Like the natural, untamed wildflower, Marigold de la Rosa was a free spirit. Raised in the Lower Highlands in the 19th century, she cultivated the land to celebrate the culinary traditions of her mother, a horticulturist from Dahlia, Mexico, and her father, a beekeeper from Castellucio, Italy. Named after the "herb of the sun," she became an explorer, traversing the terrain to discover the Western landscape's flavors and planting wildflowers wherever she went.