Our Farmers

After spending 42 years in the remote reaches of Alaska, we—Kirsten and husband Carl—decided to begin a new chapter on a 40-acre farm in Homer. We named the farm after...

After serving a tour at what is now known as Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), U.S. Air Force veterans Ryan and Isobelle Mahoney eventually returned to Alaska. Ryan earned his Advanced...

  Allison Gaylord of Willow Drive Gardens started gardening at the age of 4 when a neighbor gifted her a few strawberry runners over the hedgerow. Her passion for growing veggies,...

  Margaret Johnson of Spit Sisters Farm is born and bred Alaskan growing up in Anchorage with grandparents who homesteaded in Wrangell, located in Southeast Alaska. Growing up, she would...

Vision and Don Money of Peony Patch sit on 30 acres that they built 20 years ago. Thirty acres may seems like a lot, but it is a downsize from the 120...

Marie and Ron Bader, owners of Moss Island Farms, have an “urban” peony farm right in the heart of Homer. For 26 years the Bader’s have farmed oysters and mussels...

Tom and Sue Klinker’s Late Bloomer farm is a small, hand-tended, off-the-road-system peony farm. Tom runs a commercial salmon fishing boat. Sue works as a registered nurse. Their daughters and...

Located on the historic Kilcher Homestead, Charlotte and Otto Kilcher grow peonies along with their other farm and ranching operations. Otto was born and raised a homesteader and Charlotte joined...

Carey Restino and Craig Matthews of Homer Hilltop Farm expanded their market garden vegetable farm with peonies in 2013 and have now become quite accustomed to a house filled with...

Boni McNatt and her husband MG started Hidden Hills Peony Farm in 2013 as she neared her retirement after 40 years as an Emergency Room RN. In contrast to the pace...

Mark and Joell Rested of Diamond Ridge Resources added peonies to their homestead in the hills above Homer in 2011 with the help of their 3 teenagers and oversight by their goats,...

Spek and Ina Jones of Alaska Homestead Peonies are both children of families who homesteaded on the lower Kenai Peninsula before statehood. Like the Kilchers, the Jones last name is...