About the Jonquil City

What is a jonquil?

A jonquil is similar to a daffodil, but not the same. Both fall under the botanical name Narcissus,
but a jonquil is different in that it is highly perfumed, is predominant and hardier in warmer
southern regions, and features 1-5 golden yellow, fragrant flowers on each stem.

A daffodil has a lighter scent than a jonquil and usually has one six-petaled flower per stem.

Jonquils are golden yellow and display slender leaves that are dark green with rounded tips.

Daffodils typically only have one flower per stem, have a more distinct trumpet with six petals surrounding, and have slimmer and pointier leaves Daffodil colors range from bicolored to white, pink, yellow, and orange.

Why is Smyrna called the Jonquil City?

Smyrna became know as the jonquil city because of the abundance of jonquil bulbs that bloom
here every spring!

Samuel Taylor and his wife received a burlap sack of jonquil bulbs from their son and planted them, shared them with friends and neighbors,
and the bulbs have been shared and continue to be shared around the city.

The Taylors purchased 80 acres of land on Atlanta Road, and their home is preserved as the Taylor-Brawner house and sits on the Taylor-Brawner park property.

The jonquils continue to multiply and return year after year with little care, and in early spring, thousands of jonquils brighten up our city.

About the Artist

I’m Kristen Ramsey, an artist living in Smyrna since 2011. In 2012, I started making art as an outlet to my corporate design job where I felt stifled. It began with one handpainted sign and led me to a full time art career. My passion as is to make the world better with the things I create.

I’ve had the privilege to paint multiple murals, create chalk art for many clients, sell my work at many, many festivals and on Etsy, and work with other artists in our community with Indie Arts Alliance to create opportunities for artists to show and sell their work right here in Smyrna.

I’m grateful for any opportunity I get to create, and I sell my work on Etsy and at a few hand-picked festivals every year.

I truly love Smyrna and feel like I have a group of artist friends that surround me with support and
I’m so proud to be part of that kind of loving, authentic community.

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