3 green Bastrop businesses to support this spring

Spring is around the corner in Bastrop. Find out what's growing in Bastrop by reading these three stories about three businesses selling fresh produce and flowers.

Beautifully Wild Flower Truck blooms in Bastrop

Local Amanda Gruetzner said she has always been crafty but never found a way to express her passion that felt just right. After running a successful Etsy shop selling faux floral hoops and hand-painted items, she decided she wanted to step it up a notch, but she said she was unsure what her next venture should be; however, while traveling to see Taylor Swift perform in Nashville last spring, a seed was planted within her that has since blossomed into a flower shop on wheels.

“I was inspired,” Gruetzner said. “I saw a flower truck for the first time in person, and I just stood in front of it and fell in love. I had that feeling in my stomach and heart that said, 'This is it. This is what you’re going to do.’”

Green Gate Farms reimagines farmland preservation in Bastrop

Green Gate Farms founders Skip Connett and Erin Flynn established their first certified organic community farm at the historic 1902 Bergstrom farmstead in 2006.

In 2009, Connett and Flynn purchased 32 acres along the Colorado River northeast of Bastrop off FM 969. Part of Wilbarger Bend, the property represents the couple’s dream to promote community farming.

Eden East Farm offers fresh and local produce off Bastrop's Main Street

Eden East Farm sells fresh, organic produce to the Bastrop community. Goods grown on-site are available for purchase at the Eden East farm stand from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays.

The backstory

In 2020, David Barrow and his wife, Sonya Cote, moved their Austin farm to Bastrop, expanding to fill 4 acres of farmland off Bastrop’s Main Street.