For many who do their jobs from home, most tasks often involve sitting in front of a laptop screen for the bulk of the day.
Interconnectivity can be great for efficient communication, but being increasingly tethered to social media and text messaging as a matter of routine has caused many to seek out solutions for a healthier work-life balance.
As owner-operator of Wolfsong Flowers, Lara Jackson's business model was informed by an educational background in horticulture and designed as a way to be closer to her family. The artist, entrepreneur and mother of two runs a flower preservation studio and micro cut flower farm from the Bogart home that she and her husband bought in 2018.
Growing up in Augusta, Jackson helped her mother tend a small vegetable garden that included marigolds and some tropical plants, but there were no agriculture classes at the private school she attended. It wasn't until Jackson started taking horticulture classes at the University of Georgia that she was exposed to the people and places that would shape her future career.
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