28/04/2024
🌸 Greetings friends and supporters of Cut and Dried Flower Farm,
I have some important news to share with you, so I apologise for the long post and hope that you will read carefully to the end!
Cut and Dried Flower Farm has been in operation since 1993. Over the past 30 years, Chris and I have built this business from scratch, starting with just one small greenhouse and growing to a unique, full and thriving farm. We are very proud of our business and community that we have built.
Some of you may not be aware that alongside Cut and Dried Flower Farm, we have been running Complete Outdoor Services Inc., our landscaping and property maintenance company that Chris founded in 1988. 2024 will be our 37th year of operation. We provide personalized landscaping, lawn maintenance and garden maintenance services. This is a full time job for me. I run a garden division that employs 8 people, taking care of over 60 properties. I design and understand gardens and love doing it!
Successfully leading and growing two businesses for all this time has not been easy. Last year I made the difficult decision to take a sabbatical from the Flower Farm, with the full intention of reopening in 2024. After doing a lot of soul searching, I realize deep down that I can only sustainably manage one business at a time. So….. Chris and I have made the difficult decision that Cut and Dried Flower Farm will remain closed for the foreseeable future.
Now, I say “foreseeable” future for a reason. Never say never. I am NOT retiring and with 35 years of professional experience, gardens are my passion and plants are what I know. For now I will keep focusing my energy towards Complete Outdoor Services Inc. and work on the design, installation and maintenance of our client’s gardens.
In the future, Chris and I hope to return to growing plants and reopen the farm someday.
Thank you, loyal customers for 30 years of community, support and inspiration to grow the Flower Farm. I am honoured that you chose to support our business.
So, as I sign off for now, I will leave you with my favourite phrase that I coined during those difficult pandemic years,
“Let a garden bring joy to your life!”
Good bye for now,
Katie 🌸