This time of year we have lots of folks reaching out because of fears they are experiencing about their Cool Flowers facing cold weather. I understand and suffer from the same thing from time to time. It’s natural, and we need to do all we can to meet their needs to maximize success. This chat I hosted includes encouragement and some steps to follow that stack the cards in favor of your cool-season hardy annuals. Mentions Video Series: Cool-Season Flower Chronicles  Blog: The Secret Sauce of Growing Cool-Season Flowers Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies!⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News!⁠⁠⁠⁠ The⁠⁠⁠⁠ Field and Garden Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers⁠⁠⁠⁠, owner of⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Gardener’s Workshop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Flower Farming School Online,⁠⁠⁠⁠ and the publisher of⁠⁠⁠⁠ Farmer-Florist School Online⁠⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠⁠⁠ Florist School Online.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch⁠⁠⁠⁠ Lisa’s Story⁠⁠⁠⁠ and connect with Lisa on social media!

In this encore presentation of Lisa's very first episode of Field & Garden, she covers a couple of really big topics:   1) How NOT to freak out if you decide to peek under your row covers in mid-winter, and 2) How to use this time to harness the power of succession planting as you plan out your bed space throughout the coming year. As avid cut flower gardeners and farmers, we know that the dead of winter is not just for dreaming! Now is also the time to carefully plan your bed space for maximum production.  P.S. Do you peek under the row covers? I find it to be the scariest thing this farmer can do in mid-winter! ~Lisa Mentions Book, Cool Flowers Rocket Snapdragons Nigella/Love-in-a-Mist Book, Vegetables Love Flowers Blog, Storing Seeds Longer Cover Crop, Crimson Clover Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies!⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News!⁠⁠⁠⁠ The⁠⁠⁠⁠ Field and Garden Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers⁠⁠⁠⁠, owner of⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Gardener’s Workshop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Flower Farming School Online,⁠⁠⁠⁠ and the publisher of⁠⁠⁠⁠ Farmer-Florist School Online⁠⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠⁠⁠ Florist School Online.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch⁠⁠⁠⁠ Lisa’s Story⁠⁠⁠⁠ and connect with Lisa on social media!

Tests and lessons (failures!) lead to perseverance. Perseverance is a required ingredient for a small business. We must continue despite failures, difficulties, or opposition. Don't give up or give in to fear. Facing fear in business never ends, so we must all learn to overcome it.⁠⁠⁠ Remember... "Fear is a mile wide, but only an inch deep." - Lisa Z. Mentions Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies!⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News!⁠⁠⁠ The⁠⁠⁠ Field and Garden Podcast⁠⁠⁠ is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers⁠⁠⁠, owner of⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Gardener’s Workshop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Flower Farming School Online,⁠⁠⁠ and the publisher of⁠⁠⁠ Farmer-Florist School Online⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠⁠ Florist School Online.⁠⁠⁠ Watch⁠⁠⁠ Lisa’s Story⁠⁠⁠ and connect with Lisa on social media!

Join Lisa, Dave, and Gretel as they discuss the Flower Farming School Online Trio Sale. The culmination of several years of work, these schools are being offered as a complete set for the first time, and for a limited time only. Students now have the opportunity to gain immediate access to beginner through expert-level teachings for cut flower farming, both in the field and in structures, in a format that fits their lifestyle and needs. If you're looking for the most time and cost-efficient way to have a thriving flower farm, both now and into the future, then these courses are for you! Mentions Flower Farming School Online: The Trio Sale *limited time only* Sneak Peek Videos for all three courses ⁠Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News!⁠⁠ The⁠⁠ Field and Garden Podcast⁠⁠ is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers⁠⁠, owner of⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Gardener’s Workshop⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠ Flower Farming School Online,⁠⁠ and the publisher of⁠⁠ Farmer-Florist School Online⁠⁠ and⁠⁠ Florist School Online.⁠⁠ Watch⁠⁠ Lisa’s Story⁠⁠ and connect with Lisa on social media!

Did you know that we have another podcast series? It's called Seed Talk with Lisa & Layne, and it's become really popular! This is their top podcast episode of 2023, the one with the most overall listens, and it's the first episode in a 3-part series about cut-and-come-again Cool Flowers. If you like this one, please consider subscribing to Seed Talk wherever you get your podcasts. You can also watch Seed Talk on our YouTube channel (see the Seed Talk playlist there), or listen to Seed Talk anytime in the podcast section on our website. *Winner, Best of 2023* Seed Talk with Lisa & Layne Wondering which cool flowers will branch and produce multiple rounds of blooms? Today, Lisa and Layne discuss the first half of their list of “cut and come again” cool flowers. They cover why each of these plants is worth growing, approximately how many stems you can expect per plant, and tips for succession planting. From Ammi to golden drumsticks, listen to the podcast and learn about the productivity of these cool-season hardy annuals! The video version of Lisa and Layne’s conversation will be posted to The Gardener’s Workshop’s YouTube channel, where all “Seed Talk” episodes are organized into a playlist. In addition, auto-generated transcripts are available for viewing on YouTube. If there is a question or topic you would like to hear discussed on a future episode of “Seed Talk”, please fill out the form linked below. We would love to hear your suggestions! Mentions: “Seed Talk” YouTube Playlist Shop: Cool-Season Hardy Annual Seeds, Book: Cool Flowers “Seed Talk” Topic Suggestion Form TGW YouTube Channel TGW iPhone App (iOS App Store) TGW Android App (Google Play) Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The “Seed Talk with Lisa & Layne” podcast is produced by The Gardener’s Workshop and co-hosted by Lisa Mason Ziegler and Layne Angelo. Lisa is the founder and owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, where Layne works as Seed Manager. Lisa is the award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers and the publisher of Flower Farming School Online, Farmer-Florist School Online, and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with her on social media. Layne is an avid gardener, seed starter, and engineer who loves learning and applying her technical knowledge to all areas of life, including gardening and growing flowers. Thanks for joining us!

*Winner Best of 2023* This podcast had the most listens this year! If I had the opportunity to restart my business today based on what I have learned since starting in 1998, these are some of the things that would change the course of my business. They seem so simple now, but when I was in the weeds-- I never even thought of these things! Hope they help!  ~Lisa P.S. Listen through to the very end for an uplifting note from Jennifer! Mentions ⁠Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies!⁠ ⁠Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News!⁠ The⁠ Field and Garden Podcast⁠ is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of⁠ ⁠⁠Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers⁠, owner of⁠ ⁠⁠The Gardener’s Workshop⁠⁠,⁠⁠ Flower Farming School Online,⁠ and the publisher of⁠ Farmer-Florist School Online⁠ and⁠ Florist School Online.⁠ Watch⁠ Lisa’s Story⁠ and connect with Lisa on social media!

This episode features a takeover of our popular weekly live Q&A session on Instagram, called Ask a Flower Farmer. Guest-hosted by Dave Dowling of Ball/ColorLink, who is also a former flower farmer and the instructor for our online course: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More. Dave has such a wealth of knowledge to share! Here, he answers questions about lots of plants, including snapdragons, lisianthus, astilbe, winterberry, willows, baptisia, anemones, ranunculus, peonies, freesia, tulips, and calla lilies. Other topics mentioned: stem strength, harvest tracking, bed/path widths, where to start in flower farming, selling to florists, bulb storage, and wholesale cut flower and plug/liner pricing. Mentions Dave's Online Course: ⁠⁠Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More! Ellen Frost's Online Courses: Preparing to Sell to Florists, Florist School Online: Growing Your Business With Local Flower Sourcing ⁠⁠Ball/Colorlink: Wholesale Plant, Bulb, & Seed Supplier⁠⁠ ⁠⁠The Gardener's Workshop on Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News!⁠⁠ The ⁠⁠Field and Garden Podcast⁠⁠ is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of ⁠⁠Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers⁠⁠, owner of ⁠⁠The Gardener’s Workshop,⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Flower Farming School Online,⁠⁠ and the publisher of ⁠⁠Farmer-Florist School Online⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Florist School Online.⁠⁠ Watch ⁠⁠Lisa’s Story⁠⁠ and connect with Lisa on social media!

I'm looking over my shoulder as I begin to firm up my business goals and plans for 2024. Lessons learned and reminders of advice given is good food for thought. Learning to say no to great ideas that aren't in my wheelhouse is at the top of my list. Mentions The Book That Changed My Life: ⁠Interview with Lynn Byczynski⁠ Pre-Order Now: The Cut-Flower Handbook ⁠⁠⁠Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies!⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News!⁠⁠⁠⁠ The ⁠⁠⁠⁠Field and Garden Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of ⁠⁠⁠⁠Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers⁠⁠⁠⁠, owner of ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Gardener’s Workshop,⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Flower Farming School Online,⁠⁠⁠⁠ and the publisher of ⁠⁠⁠⁠Farmer-Florist School Online⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Florist School Online.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch ⁠⁠⁠⁠Lisa’s Story⁠⁠⁠⁠ and connect with Lisa on social media!

I find that many people struggle and quit flower farming before they really get started. Why do they quit? Not because they aren’t trying, but because “they don’t know, what they don't know” and get burned out doing the wrong stuff. How do you learn the right stuff? Networking with those who are ahead of you in their business journey. Mentions December 9, 2023: Gratitude Open Warehouse Lisa's Book: The Cut-Flower Handbook Podcast Series: Seed Talk with Lisa & LayneCourses: Flower Farming School Online ⁠Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News!⁠⁠ The ⁠⁠Field and Garden Podcast⁠⁠ is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of ⁠⁠Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers⁠⁠, owner of ⁠⁠The Gardener’s Workshop,⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Flower Farming School Online,⁠⁠ and the publisher of ⁠⁠Farmer-Florist School Online⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Florist School Online.⁠⁠ Watch ⁠⁠Lisa’s Story⁠⁠ and connect with Lisa on social media!

This episode features a takeover of our popular weekly live Q&A session on Instagram, called Ask a Flower Farmer. This one was guest-hosted by Dave Dowling of Ball/ColorLink. Dave is also a former flower farmer and the instructor for our online course: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More. Dave has such a wealth of knowledge to share! Here, he answers questions about lots of plants, including ninebark, dahlias, cool flowers, gladiolus, tulips, lisianthus, snapdragons, amaryllis, peonies, winterberry, daffodils, hydrangea, and ranunculus. Other topics mentioned: thrips, raised beds, pelleted seeds, perennials & woodies for warmer climates, sales outlets, and interplanting. Mentions Dave's Online Course: ⁠Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More!⁠ ⁠Ball/Colorlink: Wholesale Plant, Bulb, & Seed Supplier⁠ ⁠The Gardener's Workshop on Instagram⁠ ⁠Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies!⁠ ⁠Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News!⁠ The ⁠Field and Garden Podcast⁠ is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of ⁠Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers⁠, owner of ⁠The Gardener’s Workshop,⁠ ⁠Flower Farming School Online,⁠ and the publisher of ⁠Farmer-Florist School Online⁠ and ⁠Florist School Online.⁠ Watch ⁠Lisa’s Story⁠ and connect with Lisa on social media!

Join Lisa Ziegler and Jessi Graven as they discuss the writing of The Cut-Flower Handbook. This book is scheduled for release in February 2024 and is available for pre-order now. Pre-order The Cut-Flower Handbook directly from TGW to get our FREE bonus resources! Details HERE. Mentions Lisa's book, The Cut-Flower Handbook ⁠⁠Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up to receive our Farm News emails!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Field and Garden Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, owner of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Gardener’s Workshop,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Flower Farming School Online,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and the publisher of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Farmer-Florist School Online⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Florist School Online.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lisa’s Story⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and connect with Lisa on social media!

Join me as I catch up with Gretel Adams of Sunny Meadows Flower Farm in Columbus, Ohio. In this episode, we talk about how life on the farm has changed with the addition of their first child, get an update on their flower farming biz, and learn of another big development in Steve & Gretel's farm and home life. Listen in for the scoop on Sunny Meadows! Mentions Flower Farming School Online: Growing Cut-Flower Crops in Hoop & Greenhouses⁠ with Steve & Gretel Adams Learn more about and connect with⁠ Steve & Gretel Adams and their business, Sunny Meadows Flower Farm. ⁠⁠Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up to receive our Farm News emails!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Field and Garden Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, owner of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Gardener’s Workshop,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Flower Farming School Online,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and the publisher of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Farmer-Florist School Online⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Florist School Online.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lisa’s Story⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and connect with Lisa on social media!

Dried Flowers = Added Value! My goal was to always sell it all fresh, but, there are always leftovers, right? Why not hang them to air dry and sell them as added-value products? Dried flowers are back in vogue and an excellent cash crop to sell alongside your fresh fall flowers and those holiday-blooming bulb containers. Dried straight bunches, bouquets, and wreaths are all in demand. MentionsAbout Ellen Frost: ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠YouTube ⁠Florist School Online: Growing Your Business with Local Flower Sourcing Mini-Workshop: Preparing to Sell to Florists with Ellen Frost Flower Farming Schools Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, and More!Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More! Growing Cut-Flower Crops in Hoop & Greenhouses  ⁠Mini-Workshop: Forcing Glorious Blooms for the Holidays and Beyond with Val Schirmer ⁠ ⁠Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies!⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up to receive our Farm News emails!⁠⁠⁠⁠ The ⁠⁠⁠⁠Field and Garden Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of ⁠⁠⁠⁠Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers⁠⁠⁠⁠, owner of ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Gardener’s Workshop,⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Flower Farming School Online,⁠⁠⁠⁠ and the publisher of ⁠⁠⁠⁠Farmer-Florist School Online⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Florist School Online.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch ⁠⁠⁠⁠Lisa’s Story⁠⁠⁠⁠ and connect with Lisa on social media!

In this very special episode, TGW staffer Jessi Graven guest hosts as she visits fellow TGW student and established flower farmer Michelle Wheeler of River Bend Blooms in Kentucky! Here, Michelle tells the story of how she came into flower farming, how the business has grown, the selling outlets she's utilizing, and discusses her plans for the future. During the farm tour, she shows us the wildlife conservation practices in place on the farm and gives us a glimpse of her awesome flower truck as well! Michelle would like to extend a BIG "Thank you" to all of our TGW course instructors! She says she's taken almost all of them, and each course helped her grow her business in one way or another. Mentions River Bend Blooms: Website, Facebook, Instagram The Gardener's Workshop Online Courses Arnosky Family Farms Sunny Meadows Flower Farm Book: The Flower Farmer (affiliate link) CREP Program Collective: SOKY Floral Exchange H-2A Temporary Agriculture Labor Program  Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Sign up to receive our Farm News emails!⁠⁠ The ⁠⁠Field and Garden Podcast⁠⁠ is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of ⁠⁠Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers⁠⁠, owner of ⁠⁠The Gardener’s Workshop,⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Flower Farming School Online,⁠⁠ and the publisher of ⁠⁠Farmer-Florist School Online⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Florist School Online.⁠⁠ Watch ⁠⁠Lisa’s Story⁠⁠ and connect with Lisa on social media!

