A Cut flower farm

“Bloom where you’re planted.”

I have always been outspoken, outgoing, good at meeting people and making connections. In 2015 we relocated from Colorado to Georgia, and while I dove in headfirst with volunteering at my girls’ schools, PTO, etc, I always felt a little lost and lacking in purpose. I didn’t feel like I was growing roots. 

In 2020 my husband and I started a veggie garden that quickly expanded in size and evolved into a cut flower micro-farm. It was during this time that I felt myself starting to dig in, both literally and figuratively. To my surprise, little roots started to grow and stretch. And suddenly, almost a year later, I’m finally starting to bud, and soon I will be blooming along with all the amazing flowers going into my garden.

C Joybell C said it best, and I feel like these words were spoken for me… 

“There is a part of blooming which I did not understand, you see. You can be a flower all your life but still not understand it. Blooming is one thing; but blooming where you are planted is another. It's so easy to say, "I will bloom when I am there", but you need to be saying, "I will bloom right here, where I was planted." Because until I bloom "right here", I'm never going to actually bloom; because we cannot do it in concept, you see, we must bloom now. We must bloom here. The flower must trust.”