JZ Flowers is a farming family. Joanie grew up on a dairy farm in Valley City. Jim, Joanie's husband grew up working on his family's excavating company in Valley City. They went to school together. They stood next to each other in their kindergarten class photograph. They both graduated from high school and married four years later. They both enjoyed gardening. With the addition of three children who loved to play in the mud, farming came naturally. They inherited their parents' work ethics. With Joanie's love of flowers and Jim's ability to fix about anything, JZ Flowers blossomed into a small profitable flower farm with the help of their children and grandchildren.