Who We Are

I started growing cut flowers in 2019, partly as an experiment and mostly because I was longing for beauty. That summer my father passed away unexpectedly. The loss and grief were overwhelming, and one of the few places I found peace was my garden. It also was a place that God actively met my battered heart. The beauty slowly helped hold the hurt and brokenness. The following year, after several other losses and during the pandemic, I planted my second garden. It grew wilder than I could have imagined and supplied enough flowers for me to drop off on the doorsteps of friends and family. Beauty to the rescue again. In 2021, I discovered and became obsessed with Dahlias. I tripled what I had grown in Dahlias before and just focused on those. That September, I hopped on a plane for Seattle in need of adventure and rest. I had gone there with the intent of enjoying a Dahlia festival, but when I was sharing about the trip with a friend, I realized I had gained a vision for what I wanted to do.

Part of that vision came from the layout of a venue I visited, but the other part of the vision came from wanting to connect people to beauty. Beauty will not solve every problem, but it does have a way of gently, quietly restoring. It has a way of reminding our hearts of the things that are true. You see, I have this theory. I think that gardeners’ hearts remember Eden. That is why they fight for beauty, even when their own blood, sweat, and tears fill their gardens, even when they have to start over because Mother Nature unleashed something unpredictable and uncontrollable, even when it does not make sense. They are playing their part in remembering and reminding. That is also how I feel about human hearts. That is a large part of the reason I chose to become a counselor, to help others reclaim what has been lost or stolen, to learn new ways, and to find their way to freedom and wholeness. This too is a kind of Eden.

Well Watered Gardens’s name comes from Isaiah 58:11. It talks about being a people that are so full and filled by God and His provision that they are a well-watered, overflowing, lush garden. Whether my clients are people of faith or not, that is the kind of life I want for them, for myself, my family, and friends. This life is free and whole; it is full of beauty, even in the difficult, hard times. This is the heart of my company, to come alongside others to help them find their way back to their Eden hearts and to fight for beauty in the world that reminds others that there was an Eden and there will be one again.

Right now, Well Watered Gardens is in process, just like all of us. One day, my goal and hope is to have a location to merge the farm and therapy practice, allowing people to have direct access to beauty as part of their sessions. Until then, the two will be in separate physical locations, but have one heart, helping people reclaim their Eden hearts, one flower and heart at a time.

I am so grateful that you have taken the time to check us out!