About Us

In 1871, Hiram Compton deeded 50 acres of land along Blaine Creek in Lawrence County, Kentucky, to his son John.

More than 150 years later, that land—and additional parcels acquired along the way—remains in our family.

Generations have lived and worked here. They farmed the land, raised livestock, raised families and built lives among these Eastern Kentucky hills. Our family cemetery, outbuildings, barn and farmhouse—part of which began as a log cabin—still tell pieces of their story.

Farmhouse in the early 1900's. GGrandfather (John) pictured sitting in chair

View of farm from pasture. Farmhouse on far left and barn on far right still standing today.

My own path back to the farm wasn’t a straight one.

Life took my husband and me in directions we never expected. After our first son arrived extremely prematurely, I left my career as a project manager to become a stay-at-home mother. Over the decades that followed, I became an entrepreneur, a Jazzercise instructor, an operations manager and, eventually, quite unexpectedly, a flower farmer.

I had always joked that someday, when I was rich and famous, I would fill my home with enormous arrangements of flowers.

I never quite got around to the rich and famous part.

But I did get the flowers.

During 2020, I began growing flowers in our tiny North Carolina backyard. A few flowers became more. A hobby became a passion. And eventually, that passion began pointing me toward a place my family had known for generations.

Home.

My father grew up in the area and dreamed of someday returning. He didn’t get the opportunity to see me rediscover this land and everything it means to our family.

I wish more than anything that he could walk the farm with me today.

But I think about him often when I’m here.

And I think about all the others who walked this ground before us.

Kentucky 1871 is our opportunity to care for what they left behind while adding another chapter to its story.

Today, flowers are growing where generations of our family have farmed before us. And as the farm grows, we hope it becomes more than a place to buy flowers.

We hope it becomes a place to slow down.

To wander.

To gather.

To celebrate.

To reconnect with nature and experience a little of the beauty of Appalachia.

We aren’t trying to recreate the past or manufacture nostalgia.

We’re simply caring for this land during our turn with it—and growing something beautiful for the generations still to come.

Kentucky 1871

Rooted in Appalachia. Growing for generations.