This post is part five in our five-part series all about how to start your own small-scale flower farm. Make sure you check out the other posts in the series first so you’re caught up to speed: Part One: Business Plan + Site Selection Part Two: What to Grow + Planning Your Year Part Three: Marketing + Building a Customer Base Part Four: Harvesting + Arranging I would wager a bet that most people who get into flower farming are dreamers. We love to envision the fields of blooms and crates of wrapped bouquets for the market, and we love…

This post is part four in our five-part series all about how to start your own small-scale flower farm. Make sure you check out the other posts in the series first so that you’re caught up to speed: Part One: Business Plan + Site Selection Part Two: What to Grow + Planning Your Year Part Three: Marketing + Building a Customer Base So you’ve finally managed to grow some flowers, and you’re ready to actually start selling them. Where to start? Just as in most things with flower farming, the learning curve will seem steep at first. You might very…

This post is part three of a five-part series detailing how to start a small-scale flower farm. You can find part one HERE (all about general business plan and site selection) and part two HERE (which is all about what to actually plant). Note: There are affiliate links to books and products mentioned. The Importance of Marketing You might think, as so many of us in the flower farming world did when we first started out, that your end product is so beautiful that it will practically sell itself. Unique, locally-grown flowers? Who WOULDN’T want that?! Unfortunately, it’s not that…

In early 2021 when I was starting my small-scale flower farm, I noticed that it was not terribly easy to find free resources to help me get going. Sure, there were a few I found right away (many of which I mention in this post), but I wanted someone who had been there before who could walk me through the process and who could tell me about what to expect from this new venture. I did find several paid courses that offered the kind of information I was looking for, but I wasn’t even positive that flower farming would be…