From Pack House to Peaceful Garden: Why We Grow What We Grow
At The Higher Calm, everything we grow has roots - in soil, in seasons, and in story.
Long before the idea of a peaceful retreat ever bloomed, the corrugated metal barn on our property served as a tobacco pack house. Built for rhythm and labor, it once echoed with the sounds of sorting, grading, and preparing harvests - the heartbeat of a working Southern farm.
That barn still stands today. Weathered but steady. No longer used for crops, it now anchors a quiet landscape of calm, creativity, and growth. While the roses grow in a separate garden space, the barn and the blossoms tell the same story - one of transformation.
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A Garden That Listens to the Seasons
Throughout our property in Guilford County, North Carolina, we grow an evolving mix of roses, flowering plants, and native growth - each responding to the pace of the earth, not the rush of the clock.
• In early spring, new life stirs: buds emerge, the light shifts, and the walking paths come alive with green.
• By late spring and early summer, the rose garden is at its peak - vibrant, fragrant, and full of color.
• Throughout summer, you’ll find sunflowers, hummingbirds, mushrooms, and surprise bursts of wild beauty.
• As autumn arrives, the garden slows. The mood deepens. The light softens. What blooms fades gracefully.
Each season brings a new rhythm - and a reminder that peace often grows in the quiet.
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Why Roses?
Roses are a reflection of everything we believe in:
Patience. Stillness. Presence.
We grow a wide variety of roses - from classic heirloom types to bolder modern blooms - in a space designed to invite wonder without distraction. While they’re not planted near the barn, they’re very much part of The Higher Calm’s soul.
Roses invite us to notice. To return. To grow alongside them.
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Not Open Yet… But One Day
Right now, The Higher Calm is a private space - a quiet personal retreat for our family and a place we share with the world through photos, writing, and seasonal glimpses. But we have dreams.
In the future, we hope to welcome visitors to walk the paths, see the roses in person, and experience the blend of rustic charm and floral calm that defines this place. Until then, we’re tending to the soil, the vision, and the details that will help it bloom.
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🌿 Thank you for being here.
🌹 We hope you’ll return often - and maybe one day, in person.
💚 For now, follow along on Instagram.
