Flower farmer track

    Field-tested guides for cut-flower growers

    For farmstand, CSA, market, and wedding growers. Build a business, not just a hobby plot.

    How to Start a Cut Flower Garden (Beginner's Guide)

    10 easy flowers to grow, bed size, spacing, sun, and a season-long bloom plan you can copy — the entry point before going commercial.

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    How to Start a Flower Farm (Backyard to Business)

    Real numbers on land, startup cost, and revenue. What to grow first and the three sales channels that actually work.

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    Cut Flower Succession Planting: A Working Template

    How to stagger sowings every 7–14 days so you have bouquets every week from May to first frost — 12 workhorse crops, zone-shifted dates.

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    Post-Harvest & Vase Life for Cut Flowers

    The three rules of post-harvest, DIY hydration and holding solutions, and a 14-crop vase-life cheat sheet.

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    The Flower Farmer brief

    Succession plans, post-harvest tactics, pricing, and tuber economics — for growers building a real cut-flower business. Free, weekly in season.

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    Coming soon

    • Plan your first quarter-acre flower farm
    • Dahlia tuber business: dividing, storing, pricing
    • Building a recurring CSA + farmstand calendar
    • Wedding-grade flowers: what to grow for designers