Salt Cedar Farm in Susan is now offering membership in its 2024 Fridays in the Barn, a members-only flower market.
Known for the sunflowers they’ve sold for over a decade on Main Street in Mathews, Salt Cedar Farm owners Beth and Easley Johnson began raising a wide variety of flowers during the pandemic, from their signature sunflowers to other annuals such as snapdragons, zinnias, lisianthus, and celosia.
With five acres in cultivation, they’re also able to offer annual/perennials such as eucalyptus and strawflowers, or biennials such as stock.
The members-only market sells shares that are used to buy flowers at the barn, said a press release. A share is spent like a gift card, with flowers priced by the bunch, by the stem, and by the bouquet. Each week, members receive an email telling them what will be offered that Friday.
A share costs $100, which is the maximum that can be redeemed in one week, and it includes sales tax. Most members redeem $10 to $25 a week, said the release, and...