The Bayers are already working on their 2025 crop of flowers. A paved lane and a pergola (in shadow form) in the You-Pick field are a few of the changes Sarah and Chad Bayer have made for more on-farm events. Photo provided.
Before the dust settles on 2024, Sarah Bayer of Bayer’s Blooms Flower Farm is already deep into preparations for 2025. January through March is grunt-work season: planting seeds, repairing irrigation lines, and getting the greenhouses ready. The payoff begins in April with their annual Tulip You-Pick event. It’s their biggest draw each year, where residents brave the sometimes unpredictable April weather to pick their own colorful tulips.
Next year marks the Bayers’ sixth season of growing and sharing their flowers with the community. For the past five years, flower delivery subscriptions—hand-tied, fresh bouquets available for pick-up at Central Drug—have been the backbone of their business. “That’s what got us off the ground,” says Sarah.
But in 2025, the Bayers are shifting gears. They’re moving away from flower pick-up subscriptions to focus on on-farm events, a change inspired by growing customer demand.
“Every time we have offered You-Picks or events, they have been really well attended and are fun for the whole family. No matter how many we have, we always get requests for more and messages asking when the next one will be,” says Sarah. “It seems like a lot of people are looking for more experiences and unique things to do.”
The new arrangement suits Sarah better too. “I also love being able to connect people to where their flowers come from and to see the faces and the places where they’ve been cared for and grown,” she says.
To make those events even more memorable, the Bayers have already poured a walkway through the field and built a lighted pergola over a ten-foot table right in the middle of their You-Pick area.
Sarah hopes visitors will gather there for birthday parties, brunches, Bible studies, and maybe even farm-to-table dinners—though that last idea, she admits with a chuckle, is “still in the dreaming phase”.
