>>GERRY: HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS AROUND INDIANA... BROUGHT TO YOU BY CHAPMAN HEATING AIR CONDITIONING AND PLUMBING.
THE MAN FOR ALL SEASONS... CHAPMAN. CHAPMANHEATING.COM. >>>2019 SAW RECORD-HIGH
HORTICULTURE SALES IN THE STATE OF INDIANA. AND IT WOULD APPEAR THAT UPWARD TREND WILL CONTINUE INTO 2021
... EVEN LENDING ITSELF TO A TRENDY NEW FORM OF AGRI-TOURISM. THE STANDARD PUMPKIN PATCH, CORN
MAZE AND APPLE ORCHARD NOW HAVE A LITTLE COMPETITION. AROUND INDIANA REPORTER MARY-RACHEL REDMAN HAS DETAILS.
>> THEY MAKE A FUN ACCENT WITH THE BOUQUET. >> ACCORDING TO NUMBERS FROM INDIANA GROWN HOOSIERS ARE
PLANTING MORE FLOWERS. BUT FOR THOSE THAT DON'T EXACTLY HAVE A GREEN THUMB YOU PICK FLOWER FARMS HAVE BECOME ALL THE
RAGE. THANKS IN LARGE PART TO INFLUENCERS WHO FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES ARE NOT PLANTING
BUT PICKING FOR THAT PERFECT PHOTO OP. >> THIS IS BURGUNDY YARO. >> I MAY NOT BE AN INFLUENCER
BUT I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE HYPE WAS ABOUT SO I STOPPED AT ONE OF THE MANY FLOWER SPOTS TO CROP UP.
DOLLY'S FARM IN FRANKLIN. >> WE HAVE 87 DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF CUT FLOWERS SO HALF AN ACRE OF SUNFLOWERS 20
DIFFERENT VARIETIES EVERYTHING FROM WHITE TO CREAM TO STRIP TO BLACK AND THEY WILL START BLOOMING ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE
SEASON. >> OPERATING SINCE 2018, DOLLIES FEATURES TEN SECTIONS OF 120-FOOT LONG BY 6-FOOT WIDE
ROADS OF BLOSSOMS FOR PICKING, BUT NOT, SO FAST. AS OWNER TRICIA WILSON SHOWS ME THERE IS AN ART TO CREATING A
CUSTOMIZED BOUQUET. >> TAKE A BUCKET AND SNIPS. AND I'M GOING TO TAKE A PAIR OF STAMPS SO I CAN SHOW YOU WHAT
WE'RE DOING. WHEN YOU CUT A FLUSH FLOWER THIS IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT EVEN THOUGH IT'S A TOTALLY SAME PLANT.
FOLLOW THE STEM DOWN AND SNIPPET. >> THIS BUCKET HAS WATER IN IT. >> WE ALWAYS PUT FRESH WATER AND
FLOUR FOOD IN THAT SO IT GETS OVER THE SHOCK OF BEING CUT. >> THE SMELL OF FRESH FLOWERS IS ABOUT AS GOOD AS IT GETS AT
DOLLIES THEY TAKE A BIT OF A DIFFERENT APPROACH. >> YOU CAN SEE OVER HERE SO IF YOU CLIMB IN AND IT GIVES YOU
[INAUDIBLE] MOST OF THE GARDEN CUT FLOWERS [INAUDIBLE] SO WE GROW AND THAT WILL COMPLETELY CHANGE THE BOUQUET AND THE WAY
IT LOOKS AND SMELLS. >> WHAT YOU ARE REALLY KNOWN FOR IS LAVENDER. >> YOU LOVE LAVENDER.
RABBIT. YOU WON'T HURT THE PLANT. NOW SMELL YOUR HANDS SWEETIE. I TELL THE KIDS ALL THE TIME.
>> YOU PAY GOOD MONEY FOR THAT SMELL. >> IS LAVENDER THE MOST POPULAR WITH FOLKS THAT VISIT.
>> THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME TO PICK THEIR OWN LAVENDER. WE WILL PUT THOSE TOGETHER IN AN ARRANGEMENT FOR YOU THAT YOU
LOVE. >> I'M AFRAID I WILL BREAK THEM. >> YOU WON'T. >> I'M LEARNING.
>> BEAUTIFUL. AND ANOTHER ONE. >> I FEEL LIKE I LOOK LIKE A BRIDE.
>> INSTAGRAM WORTHY I WOULD SAY SO BUT, BEYOND THE AMAZING BACKDROPS AND PHOTO OPS JUST THE SIMPLICITY OF THE FARM ITSELF IS
WHAT MAKES IT A POPULAR DESTINATION FOR FAMILIES. >> SERENITY IS THE WORD I HEAR A LOT AND WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT
COME OVER AND OVER AGAIN THERE IS NO FEE TO GET ON THE FARM THEY CAN COME HERE AND SPEND