Hope Farms owner has high hopes for bright future

Hope Farms owner has high hopes for bright future

ORONOCO, Minn. — A series of events led to a six-week sprint into the grand opening of Hope Farms on Mother’s Day weekend, with thousands of flowers waiting at the finish line. The business is owned and ran by Rochester entrepreneur Jon Zimmerman, with general manager Jes Robinson and Xavier Jiorle as greenhouse manager. The 35-acre property is just about a 15-minute drive from Rochester. It previously operated as a wholesale landscaping busines…

New West End owners plan bright future at Main Street

New owners of the West End Guesthouse, from the left: Nicky and Kirsten Bichan, and Jacqui and Liam Robertson. (Orkney Photographic) The new owners of The West End have told The Orcadian of their ambitious plans to breath new life into the historic Kirkwall property. Husband and wife partnerships Liam and Jacqui Robertson, and Nicky and Kirsten Bichan took over the guesthouse in March. The team are now planning a programme of modernisation and i…