In this article, we are tossing social norms out the window and talking about money, numbers and sales. Go behind the scenes at Muddy Acres Flower Farm and see how we generated $250,000 in sales with just one part-time employee.
In the Floret Online Workshop, New York Times bestselling author Erin Benzakein pulls back the curtain of her flower-filled world to show you step by step how to grow, harvest, and sell beautiful cut flowers in your backyard or on a small plot.
Have you ever dreamed of becoming a flower farmer? Julia Engel takes you to Flourish Flower Farm, a beautiful flower farm, in Asheville, North Carolina.
Love 'n Fresh Flowers started out as more of a "market garden" than a flower farm when Jennie rented several plots - about 6400 square feet in total...
How to grow dahlias with Erin Benzakein of Floret - all you need to know to cultivate and arrange these most blissful and prolific of blooms
If you want to be a flower farmer you need to start with sowing some seeds!
Interested in growing lisianthus but heard that they're difficult? Learn five invaluable tricks for making the beautiful rose-like flowers easy to grow!
Since starting the farm 5 years ago on leased land, I have been slowly adding to my wish list of perennial flowers, trees and shrubs to plant “one day.” Even though it can be tough to be patient while waiting for the right time (and money!) to make long-term investments, its worth being patient to d
Love 'n Fresh Flowers started out as more of a "market garden" than a flower farm when Jennie rented several plots - about 6400 square feet in total...
We know that growing our own cut flowers is easy, with clear benefits: thrift, bounty, show-off value. But we don't always get around to doing it, despite
Here at Floret, we have just 2 tiny acres dedicated to flower production. We utilize every available square inch of that space growing large volumes of high-quality cut flowers that supply more than a dozen grocery stores, numerous flower shops, our on-farm workshops, and wedding couples throughout the Pacific Northwest. We employ high-intensity production techniques […]
Easy to grow from seed, tough as nails, drought tolerant and winter hardy as well, yarrow is a great plant to grow - requiring very little care or maintenance - and will provide you with a lot of blooms for use in floral arrangements and bouquets.
In an extract from 'Floret Farm's A Year in Flowers', Washington-based flower grower Erin Benzakein extols the virtues of daffodils and gives inspiration for how to arrange them.
New things, old favorites, and previews of what’s to come! Check it out to learn about mignonette, Jewels of Opar, Tower china asters, and other glorious things I tucked into the corners here and there.
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Want to grow a backyard cut flower garden? Thinking of turning your love of growing flowers into a business? Here are 10 easy to grow annual cut flowers from seed.
Set in Washington’s beautiful Skagit Valley, our fields are bursting with flowers that reflect the season. From fragrant sweet peas in the spring to magnificent dinnerplate dahlias in the fall and countless varieties in between, we celebrate the best of what’s blooming each day. Research is at the heart of our operation, and we conduct extensive trials to find the very best cut flower varieties, coveted for their scent, stem length, and ethereal qualities. We source from the best breeders in the world and grow many of the varieties we offer right here on the farm. Our shop features our very favorite cut flower seeds, as well as spring-flowering bulbs, tools, supplies, and gifts.
How to Grow: Bells of Ireland
A visit to Natural Bridges Farm where the Homeless Garden Project helps give people training and hope.
From the beginning, I had this overwhelming feeling that our new farm, which at the time was just a wide-open field, was meant to become a place.
The February “Blog Blizzard. continues!” Even though it is has been a mild winter here in the valley, I know many other parts of the country have had plenty of snow this month. So in solidarity with fellow flower lovers snowed in, we’ve “faux snowed” ourselves inside too in order to flood the blog with […]