Flowers in my Garden bloom

Wye Mountain and the flower that built a church!

Wye Mountain comes alive each March in a sea of yellow for the annual Daffodil Festival. It is hosted by the Wye Mountain United Methodist Church. In 1919, Austin Harmon moved to Wye Mountain from Oklahoma to start a church in an old schoolhouse. That church is now the Wye Mountain United Methodist Church. In 1927, Austin bought half a bushel of daffodil bulbs in Little Rock and planted them around his home. Austin traveled back and forth to Oklahoma, where he continued collecting bulbs and transplanting them. In 1948, the church starting selling the blooms to raise money.  By 1965, the congregation had raised enough money from the daffodils to build a new church and move out of the old schoolhouse. They had 7 acres of daffodils. They stoped selling the flowers and held a daffodil festival instead. The festival had no we date. It was determined by when the flowers bloomed. Today the flowers still bloom and anyone can go and take pictures freely. 🌼🌼