Flowers to the Folks
Flowers to the Folks supports community healing and wellness through the soul medicine of flowers.
Petals of Hope
We believe that everyone should have access to nature's gifts, especially flowers. Flowers to the folks connects flower donations to mutual aid efforts, BIPOC community gatherings, memorials, grief & joy ritual, and provides flowers weekly to families receiving food from the Black Community Food Center, and Rockwood Village pantry run by Feed'em Freedom Foundation.
In addition to the ongoing donation program Flowers to the Folks supports the Feed'em Freedom Rockwood Village Farm & Black Oregon Land Trust by planting pollinator & cut flowers gardens that are interwoven into the existing structure of the agricultural programs. The addition of flowers to these existing farms supports the Integrated Pest Management (IPM), and regenerative agriculture of each farm ecosystem. F2F holds ongoing workshops for community, mothers & youth at both these locations providing cost free opportunities for folks to gather, play with flowers, and learn together. We see access to flowers as an earth-birthright and another way we can continue to advocate for holistic wellness in our communities.
Flourishing Connections
This program is in collaboration with local community space maker & florist, Alexandria (Zandi) Saleem, who has been working with community & flowers as joy, grief, and soul medicine for the last 6 years. Alexandria loves how the relationship between flowers, pollinators, & thriving ecosystems remind us of the complex ways that the beauty of flowers intrinsically supports human wellness, and our earth.
Flowers to the Folks supports:
- Flowers to the Folks creates spaces of refuge dedicated for personal and community wellness, inviting the nervous system to experience the beauty of flowers and regenerative ecosystems
- In addition to being a physical garden space for community resourcing, freedom flowers donates flowers to BIPOC mutual aid programs and gatherings around the greater Portland area
- Mental wellness of the communities we serve with ongoing access to flowers through the FFF food pantries
- Feedem Freedom flower gardens are a space for healing, learning, and community wellness
- Memorials & celebrations of life with free/ low cost flowers and floral services
- IPM & regenerative agriculture of Feed'em Freedom farms, agroecological, regenerative, no-spray, chemical-free
Pantries
Black Community Food Center/Food Pantry
4450 NE 131st Street
Portland, OR 97230
9:00am - 5:00pm
Marketplace
Fresh Garden Salad
Fresh arugula lettuce, grated carrots and mushrooms, served with balsamic dressing, fresh parsley and Parmesan
$19.55
Smoked Beef Entrecôte
$29.55
Mushrooms Pappardelle
$12.55
Lemon Meringue Pie
Sweet, tangy and fresh pie. Made fresh daily by our in-house pastry chef, this classic is topped with perfectly toasted meringue
$15.55
