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The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower's Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers, 2nd Edition Paperback – Illustrated, February 22, 2008

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From taking cuttings to winning new customers, this is the guide to growing beautiful organic flowers for enjoyment or profit

Over 75,000 copies sold!

The first edition of The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower’s Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers helped thousands of small growers start successful cut-flower businesses. This expanded and thoroughly revised second edition has become equally influential for backyard novices and experienced growers alike.

New sections in this edition include:

  • Utilizing greenhouses
  • Recommendations for flower cultivars
  • Post-harvest handling

Also updated is the acclaimed resource directory, complete with sources of seeds, plants and supplies, and expert information on organic production under the National Organic Program.

For the beginner and backyard gardener, there is an extensive section on the basics, including:

  • Variety selection
  • Soil preparation
  • Planting, cultivation & harvest
  • Floral design

For the commercial grower, The Flower Farmer, 2nd Edition includes information about:

  • Larger-scale production
  • Advice about selling to florists, wholesalers, and supermarkets
  • Understanding the wedding and farmers market customers

This updated edition also includes revised profiles of successful growers, offering behind-the-scenes insight into the operation of some of the most cutting-edge flower farmers in the country. Because of the extensive revisions and enhanced content, The Flower Farmer, 2nd Edition is essential reading for those already in the flower business, as well as those who dream of growing flowers for enjoyment or profit.

 

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Step One

First, spread an inch or so of compost over the entire garden surface. Working in a line the length of your garden, remove the top layer of soil and compost, creating a trench the depth of your spade. Put the soil in a wheelbarrow or on a tarp nearby.

Step Two

Standing in the trench you have just dug, plunge a spading fork into the lower layer of soil. Wiggle and rock the fork to loosen the soil. Better still, buy a broadfork, which is a wide fork with double handles. To use it, insert the tines into the soil, push down on the fork with your foot, and pull back on the handles—this simple action loosens the soil without turning it over.

Step Three

Start the next trench beside the first. This time, when you remove the top layer of soil, drop it into the first trench you created, breaking up the clods as much as possible. Again, use the spading fork or broadfork to loosen the lower soil. Keep trenching and loosening the lower layer of soil until you have reached the end of your garden. Then fill in the final trench with the soil you reserved in the wheelbarrow or on the tarp.

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"One reason to grow flowers organically: You’re growing them at your home, in the place where your children play, where you entertain friends, where you yourself come for solace and respite. A flower garden should be a place that nourishes your soul, not a place where you have to feel cautious and tense. In the organic flower garden, you will be free to enjoy your flowers with all your senses, and to experience the true joy of gardening that comes from working as a partner with nature. . . . With flowers, familiarity is sure to lead to love. And with the right heart, anyone can grow beautiful flowers."

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"If you ever have plans to become a commercial flower grower, this book will be invaluable. The author provides in-depth information on every aspect of the subject."--Connie Krochmal,BellaOnline Floral Design Editor

About the Author

Lynn Byczynski is publisher and editor of a monthly news letter Growing for Market. She also operates Wild Onion Farm in Lawrence, Kansas, where she resides with her husband and two children. For more information, please visit the website of Growing for Market at www.growingformarket.com

