We are thrilled to welcome a new farm, Ethel’s Backyard, to the Philadelphia Floral Guild for the 2025 season! Located in Media, PA, Ethel’s Backyard is owned and operated by Dawn Zimmerman, who was inspired to start flower farming by the massive zinnias her grandmother Ethel grew. A professional biologist, Dawn is deeply committed to ecological farming, where the health of the soil and ecosystem come first.
Dawn has been farming flowers on an acre in her backyard for seven years and is expanding to two more acres this season to serve PFG florists, specializing in delicate blooms like annual phlox, astrantia, forget-me-nots, saponaria and flowering nicotiana.
When not farming, Dawn loves to cook and stay active with hiking, strength training and driving her lime green Jeep.
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