The Flower Farmer

Author : Niki Irving
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781642505511

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Growing Flowers by Niki Irving Pdf

Master Flower Gardening and Learn to Grow Flowers for All Seasons “Anyone wanting to get started with a flower garden will find plenty of expert guidance here.” ―Publishers Weekly #1 Best Seller in Annual Flowers Gardening, Bulb Flower Gardening, and Perennial Gardening Master the art of cultivating cut flowers, from seed to stunning arrangements, with this indispensable guide for gardening novices and pros alike. Create botanical beauty. Niki Irving’s Growing Flowers whisks you away to the serene mountains of Asheville, NC, where her boutique flower farm thrives. Learn to grow florets and cut flowers with the same sustainable, natural practices Niki employs on her mountain-fresh farm. Boost your horticultural skills. This garden journal not only introduces you to the pleasures of growing a cutting garden but also guides you to arrange your flowers into simple-yet-gorgeous bouquets. Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of flower farming and discover techniques using not just blooms and greenery, but even artichokes, vines, and berries. Inside, you'll find: Practical guidance on organic flower gardening, from selecting the right seeds and seedlings to mastering seasonal rotation Insightful techniques for arranging cut flowers Tips and tricks from Niki Irving's successful boutique flower farm for cultivating your own cutting garden Engaging photographic content that transforms the book into a delightful coffee table addition Growing Flowers is a wonderful addition to any collection of garden books. If you’re looking for gardening gifts for gardeners or enjoy flowering plant books and flower books like Floret Farms Cut Flower Garden book, Floret Farm's A Year in Flowers, or The Flower Gardener's Bible, you’ll love Niki Irving's Growing Flowers.

Author : Lynn Byczynski
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781933392653

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The Flower Farmer by Lynn Byczynski Pdf

From taking cuttings to winning new customers, this is the guide to growing beautiful organic flowers for enjoyment or profit Over 75,000 copies sold! The first edition of The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower's Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers helped thousands of small growers start successful cut-flower businesses. This expanded and thoroughly revised second edition has become equally influential for backyard novices and experienced growers alike. New sections in this edition include: Utilizing greenhouses Recommendations for flower cultivars Post-harvest handling Also updated is the acclaimed resource directory, complete with sources of seeds, plants and supplies, and expert information on organic production under the National Organic Program. For the beginner and backyard gardener, there is an extensive section on the basics, including Variety selection Soil preparation Planting, cultivation & harvest Floral design For the commercial grower, The Flower Farmer, 2nd Edition includes information about: Larger-scale production Advice about selling to florists, wholesalers, and supermarkets Understanding the wedding and farmers market customers This updated edition also includes revised profiles of successful growers, offering behind-the-scenes insight into the operation of some of the most cutting-edge flower farmers in the country. Because of the extensive revisions and enhanced content, The Flower Farmer, 2nd Edition is essential reading for those already in the flower business, as well as those who dream of growing flowers for enjoyment or profit.

Author : Lynn Byczynski
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781603584937

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Market Farming Success by Lynn Byczynski Pdf

An insider's guide to market gardening and farming for those in the business of growing and selling food, flowers, herbs, or plants. Market Farming Success identifies the key areas that usually trip up beginners—and shows how to avoid those obstacles. This book will help the aspiring or beginning farmer advance quickly and confidently through the inevitable learning curve of starting a new business. Written by the editor of Growing for Market, a respected trade journal for market farmers, Market Farming Success condenses decades of growing experience from every part of the United States and Canada. It focuses on the factors that are common to market gardeners everywhere and offers professional advice that includes: • How much you'll need to spend to start a market farming business; • How much you can expect to earn; • Which crops bring in the most money—and whether you should grow them; • The essential tools and equipment you will need; • The best places to sell your products; • How to keep records to maximize profits and minimize taxes; • Tricks of the trade that will make you more efficient in the greenhouse, field, and market. This new Chelsea Green edition of a 2006 classic is greatly updated and expanded, and includes full-color photos, charts, and graphs, plus many inspiring and instructive profiles of successful market-farming pioneers.

Author : Georgie Newbery
Publisher : Green Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-23
Category : Cut flower industry
ISBN : 9780857842336

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The Flower Farmer's Year by Georgie Newbery Pdf

Grow your own gorgeous flowers that fill your house with scent. Look after the planet by reducing your blooms' air miles.

Author : Lisa Mason Ziegler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0989268810

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Cool Flowers by Lisa Mason Ziegler Pdf

Presents simple techniques for an early spring garden of color profiling 30 hardy annual flowers.

