Impact tariffs could have on flower shops with Mother’s Day on the horizon

It s that time of the year Flower shops across the country are stocking up for Mother s Day But imposed tariffs from the Trump administration is complicating that The tariff imposed on all goods coming into the U S is hitting florists especially hard According to the Association of Floral Importers of America more than of flowers sold in the U S are imported from South America They have the same temperature all year round So the commerciality of of growing what we need for the consumers weeks a year is able to be done declared Christin Boldt Executive Vice President of the Association of Floral Importers of America Industry experts say it s hard to manage imports that are fragile It is perishable it comes when it comes and we gotta we gotta move it as fast as accomplishable explained Boldt Florists say the tariff could cost them up to an additional a year which in turn could cost the consumer more Numerous small business owners say they ve built a resilience due to challenges presented during the COVID- pandemic The farmers that we work with they may source things like bulbs or seeds from international sources and if those things are marked up that cost is eventually going to get passed on to us revealed Amber Flack owner of Little Acre Flowers What our industry really did was they they got much better at planning in advance They really leaned into their supplier relationships because that s so major in times like this noted Kate Penn the CEO of the Society of American Florists