The Flower Farmer's Year: How to grow cut flowers for pleasure and profit

Author:   Georgie Newbery
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:  

9780857842336


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   23 October 2014
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Author:   Georgie Newbery
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Green Books
Dimensions:   Width: 20.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 25.50cm
Weight:   1.179kg
ISBN:  

9780857842336


ISBN 10:   0857842331
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   23 October 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Foreword by James Alexander-Sinclair Introduction: Why grow cut flowers? 1. Getting started 2. Annuals 3. Biennials 4. Perennials 5. Bulbs & corms 6. Shrubs 7. Roses 8. Dahlias 9. Sweet peas 10. Herbs 11. Wildflowers 12. Cutting, conditioning & presenting cut flowers 13. Hedgerow Christmas 14. Starting a cut-flower business 15. Where to sell 16. Marketing & social media Afterword Appendix 1: The flower farmer’s year planner Appendix 2: Plant names Resources Index

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With such a friendly writing style, it is easy to imagine cutting your home-grown blooms in the morning and delivering them to the local florist, with the author at your side. [...] For those who want to grow cut flowers simply for pleasure and to fill their home with blooms, this book is also essential reading. * RHS The Garden * Georgie Newbery gives sound and cheery advice on growing, displaying and - if that is your bag - selling [flowers] in The Flower Farmer's Year. * The Sunday Times * The Flower Farmer's Year gives advice targeted to our mild, dark-in-winter climate, and also gives practical advice on both preparing flowers for sale, and most importantly of all perhaps, how to actually sell them! * The Oak Tree Low Carbon Farm * A real treat for anyone who love to grow flowers for business or pleasure. * All That Women Want * It's the sort of book that will make you want to jack in your day job and start growing sweet peas, dahlias and roses for a living. * The Bath Magazine * Whether you're an amateur gardener or aspiring artisanal florist the book won't be read just once, with its wealth of invaluable information and beautiful pictures you'll find yourself returning to Georgie's blooming corner of Somerset again and again. * RandBConsultants * There's something magical about fresh flowers and this stunningly presented book can't help but captivate the novice and experienced grower alike. * Organic Farmer * Artisan flower farmer Newbery brings horticultural and agricultural logic to the process of farming flowers—planning, planting, growing, harvesting, and then arranging them—in a way that surprises and enlightens. * Publisher's Weekly * 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. -- Gardener, food writer and broadcaster, Mark Diacono 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 * If you’re thinking of setting yourself up as a flower farmer, you’ll find Georgie’s book indispensable. And if you’d simply like to grow flowers for pleasure, then I’m sure you’ll really enjoy the book too. Plus it would make a great Christmas present…! -- Rona Wheeldon * Flowerona.com * This coffee table book is both beautiful and practical, with more than 200 pages of well-written and wonderfully illustrated advice and inspiration. A must for the flower lover in your life! * Countryside Magazine * Whether you are actually planning to flog a few flowers or just want decent, straightforward advice on creating a cutting garden for your own use, this book is an excellent choice. -- Naomi Slade * Berks and Bucks Life *


This coffee table book is both beautiful and practical, with more than 200 pages of well-written and wonderfully illustrated advice and inspiration. A must for the flower lover in your life! -- Countryside Magazine 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


This coffee table book is both beautiful and practical, with more than 200 pages of well-written and wonderfully illustrated advice and inspiration. A must for the flower lover in your life! -- Countryside Magazine 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 Newbery gives sound and cheery advice on growing, displaying and - if that is your bag - selling [flowers] in The Flower Farmer's Year. -- The Sunday Times 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 Whether you are actually planning to flog a few flowers or just want decent, straightforward advice on creating a cutting garden for your own use, this book is an excellent choice. -- Naomi Slade Berks and Bucks Life


Author Information

Georgie Newbery is an artisan flower farmer and florist, supplying cut flowers direct to customers from her smallholding in Somerset. Georgie set up and runs her own business and is a leading authority on growing cut flowers. She also runs courses on growing and arranging cut flowers, and on marketing via social media for fellow growers.

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