After bouncing around the globe for years, M’Adele Miller returned to her hometown of St. Francisville, Louisiana, in 2020, seeking the comfort of family during such uncertain times. The temporary reprieve quickly deepened into something more lasting—an unexpected homecoming that bloomed, quite literally, into a new life.
“There was nothing to do,” recalls M’Adele, a skillful gardener and longtime creative whose pursuits span photography to pottery. “So, I started a big garden.” That humble patch on her parents’ property has grown intoA Little Wildflower Co., her thriving flower business.
Working a quarter-acre of farmland about 30 miles north of Baton Rouge, M’Adele cultivates what she calls “yard flowers”: zinnias, marigolds, sunflowers, basil, snapdragons, lisianthus—anything hardy and seasonal. She uses a greenhouse for propagation and also tends her own beehives, selling…