Behind the bouquet: Hmong Flower Farmers of Pike Place Market

Megan Murnane
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Published 2024-01-15
Farmers of Hmong descent make up the largest percentage of flower vendors of Pike Place Market in Seattle.

Hmong refugees started coming to the United States in the 1980s from Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. In 1982 the Indochinese Farm Project was started to help support these refugees. Funded by King County and the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority (PDA), the project provided land to grow crops and stalls at the market to sell them.

"It taught Hmong farmers how to grow in a different climate while also preserving their culture, their traditions, their heritage," said Madison Bristol, marketing and public relations manager at Pike Place Market PDA.

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All Comments (20)
  • @KXV237
    This made me emotional. Sad because of the war, grateful, happy and proud for the opportunities and our achievements so far! Beautiful segment! Thank you!
  • @bareflowerfarm
    Why doesn’t this have more views?!?! This was amazing!
  • @pang-ngiavang1956
    Thank you for featuring the amazing Hmong flower farmers in this video!! Awesome content💜💜💜
  • @WhereTimeBegan
    Thank you for sharing! I had no idea this was the history of the market! I see the Pike Place Market flowers in a new light.
  • @maryoath
    Thank you for this!!! ❤❤❤❤❤ we love our hmong flower farmers!
  • @miabhlub63
    Beautiful flowers. I wanna to visit this flea market someday.
  • @glma2711
    Subscribing! Hope to see more videos like this from you!
  • @lifelivinginthedreams9104
    Laos is an agriculture country so 90% of the people are growing their own crops and stocks. So working in the farm is a hard work but it is a normal since they are getting used to it and good at it. I went thru it myself when I was in Laos.
  • @hedykarim3614
    They came as refugees, so they got help from the US government which in turn helped their children to have a better life . And their hard work has made them successful.