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Mar 24, 2022 · Many weddings are now becoming elopements or small events, so the purchase is scaling down. When a wedding scales downward from $2000 to $500 or less, the farmer is still putting in the same planning time. Indeed, the flower revenue from elopement weddings is now approaching ‘DIY’ prices.
May 24, 2022 · Here are my tips for maximizing your profits as a commercial cut-flower farmer: #1: Focus on high-profit flower crops. Anything that you can grow from seed will have a lower upfront investment cost. Warm-season annuals are typically the easiest to start with, such as sunflowers, zinnias, and celosia. These flowers have broad appeal and will ...
May 3, 2024 · Today, the family business, Stems Flower Farm, grows 70 varieties of species on 2.5 acres (sold at an on-farm market), and offers 1,000 different seed varieties online to customers across Canada.
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May 11, 2024 · In 2014, she began Dahlia May, and the following winter she studied flower farming. “My idea was to supply Ontario-grown flowers 12 months of the year,” she says. The farm now features four acres of mixed blooms and a green-house where the seasons yield stems like tulips, daffodils, peonies, strawflower, and, of course, dahlias.
Aug 8, 2021 · Harris said the industry first blossomed in Saskatchewan about a decade ago. Now, the association has at least 20 growers based in the province. Barb Stefanyshyn-Cote, co-owner of Blackfox Farm ...
May 31, 2017 · Many of today’s most successful flower farms are what would be considered “microfarms” compared to the vast expanses of corn, wheat, and soybean farms that make up much of the farmland across large swaths of the country. Among my flower-farming friends, anyone growing flowers on more than 10 acres is considered one of the “big guys.”
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Jan 22, 2024 · After all, my little knowledge of plant spacing came from a hobbyist mindset over a commercial small-scale grower mindset. Floret’s spacing ranges from 6x6’”, 9x9”, 12x12”, 15X15”, and 8x8” for vining crops. Ultimately, we discovered even Floret’s spacing was too generous and complicated for crop planning for our flower farm.
