Three generations of Sarah Partyka’s family have lovingly tended a plot of flourishing acreage in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. The land was once home to The Berry Patch, her parent’s pick-your-own strawberry fields, then operated as a festive Christmas tree farm, but, finally, under Sarah’s practiced hands, transformed into a resplendent horticulture destination and unique garden shop, The Farmer’s Daughter, in 1998.
The business had humble beginnings; a small farmstand consisting of just one greenhouse and a simple shack housing a cash register was the entrepreneur’s bid at continuing the rich traditions that her forebearers had established in the soil. Through the years, seven greenhouses were constructed as Sarah began offering her customers hard-to-find selections of perennials and annuals, trees, shrubs, and other unusual varieties of plants. A gift shop,…
