Farmer & coordinator extraordinaire, Vikki Cha Covid19 continues to have an unimaginable impact on the Hmong farmers as they try to find markets and buyers for their iconic fresh cut flowers. Our grassroots effort makeshift market took a break between the peony season and the arrival of the …
Sua Yang, the inspiration
Sua, Joua Pao Yang and their daughter Xee Yang-Schell are the inspiration that led to the genesis of Tara Clark's makeshift tulip market in N. Capitol Hill on March 25th. Tara and Xee are working on a book together that will share the stories and beauty of Pike Place Market's Hmong flower farmers. …
Pa Cha of New Garden
Pa Cha’s beautiful white hair is tied back, exposing her lovely face with rosy cheeks and a gentle, confident smile. Her feet almost dance as she moves from bucket to bucket within the confines of her stall at Pike Place Market, gathering some leaves here, pulling out a tulip there, grabbing some …
Vikki Cha
The sun is getting low in the sky when Vikki arrives on the farm to harvest flowers for market. She is filled with anticipation to be in the fields, like a mother coming home to her children at the end of the day. She hurries to lay out her white buckets that will soon be overflowing with an array …
Maika’s Garden
Hidden behind a house, a huge grassy yard, and tall bushes is Maika’s Garden. From the road, one would never guess that just beyond the two unused silos, a Hmong family grows their beautiful signature flower: dahlias. Over thirty rows of them, all reaching for the sun. It’s a peaceful setting …
Blong’s Garden
“I never thought I would become a farmer,” Blong Cha confides with an easy laugh. Back in the early 1990s he was working as an engineer when he began helping his older brothers sell their produce at the market on the weekends. “This is fun,” he recalls thinking at the time. “And I make some money …