For some, it takes a lifetime to own even half of that.

The business has been blooming since 1982 and so has its owner.  John Graham said he purchased it right after graduating and has owned his business for three years now.

"So far, we've been able to keep in business so that has to mean something," John Graham said.

Callaway Fields boasts customers from as far away as St. Louis, Blue Springs and even Pacific, Mo.

Running a greenhouse has always been John Graham's goal said his mother Jane Graham.

"When he was little, I would bring him over here, and we would get plants and he would help me," said Jane Graham. "This is always something he's liked to do."

This business is a gigantic extension of John Graham's FFA project as a high school freshman.  Part of his original greenhouse had been over at his house in high school.

"There are seven greenhouses here on this property," Jane Graham said. "Five of them have a variety of plants, but two of them are devoted solely to geraniums. It's the specialty here at Callaway Fields and as you walk down the rows, it's easy to see why."

Bucky Thomas is one of two full-time employees.

"I take care of the geraniums," Thomas said. "That's all I do."

Thomas enjoys working for John Graham, his age has never been an issue.

"He's a pretty good boy," Thomas said. "As long as I keep raising good geraniums, he'll probably keep me on - I hope."

John Graham has tried to use his youth to fertilize the business.

Callaway Fields now holds a fall festival.

"We had a horse and wagon ride last year, as well as some live bands," John Graham said.

He also had container gardening classes.

"By us making this more of a destination, it's something that our customers are going to want to do regardless of their income and how the economy might affect it," John Graham said.

John Graham hopes all of this gives his customers more of a reason to support a local business.

"I know we're not going to be the only place people by their flowers, I'm not that naive," John Graham said. "But, when people go to Walmart or to Lowe's or Home Depot that gets kind of aggravating. I'd rather them support a local greenhouse than go to a chain store."

But Jane Graham said seeing her son succeed is payment enough.

"Well, you're gonna make me cry," Jane Graham said. "I'm really proud of him. And, it's really neat on the weekends when his sisters are down here and we're all working together. Makes a mom proud."