As Fresh As It Gets …
Our story
Three years ago, our "shop" was nothing more than a quaint patch of dirt and a shared vision. Led by our Ag Teacher Mrs. Myers and a group of dedicated students, we set out to build something that would grow—not just plants, but a community.
We spent the first two years learning the language of the soil. We dealt with the early frosts, the trial-and-error of irrigation, and the patient waiting that comes with sustainable farming. Day by day, row by row, we built the farm that now serves as the heartbeat of everything we do.
This year marked our biggest milestone yet: the official installation of our campus floral classroom. This space is where the hard labor of the field meets the artistry of design. It’s where our students transform the stems they’ve spent months nurturing into the arrangements you see in our shop today.
When you buy a bouquet from us, you aren’t just getting fresh flowers. You are supporting a hands-on education. You’re seeing the result of a student’s first successful harvest and their growing confidence in floral design. Every petal represents a lesson learned, and every arrangement tells the story of a team that isn’t afraid to get their hands dirty to create something beautiful.
About Our Teacher
Sonia Myers has been teaching for twelve years at both private and public schools, and has taught ten different grade levels. She currently teaches Floriculture and Soil Chemistry at Half Moon Bay High School in Half Moon Bay, California. She was a 2021 Grosvenor Teacher Fellow with National Geographic and Lindblad Expeditions, a 2020 and 2023 standout leader in the Sustainable and Resilient Schools Challenge, and on the team for the 2024 Kent Award for Real Life Learning and Agricultural Science Programs. She has also written, We Have Something to Say! A middle-grade novel on plastics in the ocean. When not teaching or writing, you can find her with her family, drinking a good cup of coffee, and planting wildflower seeds.
Jesus Contreras- Contreras Farm
Our Floral program has been so lucky to be able to work with local floral farmer, Jesus Contreras, who supplies us with fresh and local flowers and foliage.
Contreras Farms is family owned and run since 1980, offering you fresh cut flowers and produce, we sell at various farmers markets in Bay Area and Sacramento, and also on Saturday and Sunday at farmers markets.
They provide cut flowers, fresh eucalyptus, dried eucalyptus, custom made bouquets, wreaths, bud vases, brussels sprouts, artichokes, peas, fava beans & chicken eggs.
You can find them at https://www.contrerasfarm.com
“When Gardeners Garden, It Is Not Just Plants That Grow, But the Gardeners themselves ”
- Ken Druse