Bev’s Baskets and Bows moves to Greenfield Square

By Editor | August 5, 2025 |

Bev Goode, owner of Bev’s Baskets and Bows, stands in front of one of her displays in her new location at 422 North Main on the Greenfield Square. A soft opening is being planned for Thursday, Aug. 7 before, during and after the Greenfield Triennial Homecoming Parade. (Carmen Ensinger/Greene Prairie Press)

By Carmen Ensinger

When Bev Goode opened Bev’s Baskets and Bows in her home in 1997, her goal was to one day have a location on the Greenfield Square.
It has only taken 28 years, but that day has finally come. Bev’s Baskets and Bows will have their soft opening on Thursday, Aug. 7 during the Greenfield Triennial Homecoming Parade. They are located at 422 North Main.
Goode explained that when she first decided to move the business out of her home, she didn’t have many options.
“At that time, there were no empty buildings on the square – they were all being utilized,” she said. “So, there was no where for me to go. It took us a long time to find a place. We finally found an area behind the post office and that is where I’ve been for the past 28 years.”
However, when there became a concerted effort to revamp the Square and remodel the buildings and make them once again viable for commerce, Goode jumped at the chance to finally move to the square.
“When Tim and Amber Wright bought these two buildings, I thought I’d just run up there and see what they planned to do with the building,” she said. “We decided right then and there that I would rent one of them when they got them remodeled.”
The Wright’s have totally remodeled the building Goode is now in from top to bottom.
“They have done a lot of work inside and it is really nice,” Goode said. “They removed all the old plaster and exposed the brick, put in a new floor, ceiling, reinforced the basement and put in new plumbing and wiring.”
Goode will be utilizing both buildings.
“Our business keeps growing since we added weddings and the stuff takes up a lot of room with all the props and everything,” she said. “When the brides come in, they want to see what they are going to purchase or rent so we are going to move our gift shop up to the square and use the old location will be turned into a showroom for our wedding rentals.”
The old location will only be open by appointment but the Square location will be open the usual hours, Monday through Friday from 9 to 5 and on Saturday during the fall and winter months.
The thing Goode is most excited about is the huge display windows in the front of the building.
“We will now have windows where we can do displays, like we have at our Carrollton location,” Goode said. “At our other location, we didn’t have windows like this. We were more or less ‘out of site and out of mind.’”
At the time of this interview, workers will still be working on the outside of the building, but Goode is confident they will have everything done in time for the Triennial Homecoming.
“I have a green and white awning coming that will go up and I’m getting my sign made,” she said. “Ronnie Costello, from here in Greenfield, is making the metal sign for me. It will be a pretty little place when we get it all done.”
There is one item in the building that is worth mentioning and it has nothing to do with home décor.
“Against one wall we have this massive shelf that was in the building next door,” Goode said. “It is so big that they had to cut it in two to bring it over here and then reassemble it.”
Goode estimates the shelving to be original to buildings and at least 100 years old, if not older.
“The shelving has probably been used in several different buildings up here over the years,” she said. “It looks great against the exposed brick wall and holds a lot of décor items. If we only knew how it was used before I think we would be fascinated.”
Goode said during their soft opening on Aug. 7, they will open at 9 a.m. and be open during and after the parade so everyone can come in and take a look.
“Friday and Saturday we will go back to our normal hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,” she said. “During the summer, we are going to be closed on Saturdays, but after summer is over, we will once again be open on Saturday.”