My first shop was in a small historic meat house on my family’s farm, where I played with flowers as a hobby, in the late 80s, until I took a leap of faith and opened Monteray Farm’s Flowers and Gifts, named after our family’s farm. We quickly became a place of interest, offering unique gifts and floral designs, being the only brick and mortar shop that guaranteed their floral products.
One might have thought I was a fool for doing so, but I opened Monteray Farms on Friday, October 13th, 1999. However, we met our five year business plan and left the main street town to return to the farm, praying our established clientele would follow and they did.