This episode features a takeover of our popular weekly live Q&A session on Instagram, called Ask a Flower Farmer, hosted by Jennie Love of Love ’n Fresh Flowers. Jennie is a well-known and highly sought-after farmer-florist in Philadelphia specializing in field-to-vase wedding and event work. She is also the author of two of our online courses: Farmer-Florist School Online: The Wedding Process, and the online mini-workshop called Making Workshops Work for You. Here, Jennie graciously shares her thoughts on many different topics, including:  how to get started as a farmer-florist where to get floral design training  and so much more!  Other Topics/Questions Covered: Korean Natural Farming treatment for powdery mildew Hardening off seedlings Fertilizing fall seedlings No-till garden bed creation Snapdragon succession planting Overwintering/perennializing dahlias Snapdragon transplant timing Recommended woodies to grow Bridal bouquet process DIY Bucket Contracts Crop planning for annuals & perennials Finding customers Mentions Jennie's Course: ⁠Farmer-Florist School Online: The Wedding Process⁠ Jennie's Online Mini-Workshop: ⁠Making Workshops Work for You⁠ Connect with Jennie on Instagram: @lovenfreshflowers, @notillflowers Jennie's Blog at Love 'n Fresh Flowers Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies!⁠ ⁠Sign up to receive our Farm News emails!⁠ The ⁠Field and Garden Podcast⁠ is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of ⁠Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers⁠, owner of ⁠The Gardener’s Workshop,⁠ ⁠Flower Farming School Online,⁠ and the publisher of ⁠Farmer-Florist School Online⁠ and ⁠Florist School Online.⁠ Watch ⁠Lisa’s Story⁠ and connect with Lisa on social media!

Time for another great chat between Lisa and expert cut-flower grower, Dave Dowling! Dave is also a bulb and plant broker, and the author of our online course: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More.  In this episode, Lisa & Dave talk about the many ways they've sold their flowers, and how you could be selling the flowers that you grow, too. Topics include: Importance of researching your local market to identify opportunities Understanding that you'll need to try different types of selling to find the best fit for you & your farm Over a dozen different ways to sell your flowers! Mentions Online Courses published by The Gardener's Workshop ASCFG Online Bookstore: Post-Harvest Handling Book Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our Farm News emails! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

What does trusting the process mean? Learning the steps and just keep doing them. I lean on mentors, teachers, organizations, resources, and team members. Everyone needs them all. Business is an ever-evolving and changing force meaning every day has scary stuff— we need backup. Doing this podcast reminded me that all will be well. ~Lisa MENTIONS We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers Book: The Flower Farmer by Lynn Byczynski (affiliate link) Online Courses published by The Gardener's Workshop Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Get your notepad ready! This is an information-packed crash course in lily succession planting from expert grower and bulb broker, Dave Dowling. Dave is also the author of our online course: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More.   In this episode, Lisa & Dave cover lily succession planting from start to finish! Topics include: Why to succession plant lilies Intro to crate growing, how to get crates What types of lilies to grow When and where to buy them How to plant them How to care for growing plants When and how to harvest Mentions Lily Bulb Suppliers: Ball Colorlink, Zabo Plant Available Now! Dave's online course: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More! Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our Farm News emails! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Coming out of the dog days of summer is the time to consider: what are my flower needs for next season? While it is fresh in your memory, consider "Where am I selling and when does it start?" These guiding principles will lead you to what you should grow, how much, and when the blooms should begin. Mentions:Our Online Mini-Workshops Seed Starting Saturdays on YouTube Check out the app for our shopping show! Find it Here Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Please enjoy this replay of a webinar that Lisa did with Jennie Love called “Top 5 Mistakes New Farmer-Florists Make.” Jennie & Lisa put this one together with the hope of helping new farmer-florists avoid some common pitfalls - all mistakes that Jennie admits to making herself when she was first starting out. There are some great tips here!  Mentions Jennie's Free PDF: Favorite Suppliers of Vases & Other Floral Design Hard Goods Jennie's Course: Farmer-Florist School Online: The Wedding Process Jennie's Online Mini-Workshop: Making Workshops Work for You Connect with Jennie: Love n’ Fresh Flowers Website  Instagram  Pinterest Cool Bot for your floral cooler Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Do you love the processes of starting, growing, and harvesting lots of cut flowers, but don’t really want to go into business? That is totally doable and in my book, an even higher calling! Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. Lisa's course, Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, and More! Check out the app for our shopping show! Find it Here Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Today’s episode is a chat that Lisa recently had with Tammy Osselaer, owner of Little Petal Farm in Noblesville, Indiana. During this conversation, they chat about retail sales, farmers markets, the importance of weeding regularly, AND how flower farmers are ALWAYS learning. Listen in to hear how Tammy’s long-time passion for gardening flourished into a thriving flower farm and retail store a few years ago, PLUS what she plans to add next! Mentions Lisa's Course: Flower Farming School Online Website: Little Petal Farm Find Tammy/Little Petal Farm on Instagram, Facebook Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Lisa recently had a chat with Debra Prinzing to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Slow Flowers Podcast. As part of the festivities, Slow Flowers is reairing selected episodes from each year of the podcast, and Debra chose Lisa’s episode for the second year, which was 2014. During this conversation, which originally aired on Instagram Live, Lisa and Debra get a rare chance to reminisce and catch up. Mentions: Listen to Slow Flowers Podcast Episode #621 Lisa's Book, Cool Flowers Book, The Flower Farmer (affiliate link) Book, The New Organic Grower (affiliate link) Lisa's New Book, The Cut-Flower Handbook: Join the Waitlist! TGW Online Schools & Workshops On Instagram: @gardenersworkshopfarm, @slowflowerssociety Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

A well-known writer, speaker, and horticulturist, the TGW family might know Dr. Allan Armitage best as the co-author of one of our favorite reference books, Specialty Cut Flowers. Here, Lisa chats with "Dr. A" about how they met, how he got his start in the industry and helped form the ASCFG, his writing and teaching career, and his current and future projects. Mentions Use free shipping code 'LISA' for book orders at: https://www.allanarmitage.net/shop (valid for US domestic orders only) 2023 ASCFG Conference: Celebrating their 35th Anniversary Armitage's Great Garden Plants Phone App Connect with Dr. A: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Website Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

I vividly remember harvesting flowers that I knew were destined for the compost heap. July and August can be tough sales months, but facing and overcoming it can be done. I hope this helps! ~Lisa Mentions Lisa's course, Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, and More! Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Today’s episode features a takeover of our popular weekly live Q&A session on Instagram, normally called Ask a Flower Farmer. In this episode we instead did an Ask a Florist session with guest host Ellen Frost of Local Color Flowers in Baltimore, MD. Ellen is not a flower farmer, but a year-round designer who creates exclusively with flowers and foliage purchased from local growers.  She is also one of our course instructors here at The Gardener’s Workshop. In this Q&A Ellen fielded questions about floral design, the different flowers she uses, and some great business questions too. Mentions: Ellen's newsletter signup Ellen's YouTube Channel Instagram: ⁠Ellen Frost Flowers⁠ Instagram: Local Color Flowers Florist School Online: Growing Your Business with Local Flower Sourcing On-Demand Mini-Workshop: ⁠Preparing to Sell to Florists⁠  Jonathan & Megan Leiss' course: The No-Till Micro-Scale Flower Farm The Gardener's Workshop on Instagram Postharvest Handling book in the ASCFG bookstore The Floral Coach® Bloomhouse Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Do you need a break? To continue performing everyone needs time to refuel. For me, marrying into a family that observes Sundays as a day of rest played a significant role in my business success. Looking back I see how it gave me down space to become better. Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. Lisa's course, Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, and More! Dave's course, Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More! Recommended Podcast: Discover the Word Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Lisa, Val, Dave, and Ellen discuss the impacts of the pandemic and how the industry has moved on in the following years from the perspective of a cut-flower grower, a florist, and a wholesale plant broker. Trend Alert: Customizing flower growing to fit your lifestyle, developing a narrow niche to focus on Mentions Ellen's Online School, Dave's Online School, Val's Online Mini-Workshop, Lisa's Online School Association of Specialty Cut-Flower Growers (ASCFG) Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our email newsletters! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

This episode features a takeover of our popular weekly live Q&A session on Instagram, called Ask a Flower Farmer. This one was guest hosted by Dave Dowling of Ball/ColorLink. Dave is also a former flower farmer and the instructor for our online course: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More. Dave is always happy to share his knowledge with our listeners! Here, he answers questions about many different flowers, including peonies, campanula, flowering kale, stock, calla lilies, eucalyptus, and many more. Other topics mentioned: Best cut-flower varieties of Baptisia, Ninebark, and Smokebush Selling flowers to restaurants Eucalyptus growing tips Celosia high tunnel growing Butterfly ranunculus harvesting Best perennials for newer growers Didiscus planting Ethylene-sensitive plants Obedient plant Bronze Fennel Alliums Using beneficial insects to treat aphids Deer-resistant perennials Mentions Dave's Online Course: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More! Ball/Colorlink: Wholesale Plant, Bulb, & Seed Supplier Lisa's Online Course: Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, and More! Ellen's Online Course: Florist School Online: Growing Your Business with Local Flower Sourcing Lisa's Book, Cool Flowers The Gardener's Workshop on Instagram Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Now is the time for big-picture planning for next spring: where and when. As I am shuffling our gardens again, I am excited to embark on a smaller garden that produces more. I know where I am planting Cool Flowers and when I should plant which leads me backward to mark the calendar with when I start transplants, have seeds on hand, get beds ready, etc. Take a minute to review the book and related resources to plan for the biggest season of the year, spring. Mentions:Join the waitlist for Lisa's new book, The Cut-Flower Handbook Get the TGW Live Shopping Phone App Online Mini-Workshop: The No-Till Micro-Scale Flower Farm Lisa's book Cool FlowersBlog/Video Series: The Cool-Season Flower ChroniclesCool Season Seeds Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our email newsletters! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Little did I know that being afraid to sell my first flowers was actually the gift that prepared me for a career of success. Becoming a strong, confident seller was not what I thought, it was the result of becoming a prepared and professional flower farmer that led me to selling success. Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. Lisa's course, Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, and More! Ellen's online Mini-Workshop: Preparing to Sell to Florists Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

This episode features a takeover of our popular weekly live Q&A session on Instagram, called Ask a Flower Farmer. This one was guest hosted by Dave Dowling of Ball/ColorLink. Dave is also a former flower farmer and the instructor for our online course: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More. Dave has such a wealth of knowledge to share! He answers questions about many different flowers, including ranunculus, sunflowers, clarkia, celosia, peonies, amaranth, and tulips. Other topics mentioned: High Tunnel Growing Tips, privacy Screen Trees Cooler Storage of Ranunculus, Sunflowers, Lilies Harvesting of Sweet William, Clarkia, Ranunculus Seedling Care for Celosia, Amaranth Seedling Care under Grow Lights Fertilizing Ranunculus Tulip Growing/Tulip Fire Tree Peonies Icelandic Poppy Germination Peony Disbudding Planting Gladiolus over Daffodils Butterfly Ranunculus Mother’s Day Prep & Organization Scouting for Thrips, Aphids, and Tarnish Plant Bugs Mentions Dave's Online Course: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More! Ball/Colorlink: Wholesale Plant, Bulb, & Seed Supplier The Gardener's Workshop on Instagram Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Lisa was recently featured on The joegardener® Show podcast, joining host Joe Lamp'l to discuss the concept of succession planting with flowers. Topics covered include: Spreading out & making the best use of your resources Maximizing your harvest over time Flowers that thrive late summer into fall How starting seeds indoors in soil blocks benefits your farm or garden Mentions Full The joegardener® Show Episode #315 Podcast & Blog Post Available Here Products: Silage Tarp, Warm Season Flower Seeds, Flower Support Netting Soil Blocking Mix Recipe & Instructions Book: The New Organic Grower by Eliot Coleman Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our Farm News emails! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Join Lisa Z. and Dave Dowling as they talk about some big improvements and changes to Dave's online school! These changes benefit both current owners of the course and prospective students alike, check them out! Mentions Available Now! Dave's online course: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More! Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our Farm News emails! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

This episode is an encore presentation of a chat with my friend and student Nicole Pitt of Flower Hill Farm. Nicole farms in Boonville, New York on the land of her childhood (and current) home. A former TV news reporter/anchor, Nicole is now in her fifth year of cut flower production, selling through a CSA, to florists, and at her newly opened nursery. In this interview, we talked about how she got into flowers, the challenges faced as she grows her business, and what the future may hold for Flower Hill Farm. Nicole’s story demonstrates how investing in education and applying it to your business’s needs as it grows can be the foundation of success. Originally aired as Field & Garden episode #146 Mentions Flower Hill Farm:  Website YouTube Facebook Instagram Lisa's online course: Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, and More! Dave's online course: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Do you refer to yourself as a flower farmer or a cut flower grower? I wonder if our verbal preference is a reflection of our subconscious focus. Either way, I believe telling our story has far more reach and impact in the future than we can imagine. Tell your story often, because it will go way beyond you. ~Lisa P.S. Stay tuned until the end for a special message from Charissa. :) Mentions Lisa's Flower Farming School Online - available now! Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our Farm News emails! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

As I am facing the struggle of realigning my business priorities as my book project is wrapping up, I am revisiting class one in Flower Farming School Online which is helping me so much. It is making me take a look at what I’m doing with my business day and what I may need to do to take the next step. If you are overwhelmed in business or looking for your next move, these steps will flush out your path. Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. Lisa's Flower Farming School Online - available now! Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

This episode features a takeover of our popular “Ask a Flower Farmer” live Q&A session on Instagram. This one was hosted by Daniel Schavey of Petal Pickers Flower Co. in Greenville, SC. Daniel is a 7th-year flower farmer growing in zone 8a and an alumnus of most of The Gardener’s Workshop’s online courses as well. Here, he answers questions about lots of flowers, including ranunculus, sunflowers, bells of Ireland, celosia, peonies, anemones, and alliums. Other topics covered: powdery mildew, high tunnel crops, dahlias, woodies, tulips, daffodils, fertilization techniques, learning what grows best on your farm Mentions Petalpickers.com: fresh flowers shipped nationwide, dahlia tuber and fall bulb sales Lisa's Flower Farming School Online - available now! Daniel's source for High Tunnels: ⁠Farmers Friend LLC Fox Hollow Peonies on Instagram The Gardener's Workshop on Instagram Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

This episode features a takeover of our popular weekly live Q&A session on Instagram, called Ask a Flower Farmer. This one was guest hosted by Dave Dowling of Ball/ColorLink. Dave is also a former flower farmer and the instructor for our online course: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More. Dave has such a wealth of knowledge to share! Here, he answers questions about lots of flowers, including ranunculus, sunflowers, bells of Ireland, celosia, peonies, anemones, and alliums. Other topics mentioned: coated seeds, storing seeds, bacterial/fungal issues in greenhouses, growing lilies in bulb crates, storing tulips in a cooler, managing flying insects in the grow room, tarnish plant bug damage, cold-hardy annual seedling care, dealing with aphids & thrips Mentions Dave's Online Course: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More! Ball/Colorlink: Wholesale Plant, Bulb, & Seed Supplier The Gardener's Workshop on Instagram Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

