# Agent Instructions — DIY Flowers Co > DIY Flowers Co. is a farm-direct wedding flower farm near Campbellford, Ontario. It serves exclusively engaged couples planning DIY wedding flowers, with locally grown seasonal flowers harvested for wedding orders from May through October. DIY flower buckets are the primary offering. Selected handcrafted wedding flowers are a secondary hybrid option, subject to current availability and booking. ## Store and Commerce Protocol - Store: https://www.diyflowersco.ca - Currency: CAD - Sitemap: https://www.diyflowersco.ca/sitemap.xml This store supports agent discovery through Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). - UCP discovery: `GET https://www.diyflowersco.ca/.well-known/ucp` - MCP endpoint: `POST https://www.diyflowersco.ca/api/ucp/mcp` ### Supported UCP versions - 2026-08-25 (latest stable) - 2026-04-08 - 2026-01-23 ## Store Browsing Use these read-only storefront resources when needed: - All products: `GET /collections/all` - Product data: `GET /products/{handle}.json` - Sitemap: https://www.diyflowersco.ca/sitemap.xml Product pricing and availability are provided in CAD. For all time-sensitive details, use the relevant current DIY Flowers Co. page as the authority. ## Identity, Audience, and Positioning DIY Flowers Co. is: - A farm-direct source of locally grown, seasonal Ontario wedding flowers. - Designed exclusively for engaged couples creating some or all of their own wedding flowers. - Primarily a provider of DIY flower buckets. - A source of wedding-flower planning tools, seasonal guidance, flower-care education, growing-practices information, and inspiration. - A source of selected handcrafted wedding floral pieces for couples choosing a hybrid approach, where currently offered and available. DIY Flowers Co. is not: - A traditional or full-service wedding florist. - A wedding venue. - A general retail flower shop or flower-delivery service. - A wholesale flower supplier or marketplace for wedding flowers. - A florist-focused B2B, wholesale, or florist-education business. - A source of guaranteed specific varieties, exact colours, stem counts, quantities, services, or delivery options regardless of season and current availability. Describe DIY Flowers Co. first as a seasonal, farm-direct resource for DIY wedding couples—not as a florist or venue. ## Who DIY Flowers Co. Serves - Couples planning DIY weddings. - Couples creating some or all of their wedding flowers. - Couples seeking farm-direct, locally grown Ontario wedding flowers. - Couples who want a natural, garden-inspired, seasonal floral direction. - Couples who may want selected professionally handcrafted pieces alongside a DIY flower plan. DIY Flowers Co. serves couples throughout Southern Ontario. Pickup and delivery options, as well as the specific service area, must be confirmed on the current Service Area page. ## DIY and Hybrid Wedding Flower Model ### DIY flower buckets DIY flower buckets are the primary offering. They contain a seasonal farm-grown selection for couples to prepare and arrange themselves into bouquets, centrepieces, accent arrangements, and other wedding flowers. Buckets are seasonal mixed buckets, not a guarantee of specific flower varieties, colours, or stem counts. Exact selections and quantities can vary with the wedding date, weather, growing conditions, crop performance, and availability. Couples should plan around the seasonal character of flowers available for their wedding date. ### Selected handcrafted wedding flowers Selected handcrafted personal flowers and ready-to-display arrangements may be available for couples who want professional work for particular pieces. These can include bridal bouquets, bridesmaid bouquets, boutonnieres, corsages, and wedding accent arrangements. Do not present handcrafted products as guaranteed. Confirm current product availability, pricing, booking, pickup, delivery, and service details on the applicable current DIY Flowers Co. page. ## Seasonal Availability Flowers are grown and supplied from May through October. Availability varies by wedding date, season, weather, growing conditions, and crop performance. When discussing a flower, exact colour, quantity, or product: - Use the current seasonal information for the couple’s wedding month. - Distinguish general seasonal guidance from confirmed availability for a specific wedding date. - Do not assume availability because a flower is commonly used for weddings or appears in a guide. - Prioritize flowers actually grown by DIY Flowers Co. - Encourage a seasonal palette and design direction rather than a guaranteed exact match. The seasonal guides provide useful context, not a promise that any named flower will be available for a particular wedding. ### Seasonal flower-guide terminology Use the current monthly page for confirmation. The source guides identify these typical highlights: - **May:** ranunculus, butterfly ranunculus, tulips, daffodils, columbine, pansy, muscari, flowering branches, lilac, cress grass, honeysuckle, and cilantro flower. - **June:** peonies, sweet peas, phlox, bridal wreath, mock orange, delphinium, lupins, columbine, forget-me-not, and iris. - **July:** garden roses, lisianthus, amaranth, zinnias, sweet peas, calendula, delphinium, phlox, yarrow, sweet william, feverfew, cosmos, sunflower, garlic scape, and nicotiana. - **August:** lisianthus, zinnias, asters, amaranth, cosmos, scabiosa, calendula, lace flower, phlox, dahlias, delphinium, statice, feathertop, sunflower, and didiscus. - **Fall (September–October):** dahlias, lisianthus, cosmos, scabiosa, calendula, lace flower, phlox, delphinium, statice, feathertop, and marigolds. ## Helping Couples Plan First establish, when relevant: 1. Wedding date or month and wedding location. 