If I Were Starting a Flower Farm Today // 9 Things I Wish I Would Have Known Sooner
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
- I’ve been growing cut flowers for FOUR years. Now more than ever, I’m able to recognize what mistakes I’ve made getting to this point and I really want to help you get started the right way- you know, by avoiding the things that I did wrong way back in the beginning!
That's why today, I want to give you some tips for becoming a flower farmer + share with you what I'd do if I were just starting out now.
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I started flower farming when an interior design customer of mine was retiring from growing and selling dahlia bouquets. She knew I had 10 green thumbs and wanted me to take over from her and sell dahlia bouquets at the farmers market. I grew food, not flowers so I wasn't too interested. She gave me 6 dinnerplate dahlia tubers and I said I would go through a one year cycle with them to see how I liked it. What sold me on growing and selling them was the fact that I grew them in my street frontage garden and those 6 dahlias caused so much happy attention, it amazed me. That and the fact that I found them really easy to grow and store. One thing I changed in the first few years from her model was that I did not do bouquets or dahlias that were not dinnerplates, nor did I do the farmer's market. The simple math said that if I cut 1 flower and sold it for $4 or three for $10, it would be far less labour then bouquets - it was and it was very successful right out the gate. Literally right out the gate as I had a flower wagon outside our front gate. The wagon was only a four sided garden wagon with an umbrella over it for shade, I put the single stems in pop cans with water, cheap and easy, and people loved it as the pop cans fit in their car beverage holders. I set four pop cans into each black plastic bucket of which the wagon held eight. 8x4 meant 32 flowers could go out each morning. I cut the flowers the night before so I didn't have to get up early and then wheeled the wagon out right before I left for work. That was then, I now have a seed room, a fancier flower cart that stays on the road, spring through fall flowers and am doing the local farmers market as well. I only grew the business at a pace I could handle so I have thoroughly enjoyed it. This is my fourth year.
I LOVE a good dinner plate dahlia too! Really enjoy hearing about your business model- sounds like it's been super successful for you! Wishing you an abundant season ahead!
I like this. Thanks for sharing! ❤
I really enjoyed your perspective here. I'm going into my second season now, and I can already relate to so much of what was said, esp the part about just being willing to go for it and see what happens, as well as taking yourself seriously from the beginning. One question I asked myself frequently my first year was, 'How would an established business handle this?' It really helped me set myself up as more professional from the get go, which is a big reason I think I had more success than expected my first year. Keep the great content coming! I'm so glad I found your channel last week ❤️
Congratulations on having such a successful first year!! I have a feeling you're going to rock it even more in year 2! Best of luck!
Happy I found this channel. This will be my first year flower farming. My dairy farm raised husband is supportive, but often tells me how much work this will be. Love all your practical advice
So glad you’re here! I agree flower farming is a lot of work, but as a dairy farmer myself (yep, I work two ‘jobs’) I can promise you that it’s much less intense! 💛😉
You articulate things so well! Love all your videos
Thank you so much!! 😊
Wow! I was just thinking this is only my 2nd year to grow cut flowers and my 1st year to sell them. I am not a flower farmer. When you said you become a flower farmer by doing the things... How did you know I needed to hear that? Thank you for taking this time to share your insights with us.
Thank you for taking the time to watch! You got this! Wishing you all the best in the season ahead 💛
I love the way you speak! So friendly and clear. Followed right away !!
That is so sweet of you to say! Thank you so much! 💛☺️✨
This is perfect advice for general flower gardening as well! Sometimes I think people get stuck on what they invision in their minds, or what the see in a gardening magazine, that they give up instead of maybe embracing the beginning.
YES! 'Embrace the beginning' .. I like that!
Great tips & presented very well! 👌 I made some of those mistakes as well! Especially the weed fabric- i wanted a BEAUTIFUL cutflower farm.... but thats not its purpose! I realized quickly dont have time to spend several hours per week hand weeding. So I invested in landscape fabric this year. Drip irrigation also. Having a small toddler I dont have a ton of free time, & last year I spent all the time I had weeding & watering, & had hardly any time left for actually harvesting and arranging & marketing.
Oh I can relate to this on so many levels! There's definitely a lot of moving parts to it all! Here's to hoping that this season is beautiful + abundant AND still low-maintenance ;)
I absolutely love your video. Amazing information and experience you’ve shared with us. Thank you so much!
Awe that is so kind of you to say! Thank you so much for taking the time to watch! 💛😊✨
💐💐 love hearing other flower farmers stories !
So kind of you to say! 💛
💐I’m just starting flowers this year and stumbled across your channel! I’m also in zone 5b so it’s nice to see things along the same growing season. I absolutely love your straight forward approach and simplified methods! Power watched all your videos! Please continue more videos! Love how you have your area set up! Can’t wait for your next video!
That is so kind of you to say! Thanks so much for tuning in and watching our videos💛 And I’m so excited for your own flower growing adventure! I have a feeling it’s going to turn out well for you ☺️✨🌻
Such a wonderful, informative post. Thank you!! Thank you for sharing your journey with us ❤️❤️
Thank you so much for watching our video and sharing in the excitement! Means so much to us! 💛🌻
Love all of it and you!! 💐💐 ❤
Thank you for these super helpful tips! I’m a fairly new hobby gardener, and your advice holds true for me, too!