This episode features a takeover of our popular weekly live Q&A session on Instagram, called Ask a Flower Farmer. This episode was guest hosted by Val Schirmer of Three Toads Farm. Val is a flower farmer based in the Lexington, Kentucky area, and also the current president of the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers, the ASCFG. She’s one of our course instructors here at The Gardener’s Workshop as well. In this Q&A Val answered questions about forcing bulbs to have ready for winter and spring holidays, both as cut flowers and in potted arrangements. She provides tips about amaryllis, paperwhites, tulips, narcissus, hyacinths, and more! Mentions YouTube Video: Val Schirmer on Ask A Flower Farmer Three Toads Farm Instagram, Facebook, Website Val's Online Mini-Workshop: Forcing Glorious Blooms for the Holidays & Beyond Greenhouse Megastore for deep plastic 6-packs Accent Decor for planters (wholesale only) ADR Bulbs and Ball ColorLink for Bulbs (wholesale only) Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers (ASCFG) The Gardener's Workshop on Instagram Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

You never know where your interests and hobbies will take you! Here, Sarah shares her dream scenario, going from a flower enthusiast in a busy healthcare career to a successful flower farmer. She was introduced to the world of local flowers and her local flower community when she attended a design class at Ellen Frost's studio, Local Color Flowers. From there, Sarah chose to dive deep into her floral business education and soon moved to the farm that she runs today, called Strawberry Hill. Now she sells flowers to Ellen! Here Lisa, Ellen, and Sarah celebrate the flower community and the magic of seeing where your interests and passions will lead you. We hope this interview inspires you to seek out your passions and discover where they may take you one day as well.  Mentions  Sarah Strouse of Strawberry Hill: @strawberryhillmd on Instagram Ellen Frost of Local Color Flowers: Website: Local Color Flowers, Instagram: Local Color Flowers, Instagram: Florists Buying Local Online Courses from The Gardener's Workshop Lisa's Book: Cool Flowers Lisa's Hellebore Webinar: Request the Replay Book: Postharvest Handling of Cut Flowers and Greens (sold by the ASCFG) Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

This episode features a takeover of our popular weekly live Q&A session on Instagram, called Ask a Flower Farmer. This episode was guest hosted by Amelia Ihlo. Amelia is a flower farmer based in rural New Hampshire and owns the Rooted Farmers online flower-selling platform. She is also one of our course instructors here at The Gardener’s Workshop. In this Q&A Amelia fielded questions about selling to florists, pricing models, and selling through collectives. Mentions Blog: Rooted Farmers Book: Specialty Cut Flowers *use code "Lisa" at checkout for free domestic (US) shipping!* Amelia talks pricing on the Flower Podcast The Gardener's Workshop Blog: All About Seed Starting On-Demand Mini-Workshop: ⁠Collectives 101⁠ with Amelia Ihlo The Gardener's Workshop on Instagram Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Today’s episode features a takeover of our popular weekly live Q&A session on Instagram, normally called Ask a Flower Farmer. In this episode we instead did an Ask a Florist session with guest host Ellen Frost of Local Color Flowers in Baltimore, MD. Ellen is not a flower farmer, but a designer who creates exclusively with flowers and foliage purchased from local growers.  She is also one of our course instructors here at The Gardener’s Workshop. In this Q&A Ellen fielded many questions from flower farmers about the details of selling to florists, which is also the topic of her on-demand mini-workshop, link below. Mentions: Website: Local Color Flowers Instagram: Local Color Flowers Instagram: Florists Buying Local On-Demand Mini-Workshop: ⁠Preparing to Sell to Florists⁠ with Ellen Frost The Gardener's Workshop on Instagram Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers (ASCFG) Boston Terminal Ornamentals Wholesale Pricing The Floral Coach® Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Today I have BIG NEWS to share! For the first time EVER, my flower farming course is now available ON-DEMAND! Course: Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, and More! Who Is This Online School For? • Flower Gardeners who want to level up their game • Flower Farmers (Beginner To Advanced) Course Info: • Comprehensive Step-By-Step Guidance for growing, harvesting, marketing, and selling cut flowers! • 54 Video Sessions • 40 Printable Handouts • Keyword Search inside the course to find what you need, WHEN you need it! • Online Learning at Your Own Pace • Receive the ENTIRE course immediately, watch at YOUR Convenience • Lifetime Unlimited Access • Private Online Student Community Course Includes: • Class 1 - Starting and Sustaining a Business • Class 2 - Building and Managing the Working Garden • Class 3 - Selling What You Grow • Class 4 - What to Grow • Class 5 - Starting Seeds • Class 6 - Harvesting and Conditioning Cut Flowers • BONUS 1: “Cool Flowers” Field Grower’s Report • BONUS 2: Exclusive 1,700+ Member Facebook Community • BONUS 3: Access to Our Gallery of 200+ Flower Images • BONUS 4: 34 Bonus Training Videos ⏰ OFFER ENDS SOON! ⏰ • LIMITED TIME - GIFT 1: Cool Flowers, Beyond the Book Online Mini-Workshop • LIMITED TIME - GIFT 2: Preparing to Sell to Florists Online Mini-Workshop with Ellen Frost I'm so happy that we could make this course more accessible and help more people move SUCCESSFULLY and PROFITABLY along their flower farming journey. I hope you join us! Your Friend, Lisa Z. Click Here to Learn More The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

I question everything this time of the season just before the farm bursts into bloom. Will it survive? What is eating that? Why this year? I must remind myself to step back and allow my mind to overrule my impulsive heart's reaction! Hope this brings you relief, Lisa Mentions Lisa's book: Cool Flowers Seed Starting Saturdays on YouTube Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers (ASCFG) Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Think you can't grow tulips in your climate? Struggling with really short tulips? Have great tulips, but wish you had them earlier in the season? Gretel and I cover all this and more! Join me as I chat with Gretel Adams of Sunny Meadows Flower Farm in Columbus, Ohio. In this episode, we cover the timely topic of pre-chilled tulips, an option that might just be the solution for you! Included is a great companion resource supplied by Gretel, so be sure to check out the links below!  Topics covered:  1) What are pre-chilled tulips? 2) Who can benefit from planting pre-chillled tulips? 3) Where to get pre-chilled tulips, and the different types (5C vs 9C) 5) What problems can arise when planting these tulips?  6) Do you save tulip bulbs?  7) At what stage do you harvest tulips?  Download the FREE PDF featuring the Sunny Meadows info sheet about Pre-Chilled Tulips! Link below. Mentions: Request Gretel's free guide: Pre-Chilled Tulips Learn more about and connect with Steve & Gretel Adams and their business, Sunny Meadows Flower Farm. Check out their tulip videos on Instagram! Learn more about the course: Flower Farming School Online: Growing Cut-Flowers in Hoops and Greenhouses Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Today’s episode features a takeover of our popular “Ask a Flower Farmer” live Q&A session on Instagram, hosted by Dave Dowling of Ball/ColorLink. Dave is also a former flower farmer and the instructor for our online course: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies and More.  Dave has such a wealth of knowledge to share! Here, he answers questions on a broad range of flowers, including lilies, freesia, tuberose, snapdragons, lilacs, hydrangea, stock, peonies, tulips, ranunculus, and more! Mentions Learn more about Dave's course, Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More! Ball/Colorlink: Wholesale Plant, Bulb, & Seed Supplier UMass Lily Leaf Beetle Fact Sheet The Gardener's Workshop on Instagram Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

On episode 28 of The No-Till Flowers Podcast, Lisa Mason Ziegler joined host Jennie Love to discuss all things seed starting! Jennie's focus is on regenerative farming. She invited Lisa on the show to compare seed starting techniques and discuss methods that support superior seed germination and seedling growth sustainably and regeneratively. Both Lisa and Jennie share lots of great resources for additional research and learning, see below for some of those links. Podcast excerpts are published with permission.  Mentions Link to the original No-Till Flowers episode on Apple Podcasts Lisa's Book: Cool Flowers Eliot Coleman's Book: The New Organic Grower (affiliate link) Dr. Deno's Book: Seed Germination Theory & Practice (free PDF)  Jeff Lowenfel's Book: Teaming With Bacteria (affiliate link) Podcast Series: Seed Talk with Lisa & Layne Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

It is so easy to feel overwhelmed! I know because it is my natural reaction to a challenge or problem. I tend to tackle problems head-on, and then realize how I need to slow down for the many speed bumps so that I can get over them to reach the goal. Overwhelming. Looking in the rearview mirror, I see that not only have I come a long way, but that overwhelm was a necessary piece for me to succeed. I have wounds and scars, but they are what have paved the way for my business. Take heart friends, overwhelm is the pathway to success! Stay tuned until the end for a special note from listener & student Jessica! Mentions Learn more about Dyslexia at dyslexiaida.org Seed Talk with Lisa & Layne: See recent podcast episodes Online Courses from The Gardner's Workshop Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Take a glimpse behind the scenes! Join Lisa, Rhonda, Anne, and Layne for a fun conversation about how each of them became part of The Gardner's Workshop customer service team. As our TGW community grows we continue to focus on providing the very best experience for our customers, and these women are the backbone of that effort. Listen to some fun stories and fond memories, and know these ladies are here for you!   Mentions Want to know more? Meet the TGW Crew Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Happy Valentine's Day, friend! Through all the ups and downs, I owe my success to the love and care of my husband Steve and my family. Here I take a moment to share our story and my gratitude. I hope that everyone finds love in their lives that is supportive and caring, and that we all will strive to give supporting love and care to others.  Mentions Blog: A Garden Love Story: Lisa & Steve Ziegler Blog: Love in Lisa's Garden Lisa's Book: Cool Flowers Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

What is your point in growing cut flowers? Do you love gardening and sharing flowers? Or is your point to create income? Answering this question and drawing a line in the sand and doing it is liberating. The only wrong answer is not answering this question. Once you know where you want to head it is so much easier to get there. I hope this chat will provoke some thinking, "What is my point?" Please consider reviewing my podcast to help us reach more listeners, your review counts! Mentions Book: A Complaint is a Gift (affiliate link) Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Today's episode features an excerpt from Lisa’s show called Seed Starting Saturdays, a live video series born out of necessity during the pandemic. This show provided a way for Lisa to make an appointment to get her weekly sunflower planting done, while also creating an opportunity to interact with her followers live and answer questions. This episode from last summer covered a broad range of topics, including sunflower succession planting, cool flowers fall preparations, and post-harvest cut-flower care and conditioning. The Seed Starting Saturdays series is being retired this month, but all of Lisa’s prior shows have been archived and a playlist created for them on our YouTube Channel, see link below. Watching these videos is a great way to gain knowledge and can be a fun companion while you do your own seed starting! Mentions YouTube Playlist: Seed Starting Saturdays TGW Shopping Show - Download our phone app! Our Sunflower Seed Collection, Seedling Heat Mat, Complete Organic Fertilizer, Seed "Love-in-a-Puff", 128 Cell Plug Trays, Sweet William "Electron", Quick Dip, our Cosmos Seed Collection,  Blog & Vlog: Cool Season Flower Chronicles Podcast #160: Cool-Season Flower Checklist Lisa's Book: Vegetables Love Flowers Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Some of the most successful businesses have a simple foundational offering. Don't feel pressured to add more and more--find your market and grow what sells over and over! P.S. Listen through to the end for a special note from Julia! Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. Arnosky Family Farms on Instagram Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Catching up on her farmer-florist business, in-person workshops, and the Philadelphia Floral Guild. Connect with Jennie: Love 'n Fresh website & Instagram, No-Till Flowers Podcast Online School: Farmer-Florist School: The Wedding Process with Jennie Love On-Demand Course: Making Workshops Work for You with Jennie Love On-Demand Course: Collectives 101 with Amelia Ihlo Philadelphia Floral Guide on Instagram Online Flower Selling Platform: Rooted Farmers Field & Garden Podcast #129: The Future of the Cut-Flower Industry: Flower Collectives Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

If I had the opportunity to restart my business today based on what I have learned since starting in 1998, these are some of the things that would change the course of my business. They seem so simple now, but when I was in the weeds-- I never even thought of these things! Hope they help!  ~Lisa P.S. Listen through to the very end for an uplifting note from Jennifer! Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Today’s episode features a takeover of our popular “Ask a Flower Farmer” live Q&A session on Instagram, which was hosted this time by Daniel Schavey of Petal Pickers Flower Co. in Greenville, SC. Daniel is a highly-successful 6th-year flower farmer growing in zone 8a and an alumnus of many of The Gardener’s Workshop’s online courses. Here, Daniel answers a broad range of questions on topics such as soil blocking, high tunnel growing, seasonal growing, succession planting, ranunculus tips, and popular trends in the flower world. Mentions The Gardener's Workshop on Instagram Daniel's source for High Tunnels: Farmers Friend LLC Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers (ASCFG) Book: Cool Flowers by Lisa Mason Ziegler The Nested Fig Garden on Instagram Petalpickers.com: fresh flowers shipped nationwide, dahlia tuber and fall bulb sales Blocking Mix Recipe & Tips from The Gardener's Workshop Online Course: Growing Cut-Flower Crops in Hoop & Greenhouses  Scented Geranium Cuttings/Plugs from Clara Joyce Flowers Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) High Tunnel Grant Info Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Don't let the off-season slip away. Make the most of the non-harvesting season by getting jobs done that help lighten the workload in the season. Restore Get those pebbles off your shoulders Get key steps on the calendar In-season meals Get smart: conferences, read books Find more customers Upgrade business practices Don't be afraid of: "You are only as solvent as your last sale". Keep up the hustle and make it easier to succeed. ~Lisa Z Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. Seed Starting Saturdays on YouTube: Replay from 1/07/23 Get "the BIG calendar" (affiliate link) Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

In this special episode, Lisa speaks with Jonathan Leiss of Spring Forth Farm about three pitfalls related to cover cropping on the no-till farm: 1) planting cover crops without a plan to terminate them, 2) underestimating the amount of time needed to tarp a cover crop, and this not having beds ready when needed, 3) inadequate seed-to-soil contact when seeding. Lisa and Jonathan commiserate about these common issues and offer strategies to avoid and overcome these challenges. Mentions *SALE $129 (Reg $159)* On-Demand Online Course: The No-Till Micro-Scale Flower Farm  Course includes:  4 hours of video instruction, broken into short easy-to-digest segments access to a private student Facebook Group for ongoing instructor support a LIVE Q&A with Jonathan & Megan Leiss (via Zoom) on Feb 20th, 2023 at 8pm Eastern! USDA Cover Crop Chart Book: Managing Cover Crops Profitably by SARE Outreach (Amazon affiliate link) Cover Crop Seed & Supplies from The Gardener's Workshop Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

