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Every one of our members is unique and so are their stories. Each week, the Group Member Spotlight takes a behind-the-scenes look at one of our group/business sponsorship members to showcase their story of who they are and what they do!
Our Next Group Spotlight is…….
In 2014, Amy and Bob Rogish, first-generation farmers, purchased part of an old Christmas Tree farm that was previously a dairy farm in Geauga County. They began planting Christmas trees right away and soon realized they wanted to expand so they added blueberries and large cut flower fields. In 2020 they planted a small Cut Your Own Sunflower field which has continued to grow in popularity ever since. Their location just east of the Cleveland suburbs is ideal for bringing people out to the farm.
Rogish Farm grows many varieties of annual and perennial flowers for cut flowers in addition to their large fields of Sunflowers and new in 2023, a hillside of Lavender. Their cut flowers are mainly sold from a self-serve Flower Wagon from the middle of July into October. Customers can find mixed bouquets, Mason Jar arrangements, single stems, and bunches of Sunflowers and Gladiolus at the Flower Wagon which is stocked two to three days a week. They also dry a large number of flowers all throughout the summer and then sell dried flower bouquets in the fall and winter months along with other natural décor items grown on the farm like Curly Willow branches and Broom Corn swags.
Rogish Farm also offers hands-on activities, like Pick Your Own Blueberries and Cut Your Own Lavender in July and the very popular Cut Your Own Sunflowers in August. Visiting the farm for these activities has become a tradition for many families and Amy and Bob enjoy seeing families return each year. The Christmas Trees fields are growing quickly and they hope to open the farm for Cut Your Own Christmas Trees in another year or two. The farm also offers opportunities for professional photographers to photograph their clients throughout the year when there are large fields of flowers in bloom. They have two 1949 Ford trucks available to reserve for photo sessions in the Sunflower fields and they’re planting additional fields of flowering cover crops that can also be used for photo backgrounds. Implementing restorative farming practices like planting cover crops is something they are doing more of as they work to improve soil health.
More Cut Your Own Flower opportunities will be added this year and they’ll be inviting visitors and photographers to the new Lavender Hill which was planted in 2022. They’re also planning more special activities in the Sunflower field like date nights with live music as well as guided Cut Your Own Flower and Build Your Own Bouquet events.
Be sure to visit their website and follow them on Facebook and Instagram for hours, products, and events.
Rogish Farm
8637 Mulberry Rd.
Chesterland, OH 44026
440-742-4692
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