After my granddad’s funeral, all the flowers from the service were brought to my grandparents’ house where they filled up the living room. I sat in that room a long time with those flowers…their beauty and scent were overwhelming… and I knew I was sitting in a shadow of heaven! That was the start of my true love for flowers.
It also helped that I married a farmer. My kids grew up helping me in a small backyard garden. But as my kids grew up into wonderful young adults, I had more time to think about new ideas and my thoughts continually drifted back to what I love. So, I decided to try my hand at flowers. We live on 20 acres not far from Little Rock, Arkansas and years ago we named our farm Sweetgum for its plentiful Sweetgum trees. We have expanded our small backyard garden into 2 acres of flowers. We are not only growing local, fresh-cut flowers to sell but also to give ‘Faith Flowers’ to people in need who need to see a shadow of heaven!
sweetgumflowerfarm.com 