At the root of my flower farm's success is simplicity. I grew more volume of fewer types of flowers to experience higher profits with less loss. Volume and doing it over and over through the years led us to get better at it with fewer mistakes and mishaps. All good for the bottom line. I never got bored growing more of a variety of flower with fewer varieties because I wasn't relying on the flowers for my satisfaction, it was experiencing a profitable business and the journey that lit me up. Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. TheGardenersWorkshop.com Sister Podcast: Seed Talk with Lisa & Layne Seeds: Prairie Sun Rudbeckia Live Shopping Show: Get the App Here Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Part of our "Best of 2022" replay series, listen again as Lisa offers some great tips for building a successful, profitable business! In this episode, I'm sharing the reminders I wish someone would have tapped me on the shoulder to say "Remember this!" If you are an avid gardener or as I was in the beginning, a gardener gone wild-- you can disregard this list. These reminders are for those that want to build a successful, profitable business: Remember the point: to spend less money than you bring in, better known as profit. Flowers do not sell themselves. You must get up every day and keep doing it. Prevent weeds: paramount. (takes down many potential growers) Grow what sells. Stop comparing yourself. Be a professional no matter what. Every failure is a potential lesson. You can do hard things. Pick up where you are. STOP looking back. I hope this reminds and helps you. -Lisa Mentions Lisa Mason Ziegler's Online Course: Join the Waitlist Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Use January to make the whole flower farming year better. Order the giant calendar and while you wait, fill your freezer with a few key meals to make farming a little easier once the harvesting starts. Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. Jumbo Wall Calendar (affiliate link) Flower Farming School Online: The Basics Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Part of our "Best of 2022" replay series, listen again as Lisa speaks with Dave Dowling about some of the challenges they overcame on their way to becoming flower farmers! Common challenges mentioned: Lack of Experience, No Cooler, No Acreage, No Greenhouse or Hoophouse, No Money, No Delivery Vehicle, No Tractor, Nowhere to sell flowers nearby, No Hired Help, Too Old, Single Parent, etc. Lisa & Dave explain how we can overcome these challenges to achieve our flower farming dreams! Mentions Lisa Ziegler's Online Course: Join the Waitlist Dave Dowling's Online Course: Join the Waitlist Available Now: On-Demand Online Workshops Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

I am pretty quick to see all my mistakes and failures and let the wins sail off into the sunset never to be seen again. Making a list of where I started and where I am now is a beneficial way to know that I have come a long way, even though some days I feel like I am at square one. Make a list and save it for the hard days. ~Lisa Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. The Gardener's Workshop: Free Resources, Online Courses and Garden Shop for gardeners and flower farmers! Books I love that we used to offer in our online garden shop: Good Bug, Bad Bug, The New Organic Grower, The Flower Farmer Book: Cool Flowers Book: Vegetables Love Flowers Blog: Field & Garden  Podcasts: Field & Garden and Seed Talk Video Podcast: Seed Talk with Lisa & Layne Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Part of our "Best of 2022" replay series, listen again as Lisa speaks with Dave Dowling about growing snapdragons! I've been growing snapdragons for over two decades and thought I had a handle on it---but NOT after this discussion with Dave Dowling! In this episode, we are talking about extending the harvest season, how to do that but variety selection, harvesting, conditioning, and more! This is but a small sampling of what it is like to learn from Dave. I am so pleased to have Dave as one of our online course instructors. Learn more about his course and get on the waitlist for his June enrollment for Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More! Connect with Dave on Instagram & Facebook Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

As I look forward to next season, I am reminding myself of the roots of a cutting garden. Sometimes a refresher is all it takes to be inspired. Could you use some inspiration too? Listen in. Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. Book: Vegetables Love Flowers Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Part of our "Best of 2022" replay series, listen again as Lisa speaks with Jonathan Leiss of Spring Forth Farm about growing sunflowers! Talking about one of my favorite subjects with Jonathan Leiss of Spring Forth Farm located in Hurdle Mills, North Carolina: sunflowers. We both agree that sunflowers can be major contributors to the bottom line of most flower-growing operations.  Jonathan's go-to sunflower is Vincent's Choice with a new addition this year of Premier for its short seed-to-bloom time and shorter height. Mentions Connect with Jonathan & Megan:  Instagram  Facebook  Website  Jonathan & Megan's online course: The No-Till Micro-Scale Flower Farm Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

When is very early spring? Who should plant in very early spring? How to plant in very early spring? These and other questions are on so many minds as we are heading out of the fall planting season. Very early spring is when everyone can plant cool-season hardy annuals and here is the 411 on doing it. Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. Book: Cool Flowers Blog: The Cool-Season Flower Chronicles Bio360 Biodegradable mulch film Podcast: Seed Talk with Lisa & Layne Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

For this edition of "Bug Talk" Lisa and Rhonda are joined by master naturalist Nancy Lawson of The Humane Gardener. Nancy talks about how the native plantings in her suburban yard have become ambassadors for introducing her community to native birds and insects. Did you know that brambles are a great feature to have for native creature habitats? Nancy teaches that plants are the solution to many of the common gardening problems that we face. She talks about how to start small in your efforts to incorporate native plants into your landscape, then gradually expand from there.  Mentions: Website & Blog: The Humane Gardener, Facebook Nancy's Book: The Humane Gardener Nancy's Book: Wildscape Firefly.org - Firefly Conservation & Research Humane Society: Wildlife Management Solutions  Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

At the end of the growing season, we are tired and sometimes, a little desperate. Making value-added products, particularly around the holidays, can seem like a great option. But in our efforts to create more cash flow, sometimes we end up spending even more time and money. It can rob us of time, morale, and the opportunities we need to attend to the unsung pieces of life and business: relationships, self-care, business planning, and building our knowledge base. Let's think about and evaluate what else we could or should be doing during this time. Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. Book: The Flower Farmer by Lynn Byczynski Ellen Frost, Local Color Flowers: (Instagram) Local Color Flowers, (Instagram) Florists Buying Local, Ellen's Blog: Vicarious Florist Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Why grow flowers? What do flowers do for us, other than create a beautiful bouquet or table? In this Clubhouse chat, Lisa shares stories of the benefits of growing flowers that you might not have thought about: nurturing your body, mind, and soul. A listener joins in to share her sweet stories as well. We hope this episode offers you encouragement and helps you recognize the good that you do for yourself and your community when you choose to grow flowers.  Mentions Book: Vegetables Love Flowers More about Fields of Grace Flower Farm and their mission: Instagram, Facebook, Website  *TGW PHONE APP* Get our Live Shopping Show App Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! Are you on the Clubhouse phone app? Join Lisa's club, called Flower Farming, to be notified when she schedules new chats! We're temporarily on hiatus from recording there, but you can listen to our prior chat replays anytime inside the app. The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Cool Flowers seems so familiar to me that I have to remind myself that it is still a little-known planting concept. Because of this, it is new territory for even seasoned gardeners. In this episode, I review the steps I follow to care for my Cool Flower plantings and some of the common causes of plant loss. Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. Podcast: Seed Talk with Lisa & Layne Book: Cool Flowers  Blog & Videos: The Cool-Season Flower Chronicles Products: Garden Hoe and Razor Hoe, Row cover kit, Dry fertilizer, Liquid fertilizer, Bio360, Flower support netting Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

In this episode of Bug Talk, Lisa and Rhonda cover a fascinating topic: "What happens to bugs in the wintertime?" As self-proclaimed "bug-huggers," these ladies chat about the different ways that bugs cope with the changing seasons, and what you can do in your garden, landscape, or field to support them along the way.  Mentions Book: Good Bug Bad Bug by Jessica Walliser Book: Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden by Jessica Walliser Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Starting and being in business means you must continually expand your horizons to not just grow and keep your biz BUT you must know rules and requirements, laws and ordinances, keep up with new technology, opportunities, and just time to be creative! I use the least demanding season of the year to do this: winter. Invest in yourself and your business, and learn some lessons. Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. Country Folks Grower magazine  Flower Farming School Online: Growing Cut-Flower Crops in Hoop & Greenhouses  Get the TGW Live Shopping Show App Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

In this episode, Lisa speaks with Gretel Adams of Sunny Meadows Flower Farm about their very popular annual dahlia tuber sale. Dahlias are the top cut-flower crop at their farm, and dahlia tubers are a major part of their fall/winter season sales. Here, Gretel walks us through all the steps from predicting supply, to digging/harvesting, dividing, storing, and prepping for the sale. This year their dahlia tuber sale starts on November 18th, 2022.  Mentions Flower Farming School Online: Growing Cut-Flower Crops in Hoop & Greenhouses Connect with Sunny Meadows Flower Farm: Website, Facebook, Instagram Oregon State University research on crown gall disease Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

There are so many possibilities and opportunities in growing cut flowers, sometimes we just don’t have time to consider and explore. In this episode I’m exploring some of the questions I wish someone would have asked me. Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. More about "the big calendar": Easier Next Time. Purchase a big calendar here.  Ellen's Recent Podcast Episode on Seed Talk: #9 - Dried Flowers - Grow, Harvest, Dry, Arrange & Store with Ellen Frost Request the Webinar Replay: Dried Wreath Making Tips On-Demand Workshop by Jonathan & Megan Leiss: The No-Till Micro-Scale Flower Farm Flower Farming School Online: Growing Cut-Flower Crops in Hoop & Greenhouses  Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

In this episode, Lisa speaks with Gretel Adams of Sunny Meadows Flower Farm about their progression of offering on-farm shopping events and post-fresh flower season merchandise. Here Gretel offers some great tips about what to offer, shares some challenges they've overcome related to these events, and what to consider about yourself and your property before you decide to offer events on your own farm.     Mentions Flower Farming School Online: Growing Cut-Flower Crops in Hoop & Greenhouses Connect with Sunny Meadows Flower Farm: Website, Facebook, Instagram Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

While it may sound simple, the lesson of resisting shiny objects is anything but simple. I’ve learned that part of my success is rooted in my ability to resist distractions and new opportunities. Getting up and saying no over and over has been my long-haul success story. Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. New Podcast: Seed Talk with Lisa & Layne Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Learn what happens after "Frostmas" and during winter for a local sourcing design studio that is open year-round. Ellen Frost of Local Color Flowers is a veteran in this industry of seeking out, developing, and nurturing local growers to supply her business. Connect: Instagram: Local Color Flowers Instagram: Florists Buying Local Ellen's Blog: Vicarious Florist Courses: Florist School Online: Growing Your Business with Locally Sourced Flowers On-Demand Workshop: Preparing to Sell to Florists Other Field & Garden podcast episodes featuring Ellen: #195: An Insider Look from Florist Ellen Frost #151: Florist Sales #130: A Design Studio's Year Month-by-Month #124: How Local Color Flowers is Evolving Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Big-picture thinking in 5-year bites helps to lead me through the weeds of business. Forget the details and think about what you want your business to look like in 5 years, and then go to work to make it so. Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. Live Shopping Show - Get the App! Book: Vegetables Love Flowers New Podcast: Seed Talk with Lisa & Layne Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

An insider's look at why and how Ellen Frost is reducing her wedding work and reaching into other types of work. Halfway through the 2nd decade of Local Color Flowers, her year-round design studio that only uses flowers grown within 100 miles of her Baltimore studio, Ellen is sharing her strategy. Connect: Instagram: Local Color Flowers Instagram: Florists Buying Local Ellen's Blog: Vicarious Florist Courses: Florist School Online: Growing Your Business with Locally Sourced Flowers On-Demand Workshop: Preparing to Sell to Florists Other Field & Garden podcast episodes featuring Ellen: #151: Florist Sales #130: A Design Studio's Year Month-by-Month #124: How Local Color Flowers is Evolving Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Leaves are a key piece of how I continued the story of building and feeding our soil and the weed prevention I practice. Plus they make for a beautiful garden! I hope my tips liberate you to bring home tons of leaves. ~Lisa Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. Shop: Bio360 Biodegradable Mulch Film, Hoop & Row Cover Kit, Sod & Harvest Knife Book: Vegetables Love Flowers Podcast Episode #76: Leaves, Mulch, and Compost Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Do you know Bobo? You may have heard Lisa talk about Bobo Smith - a friend and long-term employee at the farm. In this episode, Bobo joins Lisa for a chat! Listen as they reminisce and tell great stories about the early days of The Gardener's Workshop.  Mentions Employee Spotlight: Bobo Smith TGW Photo Gallery TGW Online Shop Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Exciting Announcement: "Seed Talk with Lisa & Layne" is now its own podcast, and our first standalone episode has just been released! Our show trailer and the episodes previously published through the "Field & Garden" podcast are available now, as well as the episode released today, which is all about Cool Flowers overwintering and row covers. Search for "Seed Talk with Lisa & Layne" in your podcast app of choice, and make sure to subscribe to catch all our upcoming episodes. See you there! Mentions: "Seed Talk with Lisa & Layne" Homepage "Seed Talk" YouTube Playlist “Seed Talk” Topic Suggestion Form TGW iPhone App (iOS App Store) TGW Android App (Google Play) Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Today we have a replay of a webinar that Lisa & Jennie Love recently did called “How Weddings & Events Can Increase Your Flower Farm Profits.” Jennie & Lisa put this one together to help people become more familiar with Jennie’s story and with her online course, which is packed full of valuable lessons for people with all types of flower businesses. Let’s listen in! Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers About the Dave Dowling Scholarship Longwood Gardens Jennie's Online Course: Farmer-Florist School Online: The Wedding Process Connect with Jennie: Love n’ Fresh Flowers Website  Instagram  Pinterest Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Please enjoy this replay of a webinar that Lisa did with Jennie Love called “Top 5 Mistakes New Farmer-Florists Make.” Jennie & Lisa put this one together with the hope of helping new farmer-florists avoid some common pitfalls - all mistakes that Jennie admits to making herself when she was first starting out. There are some great tips here!  Mentions: Jennie's Free PDF: Favorite Suppliers of Vases & Other Floral Design Hard Goods Jennie's Course: Farmer-Florist School Online: The Wedding Process Jennie's On-demand Online Workshop: Making Workshops Work for You Connect with Jennie: Love n’ Fresh Flowers Website  Instagram  Pinterest Cool Bot for your floral cooler Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Exciting Announcement: "Seed Talk with Lisa & Layne" is now its own podcast! Our show trailer as well as the episodes previously published through the "Field & Garden" podcast are available now, and our first new episode will be released next Thursday (October 20th). Search for "Seed Talk with Lisa & Layne" in your podcast app of choice, and make sure to subscribe to catch all our upcoming episodes. See you there! Mentions: "Seed Talk with Lisa & Layne" Homepage "Seed Talk" YouTube Playlist “Seed Talk” Topic Suggestion Form TGW iPhone App (iOS App Store) TGW Android App (Google Play) Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Catch the Replay! Listen as Jennie Love of Love n’ Fresh Flowers in Philly and I discuss the evolution of her flower farm and business. From starting a cutting garden in a community plot to blazing the way as a pioneer in the farmer-florist industry. Named by Martha Stewart as one of the top 10 Farmer-Florist. Jennie shares the changes to the way she farms and to her business — all-natural evolution to staying relevant and successful.  Join us for this candid and heartfelt chat. Mentions: We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. Jennie's Course: Farmer-Florist School Online: The Wedding Process Jennie's On-demand Workshop: Making Workshops Work for You Connect with Jennie: Love n’ Fresh Flowers Website   Instagram   Pinterest  Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Valerie Schirmer is the owner of Lexington-area Three Toads Flower Farm and the current President of the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers. In this fun chat with Lisa, Val shares that her business has become roughly 70% selling amaryllis and paperwhites, and all within a 6-week period in fall and winter. Seeing the tremendous growth in demand for these items over the course of the last few years, Val has begun to focus more and more on her “shoulder season” offering as her business continues to evolve. Mentions Val’s On-Demand Online Workshop: Forcing Glorious Blooms for the Holidays and Beyond Three Toads Farm Online Shop (for ordering bulbs & dish gardens) Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers Connect with Val Schirmer and Three Toads Farm: Val’s Instagram, Three Toads Farm Instagram, Val’s Facebook, Three Toads Farm Facebook, Three Toads Farm Website Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

