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.
In this flower farming book, Georgie Newbery combines boundless passion with down-to-earth guidance and practical advice, drawing on her own experiences as an artisan flower farmer and florist as she takes you through:
• how to start a cut-flower patch
• what to grow
• cutting, conditioning and presenting cut flowers
• creating a hedgerow
• starting a cut flower business
• where to sell
• marketing and social media
• a flower farmer’s year planner
Whether you want to grow for your own pleasure or start your own business,The Flower Farmer’s Year is the perfect guide.
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Reviews:
“I love this book – it’s a beautiful yet practical and accessible guide that will help you transform whatever sized patch you have into an abundant oasis of flowers.” Mark Diacono, gardener, food writer and broadcaster
“Georgie’s experience and enthusiasm make this book the perfect companion for anyone starting out, or wishing to refine their flower-growing techniques.” Laetitia Maklouf, gardener, author and columnist
Georgie has written an inspiring book for anyone who's ever wondered what it would be like to grow flowers on a commercial scale. Constance Craig Smith, The Daily Mail Weekend Magazine
