has to be done with greater frequency. This spring, there were 1,000 anemones, 1,000 tulips and 1,000 ranuculus. As she picked her selections, Cheri looked for two things that were a bit different from what other florists may have: unusual colors and flowers with a large capacity for blooms, such as dahlias. It was by trial and error that she found what worked for her. While many Northwest gardeners may buy packets of seeds for their yards, she had to think of ordering in a greater volume and has purchased from local Floret Farms, East Coast wholesaler Fred C. Gloeckner and retailer Johnny’s Selected Seeds. She also just added a subscription service at the end of June. Subscribers, gained from exposure on social media and at pop-up venues such as Grandiflora, have the choice to pick up their bouquets on Mondays or Fridays from Cheri’s Lynden home. The 2001 Lynden Christian High School graduate studied interior design at Washington State University, then spent 13 years focused on the hospitality industry’s interiors — mainly for hotels and time-shares owned by Worldmark by Wyndham — before returning to Lynden Door three years ago. Among her Lynden Door duties are creating special events, serving as family liaison and, just lately, heading up the remodel of the former Umpqua Bank location on Front Street into administrative space for accounting. The large manufacturing facility on the west side of town is on her list for creating better flow, as the company has continued to
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add buildings on the premises. The flower farm is a fluid operation, and it is one of her dreams to host tea parties on-site at the large yellow farmhouse beneath Sumas Mountain along Minaker Road. She said she fondly remembers tea parties in her childhood with her late aunt Elaine Bargen, her dad Ted Bargen’s sister. Likewise, her grandfather Bargen would let Cheri help with the Cedar Springs grounds and they had lots of family time hiking up Haystack peak — and being carried down by the fathers, she said. “Grandmother Katherine was always hospitable,” she said. Other art forms such as various painting mediums may eventually attract Cheri’s attention. But right now the China astors, snapdragons, zinnias, feverfew, eryginium, basil, lisianthus and roses are calling to her to be picked and developed into bouquets. By late summer, more than 40 varieties of dahlias will join this group. Since creating gardens and businesses are in the family, so is faith: “I have been fortunate to have God-fearing and God-honoring grandparents and parents to follow in their exampl … to serve people by creating beauty,” she said.
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