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Flower Farming with Sky Flower Farm
Season 4 · Episode 5

Flower Farming with Sky Flower Farm

Bootstrap Farmer Radio · Bootstrap Farmer

February 2, 202235m 39s

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Show Notes

If you have ever dreamed of starting a flower farm, you need to watch this video! Meet Shannon from Sky Field Farm who turned her hobby of flower gardening into a profitable cut flower farm business. Learn how she gained her floral skills and learned from experimenting along the way. In this video, we will cover cut flower profitability, mistakes to avoid, and an overview of what it takes to start a cut flower farm.

TimeStamps:

0:00 Intro

4:00 Making a Profit with Cut Flowers

5:15 Cut Flowers for Weddings

7:10 Managing Customer Expectations with Local Flower Availability V. Imported Flowers

9:20 Large Floral Installations

11:55 Sourcing Sustainable Floral Containers & Vases

13:18 Selling Bouquets at Farmer's Markets 16:30 Building a Bouquet 101 (Filler, Fluff, Focal)

19:00 Flower Farm Packaging, Branding, Marketing

20:00 Teaching Flower Workshops

24:00 North Texas Gardening Resource Guide and Curriculum

29:00 Considerations for Planning a Flower Garden Space

31:00 2022 Workshop Schedule

34:00 Planning Tips for Seed Starting in Texas

Sky Field Farm Instagram - @skyeflowerfield

Website- https://www.skyeflowerfield.com/