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Show September WASATCH COUNTY COURIER 28, 1999 FIELDS continued from page 17 ago was two fold; first Sprackland wanted to open up the farms to the community, to help them understand the driving forces behind Sundance Farms and other Redford’s idea for an organic garden that would provide fresh flowers on the tables. orgahic producers. Her second goal was to create a gathering that celebrated the “I mentioned to Redford that I might be annual harvest and heralded it as art. interested in being a part of the gardens and two weeks later, he called and offered me the job,” says Sprackland. “My “Just Lyn [Walker] and I started the farms. We picked the site, turned the ground and planted half an acre.” The Provo Canyon property, and \ ) that werent necessarily nous to the area. “We were thinking we could grow everything,” says Sprackland artisans of her first gardening attempt right away. Gloria Montgomery, Alan Day, and Linda Schardine, and growers including BL AL ALAA at 7000 the philosophy behind Sundance Farms. flowers to fill the resorts vases, sufficient herbs to season satisfy the chefs. They leased property at lower elevations to make up for the original gardens short at Sundance Farms; other catalogues not associated with the organization began ern them, in Maine, but on a smaller scale. Local concentrated on native plants. Enough Le died each market after the Common Grounds Fair indige- feet. “We got zapped learned fast.” L LAR JALAL. LA ih I go to Maine - Sprackland modeled Sundances harvest being a novice, they attempted to grow plants and spend all summer growing. To gardening is an art.” | original gardens were a small portion of Redfords husband year. They have huge markets there where people sell and exhibit their way of life,” says Sprackland. “These people Adick that, the small organic We Liz Sprackland, General eine of Sundance Farms, has watched the organic garden grow from a 11 acre plot of flowers to a year-round operation. Here she helps a group of Wasatch High School students understand garden Fork and parts of the Heber Valley. carrying their product line, too. Ultimately the entire operation moved to Charleston. At first, Sprackland says, she knew nothing on organic gardening. “I just Now, years later, as fall sets in, Sundance Farms looks more like a test called people and started asking ques- kitchen. A relaxed assembly line process where herb mixes are shipped and growing season, expanding tions,” says Sprackland. to Spanish , The gardens in Spanish Fork used an efficient and productive drip irrigation system. Longer growing seasons on leased property and larger growing spaces allowed Sprackland to increase the product line. The Sundance Catalogue began offering items created 7 labeled are in one room; wreathes and wall decorations are in another; drying barns and full, and the group is gearing up for another holiday season. Sprackland is ready to celebrate. But its not Christmas or the new mil-— lennium Sprackland is concerned with Ranui Paull, Gardens, and Ken Heidelklang, Stephen and Brenda Probst, plus retailers including Kent Winterton, Twist Café, pottery, paintings and fleece. A celebra- . tion of the end of a year of hard work. market. Their-third annual celebration - to ring out the summer season. The harvest market is also the culmina- Nearly thirty regional vendors will converge on Sundance Farms in Charleston on Friday and Saturday, October 1 and tion of the job Sundance Farms performs year round, treating nature as art and 2, to celebrate the end of summer or the | Spracklands drive to start the harvest market as an annual event three years Christine and Volker will be selling everything - from hats, to herbs, to honey, metal art, today. Its the farms upcoming harvest beginning of winter as part of Sundance Farms Harvest Market. Spracklands reasoning for the end-of-season celebration is very simple. “The harvest itself is the celebration of the whole year,” she says. “We wanted to find people who are proud of what they’ve created.” like encouraging respect for the earth. And while sometimes this poses a challenge for Sprackland and her crew, its not the ‘toughest hurdle she has had to clear. We havent looked back,” Sprackland says, “we have no regrets. 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