One of the benefits of being a Member of Flowers from the farm, is that we have buying power because of the number of members we have. This means we get the chance to order special varieties not usually available to small growers
Flowers from the Farm West Midland gears up for BBC Gardeners World Live
Money Saving for efficient flower production #Britishflowers hour Monday 24th April hosted by Moa Carlsson @Carlssonandco and Kirsty Reid @TeenyWeenyFarm with notes by Jill Smith @Binningtonblooms
Record Keeping – Keep notes to make your growing and profit better each year.
Successional sowing means that as a batch of flowers comes to an end you have another bed ready to start cutting
Growing seed sown directly into open ground creates problems from poor germination, late sowing waiting for the soil to warm up and high competition from weeds.
This weeks’ hour was all about what flowers do your florists love!
This week’s topic was all about seed sowing schedules and was hosted by Pat Cottam (@pattfcottam) and Moa (@carlssonandco). With help from Mike Rogers (@sofaflyer) and notes by Jess Streeter (@sussexroses).
Twitter Hour Monday 6th February, hosted by Benjamin Ranyard@Higgledy Garden and notes by Jill Smith@Binnington Blooms
Flowers from the Farm – Birmingham ’17 – by Caroline Beck of Verde Flowers I once faked a broken leg to avoid compulsory attendance at a BBC ‘Team Building’ weekend.
This was the first official #britishflowers hour for 2017! The hosts were Sara Willman (@myflowerpatch) and Lara Smith (@MFCFlowers), with Mike Rogers (@sofaflyer)
