Barefoot Gardens greenhouse owner Melanie Amundson is pleased to announce the expansion of her business to include fresh flower arrangements and cut flower gardening. With spring and Easter approaching, Melanie reminds folks she is taking orders for Easter blooming potted plants and lilies.
Melanie will have a variety of fresh flowers for special occasions, holidays and funerals. “We will have corsages for school proms, homecoming and winter formals,” she said, “I would get flowers for weddings but I’m not ready to do the arranging because of time constraints.”
Melanie admits that confidence has been her biggest hurdle going into business, which, by the way, she is now in her seventh year. At her flower arrangement training, she received a nice compliment. “What are you worried about?” asked the trainer. “You are in an advanced class and doing just as well as any experienced florist.”
“That was quite encouraging,” Melanie said with a smile.
Corsage creations were just one of Melanie’s new experiences. “Prom corsages are going more toward the body jewelry,” explained Melanie. “My last class was on bending wire.”
The cut flower portion of the business is something that Melanie also enjoys and she shared that there is a need within the community. “I’m actually going to start growing the flowers,” she noted, “not necessarily wild flowers but flowers for bouquets.”
“I want to be out in the greenhouse and in the garden year round,” expressed Melanie.
Some of those cut flowers will include zinnia, plumed celosia, bupleurum, yarrow, statice, gomphrena, larkspur, snapdragon, Sweet William, sunflower, cosmos, coneflower, bachelor button, marigold, asters, phlox, delphiniums, lilies, peony, liatris, glads and various ornamental grasses.
Melanie will have a variety of fresh flowers for special occasions, holidays and funerals. “We will have corsages for school proms, homecoming and winter formals,” she said, “I would get flowers for weddings but I’m not ready to do the arranging because of time constraints.”
Melanie admits that confidence has been her biggest hurdle going into business, which, by the way, she is now in her seventh year. At her flower arrangement training, she received a nice compliment. “What are you worried about?” asked the trainer. “You are in an advanced class and doing just as well as any experienced florist.”
“That was quite encouraging,” Melanie said with a smile.
Corsage creations were just one of Melanie’s new experiences. “Prom corsages are going more toward the body jewelry,” explained Melanie. “My last class was on bending wire.”
The cut flower portion of the business is something that Melanie also enjoys and she shared that there is a need within the community. “I’m actually going to start growing the flowers,” she noted, “not necessarily wild flowers but flowers for bouquets.”
“I want to be out in the greenhouse and in the garden year round,” expressed Melanie.
Some of those cut flowers will include zinnia, plumed celosia, bupleurum, yarrow, statice, gomphrena, larkspur, snapdragon, Sweet William, sunflower, cosmos, coneflower, bachelor button, marigold, asters, phlox, delphiniums, lilies, peony, liatris, glads and various ornamental grasses.
Local purchasing is important to Melanie and cut flowers make good sense. It is important to note that 70-80 percent of fresh flowers sold in the U.S. are grown in Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, the Netherlands and Israel and shipped in, creating a large carbon footprint with high transportation, refrigeration and storage costs. “Flowers purchased at a farmer’s market or a roadside stand are fresher, so they will last longer and have more scent,” said Melanie.
In the future, Melanie hopes to have her cut flowers on display at a local business and hopefully at Horseshoe Lake Inn Farmer’s Market.
In the future, Melanie hopes to have her cut flowers on display at a local business and hopefully at Horseshoe Lake Inn Farmer’s Market.
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