Poppy's Garden, 204 S. Main Street (2025)

24/08/2025

Thank you everyone that came to our sale this weekend. When I looked around today at the empty counters, shelves, and walls I felt a huge weight lifted already. I thought getting rid of so much might feel sad or at least bittersweet, and while saying goodbye to some of the display pieces has pulled at my heart strings, it’s a good feeling to see everything going to new homes to serve a new purpose.

I’ve always thought about my flower shop as my home. Lord knows I spent more time there than my actual home for a number of years, and I spent my fair share of nights there while staying up late working on events, holidays, or one of my OCD rage cleanings. It was my intention for it to feel like home, and that I was inviting others in to hopefully find inspiration, an item to fill a need or space in their world, to find joy or good conversation when they came through the door, or even to share in the beautiful messes that often overtook the shop.

It may seem silly to get sentimental over “stuff” and display pieces, but some of those display pieces were my 1st somethings I procured for the shop, or memories of times shared with my mom, family, and friends hunting down items for the shop - endless trips next door at Hattie’s House, Haskell Auction, Dallas Market, and Canton, TX. You may see an old dresser, but I see the display centerpiece in our original shop space. I look at our green lockers in our back room and I remember a trip down to Canton, filled with lots of laughs while loading out Lola's Living’s truck like something off of the Beverly Hillbillies, my dad’s expression when we pulled up to unload it, and the excitement I had when it was in place in the new shop. While it all still may be “stuff” it also feels like a piece of my heart and my experiences through this journey, “stuff” that I now get to share with others.

If you know anything about florists or event industry folks you know that we have a knack for acquiring way too much stuff. When it hit me one day that keeping all the stuff organized felt like a full time job, I knew I was ready to say goodbye to some “stuff.”

P.S. Most of the containers in this picture are in the sale! See you 9/5&6!

07/08/2025

Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your support and sweet words of encouragement as I embrace this new season of life. I will forever cherish all the memories and friendships that have been created here. I have loved being a part of the Muskogee community and it will always hold a special place in my heart and will continue to feel like home to me.

As I look back on photos of the shop, I see all the hard work, beauty, creativity, and teamwork that has been poured into this special place. To say there have been blood, sweat, and tears shed to build this place is beyond an understatement.

This place sure was beautiful!

While it’s bittersweet, or just downright sad, I’m very much looking forward to what’s next for me and Poppy’s Garden.

As I prepare for the next steps to move to a new studio space, there are items in the shop I will no longer need or want to take with me. As I transition to a studio-based florist there will be no need for some of our display pieces and retail items.

Over the next couple months my goal is to get rid of as much as possible, and simplify my life as much as possible.

I’d like to downsize my inventory of display pieces and retail items. I am even going to thin out my event inventory from our infamous storage units. Heck, I may even bring down some furniture pieces from my house we no longer need — a “garage sale” of sorts.

We will be having sales at the shop over the next couple months. I will post items and information about the sales over on our sale page.

Thank you all! Can’t wait to see you all again soon!

06/08/2025

It’s been quite a while since I’ve shared flowers. I was able to get my hands on flowers today and it felt good, especially since they were for a sweet friend.

I finally stepped foot in the shop after a long break and worked on this arrangement. When I stood at the counter where I’ve created hundreds of beautiful things before, I finally had a feeling of peace with what I’ve known I need to do and what I want to do.

The past two years I’ve done a lot of self reflection and soul searching in regard to the shop. I think when my Meme passed away a couple years ago, that experience made me ask myself what and who is this all for. I was trying to come up with the answer of what I wanted to do next with the shop.

It’s been the question running through my mind that I haven’t been able answer, only coming up with, “I don’t know yet.” I don’t know if that was because I wasn’t ready to let go of the shop or the idea of it, because my heart needed time to heal from the possibility of letting go of the shop and I needed to find the lessons in it before I could let my heart say goodbye, because I wasn’t ready for change, or because I truly didn’t know yet, probably a combination of a lot of things. The shop has brought me so much joy, happiness, accomplishment, pride, and it’s also brought me the complete antithesis of all of those things. It was the thing that made me feel creative and challenged and it was also the thing that stifled me even more so at times. I’ve struggled with how something could make me feel so happy and grateful, but also make me feel like it(I) was never enough at the same time. It was and still is the challenge I want to conquer, although I don’t think it’s my time to finish conquering that dream for now. I learned a lot of lessons, had a lot of fun, got the tshirt (literally), but I think it’s time to put that dream on hold and shift focus in another direction for now — still flowers, but a much needed directional shift or maybe balance is the more appropriate word.