In this Clubhouse chat, Lisa talks about flower harvesting, covering common mistakes and questions such as: Best placement for a cutting garden Bucket selection and washing Days and times to harvest Optimum harvest stage and avoiding the “old milk cycle” Post-harvest resting Knowing how to store the different flowers you grow Tips for harvesting around netting and netting installation tips We hope you enjoy this chat and find some useful harvesting tips! Links & Mentions Book: Vegetables Love Flowers Get the TGW Live Shopping Show App Recommended Harvesting & Conditioning Products: Shears, CVBN Tablets, Quick Dip Join TGW’s Facebook Group: The Flower Farmer Show Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! Are you on the Clubhouse phone app? Join Lisa's club, called Flower Farming, to be notified when she schedules new chats! Our prior chats are stored there too, as Replays, that you can listen to anytime inside the app. The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Growing primarily annuals is an option for flower farming! After working my way through figuring this out over years, I learned that for my business model, it was the best fit. I am a small-space farmer that cannot have a hoop or greenhouse, so growing annuals produced the most with the least amount of investment and risk. Mentions: Annual Enrollment is open October 1-5: Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, and More! with Lisa Mason Ziegler We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Join me as I speak with Andi Thatcher of Rimrock Flower Farm in Montana! Andi is an alum of our online courses and has gone on to do some amazing things! Her ambition and attention to being a professional pushed her to the head of her game, even before she started! Her ‘fake it till you make it’ attitude has served her well! Mentions: Rimrock Flower Farm: Website, Facebook, Instagram Montana Cut Flower Association: Instagram, Website Annual Enrollment is open October 1-5: Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, and More! with Lisa Mason Ziegler Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Have you ever considered how amazing it is that something as tiny as a seed can alter the course of someone’s life and take them in directions they never thought possible? Join Layne Angelo as she interviews Lisa Mason Ziegler about the various ways seeds changed her life. They discuss Lisa’s first seed starting experience, her entrance into flower farming, how annual crops shaped her business, and priceless advice from her 25 years with seeds. Don’t miss out on the rapid-fire “Lightning Round”, or the “Hypothetical Situations” round, where Layne gets Lisa’s reactions to a variety of fun scenarios (genies and aliens included). Listen to the podcast, and enjoy an entertaining and informative look into Lisa’s life with seeds! The video version of Lisa and Layne’s conversation featuring a slideshow of the questions discussed will be posted to our YouTube channel. If there is a question or topic you would like to hear discussed on a future episode of “Seed Talk”, please fill out the form linked below. We would love to hear your suggestions! Mentions: Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing & More! "Seed Talk" YouTube Playlist "Seed Talk" Topic Suggestion Form TGW iPhone App (iOS App Store)  TGW Android App (Google Play)   Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Don't allow these things to hold you back from pursuing your flower farming business dreams. No acreage, tractor, or greenhouse? No problem. I didn't have any of those during the first decade of my flower farm. Mentions: We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. TGW Live Shopping iPhone App (iOS App Store) TGW Live Shopping Android App (Google Play) Join the waitlist for October enrollment! Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, and More! with Lisa Mason Ziegler Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Lisa was recently featured on The joegardener® Show podcast, joining host Joe Lamp'l to discuss the Cool Flowers concept and how she got started growing this fantastic group of spring stunners! They covered topics such as: How to determine which Cool Flowers you can grow in your region When and how to start your Cool Flowers from seed The special care requirements of flowers planted in the fall and in very early spring What you should do to prepare in the fall even if you don’t plant until very early spring Mentions: The Flower Farmer by Lynn Byczynski The New Organic Grower by Eloit Coleman Get Cool Flowers - the Kindle Version Bio360 Biodegradable Mulch Film Row Cover Hoop Kit Cool-Season Hardy Annual Seeds Full The joegardener® Show Episode #274 Podcast & Blog Post Available Here Request Lisa's Free Resource: Cool Flowers Planting Guide Joe's New Book: The Vegetable Gardening Book Join the waitlist for Joe's new online course! Coming Spring 2023: Organic Vegetable Gardening Watch Growing a Greener World and connect with Joe: Website, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

In this Clubhouse chat Lisa talks about her new cedar raised beds and how she learned to make them from Joe Lamp’l, host of Growing a Greener World on PBS and The joegardener® Show podcast. Lisa shares the story of how she came to know Joe and introduces the exciting news of their new partnership for his new online course coming in 2023. Mentions: Joe's TV Show: Growing a Greener World The joegardener® Show podcast Affiliate Link: Join the waitlist for Joe Lamp’l’s Online Course: Organic Vegetable Gardening Field & Garden #123: Replay of Lisa on The joe gardener Show podcast Ellen Frost’s On-Demand Online Workshop: Preparing to Sell to Florists *TGW PHONE APP* Get our Live Shopping Show App Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! Are you on the Clubhouse phone app? Join Lisa's club, called Flower Farming, to be notified when she schedules new chats! We're temporarily on hiatus from recording there, but you can listen to our prior chat replays anytime inside the app. The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Join me as I interview a very special guest and friend, Joe Lamp'l! It was such a pleasure for us to have the opportunity to talk again after doing a couple of episodes of The joe gardener® Show podcast together over the past year.  In case you're meeting him for the first time, Joe Lamp'l is the joe behind: joegardener® the host of the Emmy award-winning TV show, Growing a Greener World  The joe gardener® Show podcast Author of the NEW book, The Vegetable Gardening Book PLUS Joe's NEW online course Organic Vegetable Gardening coming out in 2023 And Joe is generally an awesome gardener and teacher! In this episode we talk about Joe's farm, his current projects, his future projects, AND Joe settles a long-running battle between veggie gardeners and flower gardeners - listen in for all the details! Mentions: Request Joe's Free PDF: Fall Garden Edibles Checklist   Joe's New Book: The Vegetable Gardening Book Join the waitlist for Joe's new online course! Coming Spring 2023: Organic Vegetable Gardening The joe gardener® Show podcast episodes featuring Lisa:  #231: Vegetables Love Flowers #274: Growing Cool-Season Annuals for Earlier Color & Hardier Plants Watch Growing a Greener World and learn more about Joe Lamp'l: Website, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Meet Torrie Anderson of The Flower Farm at Youngs Mill in Newport News, Virginia. Having recently graduated from Lisa's online flower farming course, this year Torrie and her husband took the leap into urban flower farming after being vegetable gardeners for many years. In this interview Lisa and Torrie commiserate about the life of a brand new flower farmer, sharing the excitement, realities, challenges, fails, surprises, and how remembering your "why" can keep you going through that first year.   Mentions Connect with Torrie on: Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Website More about: Nicole of Flower Hill Farm Join the waitlist for October enrollment! Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, and More! with Lisa Mason Ziegler Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

You know which Cool Flowers seeds to sow directly into the garden and when, but what steps should you take to ensure a thick, healthy stand of direct-seeded plants come springtime? Join Lisa Mason Ziegler and Layne Angelo as they share practical tips and tricks for successful outdoor sowing. They discuss proper bed preparation, watering, weed prevention, thinning, sowing poppies and bells of Ireland, and more. Listen to the podcast, grab your hoe, and prepare for direct seeding success! The video version of Lisa and Layne’s conversation featuring a slideshow of the questions discussed will be posted to our YouTube channel. If there is a question or topic you would like to hear discussed on a future episode of “Seed Talk”, please fill out the form linked below. We would love to hear your suggestions! Mentions: Stand-up Garden Hoe Cool-Season Seed Category Seed Starting Equipment "Seed Talk" YouTube Playlist Book: Cool Flowers The Cool-Season Flower Chronicles On-Demand Workshop: Cool Flowers, Beyond the Book for Flower Farming “Seed Talk” Topic Suggestion Form YouTube Channel TGW iPhone App (iOS App Store) TGW Android App (Google Play) Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

I was forced to learn about seasonal growing. After growing outdoors in a garden with no hoop or greenhouses I learned that embracing the seasons is the best, most cost-effectively, and highest quality way to grow. Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription. Field & Garden Episode #98: Growing Snapdragons with Dave Dowling Join the waitlist for October enrollment: Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, and More! with Lisa Mason Ziegler Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

In this episode we visit with owner Lisa Mason Ziegler and two of her longest-standing employees, who also happen to be her dear family members. From the very beginning when Lisa started an urban cut-flower farm with her husband Steve's support, to the thriving business it is today, Lisa and her family continue to support each other while offering the supplies and educational resources that are fueling a new generation of flower farmers. Listen to some funny stories and learn more about the family behind The Gardener's Workshop.  Book: The Flower Farmer by Lynn Byczynski Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Interested in growing larkspur, bachelor buttons, or bells of Ireland? Did you know that some of spring’s most coveted flowers – including these beauties – actually prefer to be sown directly outdoors rather than started indoors as transplants? Join Lisa Mason Ziegler and Layne Angelo as they cover some of the most frequently asked questions about sowing seeds directly in the garden. They discuss some of the advantages and challenges when direct seeding, tips and tricks for sowing this group of plants in fall and very early spring, succession-planting bupleurum, and more. Listen to the podcast and prepare to sow some of your Cool Flowers seeds directly into the garden! The video version of Lisa and Layne’s conversation featuring a slideshow of the questions discussed will be posted to our YouTube channel. If there is a question or topic you would like to hear discussed on a future episode of “Seed Talk”, please fill out the form linked below. We would love to hear your suggestions! Mentions: Cool-Season Seed Category Seed Starting Equipment Book: Cool Flowers The Cool-Season Flower Chronicles On-Demand Workshop: Cool Flowers, Beyond the Book for Flower Farming “Seed Talk” Topic Suggestion Form YouTube Channel TGW iPhone App (iOS App Store) TGW Android App (Google Play) Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Do you only know half of the Cool Flowers concept? Lisa shares that while fall planting is a great option, it's not for everyone. Learn about the often missed cool season hardy annual planting opportunity for those with deep cold and heavy snow winters: very early spring plantings. Mentions: We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any subscription. Free Resource: The Cool-Season Flower Chronicles Lisa's Book: Vegetables Love Flowers Join the waitlist for October enrollment: Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, and More! with Lisa Mason Ziegler Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

For this edition of "Bug Talk" Lisa and Rhonda are joined by special guest Dr. Barb Abraham, an ecology professor, bee researcher and Chair of the Bee City USA - Hampton steering committee. Today they're talking about native bees. Did you know that you can have an average of 100 different bee species in your yard? And that native bees typically are not aggressive and do not sting? You may have seen some that look like gnats, flies or wasps and not even realized they were actually bees! Learn how you can support your native bee populations by avoiding pesticides, offering a consistent water source, a providing nesting habitat.  Recommended Bee Books: All of these are profusely illustrated with stunning photographs... Holm, Heather. 2017. Bees. An identification and native plant forage guide. Pollination Press, LLC. Minnesota. Holm, Heather. 2014.  Pollinators of native plants. Pollination Press, LLC. Minnesota Embry, Paige. 2018. Our native bees. Timber Press. Portland, OR. Frey, Kate and Gretchen LeBuhn. 2016. The bee-friendly garden. Ten Speed Press. Berkeley. Wilson, JS and OM Carrill. 2016. The bees in your backyard. Princeton University Press. Princeton and Oxford. Xerces Society. 2016.100 plants to feed the bees. Storey Publishing. North Adams, MA. Xerces Society.2011. Attracting native pollinators. Storey Publishing. North Adams, MA. This one is heavy reading for the avid apiphile, few colored illustrations...  Danforth, BN, Minckley, RL, and JL Neff. The solitary bees. Biology, evolution, conservation. Princeton University Press. Princeton and Oxford. Other Links & Mentions Bee City USA - Hampton, VA:  Website  Facebook The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Your Cool Flowers seeds have sprouted – now what? Join Lisa Mason Ziegler and Layne Angelo as they discuss some of the most frequently asked questions about caring for your Cool Flowers seedlings. They discuss grow lights, ideal air temperatures, transplant size, and more. Listen to the podcast and learn how to give your Cool Flowers seedlings the conditions they need to thrive! The video version of Lisa and Layne’s conversation featuring a slideshow of the questions discussed will be posted to our YouTube channel. If there is a question or topic you would like to hear discussed on a future episode of “Seed Talk”, please fill out the form linked below. We would love to hear your suggestions! Mentions: Seed Starting Equipment Cool-Season Seed Category Book: Cool Flowers The Cool-Season Flower Chronicles On-Demand Workshop: Cool Flowers, Beyond the Book for Flower Farming “Seed Talk” Topic Suggestion Form YouTube Channel TGW iPhone App (iOS App Store) TGW Android App (Google Play) Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Warning: lots of flowers, plants, seeds, and dollar bills were lost, injured, and killed in the process of getting here. In fact, success doesn't happen overnight for any business really.  There. True story. Hope this helps, Lisa Mentions: We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any subscription. Join the wait list for Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, & More! On-Demand Course: The No-Till Micro-Scale Flower Farm with Jonathan & Megan Leiss Biodegradable film for garden beds Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Today Steve & Gretel Adams (of Sunny Meadows Flower Farm) talk with Lisa about this farming lifestyle they have chosen. They share what they enjoy most about it, what it currently looks like for them, as well as a look back at how far they've come.  Download the FREE PDF featuring the Sunny Meadows list of favorite summer field-grown annuals, the bread and butter of bouquet season! Link below. Mentions: Learn more about and connect with Steve & Gretel Adams and their business, Sunny Meadows Flower Farm.  Get Gretel's free guide: Favorite Summer Field-Grown Annuals Join the Wait List - annual enrollment opens 11/19! Flower Farming School Online: Growing Cut-Flowers in Hoops and Greenhouses Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Ready to start your Cool Flowers seeds but still have some lingering questions? Join Lisa and Layne as they discuss some of the most frequently asked questions about starting cool-season hardy annuals indoors from seed. They discuss heat mats, light requirements, germination troubleshooting, and more. Listen to the podcast and help set yourself up for Cool Flowers seed starting success! The video version of Lisa and Layne’s conversation featuring a slideshow of the questions discussed will be posted to our YouTube channel. If there is a question or topic you would like to hear discussed on a future episode of “Seed Talk”, please fill out the form linked below. We would love to hear your suggestions! Mentions: Cool-Season Seed Category Blog: Store Seeds Longer Seed Starting Equipment Category Blocking Mix Recipe Book: Cool Flowers The Cool-Season Flower Chronicles On-Demand Workshop: Cool Flowers, Beyond the Book for Flower Farming “Seed Talk” Topic Suggestion FormYouTube Channel TGW iPhone App (iOS App Store) TGW Android App (Google Play) Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Fall is not only for fresh starts in the garden or on the farm, it can also be a great time to rethink your business. Take some time to throw out mistakes and consider the future of your business. Our businesses are constantly evolving; embrace the opportunity for a new beginning that fall brings!  Mentions: We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any subscription. Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, & More! Other Annual Course Offerings Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

