Fair Field Flowers Growsers in Southern WI and North IL

Carol Larsen

Carol has sold cut flowers at the Dane County Farmers' Market for 28 years, currently sits on the Farmers' Market Board, and chairs the Search and Screen Committee. She has extensive experience as a manager in the business sector, which gives her unique skills in relating to diverse groups of people, project initiation and completion, and human resource issues.

Jeanie McKewan

Jeanie McKewan is owner and founder of Brightflower Nursery in Stockton, IL. Brightflower Nursery is an embodiment of her passion for growing plants and her delight in color, fragrance, and flavors. Brightflower Nursery is a certified organic farm growing herbs and vegetable plants for planting in the garden and beautiful cut flowers to enhance any life experience. Co-owner and husband Michael Staver offers delightful cooking classes in the garden center at the farm, to teach how to use fresh herbs and local ingredients. Visitors are welcome to tour during the growing season.

Christianne Laing

Christianne Laing grows cut flowers at her farm, Red Hawk Nursery. Located in the township of Lake Mills, Red Hawk Nursery has provided fresh cut bouquets to farmer's markets since 2002. In 2006 she joined Fair Field Flowers to increase her sales and production of fresh cut flowers. Her experience in landscape maintenance and nursery plant sales has provided her with the knowledge of a wide variety of plants suitable for cut flowers. The addition of woody ornamentals and a wreath making machine now make possible the creation of beautiful fresh twig wreaths made of dogwoods, birch and curly willow.

Joe Schmitt

Joe has 15 years experience growing for east coast wholesale markets and has spent the last eight years selling cut flowers to regional retail flower shops through farms and directly to consumers. He is a third-generation cut flower grower who provides educational workshops on weed management and is well know for the quality, variety, and uniqueness of his products.

Kate Cooper

Kate Cooper started Kate's Fresh Flowers in 1998 to provide locally grown organic flowers to bouquet subscribers, florists and special events planners. Since 2002, when she moved to a small farm in Iowa County, Kate has developed flower production beds as part of her long-term vision for the property: gardens and woodlands dedicated to promoting health and healing, both for people and the native ecosystem. This season Kate and intern, Bridget FitzGibbon are growing over 50 annual and perennial cut flowers, including some new and unusual varieties such as ornamental grasses, okra, and Jewels of Opar.

Kim & Roberta Barham

Barham Gardens, situated in picturesque Iowa County has produced sustainable flowers for Fair Field Flowers for the past six years. Producing out-of-the ordinary and sought-after perennial and specialty cut flowers to “WOW” their customers by adding uniqueness and originality to bouquet construction is their major focus. Their farmette is looking toward expanding flower-growing acreage and increasing variety selection including wilds and woodies.

Erika Jensen

Erika lives and farms in Waupaun, Wisconsin. She and her partner raise beef, row crops, vegetables and flowers. Erika has a strong background in vegetable production and formerly ran a 70-share Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm in Prairie Farm, Wisconsin. Memberships included a weekly bouquet of fresh cut flowers. She also is a freelance writer for such publications as Orgainic Gardening, Northern Gardener, and Growing for Market.

Larry Johnson

Larry grows cut flowers and specialty crops at Still Point Farm south of Madison, Wisconsin. His fields produce standard and unusual cut flowers including annuals, perennials, shade-loving plants, and scented flowers. Larry is an experienced grower and manager who has sold to florists, grocers, restaurants, subscribers, and farmer markets.

Bob Klebba

Bob Klebba owns and operates Morningwood Farm with his husband David. Bob has been in the nursery business since 2003, with a previous career in scientific instrumentation. Bob's lifelong love of plants is reflected in the diversity of woody plants offered at Morningwood Farm nursery. New and unusual woody plants are continuously being evaluated for cut flower production at the nursery, and many mainstays like lilacs, forsythias and pussy willows are sizing up for production.