Welcome! I’m Shalane and I hope you experience Jesus here at Weathered Oak Farms.
Flowers
My husband, Travis, and I had hoped to live on land and to have a historic home- the Lord was gracious enough to give us both. But it was a stretch financially, and we weren’t farmers in any sense, so we needed the land to work for us and bring income. We stumbled upon @floretflower and our small flower farm was born. We knew nothing and couldn’t even keep house plants alive! But, as we tell people all the time, the Lord made those flowers grow anyway!
“I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.”
1 Corinthians 3:6
This passage has multiple deep and profound meanings to us! We have seen the Lord cultivate something that we had no ability to grow ourselves and bless it beyond what we could have imagined.
Bread
Sourdough bread is what my Daddio taught me to make around the age of eight. He started baking and selling this bread when I was a very young girl. It lost its luster for me pretty quickly, and I didn’t make it again until after my dad passed away unexpectedly three years ago. All the sourdough products we make in the shop are named for dad (my kids’ “Pop”) and that smell of sourdough bread baking ties me back to his memory more than anything else. His story was filled with a lot of brokenness- but I am reminded each time I bake that this bread is a symbol to me to “look what God has done.”
I am so grateful that the Lord can make something beautiful out of broken scenarios and life circumstances. As the precious worship song goes, “All my life You have been faithful.”
Bakery
After several years selling both the blooms and the bread at our sweet local farmers market, we had the privilege to buy and renovate an old hardware store building with a rich and beautiful history. Now the Simpsonville bakery is home to flowers, friendships, food, and yummy “Pop’s Sourdough.”
We never dreamed this is what Weathered Oak would look like and are so grateful to the Lord for the way He has orchestrated this space and the crew He has brought. We truly hope that people hear and experience Him here as we have.