In this recent Clubhouse chat Lisa talks about what to do when you have to leave your flower garden or farm during the growing season. Whether you have a scheduled or an unexpected trip coming up, there are a few things you can do before you go that will make your return so much easier. Listen in for some great tips! Mentions: *NEW* On-Demand Online Courses: Preparing to Sell to Florists, Collectives 101 *NEW* Get our Live Shopping Show App joe gardener® Podcast Jessica Walliser’s Books: Good Bug Bad Bug, Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden Row Cover & Hoops Kit  Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! Are you on the Clubhouse phone app? Join Lisa's club, called Flower Farming, to be notified when she schedules new chats! We're live on Clubhouse Wednesdays at 1pm Eastern, or you can listen to our chat replays anytime inside the app. The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

I was recently introduced to the book series via a business mentor friend: "fill in the blank for Dummies". My full-circle journey of why these books have been a long-haul success nailed me on applying to flower farming. Here I share my six basic foundation steps that can lead to success when we stay between the lines. I hope this inspires and encourages you! ~Lisa Z. Mentions:  We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any subscription. Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, & More! Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

We are so excited to introduce a new series to the podcast called “Seed Talk”. Meet Layne Angelo, Seed Manager here at The Gardener’s Workshop. Layne is an avid gardener, seed starter, and engineer who loves learning and applying her technical knowledge to all areas of life, including gardening and growing flowers.  As Seed Manager, Layne has a firsthand look at the questions and topics commonly brought up by our customers and students. In this first episode of “Seed Talk”, Lisa and Layne discuss the most frequently asked questions about cool-season hardy annuals, a.k.a. Cool Flowers. Are you ready to learn more about Cool Flowers? Listen to the podcast and get ready for fall planting! The video version of Lisa and Layne’s conversation featuring a slideshow of the questions covered will be posted to our YouTube channel. If there is a question or topic you would like to hear discussed on a future episode of “Seed Talk”, please fill out the form linked below. We would love to hear your suggestions! Mentions: Book: Cool Flowers The Cool-Season Flower Chronicles Cool-Season Seed Category On-Demand Workshop: Cool Flowers, Beyond the Book for Flower Farming “Seed Talk” Topic Suggestion Form YouTube Channel TGW iPhone App (iOS App Store) TGW Android App (Google Play) Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

This podcast may be for you, you know who you are. You don't think you are a real farmer because of the growing conditions and resources you find yourself in currently: small growing space, or can't have or afford structures, or, or, or.... You can start and sustain a cut-flower growing operation without hoop or greenhouses and on small spaces. We just develop our skills as growers in a different way. I am the living proof if you need it. I hope this inspires and encourages you! Mentions: We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any subscription. Mary Anne of One HubCap Farm Develop Your Craft: Flower Farming School Online with Lisa Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Sharing my look back at if only I had known this when I started my flower-growing operation. I could have saved lots of time, money, opportunities, and tears if I had had this advice!  Mentions: Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, & More! with Lisa Mason Ziegler TGW On-Demand Online Workshops We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any subscription. Jasmine Star Blog Irrigation Suppliers: Dripworks  Berry Hill  Must-Have Supplies: Fertilizer  Support Netting Clippers  Conditioning Supplies Free Resources from The Gardener's Workshop Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

I learn so much talking to other gardeners and farmers. After my restaurant-owning cousins set up the TGW company picnic here on the farm, we discussed planting flowers. Joy's questions reminded me of the struggle that some folks have figuring out what to plant and when. Between trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals, it can be overwhelming because there is so much to learn. I hope my tips help! Mentions: We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any subscription. Get the TGW phone App: In the iOS App Store(Apple)     In Google Play(Android) Q-Daddy's Pitmaster Seed: Love-In-A-Puff Lisa's Books: Vegetables Love Flowers & Cool Flowers Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! Check out our YouTube channel for excellent tutorials, live shows and more! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

Many of us naturally think that cool season gardening is more challenging than warm season gardening. I have found this not to be true. Join me as I run through my thought process to help make my Cool Flowers garden successful! Mentions: We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any subscription. The Cool-Season Flower Chronicles Cool-Season Seed Category Row Cover Hoop Kit  Book: Cool Flowers On-Demand Workshop: Cool Flowers, Beyond the Book for Flower Farmers Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

I hope this encourages those facing flat sales. We all walk that path from time to time— but during July and August it is especially discouraging. Take heart flower friends—you can overcome this issue when you recognize it and make changes. We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any subscription. Book: The Flower Farmer by Lynn Byczynski On-Demand Workshop: The No-Till Micro-Scale Flower Farm with Jonathan & Megan Leiss Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! Are you on the Clubhouse phone app? Join Lisa's club, called Flower Farming, to be notified when she schedules new chats! We're live on Clubhouse Wednesdays at 1pm Eastern, or you can listen to our chat replays anytime inside the app. The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

In my experience, most employee issues can be avoided. An employer's insufficient training, follow up, support, and lack of expectations can set employees up to fail. Going through some steps and thought processes before jumping into hiring can help avoid many of the problems associated with employing others in your business. Having a process for hiring and creating a culture leads to the best crew ever! Links & Mentions On-Demand Workshop: Preparing to Sell to Florists with Ellen Frost On-Demand Workshop: Collectives 101 with Amelia Ihlo *NEW* Live Shopping Show App:   In the iOS App Store In Google Play Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

In this recent Clubhouse chat Lisa talks about the wonderful world of Cosmos! She covers common questions about how to grow them, details about the varieties she’s currently growing, and the very important topics of harvesting and post-harvest handling. Cosmos are a late-season tender annual and they come in lots of fun colors! We hope you enjoy this chat and consider giving cosmos a spot in your garden or cut-flower field. Links & Mentions *NEW* Live Shopping Show App:   In the iOS App Store In Google Play Cosmos Seeds in the TGW Online Store Post-Harvest Treatment Options: CVBN Tablets, Quick Dip Join TGW’s Facebook Group: The Flower Farmer Show Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! Are you on the Clubhouse phone app? Join Lisa's club, called Flower Farming, to be notified when she schedules new chats! We're live on Clubhouse Wednesdays at 1pm Eastern, or you can listen to our chat replays anytime inside the app. The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

In this recent Clubhouse chat Lisa talks with special guest Ellen Frost about her brand new on-demand workshop called Preparing to Sell to Florists. Ellen’s workshop shares her best tips distilled from fifteen years of experience purchasing locally-grown flowers for her design studio work. Ellen also shares some current state-of-the-industry news and answers audience questions. Links & Mentions Podcast: #151: Florist Sales: The Untapped Market *Available NOW* Ellen’s on-demand workshop: Preparing to Sell to Florists Join the waitlist for Ellen’s annual online course: Growing your Business with Local Flower Sourcing Connect with Ellen Frost of Local Color Flowers:   Website  Facebook Instagram Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! Are you on the Clubhouse phone app? Join Lisa's club, called Flower Farming, to be notified when she schedules new chats! We're live on Clubhouse Wednesdays at 1pm Eastern, or you can listen to our chat replays anytime inside the app. The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

This is Lisa's most played and downloaded podcast episode so far, and with good reason. Lisa shares a sweet story of how she first got started growing flowers, and the joy it brought to her as well as her friends and family. In her own words: "It all started for me soon after I married this biker dude that came with a heart of gold and a big vegetable garden... Whether you are a home gardener, budding or seasoned flower farmer, make some sweet stories to share and inspire you and others." Flower friends, this one is definitely worth another listen! Links & Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any subscription. Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

This is a very special edition of Bug Talk! For this episode, Lisa and Rhonda are joined by author and fellow “bug-hugger” Jessica Walliser. They talk about beneficial insects as well as the food chain and ecosystem that exists in your garden, both large and small scale. Did you know that less than 1% of all insects in the world are actually considered “pests” to humans and our crops? Lisa, Rhonda and Jessica encourage you to be an observer in your growing space, appreciate the value that these creatures bring to your world, and strive to manage your space in a way that provides habitat for them. Jessica’s books provide the roadmap for learning to identify insects and learning what to grow to bring them into your garden. Links & Mentions Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! Book: Good Bug, Bad Bug Book: Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden More at: Savvygardening.com The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Are you growing basil to use in your cut flower bouquets? If not, you should be! In this recent Clubhouse chat Lisa talks about how she got started growing basil, why and how to grow it, her favorite variety, and the very important topics of harvesting and post-harvest handling. Links & Mentions Book: The Flower Farmer by Lynn Byczynski TGW Blog: Basil for the Big Win Lisa’s All-Time Favorite: Mrs Burns Lemon Basil Post-Harvest Treatment Options: CVBN Tablets, Quick Dip Join TGW’s Facebook Groups: The Flower Farmer Show Florist-Farmer Connection Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! Are you on the Clubhouse phone app? Join Lisa's club, called Flower Farming, to be notified when she schedules new chats! We're live on Clubhouse Wednesdays at 1pm Eastern, or you can listen to our chat replays anytime inside the app. The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Dreaming big can lead to tackling those big dreams, but also getting lost in the weeds along the way. No one knows better how to get lost than me. I continually have to remind myself to reset. To stick with: being consistent, to follow through, and think about strategy. It is not easy for any of us. Remember that the overwhelm we may be experiencing is exactly what we worked for, right? Links & Mentions We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any subscription. New On-Demand Workshops from The Gardener's Workshop:  Preparing to Sell to Florists with Ellen Frost Collectives 101 with Amelia Ihlo Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

In this episode we catch up with Ellen Frost, TGW instructor and owner of Local Color Flowers floral design studio in Baltimore, MD. Ellen says that now, more than ever, florists are looking to local flower growers as sourcing options. As a studio designer purchasing from local flower growers for over 15 years, Ellen heard the call to put together a new on-demand workshop specifically for flower farmers, one that provides a roadmap to getting that first florist connection and sale. If you have been thinking about offering your flowers to florists, you should check it out! Links & Mentions Connect with Ellen on Instagram: Local Color Flowers  Florist Buying Local Flowers Check out Ellen's NEW on-demand workshop: Preparing to Sell to Florists Learn about Ellen’s annual 6-week Online School: Growing Your Business with Local Flower Sourcing The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Are you doing what it takes to get your flowers sold? In this recent Clubhouse chat Lisa talks about the business of flower sales and how you can manage to start selling to florists, grocery stores, etc. She also discusses a way of selling that is gaining popularity, outlined in our new on-demand workshop from instructor Amelia Ihlo of Rooted Farmers, which is called Collectives 101.  Links & Mentions Want to know more about selling flowers through Collectives? Check out our on-demand course: Collectives 101 Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! Are you on the Clubhouse phone app? Join Lisa's club, called Flower Farming, to be notified when she schedules new chats! We're live on Clubhouse on Wednesdays at 1pm Eastern, or you can listen to our chat replays anytime inside the app. The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

It’s easy to be discouraged when we maybe experiencing: exhaustion, crazy heat or rain or cold, flat sales, broken equipment, or maybe a mean comment about your business. Friends, all of the above mentioned are a part of being in business. We must learn how to thrive not just survive these situations. We are the only ones that have the ability and the choice to choose to thrive in place of suffering. Try my suggestion of taking some quiet hours alone and imagine what you truly want your business to be in 5 years. Then start running it and making decisions as if it is already so. I hope this helps— Lisa Links & Mentions: Excited about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any subscription. Want to try our new Live Shopping app? Check it out here!  iOS App.  Android App  Check out our on-demand online courses (including Collectives and No-Till, both mentioned in this episode) Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Today we're sharing a recent Clubhouse chat with special guest Dave Dowling! In this conversation Dave outlines the basics for getting started with bulbs, perennials and woodies as cut flower crops. This is a fast-paced discussion with lots of questions from the audience, so you may want to listen more than once to soak it all in!  Dave’s 6-week online course, called Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies and More, has its annual enrollment window open right now in 2022, June 9th-13th. Click here for more details and to register for the course! Click here to watch our other recent live discussions! Are you on the Clubhouse phone app? Join Lisa's club, called Flower Farming, to be notified when she schedules new chats! We're live on Clubhouse on Wednesdays at 1pm Eastern, or you can listen to our chat replays anytime inside the app.  The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

In this episode Lisa and Dave Dowling discuss how we can expand our flower farming businesses by adding new crops. They talk about what you could and should add, the various ways to grow these plants, and how Dave’s online course can help you make these decisions now and for many years to come. Links & Mentions Dave Dowling's online course, published by The Gardener's Workshop: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More! Request Dave’s Webinar Replay: Peony Planting, Harvesting & Selling  Podcast: Everything Tulips with Dave Dowling & Jennie Love Purchase Wholesale from Ball/Colorlink The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

For this episode I check in with my friend and student Nicole Pitt of Flower Hill Farm. Nicole farms in Boonville, New York on the land of her childhood (and current) home. A former TV news reporter/anchor, Nicole is now in her fourth year of cut flower production, selling through a CSA and to florists. In this interview we talked about how she got into flowers, the challenges faced as she grows her business, and what the future may hold for Flower Hill Farm. Nicole’s story demonstrates how investing in education and applying it to your business’s needs as it grows can be the foundation of success. Links & Mentions Flower Hill Farm:  Website YouTube Facebook Instagram Dave's online course, published by The Gardener's Workshop: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

In this episode, I sit down with my good friend Dave Dowling to cover the basics of growing peonies.  For home gardeners, we cover where and how to plant them, when and how to fertilize, watering, deadheading and fall cleanup. For commercial growers, we cover varieties to grow for profit, purchasing tips, environmental conditions where they thrive, weed prevention, spacing & bed prep, disbudding, when and how to harvest, and conditioning tips. Links & Mentions Dave's online course, published by The Gardener's Workshop: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

In this recent Clubhouse chat Lisa covered all the basics to get you started with Celosia, including variety selection, seed starting, harvesting and conditioning. Here are some of her highlighted picks: Best Celosia for Drying: Cockscomb Cramer's Mix Most Popular with Customers: Cockscomb Spring Green Most Productive: Cockscomb Orange Red Sign up: TGW Free Weekly Farm E-Newsletter  Are you on the Clubhouse phone app? Join Lisa's club, called Flower Farming, to be notified when she schedules new chats! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social media!

