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The Flower Industry: Blooming Through Hard Times By Natalie Mooney New Hanover County PUBLISHED 4:38 PM ET Mar. 07, 2021 PUBLISHED March 7, 2021 @4:38 PM SHARE CASTLE HAYNE, N.C — Mark Hommes, co-owner of Castle Hayne Farms, has always wanted to grow flowers.   He grew up on a bulb farm in the Netherlands, and now he says it’s in his blood. His grandfather’s kids worked for him, then Mark’s dad worked for his grandfather before visit...

US: Cultivating beautiful flowers and greenhouse vegetables at Castle Hayne Farms Growing up in the Netherlands, Mark Hommes was raised on horticulture and a love of Dutch iris. Current co-owner of Castle Hayne Farms, Mark always knew he would become a commercial-flower grower, learning the trade from his father, but what he didn’t realize is the amount of rich history both his farmland and his family legacy would carry in Castle Hayne, North Carolina. Mark’s family raised him on a bulb farm in the Netherlands where he learned the ins and outs of the horticulture industry. It wasn’t unt...