Doug Hock a former POF student and the owner of Thistlehook, a flower farm located on the eastside of Olympia graciously agreed to let me interveiw him about his experience as a beginning flower farmer and former POF student. While touring his farm Doug patiently answered a long list of interview questions I had prepared for my upcoming interview with Beth Henriquez, training director for Enterprise for Equity. I appreciate Doug’s forthright advice and insight he offered about the reality of starting a flower farm business and working in the wholesale flower market.
The following Monday Doug brought his interns and my fellow classmates Anika and Allie to my farm to collect willow branches to make batch of willow water rooting hormone.
