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Morning Sun Flower Farm provides fresh blooms to the Oxford area all year long

BY ASHLEY LAFLIN | PHOTOS PROVIDED BY MINDY STATON | ILLUSTRATIONS BY ABIGAIL SUMMERS

Morning Sun Flower Farm was started the Spring of 2015 by Mindy Staton and her husband Josh Staton in Oxford, Ohio. Mindy was inspired to start Morning Sun while attending a workshop hosted by Erin Benzakein of Floret, one of the nation’s leading floral designers.

The farm operates all year round with one green house, a hoop house, a perennial field and a field specifically for dahlias. Mindy grows a large variety of flowers. Typically, in the spring, she grows Poppies, Ranunculus, Tulips and more. In the summer there are Lisianthus, Snapdragons and Yarrow. In the Fall, there are Dahlias, Sunflowers and Mums.

Mindy also owns a flower shop, Two Little Buds, with her mom Alice Francis. Two Little Buds is located in Hamilton, Ohio, and started in 2007. Two Little Buds does wedding and event flowers but is also open for walk in sales. b

Mindy and Josh Staton are the owners of Morning Sun Flower Farm in Oxford, Ohio.

Anemones and ranunculus blooming in the hoop house.

Morning Sun's green house and hoop house.

Snapdragon is among a large variety of flowers that grow at Morning Sun Flower Farm.