Santa Barbara Magazine - Best of 2015: Petal Pusher
By CHRISTINE LENNON
Danielle and Bill Hahn’s Rose Story Farm’s buds and blossoms—as well as their beloved, organic Carpinteria farm’s produce—have been local treasures for more than 25 years. The first time Danielle (a Montecito native and Stanford graduate) was featured in this magazine, her sons were kids playing on the hillside. “I’m looking at the picture on my wall, and my older son who’s in his 20s now must be about 11 in this photo,” she says. “Our boys still come here to explore, to check out the turtles in the pond, and to play around outside — and they’re grown.”
Now, it seems, Danielle’s work has become a global treasure. Last spring, she was honored
with the prestigious Great Rosarian of the World Award in one ceremony at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx and another closer to home at the The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. “I am only the third woman to receive the award and the fifth American, so it’s quite an honor and a big deal for me,” she says. “I still haven’t completely recovered.”