Good advice for doing business in general - love it!
This was really helpful! I’m growing flowers for fun, but changing positions at my job and so much of this applies. Thanks!
That’s so good to to hear!
you are amazing! Thank you for genuinely giving out the tips!
You're so welcome! Thanks so much for tuning in!💛
Good ideas. Thank you ❤
Really loved listening to you! So helpful and the tips can be for other areas in life as well😊 thanks for sharing!
Glad it was helpful!
i just found ur channel as i was searching for content similar to northlawn flower farm and flower hillfarm so glad i clicked on your channel!!!
So happy you’re here! 💛✨🌻
First official year as a farm and this was very helpful!! Thanks!!
Oh I’m so glad to hear that! Best of luck this season! 💛
Some really good advice there. Hope everything goes good for you guys this year.
Thank you so much! We appreciate the encouragement!
Awesome, thank you for the information. Starting my first cut flower garden 🪴
How fun! I hope it goes well for you! Best of luck 💛🌻✨
Thank you so much for making this video. It has really helped me so much!!
So glad to hear this! ✨💛
I am deeply grateful for your video. Several key points and quotes resonated with me. I recently started my own business as a Licensed Massage Therapist and will be venturing into a proof of concept with flower farming this year. Thank you!
So glad you found this video helpful! Wishing you the best of luck as you venture into your first season of flowers! So exciting ✨🌷
Thank you for all the good advice. ✨
Thanks so much for watching! 😀
I just stumbled on this video as a beginning home gardener. Your tips and mindset are so helpful even for a home gardener like myself! This video has helped me take on gardening with confidence. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! 💛✨
Thanks for sharing. Very inspiring.
Thanks for watching! 💛
I love this 👏. So useful. Thank you you for sharing ❤️
Glad it was helpful!
What a great premise. Im just starting my cut flower garden and hope to sell in the spring! 💚💜🤞
That is awesome! Best of luck!
Thank you for sharing, this is empowering information and so very helpful ❤
Glad it was helpful!💛
Thanks for this great advice!
Thanks so much for taking the time to watch our video! 💛😊
Amazing video!
Awe thank you! 😊💛
Love watching you!💐
Thank you so much! That’s so kind of you to say! 💛
Thank you. I would guess it has helped a lot of people. It did me. thx again
So glad! Thank you for being here and tuning in! 💛✨
Oh the things I would do or wouldn't do if I started over! 🤦♀️ definitely some great advice!
Haha yep, I'm sure you get it!
Great advice... going to start one this year!
Awesome! I'm so excited for you! Wishing you a great season ahead:)
Good "life" advice as well
Ain’t that the truth! 💛✨
Thank you for your wonderful wisdom. I find your advice applies to many small agriculture businesses. I started selling my organic strawberries last year, I was so scared in the beginning to reach out to customers to buy my wonderful product. Once I got over the fear, I made numerous contacts and I hope to increase my sales next year. I would also love to branch into cut flowers and I will take your advice seriously. Best Wishes!
Best wishes to you as well! So happy that you're making strides selling your strawberries! Keep up the great work 💛
Very well said!
Thank you so much! 💛
Thanks!
You’re welcome! 😀
You are so well spoken in this video and it was so helpful! I relate to your personality type soooo much, you will definitely be a huge role model of mine as I start my flower farming journey. Were there any particular books or resources you used when you first got started that you would recommend?
Awe this is so sweet! Wishing you all the luck! I started flower farming because I was inspired by Floret- I have all of Erin’s books and found them helpful early on 💛
Great video, new sub! Totally agree about taking notes, so helpful especially when you have mom brain 🤣💚
Thank you!! I took notes and it was very helpful and gave me a different mindset. Because when I decided to be a flower farmer my eyes did get BIG!! 😂
Awesome! Glad it was helpful 💛✨
Boa tarde tudo bem , eu já cheguei pra acompanhar o seu trabalho que é muito lindo obrigada por compartilhar conosco o seu trabalho, parabéns um grande abraço ficar com Deus , boa sorte,
Absolutely love your channel, extremely informative. Thank you so much for sharing
Thank you so much for the kind words! Glad the content is helpful!
Great efforts good wishes Flowers 💐 Women 👩 Freshness on faces Like to see Garden Farm .
I only made140.00 at the local farmers market . I had to sell baking as well. I'm so sad, my bouquets are so lovely, but nobody bought
These are really great tips. A lot of the most important lessons will only be learned with time ☺️🌺🪴
Happy growing! Here’s hoping for a wonderful growing year for all of us.
Thanks for watching Nicole! And yes, here’s to hoping for an abundant season for everyone 💛💛💛
Day um!
Are there specific flowers you would recommend to someone starting a small flower farm in northern CA - zone 9a?
#10 - when you plan your budget for the first 5 years, estimate expenses and then triple that for the reality of growing the business.
Haha.. yes, lots of unexpected expenses ;)
I'm in a windy area how I protect my plants ?
Hedgerows work great at providing some wind protection 💛