Welcome to Our Farm.
We are proud farmer-florists providing you the highest quality flowers for all of life’s occasions.
Our South St. Louis City farmstead is located seven miles south of the St. Louis Gateway Arch and dates to 1870. The Held family purchased the farm in 1905. For three generations, the Helds farmed the land, growing vegetables and flowers to sell in St Louis. In 1925 they opened a retail florist shop, and by the 1950’s were operating several glass greenhouses, one of which still stands. The property diminished over the years as pieces were sold off for development and the family eventually sold the farm in the mid 1990’s.
The property changed hands several times until Urban Buds purchased it in 2012 in order to revitalize the property and, in a nod to its rich history, to continue the farming tradition. The land totals about an acre, one glass greenhouse remains as does the former florist shop. The rehab on these distressed structures continues.
Meet Mimo.
Mimo’s gift of growing great tuberose, ranunculus and lisianthus is matched only by her talents as a teacher. Through her work with Extension and as a Vice President of the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers, Mimo shares her vast horticultural knowledge with other growers and new flower farmers from across the country. Prior to founding Urban Buds with Miranda, Mimo operated Wild Thang Farms for more than a decade. Located in Ashland, Missouri, her farm was considered the largest cut flower farm in the state at that time. She also worked at the Missouri Wildflowers Nursery where she specialized in native plants. Before finding her true calling as a flower farmer, Mimo’s first career was as a social worker in New York City. While her life in the Big Apple is far behind her, Mimo still knows and appreciates the emotional healing power of flowers. Mimo holds a Master’s Degree in Horticulture from North Carolina A & T University in Greensboro, North Carolina (2008).
Meet Miranda.
Originally from the rural township of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin and a fourth generation beekeeper, Miranda’s connection to the farm and the trade runs deep. She brings over twenty years of farming experience working in production agriculture to her work with Urban Buds. Her journey is defined by the reverence she holds for the land and service to the farming community. She currently serves as a Small Farm Specialist for Lincoln University of Missouri Cooperative Extension, and as a member of the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR-SARE) Administrative Council. She also serves as a member of the Farm Service Agency St Louis Urban County Committee which works on farm policy and program development to serve small-scale urban producers. Miranda has a dual emphasis Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sustainable Agriculture and Sociology from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington (2003).
