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Stories and Such

Book Award? Me? Never. 

Book Award? Me? Never. 

Acting out—a sign of future greatness? Now I see it. My acting out in school was a result of so much good stuff bottled up inside that I couldn’t handle it. This is the image I see as I look back through elementary to my high school years.  College? Are you kidding...

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2005: Lisa and Suzanne go to Flower Camp!

2005: Lisa and Suzanne go to Flower Camp!

Suzanne and I had the wonderful opportunity to visit this magical place called Flower Camp back in 2005. Flower Camp was owned and created by Nancy Ross Hugo, an author, amazing flower arranger, and was the longtime garden writer for the Richmond-Times Dispatch....

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Love in Lisa’s Garden

Love in Lisa’s Garden

The gardening love story that began in Cool Flowers and continues... Excerpts from Cool Flowers: My journey to flower farming reads almost like a gardening love story. Growing flowers and living what I consider "the good life" of faith, family, and farming leaves...

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My Gardening Cup Overflows

As I was rooting around in my garden today, I was struck by just how much my gardening cup overflows. There are so many plants on my farm that have been gifted to me over the years and they each brought along their own stories. I am ever so thankful for each and every...

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What a Day!

This isn't about farming, but a life experience that all should be ready for. Do you know where your house water supply cutoff is? I do. Everyone should know where it is for your home. Be sure you can get to it and how to turn it off. Pictured above is our cutoff in...

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White House Horticulturist Tells All!

A story from my past: Celosia “Amazon” is a flower that I have grown for several years. It is one of those great staple flowers in the garden that is so reliable and uniform I just plain take it for granted. It is tall, growing over 8 feet in our garden. A single...

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