By Deb Risden
What began as a personal challenge and a sister’s blunt encouragement has become a budding small business in Falcon.
Meredith Haas, owner of Growing Good Farm, is entering her second season growing and selling flowers while also teaching others how to cultivate their own gardens. Although she has always loved flowers, Haas said she had never been good at gardening.
“My sister was much better at gardening, and she was always saying, ‘If you want to be as good as me, just go start and quit whining!’”
Haas lost her 27-year-old sister to cancer. She dealt with her grief by channeling her passion for flowers and gardening into a business. She said she wanted to bring joy and love to others.
Out of a couple small community garden plots in Colorado Springs, she launched Growing Good Farm in 2025. She sold bouquets out of a stand setup in front of a local bakery, and began offering classes. She and her husband and four children moved to a home on 5 acres in Falcon last fall, allowing the operation to expand.
“This is our second season,” Haas said. “In Falcon, we have much more space than last year and we’re more efficient.”
The new property allows Haas to grow a wider variety of flowers — including dahlias, snapdragons and ranunculus — along with a smaller selection of vegetables. About 80% of the farm is devoted to flowers, particularly those that create distinctive mixed bouquets.
Customers have noticed the difference between store-bought flowers and home-grown varieties.
“People say they are surprised by how long the flowers last and how different they look. They feel more alive and vibrant than what you find in grocery store bouquets. And they tell me how much joy they bring.”
Meredith Haas
“People say they are surprised by how long the flowers last and how different they look,” Haas said. “They feel more alive and vibrant than what you find in grocery store bouquets. And they tell me how much joy they bring.”
That joy often extends beyond the buyer. Haas recalled one customer who regularly purchased bouquets for others. “I had one woman every week who would pick a person who was struggling and buy a bouquet for them,” she said. “She had a huge smile on her face because of how much joy she gave a person.”
Haas is working to multiply that impact through the farm’s “Flowers for Good Initiative,” a donation program that allows customers to contribute toward bouquets for those in need. This year, the farm is partnering with Eva’s Light, which supports families experiencing infant loss, and Project 1.27 Neighbor Program, which serves foster families with monthly meal deliveries.
“We add flowers to whatever those organizations are offering the families,” Haas said, noting that her customers can add a $5 donation to help fund bouquets.
Beyond sales, Haas likes to share her love of gardening by offering classes. This spring she is holding a “Grow Your Own Dahlia” workshop, with hopes of expanding into flower-arranging classes later in the season.
Haas said connection with others is most important, which she accomplishes through her weekly email newsletters. “The most popular thing I offer is weekly email newsletters,” she said. “They are short, sweet and inspiring, sometimes with a funny note or pictures from around the farm.”
She said she prefers connecting through email rather than social media, which she finds “distracting and draining.”
In a few weeks, Haas will be selling bouquets at her Falcon farm stand and continuing her Saturday presence at Nightingale Bread in Colorado Springs. She also intends to host pop-up sales at local businesses. Availability will depend on the crops themselves.
Haas is optimistic about what lies ahead not just for her farm but for the community she hopes to serve. “I am very excited to connect with the Falcon community,” she said. “I want them to know they have a flower farmer in the community that wants to get to know them as well.”
The best way to be added to Growing Good Farm’s mailing list and find out about availability of flowers and vegetables is to access the website at https://www.growinggoodfarm.com.
