Flower Features: Three Farms Making It Happen

Flowers bring more than bees … they also attract workshops, photoshoots, and venues. 

If you’ve ever wondered how to make it in the flower industry, we highlighted three farms who are making it big.

White Picket Farm (Elizabeth, West Virginia)

This four-acre flower farm offers workshops, private picking experiences, pick-by-the-bucket and a farm stand. Founded in 2019 by Deb and Jeff Hartshorn, White Picket Farm was recently named best agritourism attraction by West Virginia Living Magazine, according to this WTAP article.

Wirt County has roughly 5,000 citizens, but it feeds into the larger Parkersburg metro area, according to Google AI. The city of Parkersburg offers roughly 28,000 citizens.

The farm’s website describes workshops ranging from sourdough to succulents and botanical fire starters to centerpieces. It also offers a private event room for eight individuals to host dinners and events. The FAQ page of the website states the farm does not host weddings or offer wedding floral arrangements, but does encourage brides to pick their own flowers and host bridal showers on-site. The WTAP article also says the farm started a lemonade truck.

White Picket Farm is near wedding venue Riverbend Farm and Barn, according to both farm’s websites. Riverbend Farm primarily offers beef and produce subscriptions, in addition to an antique barn.

The Barn at Helm (Williamsburg, Indiana)

The 2025 Indiana Farm Family of the Year, The Barn at Helm, is a full service floral farm in Williamsburg, Indiana, according to this Inside Indiana Business article.

The farm offers funeral, wedding and holiday flower arrangements and also hosts concerts and photography sessions on their farm, according to the website. During the season, the farm is open on Wednesdays and Saturdays, according to its Facebook page. The page also describes an annual tulip festival.

During concerts, a local pizza shop offers pizza, and one of the farm’s most popular items is a dried flower pumpkin arrangement, which requires no water, according to its Facebook page.

While Williamsburg, Indiana, boasts a population of roughly 500, according to Google AI, it is part of the larger Wayne County, Indiana, with roughly 66,000 citizens. Nearby farms include Jones Family Farm, which primarily offers pumpkin patches, according to Jones Family Farm’s website.

Harmony Harvest (Weyers Cave, Virginia)

Harmony Harvest Farm launched in 2011, according to their farm website, when two sisters sought a way to differentiate from the copious vegetable farms in the Shenandoah Valley. Their niche, heritage chrysanthemums, has granted them national recognition, and a mention in Better Homes and Gardens magazine.

Events like the “Fourth Annual Mum Summit” in November and annual Spring Festival bring thousands. During the 2020 Covid pandemic, the sisters sold a “Happy Box” made of daffodils and a ready-made science lessons for hundreds of families, according to the farm site.

They also offer monthly bouquet subscriptions, wedding flowers and u-pick fields. Located roughly 30 minutes from metropolitans Staunton and Harrisonburg, the farm is in a prime location near Interstate 81.

Summing It Up

A flier by the International Fresh Produce Association estimates 80% of fresh cut flowers are imported. That’s four out of every flours in a bouquet traveling hundreds if not thousands of miles to reach their American consumers.

It’s such a booming industry, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS) website reports $3.3 billion flower and nursery products were imported in 2022 alone.

White Picket Farm, The Barn at Helm and Harmony Harvest Farm are making a difference in their communities one bouquet at a time.