Meet Wendy Schwall, owner of Lilies of the Field.
Wendy is a full-time country woman in the summer. During the school year she teaches pre-school with the Crestline school district.
Wendy specializes in growing 1,000 varieties of daylilies.
Wow! That's a lot of flowers to tend!!
Today when I talked with Wendy, she told me that her business grew from just one daylily plant that she and her husband
bought when they began landscaping their home.
Eight years ago Wendy decided to create a summer job for herself by expanding her growing hobby into a retail business. Wendy says that her business is a true labor of love. And with a product as colorful and cheerful as her's, no wonder she loves going to work each morning.
I caught Wendy at the end of her season, as this is her last week of sales for this season. Still, she keeps plenty busy deadheading and dividing the clumps of daylilies that she raises in long numbered rows, each variety identified with a marker.
I love finding small, home-based businesses like the Schwall's because they are personal and friendly. And Wendy's flowers are about as cheerful as a product can be!
Marcheta *cheered
No comments:
Post a Comment