Wondering if flower farming is for you or in the first years of getting your business started? Watch Lisa’s free series Flower Farming Business: Starting, Sustaining, and Surviving and request Lisa’s webinar, “What it Takes to be a Flower Farmer” here.
Learn more on growing flowers as a cash crop, starting and managing a flower farming business, expanding what you grow, plus the services you can offer with our Online Courses. Lisa has created and produced for other flower-based industry leader experts online courses to help build professional flower farming businesses. Learn more here.
A Note from Lisa: I was a novice gardener back in 1997 when I discovered that cut-flower farming was a career possibility. I had never dreamed I could become a flower farmer. Besides not knowing anything about farming, I lived in the middle of the city and only had a large yard. Looking back now, what appeared as odds stacked against me, actually became a big part of my flower-farming-business success story...read more.
Steps to get started:
- Watch the documentary Local Flowers, Local Farmers
- Watch the video below about why to join ASCFG
- Read the books listed below
- Listen to Lisa’s podcast: Field & Garden
Read:
The Flower Farmer by Lynn Bycinski
Cool Flowers by Lisa Mason Ziegler
Local Color by Frank and Pamela Arnosky
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Dina
I heard that you have a school in November. Is this in person or on-line. I’m really hoping it’s in person.
Thanks,
Dina
Lisa Mason Ziegler
Hi Dina,
It is my online school that includes weekly live Q&A sessions. It enrolls once a year in October and school starts November 2 for 6 weeks. Learn more here: https://lisa-m-ziegler.mykajabi.com/TheBasicsAnnualCropsMarketingandMore
Lisa
Brittany
Hi Lisa, just bought your course on flower farming and loved it and recently started listening to your podcast learning so much. Now, I plan on doing the 3’x10’ bed and had a question of wether I should make the bed length wise from north to south or east to west? Not sure if it makes a difference. Thank you for all you do!
Lisa
As long the bed gets full sun I haven’t found any difference. Go for it!
Lisa
Alisha Schulz
Hello! Will there be any in-person classes or are they only online? Thank you 🙂 – Alisha
Lisa
Not planned at this time- but we hope to do them again!
Lisa
Anne
Is there any chance of a pick up point in west end Richmond or the Midlothian area?
Lisa
Hi Anne, our only pickup location is in Newport News, VA.
Sarah Marshall
Lisa, thank you so much for all of your resources and insight. I am an aspiring urban flower farmer. This will be my first year to do this at all but I have big dreams. I am so thankful for all of your useful experience and information. Thank you so much for sharing!
Mary Royal The Royal Gardens
Well I believe that I have now read every word on your web site and watched your videos. You are a fantastic resource for those of us growing flowers in the South. For several years I have been selling flowers and small arrangements at farmer’s markets. I had already read all of these books except Local Color. I have already ordered it. I have also joined the ASCFG and subscribed to Growing for Market. I am now trying to grow my business a little larger and reach out to some other markets. I am excited and scared to death! Thank you so very much for your advice and support!
I am trying to rework my web site at this point. I will send the link when I get it updated.