Changing lives for women in our community in each and every bloom.
Initiated at Medway Community Garden in 2022, the Cut Flower Program has made a meaningful impact on women in our community throughout Charleston. Through programming and donations, these flower gardens provide therapeutic green care to organizations that uplift and support women’s health and success.
Now expanded to Magnolia Community Garden in the spring of 2024, the cut flower garden has flourished in providing fresh flowers for all our community to enjoy.
Help support our Cut Flower Program by purchasing our 6-Week Seasonal Bouquet Subscription! Learn more here.
For 6 weeks, you’ll receive a unique, hand-tied bouquet of the freshest flowers, picked at their peak from our sustainable, local gardens. Our arrangements are designed to showcase the beauty and variety of the season, ensuring every week brings a new floral adventure. Each subscription is $150.00 and goes back to supporting our Cut Flower Program here at the Conservancy.
1018+
fresh bouquets donated in 2024
Uplifting Women in Crisis.
The Cut Flower Program aims to uplift women during difficult moments including postpartum mothers, those leaving abusive relationships, and widows, through strategic community partnerships. In 2024, our expansion plans include building capacity to serve teen mothers through the Florence Crittenton House and other community partners.
Meeting Mothers Where They Are.
Statistics tell us that one in seven women experience postpartum depression, and our cut flower program seeks to improve outcomes for these mothers and others who may lack a support system. Since its inception, the program has expanded from serving postpartum mothers through therapeutic green care to providing bouquets to widows and women who have left abusive relationships.
Blooming Health Benefits.
Research consistently shows that being around flowers has remarkable benefits—reducing stress, speeding healing, enhancing concentration, and improving mood. A 2008 study even found that patients with plants in their hospital rooms experienced significantly fewer intakes of pain medication, more positive physiological responses, less pain, anxiety, and fatigue, and higher satisfaction with their recovery rooms than those without plants.
Join our Flower Share!
Want to take the beauty of the gardens into your own home? The Conservancy raises critical funds through our Cut Flower Bouquet Subscription, and you get to take away a beautiful, fresh-cut, seasonal bouquet!
The flower share is offered each spring on a six-week subscription.
Volunteer and Support
The Conservancy relies deeply on the commitment of dedicated volunteers in our parks and gardens. Our volunteers have put in over 6,500 hours of work in 2023, and we always have opportunities to get involved. In the Cut Flower Program, the Conservancy has 50+ qualified volunteers for harvesting our blooms and creating stunning bouquets.
From being a harvest helper in the gardens to care for and harvest our blooms to bouquet makers for dedication and our CSA, there is a place to join in! If you are interested in Postpartum Support Charleston’s support group at Medway Community Garden, visit their website here.
60 garden beds available for lease to members of the community from September 1st-August 31st
28 Community Garden beds raising produce for Amor Healing Kitchen and Stone Soup Collective
Community pavilion
Fruiting trees and vines
Vermicomposting
Mushroom logs
Beehive
Fresh-cut flower garden
Pollinator habitat
60 garden beds available for lease to members of the community from September 1st-August 31st
12 Community Garden beds raising produce for Charleston County Public Library
Food waste compost drop site for City of Charleston
Rainwater catchment and rain garden
Fruiting trees and vines
Fresh-cut flower garden
Community pavilion
Pollinator habitat
Mushroom logs
Sponsors and Partners
We are thankful for the support from the following organizations. For sponsorship opportunities, email our Director of Development, Emily, at etopham@charlesonparksconservancy.org.
