俄亥俄州代表性的可持续切花农场之一。
Farm Overview
Sunny Meadows Flower Farm sits about six miles east of downtown Columbus, Ohio, on the edge of a residential neighborhood that has become one of the Midwest’s largest urban flower farms. Founded and still run by first-generation farmers Steve and Gretel Adams, the operation spans more than 50 acres across four farm locations in central Ohio, where more than 500 flower varieties are grown alongside greenhouses that buffer Ohio’s weather swings. The retail line is anchored at the Farmstand self-serve shop run from the main farm, and wholesale orders are served by a separate wholesale site aimed at florists and retailers across the Midwest and beyond.
Farm History
The farm was started by Steve and Gretel Adams in 2006 on their own homestead as a small kitchen garden paired with chickens, ducks and pigs, where they canned vegetables and made their own soap. Flowers started out as a side experiment, with simple straight bunches of sunflowers and zinnias sold at farmers markets along with wedding and event floral design. With no formal agricultural training, the couple learned from mentors and fellow growers, gradually turning the flowers into the main business and phasing out livestock over the years.
Product Lines
The online retail shop carries fresh-cut flower bunches and bouquets, dried flower bunches and wreaths, fall bulbs (including anemone corms, ornithogalum, ranunculus corms and tulip bulbs), dahlia tubers and rooted cuttings, as well as perennials and foliage plants suited to cutting gardens. Seasonal holiday wreaths and evergreens are released in late autumn, while dried flower bunches stay in stock year-round. From late spring through late fall the weekly fresh-cut assortment shifts with what’s in bloom in central Ohio, letting customers taste the season through changing varieties.
Sales Channels
The farm runs two parallel lines, one for end consumers and one for florists. On the retail side, the online shop ships nationwide, the central Ohio local delivery handles Columbus-area orders, and the on-site Farmstand offers self-serve bouquets, with additional bouquet distribution through select grocery partners across Ohio. The wholesale side is served by a dedicated wholesale site that delivers direct to designers and florists in Columbus, Cincinnati and Cleveland and ships nationwide via UPS and Southwest Cargo. Order details and current contact information are kept on the farm’s official websites.
Industry Engagement
Steve and Gretel have been active members of the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers (ASCFG) and have published more than thirty articles in Growing for Market magazine. They have been presenting at farm conferences since 2013, run both online and in-person workshops, and offer consulting services to other growers and florists, often cited among the practitioners who helped popularize the farmer-florist model in the United States. Slow Flowers and similar domestic flower industry organizations have listed Sunny Meadows among the representative sustainable cut-flower farms in Ohio.
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