Lesha Munich

Broom Maker, Berry, KEntucky

I got my first corn broom at the Kentucky Wool Festival in Pendleton County. Ma and Pa’s Brooms was the place. I saved my broom till we moved to our home in Berry, KY.I swept my porch for first time, Instantly I fell in love with it.  This broom sweeps so good. What is this on the end of this stick? Broomcorn. How do I grow it? Get some seeds and throw them in the dirt. How do I make a broom? Get a stick, twine, broom corn, and pull real tight. Ma & Pa made handmade brooms there for years, but had decided to retire. I remember thinking, who was going to fill that void?

I was born and raised in Pendleton County (Class of 2001), Graduated Gateway Community and Technical College with an Industrial Electric Degree (2003), and had a career in Industrial Maintenance for 10+ years. I married my husband Jake in 2013 after we met at Toyota and we have two kids,  Annabelle and John.  We decided I was going to stay home vs trying to manage opposite schedules and babies. In 2020 when we moved to Berry, I started our farm “Horizon Farm”. We started growing broomcorn while I went back & forth to Berea KY to learn the craft of traditional broom making.  In 2022 we started selling Horizon Farm Brooms at none other but the very Kentucky Wool Festival. With any dying Art or Craft, it takes so much time to learn. I’m a first generation farmer and broom maker and I’m continually growing.

What I wanted to do was make a useful tool, which is also pretty. It can hang on your wall and serve a purpose. I like the idea of taking discarded objects and giving them a new job. Take Tobacco sticks for instance, they served a huge purpose on our farms for many years. Now I make them into our Braided Sweepers giving them new life. Driftwood, I like to harvest from the Licking River and craft it into one of my favorite handmade broom’s handles. I just love the colors the river stains in the wood and the stories it tells.  

I am so happy you are here and I hope you enjoy seeing my creations.

~ Lesha Munich