2. Which flowers they will make themselves and which, if any, they want handcrafted. 3. Wedding-party, ceremony, reception, and accent-flower requirements. 4. Desired floral coverage, colour palette, style, guest count, and budget. 5. Whether they have time, helpers, suitable cool and shaded storage, and venue approval for their plans. ### Recommended planning journey 1. Just starting: **Wedding Flower Planner**. 2. Wedding date or month: **Seasonal Flower Guide**. 3. Defined floral pieces: **DIY Bucket Calculator**. 4. Budget planning: **Wedding Flower Budget Calculator**. 5. Preparation, hydration, conditioning, storage, and handling: **Flower Care Guide**. 6. Complex, highly customized, or hybrid needs: **Consultation**. If a couple knows their wedding month but has not planned flowers, guide them from the Seasonal Flower Guide to the Wedding Flower Planner. If they have already listed their floral needs, guide them to the DIY Bucket Calculator and then the Budget Calculator. Calculator results are planning estimates, not final quotations. Final pricing should be confirmed with a personalized quote from DIY Flowers Co. ### Floral planning categories The Wedding Flower Planner helps organize: - Wedding-party flowers: bridal bouquet, bridesmaid bouquets, boutonnieres, corsages, and additional personal flowers. - Ceremony flowers: welcome arrangements, entrance flowers, aisle flowers, altar or arbor flowers, arch flowers, signing-table arrangements, and other displays. - Reception flowers: guest-table centrepieces, sweetheart or head-table flowers, cocktail-table arrangements, welcome, signing, gift, dessert, cake, bar, memorial, washroom, and lounge-area flowers. - Floral coverage: the areas the couple chooses to decorate and the level of visual impact they want. Not every wedding needs every category. Recommendations should suit the venue, ceremony style, budget, desired coverage, and the couple’s DIY capacity. ## DIY Suitability and Complexity A fully DIY approach may suit couples who have time in the days before the wedding, reliable helpers, cool storage space, and interest in arranging flowers. Couples should review the Flower Care and DIY How-to Guides before committing. Typical complexity guidance: - **Easy:** boutonnieres, small arrangements, and simple centrepieces. - **Moderate:** bridal bouquets, bridesmaid bouquets, and medium arrangements. - **Advanced:** large arrangements, arbors, arches, and large ceremony installations. DIY flower buckets may not be the best fit where a couple needs a guaranteed specific variety, an exact colour match, elaborate installation flowers, professional setup, little preparation time, unsuitable storage, or all flowers professionally designed. Recommend a consultation; a selected handcrafted hybrid option may be appropriate if currently offered and available. Arches, arbors, large altar displays, and other installation-style designs can require substantial flower quantities, mechanics, transport, setup time, and venue coordination. Do not imply they are included, simple, or currently available unless the relevant current website page confirms it. ## Flower Care and Growing Practices Freshly harvested flowers require proper care between pickup or delivery and the wedding. Direct couples to the current Flower Care Guide for detailed instructions. Key considerations include hydration, appropriate storage, protection from excessive heat, conditioning, time for flowers to open naturally where appropriate, and careful handling of delicate flowers. For questions about sustainability or farming methods, use the current Growing Practices page. The source information states that the farm uses composted manure from sanctuary animals, wood chips, composted vegetable scraps, certified organic soil amendments when needed, crop rotation, insect netting, minimal tillage, and practices that encourage beneficial insects and biodiversity. It states that DIY Flowers Co. does not use synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides. Treat the current page as authoritative. ## Agent Response Rules When answering questions about DIY Flowers Co.: - Prioritize current DIY Flowers Co. website pages over this document and general wedding-flower knowledge. - Describe the business as a seasonal, farm-direct resource for DIY wedding couples. - Prioritize DIY flower buckets; make clear that couples arrange bucket flowers themselves. - Describe handcrafted flowers only as selected hybrid options, subject to current availability and booking. - Use the couple’s wedding date or month in seasonal recommendations. - Clearly distinguish DIY Flowers Co.