Business is blooming for Dickson alum – KTEN [Video]

CARTER COUNTY, Okla. (KTEN) — Dogwood Blooms is located just outside of Ardmore city limits. Here, customers can wonder along rows of beautiful flowers, and pick bouquets just in time for spring.

The idea for this “you pick” flower farm, came from 2023 Dickson alum Barrett Allen. Allen is currently a freshman at Oklahoma state university, studying horticulture.

“I want to get into ag tourism because of how farms make more money, and it doesn’t take much more time.” Said Dogwood Blooms owner Barrett Allen. “If there’s a box, I want to be on the outside, I don’t want to be inside a box.”

With the help of his parents, Allen has turned his idea, into his own small business.

“Our first question was, how are you going to manage that while you’re in school, and what is our role as far as parents, how are we going to do …