Location: Gloucester, Virginia

Veretta Hamlin

Bio:

Veretta Hamlin is known as The Flower Lady. Growing plants is what relaxes her and makes her happy.

After working as a registered Dental Hygienist for over 43 years in various states, she retired to devote her time and energy to flower farming. Her flower farm is called, Amazing Grace Flower Farm.”

Having moved from Maryland in 2021 to Gloucester, Virginia she says, “All the stars have aligned for me to start my business.” What a wonderful area in which to live. Gloucester has great weather overall, wonderful people and plenty of land – and I’ll say it’s the daffodil capital of the USA – they will surely be in my Spring bouquet!

Hamlin shares, “My interest in growing plants started as a teen growing up in Washington D.C. I started, in my bedroom, a sweet potato plant that I had gathered from my mom’s kitchen that had little green sprouts. I inserted a few toothpicks in the potato and placed it in a tall glass of water. Voila’, that sweet potato with the green sprouts growing in my sunny window developed into a beautiful sweet potato vine. As nature would have it, my plant was growing in a southeast window perfect for growing.”

Since that time she has grown back yard veggie gardens; in large and small spaces, started a container garden business where her focus was container gardening in small spaces such as decks and patios.

In 2011 she became a Master Gardener. In her role as a master gardener she is able to advise and educate the public on gardening and horticulture.

Visit her website or better yet her flower farm to experience more of Veretta Hamlin.

Amazing Grace Flower Farm ….. “Where Flowers & Smiles Grow.”