Here’s where you can pick your own flowers for a Mother’s Day gift.

Every year, on the second Sunday in May, many Americans spend the day honoring individuals who either gave them life, cared for them or were examples of how to care for and love others.

This year, Mother’s Day falls on May 12.

If you want to celebrate Mom or someone you love with a freshly cut bouquet of flowers, perhaps you could get one that’s as unique and special as she is.

Or maybe, you’d like to take her along so she can choose what she wants. Fortunately for Bay Staters, there are plenty of opportunities to do both.

Across the state, several flower shops, nurseries and farms boast many varieties of flowers in bloom. MassLive put together a list of flower farms for those looking to experience spring in full swing alongside Mom.

Cider Hill Farm, located at 45 Fern Ave., Amesbury, offers pick-your-own flowers from April through October and features more than 25 varieties.

Hailing itself as “the place for cut-your-own farmhouse bouquets,” Cider Hill Farm offers an opportunity to bring Mom flower picking and to shop for local produce, honey, hard ciders, baked goods and more.

Before you go:

The Farm Store is open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and tulip fields are open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tickets for pick-your-own flowers are available online and cost $22 per party of two. The entrance fee includes one dozen stems. For non-pickers, tickets cost $6 per person and are also available for purchase onsite.

Tickets for Mother’s Day weekend will be released after the fields are monitored on May 5. For more information about ticket availability visit www.ciderhill.com/pick-your-own.

As advised on Cedar Hill’s website, guests are reminded this is a pick-or-cut-your-own event, not a pick-or-pull one. Clippers will be provided upon arrival.

Tip Top Tulips at Felix’s Family Farm, located at 20 Lowes Lane, Ipswich, will be open for pick-your-own flowers on Mother’s Day.

Guests can stroll through the tulip fields and see cows, alpacas, sheep and goats on the farm.

Before you go:

Tickets are $12 per adult aged 18 or older and $5 per child aged 4 to 17. Children under 3 are admitted free with an adult.

Ward’s Berry FarmWard’s Berry Farm, located at 614 South Main St., Sharon, is a family farm that has offered fruits, veggies, and ready-to-cut flowers since 1982.

Ready-to-cut flowers are available annually from early April until October, with pick-your-own tulips offered in late spring.

According to the farm’s official website, visitors who choose to shop for Mother’s Day flowers will have over 250,000 tulips in more than 100 varieties to pick from.

To prevent overcrowding, tulip picking is by reservation only in 2024. Guests should check the Ward’s Berry Farm official website for updates on Mother’s Day availability closer to May 12.

Before you go:

Ticket costs are $22 per person ages 15 and older during the week and $25 per person on the weekend. The cost includes admission, a hayride, a jar and 10 tulip stems.

Tickets for children aged 3 to 14 are $9 during the week and $10 on the weekend. This includes admission and hayrides only, tulip picking is not included.

Admission is free for children 3 and under. Purchasing an additional 10 stems costs $13 during the week and $15 on the weekend.

Upon arrival, guests are instructed to go directly to the pick-you-own tent next to the sandbox and get directions to the field. Visitors are not permitted to walk in undesignated areas and are asked to pick down a single row. “Row swapping” is not allowed.

Langwater Farm, located at 215 Washington St., North Easton, offers pick-your-own flowers from May until September. Visitors can bring Mom along for the experience or simply surprise her with a bouquet of hand-cut flowers you selected just for her.

Guests can choose from 30 tulip varieties while strolling the 80-acre farm. According to its official website, Langwater Farm planted over 50,000 bulbs in 2024, which are now in full bloom.

The fields opened for picking on May 4, after which pick-your-own tulips will be offered from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.

Although May 12 is considered close to the end of the season, guests can check to see if the field will be open for Mother’s Day on the farm’s website.

Before you go:

Admission is $20 for guests aged 16 and older and includes a jar and 10 stems, $5 for children ages 3 to 15 and no tulip picking is included. Children age 2 and younger are free.

Guests can purchase admission to the field at the farm store register and are welcome to bring their own scissors or the ones provided by the farm.

Visitors are asked to pick the stems as close to the base of the plant as possible and only pick the ones they intend to take home. After the first 10 stems, additional stems are $1.50 each.

Check-out and scissor return must be done at the farm store.

Animals are not allowed for safety reasons.

Cross Street Flower Farm, located at 4 Jacobs Lane, Norwell, offers the opportunity to explore seven acres of farmland and choose from the 100,000 tulips planted during the 2024 season.

Guests who want to pick their own tulips for Mother’s Day should check the farm’s website. A spokesperson from Cross Street Flower Farm told MassLive via email that the fields may be open on Mother’s Day weekend, depending on field conditions.

Visitors must purchase tickets online.

Before you go:

Tickets are $30 for adults, children 10 and under are admitted for free with a ticketed adult and must be accompanied by a ticketed adult at all times. Guests are asked to limit accompanied guests of children 10 years and younger to a maximum of two per party.

Each ticket allows for a total of 10 tulips with additional stem costs at $1.50 each.

Reservations are encouraged, and guests are allotted a 45-minute time slot. Tickets are transferrable. If a guest needs to change the date or time on their tickets, several days’ notice via email at info@csflowerfarm.com may be required.

Companion tickets for non-picking visitors and children 11 and older are available onsite at $5 per ticket. Companion tickets do not sell out.

Check-in is located at the front of the bark shop alongside the west side of Jacobs Farm. Guests are instructed not to walk down Jacobs Lane but to use the path between their vehicles and the stone wall, where they will see a table and tent set up for check-in and check-out.

Golden Hour Tulip Farm, located at 128 Jerome St., Berkley, offers pick-your-own flowers from mid-April until late summer.

According to its website, Golden Hour Tulip Farm offers more than 200,000 tulips for guests to stroll among and choose from before transforming into a sunflower farm come summer.

Guests should check ticket availability on the farm’s tickets website.

Before you go:

Admission is $18 per person aged 18 and older, and includes 10 stems, with additional stems costing $1 each.

Admission is $5 for children ages 2 to 17, with no stems included, though stems can be purchased at $1 each.

Tickets are valid only for the appointed date and location indicated on the ticket, though guests are allowed to stay as long as they’d like upon entrance until closing time at 7 p.m.

Tickets must be purchased online and are not available at the door.

Visitors are asked to bring their own buckets though the farm will provide wrapping.

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