Our Story

Bluegreen Gardens is a boutique flower farm and floral design studio just outside of downtown Lancaster, OH operated by husband and wife team, Mike and Elizabeth Zawislak. The farm and its’ owners explore the balance of rural and urban aesthetics, country and city life, the planned and the organic. The farm is perched in between the city of Lancaster and the hills of southern Ohio. From the fields we can see the tower of St. Mary’s Church and the forested sandstone knobs of Alley Park. This dynamic is what excites and encourages us in our work and love of our farm.

Elizabeth and Mike's flower love story started with our own individual love of the outdoors instilled in us when we were young. We both followed that love throughout our lives, and eventually it led us both to Longwood Gardens, the nation's premier public garden in Kennett Square, PA. We both continued to work in gardens on the east coast until we got engaged.

After we got engaged in Wilmington, DE, we decided to move to Elizabeth's hometown of Columbus. It was our wedding and our involvement in the design and vision of it that made us both realize that we could turn our love of flowers, the outdoors, and design into a business. We have grown this business slowly since 2016 when we bought our farm in Lancaster.

We each have our own special strengths and talents, that when combined are the making of a great team. We love working together and bringing people joy through our flowers. As our friend, Andrea, of LynnVale Studios said "couples who bouquet together stay together," and we agree!

Our farm property was in the same family for many years and was used most recently as a horse pasture and dumping ground. Our goal with our farm, as well as raising beautiful flowers, is to restore the eco-system maintain and the natural beauty of this almost urban property. We use sustainable practices in both the flower field and floral design studio. And most of our property will remain in its natural state of woods or meadow to support wildlife.