Originally from Highland on the western side of Illinois, Ashley Thompson found a love of floral design in high school through FFA. At the University of Illinois, she focused on achieving a degree in Agriculture Education. After college, she would land a teaching job at Grayville where she met her now husband Travis. After 4 years in the classroom, Ashley would move into large scale horticulture production followed by a stint with Smithfield in Mt. Erie. After starting a family, Thompson decided she wanted to be closer to home.
I love horticulture and floriculture, so we came up with this because Grayville really had a need. We opened the original Grayville store in January of 2021. It’s gone over really well. We’ve been blessed by the community and the support. Then we heard Carmi was losing it’s main florist and we do a lot of business here so we decided to expand and meet our customer needs in the southern portion of our service area.
The new Carmi store celebrated it’s Grand Opening on Friday, September 6th with a Carmi Chamber ribbon cutting and plenty of guests dropping in to check out the new digs. Ashley’s husband Travis, who also serves as the Grayville Mayor, a firefighter, and baseball coach, did a massive remodel of the new Carmi location, formerly a gaming lounge. Farmhouse Florist aims to be a full service florist for the region.
We’re a full service florist…we offer fresh and silk flowers, custom orders, funeral work, everyday deliveries, formal flowers for dances and weddings, even centerpieces for banquets.
The store has an ample selection of gifts as well. You can find the store at 117 East Main Street in downtown Carmi and also get in touch with them through facebook and their online store.
We’re open Monday through Friday from 9-5 at both the Grayville and Carmi locations and also Saturdays 9 to 1 at both locations. You can check us out on facebook at Farmhouse Florist (https://www.facebook.com/FarmHouseFlorist21) and online at http://www.farmhouseflorist.store.
