Happy Hens Farm

My love of gardening is deep rooted.  Growing up, my family always had a huge vegetable garden and my mom also had the prettiest landscaping.  I enjoyed helping plant the flowers but dreaded all the weeding!  As an adult, no matter where we have lived, the garden has always been a big part of our yards.  We lived in NJ several years back and we built an 8' tall fence around the garden to keep all the deer out.  We moved to our current home in the winter of 2014.  I couldn't wait to see what would come up in the spring! 

 

First blooming were a few daffodils and forsythia bushes followed by the lilacs, snowball bush and spirea.  We worked tirelessly digging out wisteria that had crept everywhere and Rose of Sharon had self seeded across much of where my garden currently is located.  We also planted hundreds of perennials and cleaned up the flower beds.  After moving, we also started renovating our big barn and after a couple years of work we hosted several weddings in our yard and held receptions in our barn.  That was a wonderful experience, but we decided it was time to close down that venue because of some neighborhood complaints that we did not want to be the cause of.

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After a season of praying about what I would pour my passion into next, flower farming and growing beautiful things was the answer.  I already loved growing things, why not let others enjoy what I grow?  I immersed myself into flower farming youtube videos and reading flower farming books.  I already had past design training as I had worked for a florist for 10 years early on in our marriage.  Every year since starting flower farming, the garden has multiplied in size.  We have had nice success at the Saugatuck's farmer market in the summer and porch pots in the winter.  This summer I am also designing a few weddings with a combo of flowers from the farm and ordered in flowers.  We are excited for what the future holds!