
- 232 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Whether you want to grow for pleasure or start your own business, The Flower Farmer's Year is the perfect guide. Grow your own cut flowers and you can fill your house with the gorgeous colours and heavenly scents of your favourite blooms, knowing that they haven't travelled thousands of miles – and you can make money while you do it! Combining boundless passion with down-to-earth guidance and practical advice, Georgie Newbery draws on her own experiences as an artisan flower farmer and florist in this delightful guide. The Flower Farmer's Year covers everything, from how to start a cut-flower patch and guidance on what to grow, to cutting, conditioning and presenting cut flowers, and creating a hedgerow for Christmas. For those interested in selling cut-flowers, the guide includes useful information on how to start a business, including where to sell cut-flowers, and marketing and social media tips. A flower farmer's year planner is also provided to make your cut-flower farm as productive as possible.
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Table of contents
- Front cover
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- INTRODUCTION Why grow cut flowers?
- CHAPTER ONE Getting Started
- CHAPTER TWO Annuals
- CHAPTER THREE Biennials
- CHAPTER FOUR Perennials
- CHAPTER FIVE Bulbs & corms
- CHAPTER SIX Shrubs
- CHAPTER SEVEN Roses
- CHAPTER EIGHT Dahlias
- CHAPTER NINE Sweet peas
- CHAPTER TEN Herbs
- CHAPTER ELEVEN Wildflowers
- CHAPTER TWELVE Cutting, conditioning & presenting cut flowers
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Hedgerow Christmas
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN Starting a cut-flower business
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN Where to sell
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN Marketing & social media
- Afterword
- APPENDIX 1 The flower farmer's year planner
- APPENDIX 2 Plant names
- Resources
- Index
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