hi, we’re the lauritzens! we own a 4 acre farm in startup, wa, where we live with our two rescue pups and six chickens! andrew and i both work full time jobs, but on our nights and weekends you can usually find us listening to some groovy tunes while we renovate our home or work on the farm.
if you told us 10 years ago that we’d own a flower farm, we’d probably laugh. we’ve always loved gardening and frequently dreamed of moving away from the city and starting a homestead, but owning a flower farm was never the dream - until it was!
i initially started growing flowers because we were over budget on our wedding, and couldn’t afford to hire a florist. i read everything i could get my hands on about growing cut flowers from seed. i converted andrew’s workshop into my grow room, and turned all our vegetable beds into flower beds. growing those flowers became my part-time job and i loved every second!
it was a stressful year, we were planning a wedding, paying off our debt, and navigating all of that in the middle of a pandemic, but growing flowers sustained me. i felt most alive with the sun on my face, the wind in my hair, and my hands caked in soil. i was only able to harvest one bucket of flowers for our early july wedding, but i was SO proud. most people thought i was insane, but honestly aside from our marriage, learning to grow flowers was the second best thing that came out of our wedding day.
after the wedding we focused all our energy on making our little dream a reality. fast-forward three years and now we have a beautiful flower farm nestled at the base of the cascade mountains with so much potential to grow.
thanks for following along!
megan, andrew, and baby miles
photo: Taylor Marie Photography