What is the price we pay by skipping the groundwork? My journey through two decades of learning has brought me some key pieces that help stabilize the craziness of business. Why am I in business? Do I have a plan? What is my risk tolerance? How to slow or stop the craziness. Links & Mentions: Excited about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any subscription. Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News! Jillonmoney.com Book: Fail-Proof Your Business by Paul Adams Book: The Flower Farmer by Lynn Byczynski Book: The New Organic Grower by Eliot Coleman The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Greg Peterson is the founder of The Urban Farm, a food-growing educator, a permaculture enthusiast, writer, and the creator of The Urban Farm podcast. Here, Lisa and Greg discuss how he became involved in the green living and sustainability movements, how his small urban residential plot in Arizona gradually became a sustainable food-producing powerhouse, and his recent move to North Carolina with his partner, Heidi. Shared philosophies emerge, including the importance of consistency and committing to a goal in business and in life, plus the importance of knowing where our food comes from and playing an active role in producing our own food. Links & Mentions The Urban Farm: Website  Facebook Instagram  Twitter The Urban Farm Podcast John Lee Dumas, Entrepreneurs on Fire In Season Cut-Flower Farm on: Facebook  Instagram Rainlog.org - crowdsourced rainfall tracking site from the University of Arizona Yoga with Heidi: Heidi@urbanfarm.org The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Today’s episode features a recent interview with Dave Dowling and one of his course students, Tim Pierce from Running Hills Farm. Tim and Betsy's Wisconsin farm has seen dramatic growth in the past couple of years, and Tim shares how they have been putting Dave’s teachings into practice on the farm. There’s a lot of great information in this discussion, including some "hacks" for dealing with weather fluctuations in cooler regions. The live interview was originally streamed on Facebook and YouTube, and Tim had prepared some slides of photos that you’ll hear him referencing during the chat. A link to the original interview video that includes the photo slide show is listed below.  Links & Mentions Running Hills Farm:  Website  Instagram Dave Dowling's online course, published by The Gardener's Workshop: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More! Purchase from Dave at Ball/Colorlink: wholesale perennials for cut-flower production Join our networking Facebook Group: Florist-Farmer Connection View the original interview (with slide show) The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

In this episode, I sit down with my good friend Dave Dowling to discuss the top five mistakes that people tend to make with perennial cut flower plants. Whether you're a home gardener or a commercial cut-flower grower, Dave offers tips for avoiding these common perennial planting mistakes: 1. Not having weed management practices in place. You can't use chemical treatments on perennial beds, you'll need physical methods of weed prevention that match the growth habit of the plant (clump-forming vs. spreading). 2. Planting a perennial in the wrong place. Pay attention to the particular sun and water needs of each plant and place them in an environment where they'll thrive. Recognize that there are some perennials that you will not be able to grow on your property due to environmental conditions.  3. Planting the wrong variety. Did you know that there are different varieties of perennials produced specifically for cut flowers? Make sure you're purchasing the correct varieties that grow tall for cut flower production, not the dwarf varieties that are grown as bedding plants.  4. Not having a watering plan for your perennials. While most perennials, once established, may survive a drier season, they probably won't thrive and may not flower at all. Perennials need regular irrigation to achieve maximum flower production.  5. Assuming that perennials are less work than growing annuals. Perennials have their own maintenance requirements, including weeding, watering, and fall cleanup. Some perennials need to be dug up and divided every few years. Some are short-lived and need to be replanted every few years.  *PRO TIP* For a decent volume of cut-flower production, Dave recommends planting at least 25 plants of each variety of perennial that you want to grow. If space is limited, planting a handful of perennial varieties in larger volumes is better than planting just a few plants of more varieties, which won't yield enough of any one thing to sell. Links & Mentions Dave's online course, published by The Gardener's Workshop: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More! Published by the ASCFG: Postharvest Handling of Cut Flowers and Greens Purchase from Dave at Ball Colorlink: wholesale perennials for cut-flower production The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social! 

I first “met” Dee Hall in the pages of the home and garden section of my local newspaper. It was a pleasure connecting with her and hearing about her urban micro-farm called Mermaid City Flowers, located just across the bay from me down in Norfolk, Virginia. In this interview, Dee describes how she came to be a specialty cut-flower farmer, her current business model, and what she sees for the future of her business. We talk about her feature in the book Black Flora, and her involvement in a new group called the Tidewater Flower Collective. I’m so excited for Dee and all that is yet to come for her! Links & Mentions: Mermaid City Flowers:  Website Facebook  Instagram Slow Flowers Society Book: Black Flora Tidewater Flower Collective: Facebook  Instagram On-Demand Course: Collectives 101 Rooted Farmers  The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

I was so pleased to have Wanda Haken as a special guest on Clubhouse! Wanda is a commercial peony farmer located in the Alaskan interior, and she shared with us some great peony harvesting tips based on research performed at the University of Alaska. Wanda is also a student of The Gardener’s Workshop courses, a former school teacher, and a very knowledgeable grower! She offers advice for new and seasoned peony growers - something for everyone! Links & Mentions: Fox Hollow Peonies:  Website Facebook  Instagram YouTube Learn more about peonies in Flower School! Join the waitlist now for annual enrollment in June. Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies & More! With Dave Dowling More about Dr. Patricia Holloway of the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) School of Natural Resources and Extension Are you on the Clubhouse phone app? Join Lisa's club, called Flower Farming, to be notified when we schedule new chats! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Whether you're a flower enthusiast home gardener or a commercial cut-flower grower, you know that you want your cut flowers to last as long as possible. In this episode, I cover post-harvest care for cut flowers in lots of different scenarios, and the practices that I recommend if you're selling to florists, at supermarkets, at the farmers' market, or at your farm stand. There are 5 general steps that both commercial growers and home gardeners should strive to follow to maximize vase life: 1. Harvest flowers at the proper stage. Each flower has its own ideal cutting stage. Some flowers continue to develop after you cut them (Sunflowers, Snapdragons), but some don't (Zinnias, Cockscomb). Do not harvest wet flowers.  2. After cutting, allow flowers to rest and rehydrate before arranging. Learn the ideal temperature for resting (conditioning) each type of flower.   3. Treatments can be added to the water that freshly-cut flowers are conditioned in to improve water uptake, hold color, and improve vase life.  4. Harvest buckets and vases should be washed and sanitized between uses, otherwise bacteria grows in them that will diminish flower vase life. My saying is that if you wouldn't be willing to drink out of your harvest buckets and vases then they're not clean enough!   5. Harvest at the ideal time of day (when flowers are more hydrated) to prevent wilting problems - typically early morning after the dew dries. Amy Stewart’s Book Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful Products Mentioned: CVBN Tabs, Holding Solution T Bags, Fresh Cut-Flower Food, Bulb Cut-Flower Food The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

In this episode, I am exploring more entrepreneurship opportunities that grow out of and to the business of flower farming. I was honored to interview the dynamic couple, Daniel Schavey and Wesley Turner who own four businesses: Petal Picker Flower Co. (flower farm) Roots (a garden boutique and garden center) 4Rooms (Home Décor) The Nested Fig (Live Shopping Show) Listen to our conversation as we talk about the fears, the wins, the failures, and how to get through it all. Connect : Farmshenanigans Instagram Petal Pickers Instagram The Nested Fig Instagram The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

In this recent Clubhouse chat, Lisa interviewed Janis Harris of Harris Flower Farm in southwestern Ontario Canada. They discussed what it’s like growing flowers at her farm in hardiness zone 5b/6a, and how it is different from Lisa’s farm in zone 7b/8a in Virginia. Janis shares some tips for northern growers, but also offers great general growing advice about how to learn the best practices for your own particular zone and climate, wherever you are. There’s something in this chat for everyone! Links & Mentions: Harris Flower Farm:  Website Facebook Instagram Harris Farm Tour (August 15, 2022) *open to ASCFG members only* Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers American Horticultural Society: How to find your local garden clubs and plant societies Are you a flower farmer or aspiring to become one? Join our private Facebook Group: The Flower Farmer Show Are you on the Clubhouse phone app? Join Lisa's club, called Flower Farming, to be notified when she schedules new chats! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

As we are heading into the season here on my little flower farm, I’m reminded just how deep it is about to become as the flowers, the heat, and those weeds are about to get going. Walk with me as I look at the layers of a cutting garden and how I have learned to enjoy the journey. Links & Mentions: Bachelor Button Seed Mixes from The Gardener’s Workshop Excited about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any subscription. Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers Sunny Meadows Flower Farm: Website Instagram TikTok Bio360 Product Page with Install Videos Dave Dowling’s 6-week course, Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies and More! Enrollment begins June 9th, 2022, More Info & Join the waitlist The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Steve and Gretel Adams have become very well-known in the cut flower growing world. They went from homesteading market gardeners on a quarter-acre plot to “rock star” cut-flower producers with over 17 greenhouses and 20 employees! Have you ever wondered how they got their start? How Sunny Meadows Flower Farm came to be? In this interview they talk through the progression of their business, including: Specializing in certain crops The fear of hiring and managing employees Scaling up over time Quality of life investments & finding balance The future of Sunny Meadows Flower Farm This episode is packed with great business and general life advice!  Links & Mentions: Book: The Organic Farmer’s Business Handbook Flower Farming School Online: Growing Cut-Flower Crops in Hoops & Greenhouses More from Sunny Meadows Flower Farm: Website  Instagram  TikTok The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Today I have more "keeper clips" from Clubhouse for you! Lisa hosts a chat called The Flower Farmer Show on the Clubhouse app each Wednesday to cover various flower farming and flower business topics. In today’s episode, I'm sharing clips of Lisa covering the topics of Succession Planting and the 411 on Zinnias! She offers some great tips here that can make a BIG difference for your farm or garden, so I hope you enjoy! Succession Planting for Consistent Supply: Succession planting annual plants is how we plan for a consistent supply of high-quality flowers, herbs, and vegetables throughout the season. This method of planting also helps you manage common problems like severe weather events and pest or disease outbreaks. Let’s Talk Zinnias!: Here’s the 411 on Zinnias! Lisa runs through her method of growing them from start to finish, including harvesting and post-harvest care, plus descriptions of the varieties that she grows. Sign up: TGW Free Weekly Farm E-Newsletter  Blog: Zinnia Talk Are you on the Clubhouse phone app? Join Lisa's club, called Flower Farming, to be notified when she schedules new chats! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Ants on peonies…did you know they are beneficial? Ants patrol the blooms for the sweet nectar and inadvertently protect the nectar and the blooms from pests in their greediness! Why do we find ants on peonies? Because of all the sweet nectar they produce! Peonies have extrafloral nectaries (EFN) - they exude nectar from other parts of the plant beyond the inside of the flower. Ants feed on this nectar, which becomes more plentiful closer to blooming. Ants are not garden pests, they are hard workers with lots of garden duties! Ants are predators of garden pests, they aerate the soil, and perform cleanup of decomposing debris. Rhonda encourages you to observe ants in your garden to see what they’re doing, as different types of ants have different jobs. Lisa and Rhonda briefly discuss the differences between native and non-native insects, and how humans affect the spread of non-natives. Lisa talks about peony harvesting on her farm and shares some great peony tips from Dave Dowling: Peony buds can be held in a cooler at 34 degrees for at least a couple of weeks. To store them in water in a cooler, harvest blooms at the “marshmallow stage.” Quality and quantity of blooms for next year depend on water intake in July/August of this year, so make sure your peonies get enough water in summer, irrigating if needed. Leave as much stem and foliage on the plants as possible so that plants continue to gather energy through the season. Lisa only cuts up to 24” stems no matter how tall her peonies are. Links & Mentions: The Gardener’s Workshop Free Resources Library Dave Dowling’s 6-week course, Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies and More!  More Info & Join the waitlist The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

My fascination with Ellen Frost’s local flower sourcing design studio model, Local Color Flowers, began years ago when we first met. Every flower farmer needs an Ellen on their customer list! Local Color Flowers is located in Baltimore, Maryland. She buys all her flowers from growers within 100 miles of the shop, and she does it year-round. Let’s walk through a year, month-by-month of what is going on in Ellen’s studio plus what they are buying. Please see the PDF link below for the full outline. Links & Mentions PDF: A Designer's Month-to-Month (What they buy)  Request Ellen’s Dried Wreath Webinar Connect with Ellen on Instagram: Local Color Flowers  Florist Buying Local Flowers Learn about Ellen’s Course Growing Your Business with Local Flower Sourcing The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Are floral collectives the key to the future for domestic cut flower growers? This episode features a recent panel discussion about our new on-demand online course, Collectives 101: A guide for joining and selling through regional wholesale hubs, with Amelia Ihlo. Lisa is joined by Amanda Montgomery of River City Flower Exchange and Jonathan Leiss of Spring Forth Farm to gain insight into the world of floral collectives and to hear first-hand the potential value of this new course for flower farmers.  Amanda and Jonathan share their experiences with this selling model and offer helpful information for those curious about the opportunity to either start a collective or join an existing one.   Links & Mentions Hummingbird Flower Co: Website  Facebook   River City Flower Exchange: Website  Instagram Spring Forth Farm: Website  Facebook Instagram Piedmont Wholesale Flowers: Website  Facebook  Instagram Stemz: Website  Facebook  Instagram Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers     Localflowers.org Rooted Farmers: Website  Instagram On-Demand Course: Collectives 101  The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Let’s remember and keep in focus the big picture of what we are doing, how we are doing it, and why we are doing it. It’s so easy to fall into rabbit holes and to become completely derailed from our “why” we are doing this in the first place! My big picture garden considerations are: How will I tear this down? How will I maintain it day to day? Will it sell easily? On the business side of things, pausing to remember “why” I am doing all this and am I getting there helps to keep me on track.   Links & Mentions:   Excited about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any subscription.  "Bug Talk" podcasts with Lisa & Rhonda: Field & Garden episode #112, episode #121  The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

An introduction to these showy greenhouse-grown spring blooms from Steve & Gretel Adams of Sunny Meadows Flower Farm. They cover lots of important topics, including: When to order corms for best selection Building relationships with your vendors When to plant (and successions) Best varieties for beginners Basic growing & harvesting tips Links & Mentions: Request the PDF: Favorite Ranunculus & Sources Request the PDF: Favorite Anenomes & Growing Tips Request the PDF: Ranunculus Stages of Harvest Flower Farming School Online: Growing Cut-Flower Crops in Hoops & Greenhouses More from Sunny Meadows Flower Farm: Website  Instagram  TikTok The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

In this episode, we're revisiting an interview that Lisa did in October 2020 on The Flower Podcast, with host Scott Shepherd. Scott and Lisa covered a broad range of topics, including:  Where Cool Flowers can be grown and how they can increase your farm's production dramatically Marketing: finding your niche in "outside the box" selling opportunities Understanding how learning via courses saves time and money  Creating a business model that suits your lifestyle Lisa's Top 5 Warm-Season Annuals  Links & Mentions:  The full-length episode on The Flower Podcast  Online Courses & Schools offered by The Gardener's Workshop The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

In this episode I am sharing the bottom line friends: you are the only one that can change the way things are going for you and your flower farming business. If we think back to why we started our own business: To be in control To do things the way we think is best  To make the choices To guide the way To do what we want to do, when we want to do it Now we have to exercise the muscle that can help us get there: the choices we make and how we respond to failures.  The difference between success and failure can be this simple. Hope this gives some food for thought! Links & Mentions: Course: Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing and More! Book: Vegetables Love Flowers Podcast: Jennie Love & Dave Dowling discuss Tulips The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Ellen Frost joins Lisa to discuss the unique business model of her floral design studio, Local Color Flowers, and how it has continued to evolve over time. Topics include: supporting local flower farmers, community building through regular studio events, and ramping up subscriptions. Links & Mentions: Ellen’s Design Studio, Local Color Flowers:  Website   Instagram  Facebook Florists Buying Local:  Facebook  Instagram  and #floristsbuyinglocal Course: Florist School Online: Growing Your Business with Local Flower Sourcing The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

