Baum’s Glads

A view, likely looking west, of gladioli fields at Baum’s Home of Flowers in Bearden in 1918. Baum’s industrial-size facility, reportedly to be the largest commercial greenhouse in the southeastern United States, produced flowers in overflowing abundance, including, at its peak, 3.5 million roses a year.  This unused photograph from KHP’s recently published book Historic Bearden (you can order the book HERE) was shared by Charles Baum.