Business Is Blooming at Myers Greenhouse

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Backyard vegetable gardens have become more plentiful, but not everyone has the time or means to grow their dinner straight from seeds. But that’s where Myers Greenhouse comes in.

The farm in Bulls Gap, Tennessee, can help just about anyone start a bountiful garden, from commercial farmers whose personal gardens are a mere afterthought or city dwellers just learning the difference between trowels and cultivators.

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The Myers’ operation got its start as a dairy farm three generations ago but has expanded to a popular seller of vegetable plants and flowers in the spring, as well as an agritourism destination come fall. Vera Ann, who runs the enterprise with her husband, Eldon, says after they got their first greenhouse in 1990, “it expanded as we expanded.”

“When we started, I was still teaching school, and the greenhouse was just going to be an alternate for my husband to fall back on,” she says. “It has now become my full-time job.”

Flowers were the first forte for the Myers, who are regionally renowned for their geraniums, though they also grow marigolds, scarlet sage, hanging baskets and a variety of other floral offerings. One greenhouse quickly expanded to two, and, eventually, the vegetable segment of the Myers’ business proved to be just as profitable as the flowers. “Last spring, we exceeded all expectations,” Vera Ann says. “We had the niche market for the economic downslide.”

But a lot of hard work goes into growing a business. Each February, the Myers start from scratch all sorts of fruit and vegetable plants, including tomatoes, peppers, okra, squash and melons. By the time their greenhouses open to the public in mid-April, the plants are ready to be transplanted into the soil in backyard gardens throughout the state.

Myers Greenhouse in Bulls Gap, TN

At this family farm, the Myers’ 13-year-old son has also become quite the entrepreneur. Ethan’s Farm Stand has been around for several years and sells heirloom hen-and-chickens plants and other flowers and vegetables. “He has his own clientele,” Vera Ann says.

To learn more about Ethan’s Farm Stand, Myers Greenhouse or any of the other Myers farm operations, visit www.myerspumpkinpatch.com or call (423) 235-4796.

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