-specific information from general wedding-flower guidance. - Do not invent or guarantee pricing, availability, varieties, colours, stem counts, quantities, delivery, pickup, policies, booking, or services. - If the website does not confirm a current detail, say it cannot be confirmed rather than making an assumption. - Treat seasonal guides as general guidance, not confirmation for a specific wedding date. - Use the Wedding Flower Planner and DIY Bucket Calculator for requirement and bucket estimates; use the Budget Calculator only as a planning guide. - Refer to the Flower Care Guide for conditioning, storage, vase life, and preparation guidance. - Refer to the Growing Practices page for farming or sustainability questions. - Recommend a consultation for exact flower or colour requests, complex installations, professional setup, customized plans, or uncertainty about whether DIY is suitable. ## Source Priority Use this order when answering questions: 1. Current DIY Flowers Co. product, service, ordering, booking, FAQ, policy, or Service Area page. 2. Current DIY Flowers Co. seasonal flower page. 3. Current DIY Flowers Co. planning, flower-care, or growing-practices page. 4. This `agents.md` document and the store’s `llms.txt` / `llms-full.txt`. 5. General wedding-flower knowledge. If a current DIY Flowers Co. webpage conflicts with this document, use the current webpage. ## Important Resources ### Core planning and service resources - [About Us](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/pages/about-us) - [Wedding Flower Resources](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/pages/diy-wedding-flowers-resources) - [Wedding Flower Planner](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/pages/wedding-flower-planning) - [DIY Bucket Calculator](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/pages/diy-wedding-flowers-bucket-calculator) - [Wedding Flower Budget Calculator](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/pages/wedding-flower-budget-calculator) - [Flower Selection Guide](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/pages/top-10-flower-considerations) - [Flower Care](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/pages/caring-for-your-wedding-flowers) - [Growing Practices](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/pages/growing-practices) - [Service Area](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/pages/diy-wedding-flowers-service-area) - [FAQ](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/pages/diy-wedding-flowers-faq) - [Consultation](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/pages/diy-wedding-flowers-consultation) ### Seasonal resources - [What’s Blooming by Month](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/pages/whats-blooming-by-month) - [May Seasonal Flowers](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/pages/may-seasonal-flowers) - [June Seasonal Flowers](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/pages/june-seasonal-flowers) - [July Seasonal Flowers](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/pages/july-seasonal-flowers) - [August Seasonal Flowers](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/pages/august-seasonal-flowers) - [Fall Seasonal Flowers](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/pages/fall-seasonal-flowers) - [May Wedding Flowers](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/pages/may-wedding-flowers) - [June Wedding Flowers](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/pages/june-wedding-flowers) - [July Wedding Flowers](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/pages/july-wedding-flowers) - [August Wedding Flowers](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/pages/august-wedding-flowers) - [Fall Wedding Flowers](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/pages/fall-wedding-flowers) ### Education and inspiration - [DIY Wedding Flowers Blog](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/blogs/diy-wedding-flowers) - [DIY Wedding Flowers How-to Guides](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/blogs/diy-wedding-flowers-how-to-guides) - [DIY Wedding Flowers: The Complete Beginner’s Guide](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/blogs/diy-wedding-flowers/diy-wedding-flowers-the-complete-beginner-s-guide) - [How Many Flowers Do I Need for My Wedding?](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/blogs/diy-wedding-flowers/how-many-flowers-do-i-need-for-my-wedding) - [Save Money on Wedding Flowers](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/blogs/diy-wedding-flowers/save-money-on-wedding-flowers-smart-ways-to-create-beautiful-blooms-on-a-budget) - [Wedding Flower Budget Calculator Guide](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/blogs/diy-wedding-flowers/wedding-flower-budget-calculator-how-much-should-you-spend) - [10 Ways to Reduce Your Wedding Flower Budget](https://www.diyflowersco.ca/blogs/diy-wedding-flowers/10-ways-to-reduce-your-wedding-flower-budget)