DIY Flower Buckets

Buckets of fresh, local, and seasonal stems for you to create your own bouquets and designs!

Inviting you to enjoy
the design experience…

New for 2025 Island Meadow Farm proudly presents the DIY Flower Bucket program - bulk flower purchasing of fresh, local, and seasonal stems for our customers to create their own bouquets and designs! Our DIY Flower Buckets will be available from late-June through mid-October, as the season permits.

As always, every stem is thoughtfully harvested from our flower fields, in York, PEI and we relish the opportunity to share them with you!  

Occasionally you will be able to find this exciting new offering available “cash and carry” at our Blue Wagon (but if you want to be sure to have flowers for your event - it is best to order and reserve your DIY Flower Buckets in advance).

Frequently Asked Questions:

  • IMF DIY Flower Buckets are the perfect way for the easy-going flower-lover to access the highest quality, sustainable flowers for all of their creative endeavours, events, and gatherings! This bulk flower offerings is ideal for:

    • Aspiring floral designers without growing space of their own

    • Hosts planning memorable gatherings

    • Celebrations! Think graduations, baby showers, and birthdays

    • Special events such as fundraising or Flower Bars

    • DIY wedding couples seeking hands-on involvement with their florals

  • Each order includes IMF freshly harvested flowers, which have been conditioned and are carefully packaged in buckets of water, as well as a “DIY Flowers” information sheet, outlining the tips, tricks, and best practices of flower arranging - exactly as we do in our barn.

    Please be aware that there are some flowers which you will NOT find included in our DIY Buckets - including: peonies, garden roses, lisianthus, ranunculus and dahlias. These flowers are available to purchase by the bunch if you would like to add them to your order.

  • Yes, absolutely! Our DIY Flower Buckets are a great way be involved in the floral design of your own special events.

    To order DIY Flower Buckets for your wedding celebration please complete the form at the bottom of this page. Please remember to book early in order to secure your date and avoid disappointment. Also, do not forget to mention that you are a bride in yoru message.

  • Due to the bespoke nature of our DIY Flower Bucket harvesting, we require a minimum of THREE DIY Flower Buckets per order. Foliage Add-On Buckets do not count towards this quota.

    If you feel that three DIY Flower Buckets is simply too many stems for your purpose or event, we highly encourage you to collaborate on your order with a friend of family member in order to meet the minimum order quantity.

    If you place an order for less than three DIY Flower Buckets, each bucket will be charged at the rate of $150+HST to cover the logistics of the individual harvest.

  • All of our DIY Flower Buckets are harvested around your scheduled collection date to ensure that the flowers are in their optimal state for both design and longevity.

    If your order contains less than three buckets, each bucket will cost $150.

    Once your order has been confirmed, we invite you to pay the full balance (subtotal + HST) no later than 4 weeks before your scheduled pick-up.

    All payment options and instructions will be included in your confirmation email.   

    If you are a bride ordering buckets for DIY florals, please note this is your request form and contact us early to avoid missing out on your preferred date!

  • Grower's Choice Flower Bucket

    $115 PER BUCKET

    Our signature bucket includes 50 stems of flowers, carefully hand-selected at their peak of seasonal perfection. We choose the finest blooms available in our fields, ensuring premium quality and variety. This bucket is composed of flowers, if you require greenery, consider adding a Foliage Half-Bucket to your order. 

  • Preferred Palette Flower Bucket

    $135 PER BUCKET

    Share your color preferences and design vision with us and we will keep your chosen palette front of mind during the harvest. While we are at the mercy of Mother Nature and cannot guarantee any specific colours, we are professional growers and have always been able to meet the palette requests of our customers, with very few exceptions. This bucket is composed of flowers, if you require greenery, consider adding a Foliage Half-Bucket to your order.

  • FOLIAGE ADD-ON HALF BUCKET

    $50 PER BUCKET

    The perfect add-on* for creating lush, garden-inspired designs, this complementary bucket includes 25-30 stems of foliage and texture crops to bring your designs to life.

    *NOTE: This is an add-on product and does not count toward the minimum bucket requirement.

Below are some photos of DIY Flower Buckets. When looking through, please do keep in mind that every day of the PEI growing season is unique - meaning that your orders will look exactly like these photos. Instead, they will be a perfect snapshot of the very best blooms in season during your event.