The Flower Collective is comprised growers and tokers dedicated to crafting naturally potent cannabis products through traditional growing, harvesting and extraction techniques. No solvents, no additives, no hurry-up, no corner cutting. Business is good, and it’s good for a reason: They do it right.

The Flower Collective is happily headquartered in Nederland, Colorado, a glacier-formed basin near the Rockies. Ned’s small in size (1.55 square miles) and in population: 1,534 good-natured folks, according to the last census. It’s the place to go (or to build a business like ours) if you seek fresh flowing water, clean air, and untrampled wilderness.

More about that fresh flowing water: It comes from snowmelt in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, and it’s all they use to water their flowers. Their water circulation system allows them to re-use much of the captured snowmelt, minimizing their impact on the watershed and saving some for the trout.