Our sunny little story
Hello there! my name is Rachel— the heart behind Sun Drenched Floral & Farms.
I’ve always been the girl who slows down for flowers— lingering over farmers market bouquets, swerving for road side stands, getting happily lost in U-pick gardens, and being gently (or not so gently) honked at for slowing down to get a peak at an impressive cottage garden.
I move differently through rooms when flowers are nearby, pausing to admire each petal and soak in every color. When I started growing flowers myself, that wonder soon turned into something much deeper. Watching a tiny seed become something full of life felt like a reminder of God’s creativity and care. It’s a blessing to tend what He’s made—and even more so to share it with you.
Outside of the Summer season, I am a third grade teacher. Each year I am entrusted with a new group of kiddos — nurturing their curiosity, encouraging their growth, and creating a space for them to bloom in their own time. Caring for flowers feels a lot like that. Both are reminders that growth takes patience, attention, and a whole lot of heart.
The Family
My better half, and the stronger half to this operation is my loving husband, Seth. He is the calm to my wild ideas, my biggest hype man, and a walking encyclopedia of the outdoors. When it comes to the garden, he handles the snakes; I handle the spiders. You could say, we are a match made in heaven. In all actuality, he is the reason this is all possible and I am so grateful he supported this idea right out of the gate.
When we’re not in the dirt, we’re swimming up rivers, exploring parks, or mixing it up in the kitchen. Just a couple of newlyweds making Sun Drenched Floral & Farms their next big adventure.
The Flowers
Flowers shouldn’t have to travel thousands of miles to tell someone you care.
At Sun Drenched Floral & Farms , our blooms are grown under real sunshine and in healthy soil. Each bloom is cut at it’s peak, often the same morning you receive them. That means flowers last longer, look fuller, and feel more alive than anything pulled from a box.
Local flowers are better for the planet, too. No long flights, no heavy chemicals, no mystery supply chain. Just sunshine, soil, and sustainable practices right here at home.
Most of all, local flowers are more meaningful. Arrangements and bouquets are intentional, not generic and mass produced. They support a local grower, not a giant distributor.
And I know I am bias, but they are WAY prettier than anything you can find at the supermarket.
The Farm
You know that saying “go BIG or go home”? This isn’t that — at least not yet that is.
Our flowers grow on a small corner of my in-laws property they so graciously let us use. While we dream of wild fields someday, every farm has to begin somewhere, and this is our beginning.
I am sure someone along the way told you, like me, that “some of the best things come in the smallest packages.” This is EXACTLY that.
We don’t grow the most flowers— just the ones that matter.