Arranging flowers from my grandmothers garden for fair atop a step stool was just the beginning. Growing up a field away certainly had its perks and my grandmother's patience while watching me pick all her flowers is to be commended. As I grew up I enjoyed planting a garden with my grandfather that provided the neighbors with more squash and zinnias than they ever wanted. He would always take time to smell the roses and recall where they came from as we walked along the path to the back veggi patch. I have so many wonderful memories growing up with them close by. My grandma grew and arranged all the flowers for church on Sunday and still does to this day so her yard always has something in bloom. Over the years a few brides requested for her to arrange their flowers and my mother and I had the honor of helping. As I got older and became more experienced I also received a few requests for bridal bouquets from friends. I accepted with nervous excitement eventually doing a weddings solo.
Eventually I met David and fell madly in love with him. We were married on the coast and the flowers were lovingly arranged primarily by my grandmother, something I hold dear to my heart. We planted our first small garden, plenty big for the two of us that following spring. After buying our very own home we pondered what to grow in the sadly neglected field. Soon we welcomed our first daughter, Evelyn. Two weeks later we planted our first pumpkin patch. The idea was to plant something we didn't have to spend all year taking care of in an effort to discover if people were willing to stop in our driveway and purchase them, without investing too much money into the project. It was a success and my long time farm stand dream began to look a lot more promising. I justified buying more bulbs and seeds than we ever needed by saying I would sell the extras out the bed of my old Bronco. We spent the winter coming up with ideas, doing lots of research, buying even more seeds, and purchasing our very own tractor. Something I never thought would be so difficult was picking a farm name. After a massive limb fell off an old oak narrowly missing numerous things my mother-in-law suggested the name and we went with it. Broken Oak Acres was born and we hope it continues to grow!
As time continues to move forward I continue expand my flower farm. Our little girls have grown alongside the flowers into beautiful little people who enjoy building bouquets beside me in the shed. What started as a little side hustle has turned into a full time flower farm that I truly love. My hope is that this farm continues to bring other joy while also bringing in a little revenue to maintain and fix up this old house and outbuildings!
Eventually I met David and fell madly in love with him. We were married on the coast and the flowers were lovingly arranged primarily by my grandmother, something I hold dear to my heart. We planted our first small garden, plenty big for the two of us that following spring. After buying our very own home we pondered what to grow in the sadly neglected field. Soon we welcomed our first daughter, Evelyn. Two weeks later we planted our first pumpkin patch. The idea was to plant something we didn't have to spend all year taking care of in an effort to discover if people were willing to stop in our driveway and purchase them, without investing too much money into the project. It was a success and my long time farm stand dream began to look a lot more promising. I justified buying more bulbs and seeds than we ever needed by saying I would sell the extras out the bed of my old Bronco. We spent the winter coming up with ideas, doing lots of research, buying even more seeds, and purchasing our very own tractor. Something I never thought would be so difficult was picking a farm name. After a massive limb fell off an old oak narrowly missing numerous things my mother-in-law suggested the name and we went with it. Broken Oak Acres was born and we hope it continues to grow!
As time continues to move forward I continue expand my flower farm. Our little girls have grown alongside the flowers into beautiful little people who enjoy building bouquets beside me in the shed. What started as a little side hustle has turned into a full time flower farm that I truly love. My hope is that this farm continues to bring other joy while also bringing in a little revenue to maintain and fix up this old house and outbuildings!