10/18/2021

It’s official!

I have made a career change!

Dear Flower Friends,

My flower farming days are over (but there is a fabulous new farmer and neighbor, Keric Kenny, at the helm of the new Butternut Farm LLC). I am thrilled to watch the little farm that I started grow as I pursue my new career writing novels under the name of E. B. Lee.

My first book, Clean Sweep: a Novel was released by Little Brown Dog Press in July 2021. It is available in E-Book, Hardcover, Softcover, and AudioBook formats.

Early reviews are great! Please give it a read!

Here’s where you can learn more about Clean Sweep: a Novel, more about my author’s life (you’ll also get to see what I look like when I am not in my farming duds!) and you can also follow links to purchase Clean Sweep:

https://www.eblee.me (my author’s website). You will also find social media links at this website.

With gratitude for your many years of support, your love of flowers, and your friendship.

Please, let’s keep in touch!

All the best,

Evelyn

If you are looking for farm-grown flowers in Southport, CT, please phone or text Keric Kenny at (917) 623-9706 or connect through the new Butternut Farm Instagram profile: @butternutfarmct

For nearly a decade, Butternut Gardens, operated as a fabulous little flower farm, design studio and garden workshop tucked away in Southport, CT.

Butternut Gardens was the oldest cut flower farm in Fairfield County. Butternut Gardens provided the freshest of blossoms harvested daily straight from our gardens at the peak of perfection.  No shipping. No storage.  Just rich, vibrant, delicious-smelling flowers every time.

In July, 2021, Butternut Gardens LLC closed. In its place, Butternut Farm opened under new ownership, heralding the next chapter in this little suburban flower farm’s evolution. It was a win-win-win for one farmer - Evelyn Lee- looking to retire and begin a new life writing novels, for a second farmer -Keric Kenny- looking to continue offering gorgeous cut flowers to our special Southport community, and for a community which has so enthusiastically embraced the unique opportunity to purchase locally grown flowers right here on Hulls Highway in Southport, CT.

Butternut Gardens flowers were always grown in an earth friendly manner on a Bee Friendly Farm by Evelyn Lee, a NOFA Accredited Organic Land Care Professional. Her goal was to bring the true beauty, fragrance and astounding variety of freshly-cut flowers to your special events and into your daily lives, and to also share knowledge and best practices for sustainable suburban gardening, landscaping and land use. Butternut Gardens flowers did not receive synthetic fertilizers, and great care was taken to not only "do no harm" but to also protect and enhance soil, water and living organisms. At Butternut Gardens, Evelyn left plenty of flowers and pollinator-friendly habitat for neighborhood honey bees and an abundance of native pollinators, which called this special plot of land "home." It was Evelyn’s hope to lead by example in her suburban neighborhood and to teach others about eco friendly gardening practices that could be applied to the land and gardens of others as well. A little education can go a long way! It is very exciting that Keric Kenny, the new farmer at Butternut Farm, plans to be equally mindful of the value of growing flowers safely and with good soil management practices.