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Show NOVEMBER Liz Sprackland Is Building Sundance bout eight years ago, Liz ue was getting ready for her nightly duties as waitress at The Tree Room, a restaurant Redford’s resort when overheard she Redford one near was about Robert at Provo Canyon, a conversation. talking with some- wildflowers and the notion of Sundance growing its own for restaurant decor, “T just jumped Liz recalls. into the conversa- tion and said, ‘If you’re interested in someone told to lead it, Pll do it,”’ she Farms produce only hand-crafted items,” she says surveying a table-top of freshly bottled bath oils. Now Sundance Farms not only grows wildflowers for The Tree Room, it also provides the restaurant with edible flowers, fresh produce and herbs, and sells dried flower arrangements, potpourri, special bath oils and soaps, vinegars, beeswax candles and herbal teas, among things, using local and regional artisans and growers is good for the local economy. “We are loosing farm land around here. What I would like to do is get some of those people to grow things for us instead of selling off their land.” That’s why, for example, Sundance Farms soaps are pure glycerin and the bath oils are 100 percent vegetable with no lard or animal products, she explained. They are bottled in hand-blown containers made from recycled glass and sealed with beeswax. Even the labels are made with recycled paper and printed with soy inks. “There are a lot of local and regional crafts people and artisans who have the commitment we do to pure products,” she said. nd Liz says she’s still on the lookout for people who could contribute to Sundance Farms. Liz is quick to credit Sundance general manager Bill Shoaf and Tree Room chef Don Heidel with having the insight and enthusiasm to push Sundance Farms forward. The trio went so far as to research which seeds should be planted at Sundance Farms. They sought “heirloom” seeds — offspring of plants put down by pioneers, which had not been hybridized. “So the waiters could say to the other to 30 retailers. ASS aaE Redford. Redford was taken enthusiasm beginning and of in by Liz’s that Sundance was the Farms. It started out as a half-acre plot and has grown to four small farms and an ever-expanding line of products. Beyond dried flower arrangements, Liz began using the talents she developed as a graphic designer to introduce products that reflected her philosophy of natural beauty. items The Sundance they Farms are produced are unique, handmade with at because natural materials, grown by Sundance or other local farmers, and other items produced by local artisans, Liz explains from her production facility — an ancient-looking wood-frame building on the outskirts of Heber. “We've really tried to stay true to the idea of a hand-crafted product. When it gets to the point where we have to go 1995 into production, we'll cut down, because Sundance Farms will YOUR Sundance Farms products also are available at the Sundance General Store and through the Sundance Catalogue. For the past eight years, Liz has sought out artisans and growers who have a commitment to pure products. ‘T enjoy working with local people. And there are a lot of talented people out there,” she noted. COMMUNITY CONNECTION VOTE “I would (restaurant) customers, we grew ee Have Fun, Friends Make. & Money ee ee” neg for Wasatch The Mountain Experienced Sales People this in our garden, it was picked this morning, and its on your plate tonight.” With Liz’s energy and creativity, rather buy my pottery and glass locally than from out of a catalogue.” Beyond that, Liz explains that Sundance Farms has been growing slowly but surely and now employs up to 13 people in the busy season. But now it seems like its about to “explode,” says Liz, scurrying to close up shop for the day. “We have a master plan for a Sundance Deli. We have plans for a food line,” she says as husband Steve pulls up with daughters Sage, 7, and Brooke, 4. But the discussion of plans for a 100 percent natural food deli will have to wait for another day, because Liz also has a family and her daughters pull her away. @ oy. VEE 801-649-8046 eee , MARIY NOVEMBER 7 FOR PARK CITY COUNCIL Paid Political Advertisement PAGE 4 |