About Us
My name is Dawn Zimmerman and I am the owner of Ethel's Back Yard, a flower farm in West Chester, PA.
Growing up, my grandmother Ethel grew the biggest zinnias I'd ever seen. Following in her footsteps on top of my lifelong passion for gardening and flower farming, I strive to do the same by providing the highest quality cut flowers. As a biologist, my focus is ecocentric - my processes are all sustainable and chemical free. Scientist by day, mad gardener by night and happiest when I’m playing in the dirt.
Our Philosophy
Our goal is to provide local and sustainably grown, chemical free flowers to our community. I practice no till gardening and other organic bio-intensive growing methods increasing soil biological diversity. Those processes provide deep rich soil, high in natural organic matter, perfect for flower farming, increasing yields and quality greatly over traditional field crop methods.