At The Farmers' Market in Roseville

At the Roseville branch of the St. Paul Farmers’ Market on Tuesday mornings, Gordy Goldeman sells flowers- lots of them.

On a good day, Goldeman said he can sell upwards of $1,000 of flowers. Today, he was also selling plenty rhubarb too, $2.50 a bunch.

From the parking lot of the Church of Corpus Christi, Goldeman was busy counseling customers on where to plenty their purchases and how to care for them. That kind of care has gained him a lot of repeat and satisfied customers, Goldeman said.

A retired welder, the 69-year-old East Bethel man you could say has blossomed into a new career.

“I love flowers,” said Goldeman, of Goldeman's Gardens, who has three greenhouses on his 80-acre farm and shares the flower passion with his wife Delores. “We sell pretty much about everything.”

This season, Dahlias and Iris are among the big sellers,"  he said, adding that having a big variety of flowers is important as a seller.

Goldeman first began selling just vegetables in the 1980s but switched to flowers about 10 years ago.

Normally, Goldeman has sold about 80 percent of his flowers for the year by the end of May. But with this year’s cold spring, planting and selling are about two weeks behind and a lot of business has bled over into June, he said.

The Roseville branch isn’t Goldeman’s only stop on Tuesdays. He also sells at the Farmers’ Market in Andover.

Goldeman said his biggest selling of the week comes on weekends at the St. Paul's Farmers' Market. He also sells at the Farmers' Market at the Burnsville branch.