Author : Sarah Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798612382560

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Don't Panic by Sarah Adams Pdf

Accessible, visually engaging, and absolutely packed with key information, this book is a "must have" for market farmers, gardeners, and small business owners specializing in local market sales. From established growers reassessing existing operations, to dreamers simply planning for the day they can finally make the jump, DON'T PANIC: A Business Guide to Small Scale Cut Flower Farming is an essential tool in creating a solid, sustainable plan for your market farming business. Written from the perspective of Alberta Girl Acres' owner Sarah Adams, a communications and marketing professional who left it all behind to jump into the business of cut flower farming, DON'T PANIC: A Business Guide to Small Scale Cut Flower Farming details all the ins and outs of starting a small scale cut flower business. Including chapters such as "The Dream", "The Reality", "The Plan", "Branding and Key Messaging", "Communications", "Production", "Identifying Your Market", "Marketing", "Operations & Management", "Financials", plus pages and pages of valuable tips, useful guides, and handy resources. "I am quite certain this book will find a wider audience than those just interested in small scale flower, fruit, and produce production. It offers well presented information for any small business startup. Sarah's approach is so honest, friendly and engaging, and the book such a visual delight that many startups and small business owners will find it irresistible." - Gary Linford, President & Program Director, ReGeneration Family Business Transitions, Inc. This is a "revised and expanded" edition of the 2018 release of DON'T PANIC: A Business Guide to Small Scale Cut Flower Farming: Year One, which was released as a limited run in March 2018, and sold out within 30 days. This edition is a response to the overwhelmingly positive reviews, and ongoing requests to make another edition available. Now packed with even more information, and available to a vastly wider audience!

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Pansies
ISBN : UIUC:30112020253776

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Growing Pansies by Anonim Pdf

Author : Josh Volk
Publisher : Storey Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781612125947

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Compact Farms by Josh Volk Pdf

Small is beautiful, and these 15 real farm plans show that small-scale farmers can have big-time success. Compact Farms is an illustrated guide for anyone dreaming of starting, expanding, or perfecting a profitable farming enterprise on five acres or less. The farm plans explain how to harness an area’s water supply, orientation, and geography in order to maximize efficiency and productivity while minimizing effort. Profiles of well-known farmers such as Eliot Coleman and Jean-Martin Fortier show that farming on a small scale in any region, in both urban and rural settings, can provide enough income to turn the endeavor from hobby to career. These real-life plans and down-and-dirty advice will equip you with everything you need to actually realize your farm dreams.

Author : Felicia Alvarez
Publisher : Bloom Imprint LLC
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1736848127

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Growing Wonder by Felicia Alvarez Pdf

Do you dream of possessing a magical rose garden or a thriving flower farm? Whether you long to fill your own acreage with roses or consider yourself more of a weekend gardener, Menagerie Farm & Flower's Felicia Alvarez can help make your love affair with roses a joyous and rewarding experience. With her engaging and encouraging advice, Alvarez assures readers that they can grow beautiful roses successfully. Whatever your level of passion, with her twenty years of farming experience Felicia will guide you with sound advice and detailed horticultural knowledge.

Author : Lynn Byczynski
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-22
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781603580762

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The Flower Farmer by Lynn Byczynski Pdf

From taking cuttings to winning new customers, this is the guide to growing beautiful organic flowers for enjoyment or profit Over 75,000 copies sold! The first edition of The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower’s Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers helped thousands of small growers start successful cut-flower businesses. This expanded and thoroughly revised second edition has become equally influential for backyard novices and experienced growers alike. New sections in this edition include: Utilizing greenhouses Recommendations for flower cultivars Post-harvest handling Also updated is the acclaimed resource directory, complete with sources of seeds, plants and supplies, and expert information on organic production under the National Organic Program. For the beginner and backyard gardener, there is an extensive section on the basics, including: Variety selection Soil preparation Planting, cultivation & harvest Floral design For the commercial grower, The Flower Farmer, 2nd Edition includes information about: Larger-scale production Advice about selling to florists, wholesalers, and supermarkets Understanding the wedding and farmers market customers This updated edition also includes revised profiles of successful growers, offering behind-the-scenes insight into the operation of some of the most cutting-edge flower farmers in the country. Because of the extensive revisions and enhanced content, The Flower Farmer, 2nd Edition is essential reading for those already in the flower business, as well as those who dream of growing flowers for enjoyment or profit.

