T-L Photo/GAGE VOTA Owner of the Red Bird Flower Farm Sherri Alig poses in the sea of flowers at her you-pick-it flower farm.

COLERAIN — A business with an unusual twist on purchasing flowers is opening its doors on July 27 in Colerain.

Red Bird Flower Farm is a growing operation that allows customers the opportunity to literally pick and choose the flowers they want. The business is located on a farm with a garden of flowers where the customer is able to walk along and customize their selection so no two purchases are the same.

For $25 you receive a cup that you can fill with flowers and for $30 you get a Mason jar to fill. Red Bird Flower Farm offers $5 cups that are smaller for children who are tagging along.

“I got the idea from Facebook. Once I got really into the flowers, I followed a lot of these Facebook pages and I’d see people doing this all over the country,” Red Bird Flower Farm owner Sherri Alig said.

She was intrigued with the idea of a you-pick-it business model because she said that she enjoys sharing her flowers with people and that the property the business is situated on is very peaceful.

Alig has been growing flowers for the past decade and once her boyfriend, Bill Baylor, purchased the farm where her business is located in the fall of 2023, she jokingly told him to let her operate a flower farm on the property and he was more than happy to do so.

Baylor constructed a large fence around the flowers to protect them from deer and other animals that would attempt to eat them.

“The farm used to be a dairy farm and they wanted someone to buy it and keep it a farm and not sell it to put houses on,” she said. “It’s so peaceful out here, and I want people who come to enjoy the quiet and have a good day with their family and friends.”

The Red Bird Flower Farm has a plethora of flowers to choose from.

“We have all different varieties – dahlias, sunflowers, zinnias, marigolds, snapdragons, as well as herbs,” Alig said.

Alig got the idea to name her business Red Bird from the old wives’ tale that when you see a red bird, it’s someone who has died visiting you.

“The name’s a tribute to my dad, who passed away about four years ago,” she said.

She also thanked her mother, who has been a big help to her in the process of preparing the flower farm.

“My mom was my helper. She helped me plant the flowers and helped me with the watering,” she noted.

Red Bird Flower Farm will be open at 2 p.m. every Friday until frost kills the unsold flowers.

If you would like to contact the Red Bird Flower Farm, it has a Facebook page that has Alig’s email and phone number attached to it.