For this Oregon mother and daughter, a passion for flowers goes back generations

Published on: 05/01/2025

This news was posted by Oregon Today News

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Joan Thorndike and daughter Isabella Thorndike Church create with flowers grown at Le Mera Gardens in the Rogue Valley. Bell-shaped Leucojum (summer snowflake) and pendant pink currant flowers are grown at Le Mera Gardens organic flower farm in Medford. Joan Thorndike gets help from daughter Isabella Thorndike Church to prepare a spring arrangement made with flowers, ornamental foliage and herbs grown at Le Mera Gardens in the Rogue Valley. Speciality gold and white double daffodils are grown at Le Mera Gardens in the Rogue Valley. Two-tone irises are grown at organic flower farm Le Mera Gardens in the Rogue Valley. Flowering quince stems grown at Le Mera Gardens are held in water until blooms open and can be used in a flower arrangement. Le Mera Gardens grows long-stem delphiniums with purple-blue and sky blue flowers. Multicolor pansies are a bedding plant that are being used in flower arrangement, said Joan Thorndike of Le Mera Gardens in the Rogue Valley. Fragrant daphne plants with purple and white flower clusters and variegated leaves grow at Le Mera Gardens in the Rogue Valley. Kale's colorful yellow blooms, grown at Le Mera Gardens, attract beneficial insects and bring added color to floral arrangements. Joan Thorndike grows flowers at Le Mera Gardens that she sells to Rogue Valley florists. Joan Thorndike, left, grows organic flowers for florists at Le Mera Gardens in the Rogue Valley and daughter Isabella Thorndike Church creates botanical artwork using natural materials. Joan Thorndike, left, and daughter Isabella Thorndike Church carry long-stem delphiniums with purple-blue and sky blue flowers grown at Le Mera Gardens in the Rogue Valley. In early April, Joan Thorndike and daughter Isabella Thorndike Church cut long-stem delphiniums with purple-blue and sky blue flowers grown at Le Mera Gardens in the Rogue Valley. Multicolor pansies are a bedding plant that are being used in flower arrangement, said Joan Thorndike of Le Mera Gardens in the Rogue Valley. Joan Thorndike grows flowers at Le Mera Gardens that she sells to Rogue Valley florists.

There are many ways to love flowers, even among family members. Joan Ewer Thorndike, an organic flower farmer and mom, carries delphiniums in her arms as she walks from one of her greenhouses into a warehouse at Le Mera Gardens in Northwest Medford.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/hg/2025/05/for-this-oregon-mother-and-daughter-a-passion-for-flowers-goes-back-generations.html

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