Laura Williams, a worker at Broadturn Farm in Scarborough, carries a load of cut Foxglove flowers to the Flower Workshop for protection from the heat and to be put into water to preserve them. Gordon Chibroski/Staff Photographer

A sprig of freshly cut Lavender on the Little River Flower Farm in Buxton. Gordon Chibroski/Staff Photographer

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. Gordon Chibroski/Staff Photographer

Stacy Brenner, left, owner of Broadturn Farm and one of her workers, Laura Williams, sort and arrange flowers in the Flower Workshop, that were cut that morning, for transportation to buyers.Gordon Chibroski/Staff Photographer

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

Carolyn Snell of the Snell Family Farm in Buxton brings a bucket of freshly cut Campanula flowers into the cooler, set to 38-40 degrees, to help preserve them until their sale. Gordon Chibroski/Staff Photographer

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. Gordon Chibroski/Staff Photographer