The Story Behind Growing Good Farm
Growing Good Farm’s name comes from the Tolkein quote: “There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” That was my sister’s favorite quote—and this farm, and any good it brings, is offered to her memory.
I always loved flowers and gardens, but I seemed to kill every herb I put in the ground. When I saw my younger sister Carley growing jalapenos in her college apartment, I complained that I would never be able to grow anything like she could. Carley, in her trademark spicy yet compassionate way, told me to stop complaining and just learn how. I stopped thinking of growing plants as a natural talent, and instead spent my energy learning how to garden.
The year of my first successful vegetable garden, my sister’s bone cancer returned. I watered her sunflowers and squash as she lay in the hospital, paralyzed from the cancer in her spine. After the first frosts of fall, the plants were gone, and so was my sister.
There will be no recovery, for her plants, or for me.
But, as every gardener knows, life cycles on, no matter how we feel about it.
In considering what I wanted to do with the time I had that she did not, I thought about what made her short 27 years such a success. It was simply, being loved. She had in abundance what too many people spend long lives without. I want to use my passion for growing plants to bring more love to people’s lives.
With the support (and incredible patience!) of my husband Ian and our four kids, Growing Good Farm is a part time operation on 500 square feet inside the Colorado Springs city limits.
From our Flowers for Good Initiative to the freebie stem jar at our stand, I am constantly seeking how I can get responsibly grown, fresh, seasonal flowers to anyone who wants the good feelings flowers bring. Flowers connect us to our world, both by grounding us to the natural cycles of life outside, and by spreading love between friends, family, or strangers in need of love. We exist to help flowers grow the good in your world, whatever your world looks like.
Only the death of a flower allows a seed to bring a bright bursting harvest once the sun shines out again. Growing Good Farm is one of the countless ways that Carley’s drop of a life continues to ripple ever outward.
She is always with me among the flowers.
-Meredith
Farmer, Owner, Growing Good Farm
Spring 2025