Sarah & Tom the Grateful Gardeners
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Sarah & Tom the Grateful Gardeners
LOCAL. SUSTAINABLE. COLLABORATIVE.
"OUR LITTLE SLICE OF HEAVEN IS DESIGNED AND ORGANIZED IN A WAY TO INVITE BOTH WILD LIFE AND PEOPLE WITH EQUAL ATTRACTION."
Grateful Gardeners is an organic cut flower farm based in the Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve and Boyds, MD. We have been farming since 2018 with one particular mission; to promote local, sustainable, and collaborative flower farming with other farmers, designers, and florists in the DC, MD, and VA region.
SARAH DAKEN
Co-founder, President, and CEO
Sarah has been a practicing attorney for 22 years. Her legal career has focused on litigation in areas of child abuse and neglect and police misconduct. A chance encounter with a flower farming instructional video a few years ago transformed her life. She had no idea at that time that she would soon desire to make a monumental career pivot to full time flower farming. Sarah advances and refines her ability to grow flowers through education, hands-on experience, and regular mentorship with seasoned flower growers. She brings her legal and business savvy to Grateful Gardeners through the creation of contracts for service, marketing strategies, and financial management. Her strongest attribute is her commitment to collaborative and meaningful relationships with customers, as well as her passion for fostering change in the floral industry.
TOM PRECHT
Co-Founder and Vice President
Tom has been research scientist for a majority of his career. He obtained a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, CO in 2008, where he studied the cell death mechanisms underlying Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease. Tom’s Mother, Diana Precht, has been a lifelong gardener and avid Dahlia grower/enthusiast. Tom had no idea that he would one day follow in her footsteps to become a full-time flower farmer with his wife, Sarah. Tom brings a scientific, technological, and innovative aptitude to Grateful Gardeners, focusing on constantly improving their organic practices and sustainability. Like Sarah, he strives to operate a farming business that prioritizes relationships, collaboration, and community over profits. Ultimately, he believes in the theory of Biophilia; that human beings have an innate instinct to connect with nature and that their health and well being is dependent on this connection.
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