Author : Georgie Newbery
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-23
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780857842343

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The Flower Farmer's Year by Georgie Newbery Pdf

Whether you want to grow for pleasure or start your own business, The Flower Farmer's Year is the perfect guide. Grow your own cut flowers and you can fill your house with the gorgeous colours and heavenly scents of your favourite blooms, knowing that they haven't travelled thousands of miles – and you can make money while you do it! Combining boundless passion with down-to-earth guidance and practical advice, Georgie Newbery draws on her own experiences as an artisan flower farmer and florist in this delightful guide. The Flower Farmer's Year covers everything, from how to start a cut-flower patch and guidance on what to grow, to cutting, conditioning and presenting cut flowers, and creating a hedgerow for Christmas. For those interested in selling cut-flowers, the guide includes useful information on how to start a business, including where to sell cut-flowers, and marketing and social media tips. A flower farmer's year planner is also provided to make your cut-flower farm as productive as possible.

Author : Lennie Larkin
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781645021766

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Flower Farming for Profit by Lennie Larkin Pdf

With practical, step-by-step instructions and on-the-ground examples at every scale, Flower Farming for Profit is a comprehensive, beautiful guide to achieving profitability as a cut flower farmer. When Lennie Larkin set out to become a flower farmer, she found all sorts of resources about growing flowers but a scarcity of reliable information on how to build a profitable cut flower business. How do you create efficient systems and adequately value your own time and effort through your pricing? When and how should you consider scaling up your farm? How can you make doing what you love support you financially? In Flower Farming for Profit, Larkin answers these questions—and many, many more. With instructive lessons and savvy business tips from her own and other successful farms around the world, she explores: • The diverse challenges of both wholesale and retail sales channels, from florists and farm stands to farmers markets • Streamlining weddings for the farmer-florist, from communications to floral design • Efficient recordkeeping and bookkeeping • Steps for conducting your own cost-of-production analysis • Marketing and growth strategies • Business planning, goal setting, and making financial projections • Crop planning based on local climatic conditions, market demand, and sales projections The cut flower industry continues to experience wild growth. To successfully do what they love while expanding the market for sustainably produced flowers, new and experienced farmers alike must deliberately step back from the field and into the office. Flower Farming for Profit is a one-of-a-kind guide to creating the type of numbers-driven business that will allow individual farms to prosper and local flower economies to thrive.

Author : Lynn Byczynski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Cut flower industry
ISBN : 1933392657

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The Flower Farmer by Lynn Byczynski Pdf

"Acre-for-acre, flowers are the most profitable--as well as the most beautiful--crop on the farm. In The Flower Farmer expert flower grower Lynn Byczynski provides a complete introduction to raising a cornucopia of cut flowers for home use and for sale to retail customers, florists, and other markets. The book offers detailed, manageable plans for flower growing on a scale ranging from a backyard border to a half-acre commercial garden. It will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers, including: The best varieties of cut flowers--an A-Z list of more than one hundred recommended annuals and perennials, spotlighting the cultivars that are grown by professional flower farmers ; How to cut, store, and preserve flowers for long-lasting beauty ; How to dry flowers for crafting or for a dried-flower business ; Flower-arranging basics from a designer's perspective ; Extending the season with woody shrubs and trees ; Marketing options for commercial growers, including sales at farmer's markets, supermarkets, florists, and wholesalers. Sprinkled throughout are profiles of successful flower farmers--from Vermont to California, Texas to Wisconsin--each of them providing a unique perspective proving that growing flowers can be as profitable as it is satisfying"--Publisher description.

Author : Charles Dynon
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-08
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9798879019667

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Flower Farming by Charles Dynon Pdf

Turn your passion for flowers into a thriving business! This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know about starting and running a successful flower farm. From choosing the right varieties to mastering marketing, you'll learn essential techniques for growing beautiful blooms and earning a sustainable income. Dive into soil health, pest control, harvesting methods, and more - all with beginner-friendly Whether you're a novice enthusiast or a seasoned gardener, this comprehensive guide equips you with the tools and knowledge needed to thrive in the flourishing flower farming industry. Join the ranks of successful flower farmers and transform your passion for flowers into a profitable venture. Take the first step towards your floral dreams today. Grab your copy of 'Flower Farming: A Comprehensive Guide to Growing Flowers for Profit' and blossom into a successful flower farmer!"

Author : Eric S Williams
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798858002604

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Flower Farming for Beginners by Eric S Williams Pdf

Flower farming for beginners is a comprehensive guidebook designed to help individuals who are new to the world of flower farming. Authored by experienced flower farmer and horticulturist, this book provides valuable insights, practical tips, and step-by-step instructions to successfully start and manage a flower farm. The book begins by introducing the basics of flower farming, including the various types of flowers, their characteristics, and popular flower varieties for commercial cultivation. It then delves into the essential aspects of setting up a flower farm, such as selecting the right location, preparing the soil, and choosing the appropriate equipment and tools.