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#147: Growing More: Expand Your Business with Lisa and Dave
In this episode Lisa and Dave Dowling discuss how we can expand our flower farming businesses by adding new crops. They talk about what you could and should add, the various ways to grow these plants, and how Dave’s online course can help you make these decisions now...
#146: Lisa chats with Nicole of Flower Hill Farm
For this episode I check in with my friend and student Nicole Pitt of Flower Hill Farm. Nicole farms in Boonville, New York on the land of her childhood (and current) home. A former TV news reporter/anchor, Nicole is now in her fourth year of cut flower production,...
#145: Peonies 101 with Dave Dowling
In this episode, I sit down with my good friend Dave Dowling to cover the basics of growing peonies. For home gardeners, we cover where and how to plant them, when and how to fertilize, watering, deadheading and fall cleanup. For commercial growers, we cover...
#144: The 411 on Celosia
n this recent Clubhouse chat Lisa covered all the basics to get you started with Celosia, including variety selection, seed starting, harvesting and conditioning. Here are some of her highlighted picks: Best Celosia for Drying: Cockscomb Cramer’s Mix Most...
#143: Laying the Groundwork: A Panic Prevention Plan
What is the price we pay by skipping the groundwork? My journey through two decades of learning has brought me some key pieces that help stabilize the craziness of business. Why am I in business? Do I have a plan? What is my risk tolerance? How to slow or stop the...
#142: The Urban Farm with Greg Peterson
Greg Peterson is the founder of The Urban Farm, a food-growing educator, a permaculture enthusiast, writer, and the creator of The Urban Farm podcast. Here, Lisa and Greg discuss how he became involved in the green living and sustainability movements, how his small...
#141: Scaling Up Quickly with Dave Dowling and Running Hills Farm
Today’s episode features a recent interview with Dave Dowling and one of his course students, Tim Pierce from Running Hills Farm. Tim and Betsy’s Wisconsin farm has seen dramatic growth in the past couple of years, and Tim shares how they have been putting...
How Profitable is Flower Farming? (the truth from a farmer)
Can you really make money growing and selling cut-flowers? You may have heard that cut-flowers are one of the most profitable specialty crops you can grow. But how profitable is flower farming really? Here’s the truth, from a flower farmer with over 25 years of...
#140: Top 5 Perennial Mistakes with Dave Dowling
In this episode, I sit down with my good friend Dave Dowling to discuss the top five mistakes that people tend to make with perennial cut flower plants. Whether you’re a home gardener or a commercial cut-flower grower, Dave offers tips for avoiding these common...
#139: The Urban Micro-Farm with Dee of Mermaid City Flowers
I first “met” Dee Hall in the pages of the home and garden section of my local newspaper. It was a pleasure connecting with her and hearing about her urban micro-farm called Mermaid City Flowers, located just across the bay from me down in Norfolk, Virginia. In this...
#138: Harvesting Peonies with Wanda of Fox Hollow Peonies
I was so pleased to have Wanda Haken as a special guest on Clubhouse! Wanda is a commercial peony farmer located in the Alaskan interior, and she shared with us some great peony harvesting tips based on research performed at the University of Alaska. Wanda is also a...
#137: Helping Flowers Last Longer
Whether you’re a flower enthusiast home gardener or a commercial cut-flower grower, you know that you want your cut flowers to last as long as possible. In this episode, I cover post-harvest care for cut flowers in lots of different scenarios, and the practices...
#136: Exploring Business Opportunities: Interview with Daniel Schavey and Wesley Turner
In this episode, I am exploring more entrepreneurship opportunities that grow out of and to the business of flower farming. I was honored to interview the dynamic couple, Daniel Schavey and Wesley Turner who own four businesses: Petal Picker Flower Co. (flower farm)...
#135: Northern Growing Tips from Janis Harris of Harris Flower Farm
In this recent Clubhouse chat, Lisa interviewed Janis Harris of Harris Flower Farm in southwestern Ontario Canada. They discussed what it’s like growing flowers at her farm in hardiness zone 5b/6a, and how it is different from Lisa’s farm in zone 7b/8a in Virginia....
#134: The Full Circle of Flower Farming
As we are heading into the season here on my little flower farm, I’m reminded just how deep it is about to become as the flowers, the heat, and those weeds are about to get going. Walk with me as I look at the layers of a cutting garden and how I have learned to enjoy...
#133: The Past, Present and Future of Sunny Meadows Flower Farm
Steve and Gretel Adams have become very well-known in the cut flower growing world. They went from homesteading market gardeners on a quarter-acre plot to “rock star” cut-flower producers with over 17 greenhouses and 20 employees! Have you ever wondered how they got...
#132: Keeper Clubhouse Clips (Succession Planting and Zinnias!)
Today I have more “keeper clips” from Clubhouse for you! Lisa hosts a chat called The Flower Farmer Show on the Clubhouse app each Wednesday to cover various flower farming and flower business topics. In today’s episode, I’m sharing clips of Lisa...#131: Bug Talk: Ants on Peonies with Lisa & Rhonda
Ants on peonies…did you know they are beneficial? Ants patrol the blooms for the sweet nectar and inadvertently protect the nectar and the blooms from pests in their greediness! Why do we find ants on peonies? Because of all the sweet nectar they produce! Peonies have...
#131: Bug Talk: Ants on Peonies with Lisa & Rhonda
Ants on peonies…did you know they are beneficial? Ants patrol the blooms for the sweet nectar and inadvertently protect the nectar and the blooms from pests in their greediness! Why do we find ants on peonies? Because of all the sweet nectar they produce! Peonies have...
#130: Local Color Flowers – A Design Studio’s Year Month-by-Month with Ellen Frost
My fascination with Ellen Frost’s local flower sourcing design studio model, Local Color Flowers, began years ago when we first met. Every flower farmer needs an Ellen on their customer list! Local Color Flowers is located in Baltimore, Maryland. She buys all her...
#129: The Future of the Cut Flower Industry: Flower Collectives
Are floral collectives the key to the future for domestic cut flower growers? This episode features a recent panel discussion about our new on-demand online course, Collectives 101: A guide for joining and selling through regional wholesale hubs, with Amelia Ihlo....
#128: The Big Picture: A Garden and a Business
Let’s remember and keep in focus the big picture of what we are doing, how we are doing it, and why we are doing it. It’s so easy to fall into rabbit holes and to become completely derailed from our “why” we are doing this in the first place! My big picture garden...#127: Ranunculus & Anemone Basics with Steve & Gretel Adams
An introduction to these showy greenhouse-grown spring blooms from Steve & Gretel Adams of Sunny Meadows Flower Farm. They cover lots of important topics, including: When to order corms for best selection Building relationships with your vendors When to plant (and...