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chelsea Green Publishing; Revised and updated second edition (February 22, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 284 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1933392657
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1933392653
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.75 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.88 x 0.75 x 10 inches
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Carole West
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2024
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Excellent my favorite resource for straight forward approach to flower farming. You will use as a resource for years.
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Rena Rose
5.0 out of 5 stars A must buy for anyone interested in the trade!
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2021
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If you’re going to buy just one book on the subject of flower farming this has to be it! I have bought and read a lot of books on the subject, this is the winner so far. Second would be Liza Mason Ziegler’s “Cool Flowers”, and number 3 would be Erin Benzakein’s “Cut Flower Garden”. I believe this one has the most comprehensive amount of information that is easy to understand and implement than any other book I’ve been through.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Information
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2023
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Tons of really great information for the practical flower gardener to the flower farmer. So glad I chose this book.
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Madsjchic
5.0 out of 5 stars A must have, obvs
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2017
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I love, love, love this book. I am looking to launch my own business in about a year, and I am very grateful for the welcoming tone set by this book. I will very likely find myself reading this over again as I narrow down my vision and business plans. The photography was beautiful, and the sections well written. There are also recommendations for further reading at the end. This book is equal parts inspirational and practical. She does not give false hope, like everything will just be peachy keen if you follow a certain formula. She instead highlights where mistakes or acts fo God are likely to occur and how bad it could get.
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Chris Hoke
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Impressed
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2012
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This book was recommended by a presenter at a small farm conference a few years back. Finally I bought the book when the timing was right for me. The book has surpassed my expectation of information and will be a continual reference book for me. Very detailed information on all aspects of growing and marketing cut and dried flowers from the author's and from others many years of experience. Very practical information on what types of flowers to grow in different regions of the US and different avenues to market the flowers. Therefore the reader can adapt / tailor the information to suit their own situation. Already as a beginner, I have begun to apply the author's suggestions. I highly recommend this book to others who are considering growing and selling cut flowers. Good sources and resources in the back of the book. My only regret is I do not live on a farm next to author. I will read anything she writes.
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ZebrUp
4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful for Beginners
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2020
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Helpful, but needs to be more specific for a textbook price. Really just needed a pricing table for individual floral stems and some info on putting together wedding and funeral floral arrangements. Did not have a clearcut individual stem pricing table, despite being all about starting a florist business. Would not recommend except on entry level business ventures. I've been growing plants since I was a kid, so this doesn't do much for me.
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Sheila Mayfield
5.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable book
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2022
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Cover is very nice and contents very helpful. Have been very enjoyable
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Catherine
5.0 out of 5 stars This is the best book to start with.
Reviewed in Canada on May 16, 2021
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There are a lot of beautiful books out there but this is the one you need first, if you want to flower farm. then get the others.
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ICnCY
4.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful books
Reviewed in Australia on December 16, 2023
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A really practical book. I liked the nitty gritty information such as how to calculate compost without weighing it (no-one has scales for that !). I also liked the honest pros and cons of things like whether to pinch or not. But most of all I loved the drawn illustrations of cutting beds for beginners.
My only problem is that I live in the subtropics in Australia so all the seasons are different and I have too much light and heat.
I will be rereading this a couple of times. Thank you.
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andrea
4.0 out of 5 stars ottima guida
Reviewed in Italy on February 13, 2017
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Molto completa e precisa. Anche per i principianti.
Ovviamente è basata su aspetti commerciali e zone climatiche degli USA, ma i principi generali sono facilmente utilizzabili e compernsibili.
Forse sarebbe stata utile qualche immaginie un pò più tecnica o precisa dei fiori e dei metodi di coltivazione.
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Paul Reeder
5.0 out of 5 stars Good comprehensive book.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 26, 2016
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Good comprehensive book. I bought this as I had rented a four acre field and was going to really go for it and grow dahlias etc for profit. Although it all fell through eventually it was not for lack of knowledge. This book, although written for the USA, (I am in the UK), is an absolutely invaluable resource. How to get the maximum output from a given space, the economic considerations of going for a greenhouse or to invest in a cooler, (to preserve flowers after picking), it really has it all, including how to identify which flowers are in demand and how to go about marketing them. I got to the point of securing some deals with local florists, and the knowledge I gained from this book gave me the confidence to hold my own in negotiations instead of coming across like an apologetic amateur.

Much of the book has still been of use to me outside of the business aspects. Not really into flower arranging myself but there is a good section on this. The photographs in the book are to the point, are relevant and professional. A good read and a good buy. Recommended.
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ali1012
5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant flower farming book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 1, 2019
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Love this book , very easy to dip in and out of and with so much useful information it was a great buy.
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