Laura Williams, a worker at Broadturn Farm in Scarborough, carries cut foxgloves from field to workshop.

Stacy Brenner, left, owner of Broadturn Farm, and Laura Williams sort and arrange flowers in the farm’s flower workshop. The blooms were cut that morning for transportation to buyers.

Carolyn Snell trims the leaves from the stems of white and lavender Campanula flowers in the hoop house on the Snell Family Farm in Buxton.

Stacy Brenner of Broadturn Farm carries bunches of freshly cut sweet pea flowers to water pails for preservation until their sale.

Carolyn Snell brings a bucket of freshly cut Campanula flowers into the cooler, set to 38-40 degrees, to help preserve them.

A sprig of fresly cut lavender on the Little River Flower Farm in Buxton.

Nancy Stedman, of Little River Flower Farm in Buxton, sets up the water sprinkler over the blooming sage that will be cut and sold to Whole Foods.