Welcome to the garden, I am so glad you are here!
Well folks, we did it! We are living the life with bees, bunnies, flowers and dogs! Lol! I am Jen, the "one woman show" behind Holmes Honey & Fresh Cut Flowers! My husband and daughter are on deck to help when needed, but it is mostly me, early in the mornings and late after bed! We live in Lake Villa, where we grew up as children, and inherited our current property on Route 59 in 2020. When we began this journey, we weren't quite sure how we would make the land work for us, but we had always discussed having bee hives. If you would have told me one day I would be a beekeeper/flower farmer, I would have given you a big eye roll! Our first hives were a huge learning process, and Holmes Honey was born!
But what goes with bees? Flowers! So in 2021 I decided to grow a cutting garden for myself. That quickly showed me that we just didn't have enough flat surfaces in our home to hold all the flowers I wanted to cut. So I began to gift flowers to friends and family. That led to the beginning of Holmes Honey & Fresh Cut Flowers. My flower followers are some of the best people I have met. It is amazing how flowers have impacted everyone, to colors of flowers Grandmas grew, to the memories of planting on Mother's Day each year. People are impacted by flowers more than I knew. So now we are in the honey AND flower business.
Nothing about this job is easy, there is loss and frustration, but also hope and happiness. I hope you can follow along on our journey to provide quality honey and beautiful flowers.
Bee Kind,
Jen
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