I’m not quite ready to say out loud what’s next, but I can feel that answer bubbling up to the surface. I’m sure an announcement of sorts is in order in the weeks to come.

12/06/2025

We’ve gotten to enjoy this sweet face for an extra week and what a wonderful week it has been cuddling this cutie.

We are over the moon for him, his big brother is obsessed with him, and our families are all so excited. We all couldn’t be happier that he is finally here.

Welcome to the world Halston Joseph White 🩵
Born 6/4/25 at 11:14pm
6lbs 12oz, 19.5”

I want to say a huge thank you to Tulsa Women’s Healthcare, Saint Francis Labor & Delivery and NICU, and our Pediatrician. We had the best care we could’ve asked for. Every single doctor and nurse that cared for us was amazing. Our birth story wasn’t what I planned and quite longer than I expected, but I don’t have one negative thing to say about it because of the people that cared for us. 🩵

26/05/2025

Here’s part 2…

Everyone meet our new baby Winifred White “Winnie.”

This was the picture I took this morning before she headed off to school for the week 🤣🚍 She hasn’t had professional pictures done yet, unlike her model of a sister Millie, but hopefully soon.

Shortly after Millie passed, we decided to go ahead and get a puppy. With the baby on the way, we figured we needed to hurry and get a puppy to get most of the training out of the way before the baby comes or it would be quite a long time before we’d be able to get another dog. Chasing around a toddler and a puppy didn’t sound like very much fun to me. A mostly sleeping baby, or at least not mobile infant, and a mostly trained 8 month old puppy seemed a little more doable.

She sure is sweet and sure is a very lively, active, and rambunctious puppy, but so smart and getting better and better everyday. She started school today and will be in training with for the next few weeks. We are so excited to watch her learn and grow in the weeks to come. I sure am missing my girl today. She sure has been a good companion while being pregnant and has been my resting buddy.

She’s got some big shoes to fill, following in the footsteps of Millie, but I know she will be and already is such a wonderful addition to our family.

She’s already becoming a great work sidekick and loves “helping” pick up flower stems. I’m sure she’ll be making lots of appearances around here.

More pictures of her to come in my stories! 💕

26/05/2025

This is a two parter…

There’s a life update I just couldn’t bring myself to talk about over the past several months. We had to say goodbye to Millie in early December.

Even today, months later, I can’t help but sob while I type this out and still have trouble even finding adequate words to express what a loss it was, she was a huge part of our family. She was the most perfect, sweet, angel baby that there ever was.

She was diagnosed with cancer in her nasal passage last summer, we tried chemo, which she eventually stopped responding to. We tried another type of chemo as a last-ditch effort, she had a bad reaction, and within days we knew it was best for her to let her go. We’re so glad she is no longer in pain and I’m sure she’s been doing all the fun things she loved to do and has been reunited with my Meme, who was her very best buddy.

It’s been such a void not having her with me, especially while being pregnant. I’ve been missing my cuddle buddy. I know she would’ve been so good with the baby too.

I’m so glad was able to capture these pictures of our sweet Millie at our family dinner in October. I know she loved all the treats from too!

Part 2 coming later today…

24/05/2025

I look at my life right now and think about timing.

I remember being single - as my frustrations grew with the worry I would never find someone to share life with, I’d often hear others say timing is everything. You don’t fully understand that until it proves to be true in your own life.

That time of life was filled with heartbreak, frustration, forced relationships, dumb choices, stupid, stupid boys, and learned lessons. Let’s just say I could write a book or go on a pretty decent comedy tour - as could most single women these days. As I approached my mid-30s, I quite honestly became resigned to the thought that marriage and kids weren’t in the cards for me. I was happy with my business, or at least I thought so, and decided I would turn work into my baby. And I did.

But timing and God had a different plan, I think.

