The bouquet-building bible gardeners have been waiting for! Learn the ins and outs of growing gorgeous blooms at home with professional flower farmer Lisa Mason Ziegler of @gardenersworkshopfarm. Whether you’re cultivating fresh-cut bouquets for yourself, family, and friends or for others on a small commercial scale, you’ll go from sowing seeds to cutting armloads of colorful, long-lasting blooms with ease. Lisa’s unique approach and easy-to-follow advice on multi-season planting and harvesting uses the natural warm and cool weather cycles present in almost all growing regions to maximize cut flower production. This logical and nature-driven method is also a signature hallmark of her super-successful online flower-farming courses, and it’s one that translates equally well to both small urban backyards and large rural flower farms. Growing your own cut flowers means you can avoid bouquets laden with pesticides (who wants that on their wedding day?) and you can skip the trips to your local flower shop or grocery store to pay big bucks for a bouquet that has racked up more airline miles than you could ever hope to. Included in this essential cut flower growing handbook are: 50 extensive flower profiles divided into their preferred season of growth. Cool-weather favorites include poppies, snapdragons, and bells of Ireland. Warm-season beauties include zinnias, sunflowers, and celosia. Planting tips for a succession of blooms that carry over from one growing season to the next without any additional work from you. Illustrations showing how to pinch plants for more blooms, how to make your cuts, how to erect support netting to keep your flowers straight and upright, how to dig a planting bed, and more. Over 200 photographs of the best cut flowers for home gardeners to grow, the most effective methods for their care, and the most productive ways to organize them in the garden. Advice on caring for a cutting garden, locating the best planting site, starting plants from seed, making the harvest, prolonging the life of your cut flowers, and so much more! The Cut Flower Handbook is the perfect balance of inspiration and education for anyone interested in bringing more beauty into their lives by growing cut flowers at home.

Hey there garden lovers. Tired of boring flower beds? Want to grow beautiful; cut flowers that last forever (well, almost)? Then listen up. "The Cut Flower Handbook for Beginners" is your one-stop shop to becoming a cut flower rockstar, with pro flower farmer Tiana Winnifred as your guide. Whether you're snipping blooms for your own table, surprising loved ones, or even selling them on the side, this book spills the tea on growing gorgeous, long-lasting flowers from seed to sensational. Tiana's secret sauce? Working with nature's seasons, not against them. Her unique method, based on hot and cold weather cycles, unlocks a bounty of blooms no matter where you live. It's like her uber-popular online courses, but for both tiny city balconies and sprawling country farms. Forget grocery store flowers riddled with chemicals and flown halfway around the world. This book is your escape plan! Here's what you'll get in "The Cut Flower Handbook" Ditch the Dull Blooms: Turn your garden into a riot of color and life! This book goes way beyond basic gardening, showing you how to grow cut flowers like a true artist. Be a Seasonal Superhero: Learn to conquer every season like a pro. From crazy cool soil hacks to rebellious watering techniques, you'll become a gardening ninja in sync with nature's flow. Rebel Gardener Toolkit: Get ready to break the rules! This book dives into unconventional planting methods, soil prep, and how to care for your flowers. Plus, you'll learn how to pick the perfect blooms for your climate and personal style. Cash in on Your Colorful Rebellion: Thinking of turning your hobby into a side hustle? This guide gives you all the tips you need to make money from your cut flower empire, big or small. Join the Bloom Brigade: Connect with other flower fanatics online! You'll also find resources for where to buy seeds and tools to fuel your gardening rebellion. Celebrate Your Blooming Revolution: Growing cut flowers is more than just a hobby, it's a way of life! This book is your guide and cheerleader, inspiring you to keep creating beauty and leading the gardening revolution. "The Cut Flower Handbook" isn't just a book, it's the perfect blend of inspiration and info for anyone who wants to add more beauty to their lives with homegrown blooms. Get ready to transform your garden into a blooming paradise and let the petals of possibility unfold.

The Cut Flower Handbook is a gorgeously illustrated, all-encompassing guide to growing your own cut flowers at home.

Cut Flower Growing will show you how to grow and harvest your own cut flowers at home, no-matter your space or skill-level. Split into three sections: Planning & Preparing, From Seed to Cutting and Creating with Blooms, this book takes you through the very basics of cut flower growing: how to plan your space and what you want to grow, what varieties to look for as well as feature some essential tips and tricks for maintaining healthy plants. Featuring simple ideas on how you can enjoy the spoils of your hard work with 12 beautifully inspiring, seasonal and stylish cut-flower arranging projects this stunning guide provides all the information you need to get started with your own cutting garden.

Excerpt from The Book of Cut Flowers: A Complete Guide to the Preparing, Arranging, and Preserving of Flowers, for Decorative Purposes Many people who are fond of flowers have but little knowledge of the length of life in water of any but a few of the commonest kinds; of the best methods of cutting and of keeping them fresh; of using them economically; and of arranging them effectively whether as regards the form and colour harmony of the flowers and foliage, or the variety and suitability of the vessels holding them, or the harmony of the flowers and vessels with their surroundings. To spread a knowledge of such matters and to stimulate investigation, my wife and myself some years ago offered prizes at the Dundee Flower Show for arrangements of cut flowers in suitable vessels, the judging not taking place till the third day, in order to roughly test the lasting qualities of the flowers. The experiment resulted in disappointment, only one exhibit being meritorious. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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“Does a marvelous job of taking you down the garden path of the ins and outs of companion planting.” —Julie Bawden-Davis, Community Table @ Parade.com Fight garden pests and increase your yields the natural way with this tried-and-true technique! Planting vegetables and flowers together is one of the oldest ways to create a healthy, bountiful garden. Adding flowers to your food garden improves biodiversity, enhances pollination, and increases the numbers of beneficial pest-eating insects—with the bonus of providing beautiful bouquets of cut flowers to brighten your home and give to your family and friends. Vegetables Love Flowers explains the benefits of interplanting flowers and vegetables; offers detailed advice on how to add a cutting garden of vibrant annuals to your vegetable garden; gives profiles of a range of pollinators and beneficial predators; and provides plenty of general gardening guidance featuring natural methods. Alongside gorgeous garden photography, you’ll learn about: ·Garden planning, seed-starting, growing, and harvesting ·How to make garden flower bouquets, with “recipes” for various arrangements ·How to attract beneficial creatures to pollinate your garden and prey on its pests ·Pesticide-free pest-control measures ·Composting heaps and bins With the right information and some careful planning, you can help your plants thrive—and beautify your garden in the process. “Whether you are a gardener or just enjoy reading about the gardening adventures of others, this book is for you.”?Gardening Products Review