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Over the winter , she took Benzakein ’ s six-week course on being a farmer-florist and Lisa Mason Ziegler ’ s course on the same subject . “ As I was taking these classes , I would really fall in love with it more and more ,” she said .
As her business grew , so has her business plan . She is focused on providing bouquets that are sold at Kavarna , selling flowers at the Saturday Festhalle Farmer ’ s Market and providing flowers for weddings .
“ I ’ ve always loved making things pretty ,” said Samantha . “ When you ’ re farming flowers they ’ re pretty in the field , but you never get to see the final product . Even in market bouquets , they look very different when they are taken out of that package , put in a vase and put on someone ’ s table . We don ’ t necessarily get to see where they land , so for me it ’ s exciting and delighting to see the flowers go from our field to the end point .”

“ Our dream is to be the largest producer of specialty cut flowers in the Southeast . Anybody that needs specialty cut flowers , we want to be their person .”

— Matt & Samantha Young
Photo provided by SAMANTHA YOUNG Samantha credits husband Matt for suggesting adding flowers to their Community Supported Agriculture ( CSA ) food boxes . “ I fell in love with the flowers more than I did the food items ,” she said .
Photo by KATIE HARRIS A BEAUTIFUL LIFE PHOTOGRAPHY
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