Before Spencer and I stumbled upon each other I found myself in a short-lived relationship that at the time I thought was something, obviously it wasn’t, and I quickly learned it wasn’t right for me. During that relationship I pulled away from my work and attempted to make space in my work life for someone to be able to be in my personal life. Once that relationship ended, I thought my pulling away from work was for the wrong reasons. But once I started dating Spencer, it all hit me like a ton of bricks. That relationship was God’s way of preparing me for what was to come. Tapping me on my shoulder, almost like He was saying, “Hey, you better learn how to make some room in your life for someone, I’ve got someone coming your way, not this joker, but the ACTUAL ONE is up next, get ready.” If I would’ve met Spencer sooner than I did, I wouldn’t have been ready for him, my life and work would’ve failed the relationship before it even got started. I remember realizing quickly that Spencer was special. We both just knew that I was with him, and he was with me and that’s how it was going to be from there on out.

It’s crazy how much life we’ve lived over the past couple years. I’m sure it seems fast to some, but to us it’s not because it all feels so right. It’s such a wonderful feeling. Crazy how it feels right when the timing is right.

22/05/2025

Holding on tight to all the special moments with this sweet little family of mine. We all can’t wait for Hal to get here and help us create even more memories together. Only a couple weeks left before we’re a family of four 🩵

Thank you for such a fun night tonight, for always capturing all the sweet moments, and coming along on the ride through the past two years of life with us. I can’t wait for even more moments to come.

07/04/2025

I suppose since I only have a couple months left I should probably announce that we have a baby on the way, especially since my bump has finally popped, the mom bob is in full effect, and we got to celebrate with the most amazing shower today.

We cannot wait to welcome Halston Joseph White “Hal” in June.

This season of life has been my favorite and most cherished yet. Becoming a wife, stepmom, and now a mom has been my greatest honor and the most fulfilling experience of my life. I can’t wait to see what’s next for our sweet little family.

🩵🩵🩵🩵

11/07/2024

Thank you for being the man I have waited so long for. Loving you has been the happiest season of life yet. You make me smile, laugh, cry happy tears, give me butterflies, and make me feel so loved. I can’t wait to go on all the journeys life has in store for us, I know we’ll conquer them all together. 🩵

25/06/2024

Find the bride that bounces. Find the bride that can’t stop smiling from ear to ear, find the bride that jumps for joy, find the bride that can’t help but bounce up and down from pure happiness. From someone in this crazy event industry I can whole heartedly say, when you find a bride like that it reminds you that every struggle, that every bit of the blood, sweat, and tears you’ve shed is worth it a thousand times over.
rhoades I can’t begin to tell you how much it means to look back and see captured moments of you so happy that you were literally bouncing. Those captured moments will forever hold a special place in my heart and be a core memory for me. Thank you Hanna for reminding me why I continue to do what I do. You truly have a heart of gold (and blue and white 😘)!!!

06/06/2024

A memory came across my newsfeed, reminding me it's been 8 years since I finished floral design school. I remember the long drive home from Portland. My car loaded out with Millie, too many clothes, my moped, hopes and dreams. I remember the feeling of accomplishment I felt. After so many years trying to find my niche in college and failing, to finally finding what I knew I was meant to do in life. I can't describe the weight that was lifted from me during that time of my life. I didn't quite know what the future held, I just knew I wanted to start my journey with flowers.

Dreams are a funny thing. In the early moments of realizing your dreams it’s exciting, like a fire you think will never burn out. No one tells you how hard you will have to fight to keep living and chasing your dreams. How you will go through seasons where that fire you once had quite literally burns out and every fiber of your being questions whether or not to keep doing it. I guess that's what makes your dreams worth it in the end, if there wasn't a little fight and grit in the game would it really be worth it? Probably not.

This life with flowers has taken so many twists and turns. I've had opportunities I never dreamed I'd have and accomplished goals I never knew I'd reach.

This journey has taught me so much. It's taught me what's important and what I need to prioritize in life, when to trust my gut and say no, and when it's time to walk away from people or dreams that in reality were only meant to be temporary. It's given me the confidence to say yes to challenges, to know it's okay to change my mind, to feel right with my decisions, and most importantly the confidence to not take so much stock in what others think. I'm thankful for every single lesson I've learned along the way, every win and loss carried a lesson with it.

I'm not sure I would call myself a veteran floral designer at this point, but the experience I've gained throughout this journey has given me a priceless amount of perspective and knowledge I am grateful to carry with me as I continue this crazy flower journey.

So here I am, still dreaming, still learning, and still crossing off goals only to make new ones.

Tuesday	10:00 - 17:30
Wednesday	10:00 - 17:30
Thursday	10:00 - 17:30
Friday	10:00 - 17:30
Saturday	10:00 - 14:00

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