SOKY Floral Exchange flourishes with female farmers

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – During women’s history month, we’re highlighting a local business making an impact.

Tucked in the heart of Bowling Green is a floral exchange filled with beautiful blooms grown by female farmers.

The SOKY Floral Exchange is a collective of farm-fresh flowers, soaps and honey. And the best part? It’s all from south-central Kentucky.

It started when Emily Hunt discovered her love for flowers, studied floral design in college and in 2023, founded the SOKY Floral Exchange to support local growers and entrepreneurs.

Emily Hunt, owner of SOKY Floral Exchange, says, “We hope that the community embraces us with open arms because we do represent 20 to 25 local flower farms across, like the western regional side of the state of Kentucky. And it it feels really great to, be able to support those farmers and those women that run their businesses in their farms on their own.”

Not only is the exchange creating a space for local businesses and farmers to flourish,  it also serves as encouragement for future florist.

She also says, “If the younger generation sees the floral exchange or sees the women that are doing flower farming, what I hope that they see is, and that I hope that they feel is the passion. You know, farmers really carry a really in depth passion of what they do and what you you have to have, and so that’s what I hope that they see, and I hope that they see the passion into the results of the farms. And, and that they get inspired by that.”