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Hello. My name is Carla I am 63, retired on a fixed income, and I live with my 2 young adult children. Luke is the oldest at 24. He has autism. An idea was born.

He loves people, is extremely intelligent, enjoys drawing and being helpful. We have searched for quite some time for a way for him to work, meet local people, and stay physically active, while allowing me to do the same. Last year I grew a very large vegetable garden to help make ends meet. I quickly learned that while I enjoy veggie gardening, I LOVE growing flowers. I got to work over the winte

r researching and learning everything we needed to know to get started. We now maintain a 3000 sqft flower garden, learning as we "grow." Later in the season we plan on opening our garden to those who would like to come and cut their own bouquets - although this is still a plan in progress. If you pass Sheetz in Concord, going towards Appomattox, look to your right and down the hill. If you see a lot of color and would like to come snip some blooms, DM me here and we can set up a time!

05/22/2026

Good morning everyone. I found a few rare free hours to pop up to the corner with some color! Pop by, say hi and grab a bouquet or two. I will be open as soon as this rain let's up and until 3:00.

Corner of 24/460 across from Sheetz.

05/10/2026

Edit: sold out! Thank you so much. Happy Mother's Day! Mother is here with me and we have just a few bouquets this morning. $20@. I am working on little $10 jars as we sit and enjoy this beautiful day. :) come see us!

05/01/2026

Dear friends and valued customers,

I wanted to share a quick update about this growing season. If you have been watching the garden down the hill, you will have seen that I am very slow out of the gate this year. There is a family member who needs my full time care and am finding it challenging to find time for my flowers. I will not be able to maintain a large garden or have regular sale days on the corner as I did last year. I am saddened by this as seeing your smiling faces was always the highlight of my week. However, I will still be growing a smaller garden and offering a limited selection of pre-made fresh bouquets which I will post as they become available. I may be able to deliver for a small fee depending on my schedule and the distance. Most may be picked up by appointment.

The season will be spent quietly, increasing the fertility and life in my soil, retrofitting a trailer for the flowers for next year, (ooh that will be fun!) and caring for my family.

Thank you all for your continued support. I am encouraged by last year’s overwhelmingly positive response and will come out swinging as soon as I am able. If you see me puttering in the garden as you pass, give a little honk! It makes my day.

P.S. I am hoping to have a large flush of flowers for Mother's day weekend and I have help so that I can bring them out to the corner. Stay tuned!

11/25/2025

Hi everyone. I have a request. I am trying to source wool for an early spring project for you. If you have an old, ruined wool sweater/blanket etc. that you are willing to part with I will return your kindness with a free arrangement/bouquet of your choosing next season.

If you are close by, I will come to you.

Photo is from March 2025. We should have these daffs this coming spring!

11/12/2025

Pictures for attention: well it seems our season is over. If you have watched the shenanigans in the garden you probably saw my attempts to protect the remaining flowers from the arctic blast. I was actually successful. Go me!

However.

This has been my first year with my cooler. It has behaved beautifully. It lives in my basement. It seems though, that when the temperature drops down there, the cooler drops too. I didn't have my sensor alert on and while the outside flowers survived, The 2 full buckets in the cooler froze just enough to bend the necks... and they are done. Sigh.

This is a very long-winded way of saying that our season is now closed. What a wonderful year. Many, many thanks to everyone who supported us. It truly meant the world to be so well received and to meet such lovely people.

I won't be too quiet though, it's time to shift to my winter work. Mobiles and garden prep for next year.

First flowers should be fancy schmancy daffodils!!

11/07/2025

Good morning! Yep we still have flowers! I am doing all I can to keep them alive in the cooler temps but Monday night may do them in so...

Todays flowers may me the last of the season...get em while you can!We will be on the corner across from Sheetz in Concord from 1:00 - dusk. We do have limited availability so come out early.

10/26/2025

Good morning! We are out and about on this chilly morning with some of the last blooms of the season. Come on by!

Bouquets $15@. Across the road from Sheetz in Concord.

10/24/2025

Edit: I will be pulling in around 12:45. Supply is limited today... pop on by early!

A bit early for a freeze is it not? Instead of selling today I was in the garden covering the plants.

We do have flowers and will be out on the corner around noon tomorrow Saturday, Oct. 25th, until we sell out. Only a couple more weekends before we put the garden to bed for the winter.

10/04/2025

Well we were out on the corner but I forgot to post! Thanks to all who stopped by.

09/29/2025

It may be gloomy outside but the snapdragons are loving it!

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