In October 2021 Lisa was featured on the Joe Gardener podcast. She joined host Joe Lamp'l to discuss how nature can balance itself when you incorporate flowers and native plants in and around your garden space, attracting beneficial insects and providing them with a consistent habitat. They covered topics such as: Succession plantings of flower “recipes” to overcome common pests, weeds, and diseases Variety selections for cut flowers, supporting taller flowers, and harvesting tips The importance of providing habitat (both food & shelter) for beneficial creatures in spring, summer & fall Links & Mentions: Full Joe Gardener Episode #231 Blog Post Available Here Request Lisa's Free Resource: 6 Steps to a 3-Season Cut-Flower Garden Online Courses published by The Gardener’s Workshop The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

In this episode, Lisa Z and Collectives 101 instructor Amelia Ihlo discuss what it takes as a flower farmer to be ready to join or start a floral collective. They touch on common indicators for success, such as knowing your market & your customer’s needs, examining your grower network & relationships, thinking about short and long-term plans, and building resources.  Links & Mentions:  Collectives 101 On-Demand Online Workshop *AVAILABLE NOW* Considering using Rooted Farmers for your collective? More info Here Book: A Complaint Is a Gift The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Today, Rhonda Graves returns to join Lisa for another “Bug Talk.” And beneficial creatures too! They all have a purpose in a balanced ecosystem. Rhonda & Lisa discuss how to invite and maintain these beneficial creatures in your garden or on your farm, including pollinator garden plots, native tree and shrub plantings, “Beetle Banks” and “Habitat Islands.” Together they share the joy of getting to know the beneficial creatures in your garden and how to create a year-round habitat to keep them nearby. Mentions: Bugguide.net iNaturalist app Book: Attracting Beneficial Bugs To Your Garden by Jessica Walliser Book: Wasps  by Heather Holm Book: Grow Organic by Doug Oster & Jessica Walliser Lisa's book: Vegetables Love Flowers The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Today I have more "keeper clips" from Clubhouse for you! Lisa hosts a chat on Clubhouse each Wednesday to cover various flower farming and flower business topics as well as answer listener questions. This episode has some great clips covering the topics of Early-Season Sunflower Growing and Prepping your Beds for Weed Prevention. Lisa offers some great tips here that can make a BIG difference for your farm or garden. So here you go! Links & Mentions: Sunflower Seeds in our Online Shop Bio360 Install Video  Video: Weeding with a garden hoe Blog: Weed-Free Direct Seeded Beds Are you on the Clubhouse phone app? Join Lisa's club, called Flower Farming, to be notified when she schedules new chats! The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

In this episode, I am exploring the question: "What is a floral Collective, and how is it different from a Co-op?" I discussed this and so much more with Amelia Ihlo of Rooted Farmers. Amelia lays out the ins and outs of this flower selling model that I believe is a key piece of the future locally-grown cut-flower industry.  Amelia has plenty of boots-on-the-ground experience with this business model as a flower farmer herself. She was part of starting a collective several years ago to better serve her customers and to work with other growers in the Boston area.  She went on to start RootedFarmers.com, an online marketplace connecting flower buyers with flower sellers. Rooted Farmers now works with collectives nationwide. Today we introduce the launch of Amelia's on-demand workshop published by The Gardener's Workshop, called Collectives 101: A Guide for Joining & Selling through Regional Wholesale Hubs. Read more about Amelia and her new on-demand online workshop here.  The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Friends, Lynn Byczynski's book, The Flower Farmer is what redirected my life path. While Lynn and I have come to be friends through the years, it was a surreal moment to chat with her about the book that changed everything for me.  I also loved hearing about her other major contribution to the farming world, founding Growing For Market over 30 years ago. It is a magazine for farmers by farmers and also played a key role in forming me as a flower farmer. One of Lynn's longtime passions has been growing delicious food. It wasn't surprising to learn that Lynn's family's business has become the USA distributor of the Seeds From Italy line of seeds.   Mentions: Seeds From Italy, include Lynn's Blog, vegetable and flower seeds, tools, and books. Connect: Instagram  Dee Hall of Mermaid City Flowers: Instagram, Website, and the group Black Flower Farmers The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Hello and welcome to the Field & Garden podcast! I'm Jessi Graven with The Gardener's Workshop. Today I’d like to share some clips from an interview that Lisa recently did on The Urban Farm Podcast with host Greg Peterson. Here they discussed Lisa’s book Vegetables Love Flowers and also covered topics such as beneficial insects & creatures, the importance of native plants, succession planting, and starting a 3-season cut-flower garden in your vegetable patch. I hope you enjoy! Mentions & Links: The Urban Farm Podcast with Host Greg Peterson Lisa Mason Ziegler’s book, Vegetables Love Flowers Jessica Walliser’s book, Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden Doug Tallamy’s book, Bringing Nature Home Online Courses from The Gardener's Workshop The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

We are so hard on ourselves when we hit a wall or fail. I've found that the reality so often for me is that my expectations weren't based on any facts or experiences, just hopes, and dreams. No wonder it didn't work out!  Stepping back and rethinking the process can change it all. Hopes + Dreams + Experience + Knowledge = a smoother and straighter road to success.  I hope this episode meets you where you are, encourages you, lets you know you are not alone, and sows the seeds of hope that there is another way. Mentions: Request the webinar: What It Takes To Be A Flower Farmer Sunny Meadows Flower Farm: Instagram  Website Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, and More with Lisa Mason Ziegler Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More with Dave Dowling I hope you enjoy this episode. The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Listen as Jennie Love of Love n' Fresh Flowers in Philly and I discuss the evolution of her flower farm and business. From starting a cutting garden in a community plot to blazing the way as a pioneer in the farmer-florist industry. Named by Martha Stewart as one of the top 10 Farmer-Florist.    Jennie shares the changes to the way she farms and to her business -- all-natural evolution to staying relevant and successful. Join us for a candid chat.  Mentions:  Connect with Jennie:   Love n' Fresh Flowers Website  Instagram  Pinterest  No-Till Flowers Podcast  Jennie's courses: Making Workshops Work for You  Farmer-Florist School Online: The Wedding Process  I hope you enjoy this episode. The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Hello and welcome to the Field & Garden podcast! I’m Jessi Graven from The Gardener’s Workshop. Today I’d like to share a chat between Jennie Love of Love 'n Fresh Flowers & Ellen Frost of Local Color Flowers, in which they discuss their top books for flower farming, floristry, and business. As you may know, both Jennie & Ellen are online course instructors for The Gardener’s Workshop, but they’re also good friends on top of that. In 2020 Jennie hosted this chat with Ellen on Instagram Live and then shared it with us, so we hope you enjoy!  Jennie's Full Book List  Read more about Jennie Love, Love 'n Fresh Flowers and her online course here. Ellen's Full Book List  Read more about Ellen Frost, Local Color Flowers, and her online course here. Thank you everyone for joining me here on The Field & Garden Podcast, I’m Jessi Graven with The Gardener’s Workshop and I hope you have a great day!

Friends, I don't know if anyone has noticed it yet, but I have been trying to bring to the forefront that farming is the root of many good things. This episode with Andrew Mefford of Growing For Market is another example of the many opportunities that farming affords us. There are many roads less traveled from the farming world that may be a fit for you too. I came to know Andrew after reading his book,  The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution, and through his taking over Growing For Market magazine.   Take a listen to see how being a plant nerd led Andrew to farming and with journalism in his past, Andrew, in his words, now has a hand in advancing the state of local farming. Mentions: Request a free digital or print copy from the Growing For Market magazine. Subscribe with a 25% discount code: Workshop Find Andrew's books HERE. I hope you enjoy this episode. The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Warning friends, this is an episode that may change the way you garden, farm, and view it all.  Meet Rhonda Graves the warehouse manager here at The Gardener's Workshop. But more importantly, Rhonda has a passion (truthfully an obsession) for all that is happening out in the garden, and friends you won't believe what is going on out there. Rhonda is a lifelong gardener, an active master gardener, and a master naturalist. Did you know that the good beneficial bugs in the world outnumber the bad pest bugs by a longshot?  Rhonda and I are sharing our experiences encouraging the good bugs to combat the bad pest bugs. When invited to the garden and kept happy, beneficial insects will do the heavy lifting on pest control.  We want to whet your appetite, share some of the resources we use with the hope that it will inspire you to step away from pesticides. Join us to give a hand to what is going on just outside your backdoor. Mentions: Jessica Walliser's books: Attracting Beneficial Bugs To Your Garden and Good Bug Bad Bug Doug Tallemy's book: Bringing Nature Home Mary Gardiner's book: Good Garden Bugs Xerces Resources  Xerces book: Farming For Beneficial Insects  Lisa's book: Vegetables Love Flowers We hope this episode helps you. Lisa & Rhonda The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Hello and welcome to the Field & Garden podcast! I’m Jessi Graven from The Gardener’s Workshop. Today I’d like to present a conversation between Lisa Mason Ziegler and Dave Dowling from 2019 in which they tackle some of the most common challenges that people face while working to become a flower farmer. There are also some great stories in here about when Lisa and Dave were first starting their flower farming journeys, so I hope you enjoy! Challenges mentioned: Lack of Experience, No Cooler, No Acreage, No Greenhouse or Hoophouse, No Money, No Delivery Vehicle, No Tractor, Nowhere to sell flowers nearby, No Hired Help, Too Old, Single Parent Lisa & Dave explain how we can overcome these challenges to achieve our flower farming dreams! Mentions:  Lisa Ziegler's Online Course: Join the Waitlist Dave Dowling's Online Course: Join the Waitlist Available Now: On-Demand Online Workshops  Connect with Lisa on Social Media  Thank you for joining me here The Field & Garden Podcast, I’m Jessi Graven with The Gardener’s Workshop and I hope you have a great day!

A part of building a successful long-haul business is not putting all your eggs into one basket. Adding workshops and experiences to your business may be the perfect profitable next step.  Listen as Jennie Love of Love n' Fresh Flowers in Philly and I discuss the ups and downs, the how-to and how-not-to add workshops to your businesses lineup. Jennie has years of workshop experience on her farm and taking her workshops on the road.  Mentions: Connect with Jennie:   Love n' Fresh Flowers Website   Instagram   Pinterest    No-Till Flowers Podcast Jennie's courses: Making Workshops Work for You   Farmer-Florist School Online: The Wedding Process Your host Lisa Mason Ziegler The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Welcome to the Field & Garden podcast, I’m Jessi Graven from The Gardener’s Workshop. Today I have for you some excerpts from Lisa’s recent Clubhouse chat with Jonathan & Megan Leiss of Spring Forth Farm. During this conversation, Jonathan & Megan discuss their recent business changes, farming with young children, answer audience questions, and offer a brief description of their on-demand online workshop, The No-Till Micro-Scale Flower Farm. For more details and to purchase the course, visit their course page. Discover Spring Forth Farm: Facebook, Instagram, Website Are you on the Clubhouse phone app? Join Lisa's club, called Flower Farming, to be notified when she schedules new chats! Thank you for joining me here on another episode of The Field & Garden Podcast, I’m Jessi Graven with The Gardener’s Workshop and I hope you have a great day!

In this episode, I'm sharing the reminders I wish someone would have tapped me on the shoulder to say: remember this! If you are an avid gardener or as I was in the beginning, a gardener gone wild-- you can disregard this list.  These reminders are for those that want to build a successful, profitable business: Remember the point: to spend less money than you bring in, better known as profit. Flowers do not sell themselves. You must get up every day and keep doing it. Prevent weeds: paramount. (takes down many potential growers) Grow what sells. Stop comparing yourself. Be a professional no matter what. Every failure is a potential lesson. You can do hard things. Pick up where you are. STOP looking back.  I hope this reminds and helps you. Lisa P.S. I can't wait to meet you at school! Get on my waitlist HERE.  The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

In this episode, I am sharing my journey of how I came to grow sunflowers and then how I pushed the envelope to get them even earlier in the season.  Mentions in this episode: Amy's Garden Instagram Request my webinar: Sunflowers For the Win! ProCut & Sunfill Sunflower seeds Hydrator: Quick Dip The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Hey Everyone! Welcome to the Field & Garden podcast, I’m Jessi Graven from The Gardener’s Workshop. Today I’ve pulled together some clips of Lisa speaking over on the Clubhouse app for your enjoyment. If you’re not familiar with Clubhouse, it’s an audio-only social media app, sort of like a group phone call but with more features. Lisa and I go on there once a week on Wednesdays to cover various flower farming and flower business topics as well as answer listener questions. Today I have for you a couple of great clips from our February chats, covering topics including Lisa’s cool flower successes and failures, a debate about row cover usage, and a rundown of what is currently sprouting in Lisa’s grow room.  On Clubhouse each week we include a link to more information on the topic we're covering, such as links to blog posts and webinar replays. Here are the ones that we included in these chats:  Webinar Replay Request: Cool Flowers Refresher Blog: Seed Starting Schedule for Summer Flowers Are you on the Clubhouse phone app? Join Lisa's club, called Flower Farming, to be notified when she schedules new chats! Thank you for joining me here on another episode of The Field & Garden Podcast, I’m Jessi Graven with The Gardener’s Workshop and I hope you have a great day!

In this episode, I'm walking down memory lane of how I came to be such an avid soil blocker seed starter.  I'm sharing how I learned about this method that the Dutch and English have used for decades to start seeds and the journey of tweaking it into a tabletop seed starting method.  Mentions in this episode: The book The Flower Farmer by Lynn Byczynski The book The New Organic Grower by Eliot Coleman Soil blocking and seed starting equipment Why I use soil blocking: Super easy to use inside of a home No transplant shock High rate of germination Grow a lot of transplants in a small space Transplants grow fast Plant and handle earlier No thinning or potting up Once equipped with the tools just add blocking mix and seeds each season.  The discovery and pursuit of soil blocking allowed me to launch my cut-flower farm. Sharing this revolutionary in-home easy seed starting method with soil blocking surely changed the course of my life. Thanks for letting me walk down memory lane! Lisa    The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

In this episode, I'm sharing what I'm doing and thinking about with my Cool Flowers garden in very early spring. Remembering to make simple notes on the calendar is so helpful the next time around to refer back to.  Fall Planting Checkin What made it? When to remove covers? Weeding, support, and feeding Very Early Spring Planting Deciding factors on what to plant in VES? Why I don't direct seed in VES. Later blooms, support and feeding When the Blooms Start Make notes on first blooms! Having a cooler or at least a cellar or AC room is beneficial Learn more about growing Cool Flowers. The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Hello and welcome to another special episode of the Field & Garden podcast! I’m Jessi Graven from The Gardener’s Workshop. I’m here today to continue what we started last week, the recap of the panel discussion and review of The No-Till Micro-Scale Flower Farm online workshop. If you missed last week’s podcast that featured Jennie Love’s review of the workshop, you can find that on our website or wherever you listen to podcasts, it’s episode #100. So as you may know, we offer an On-Demand Workshop called The No-Till Micro-Scale Flower Farm with Jonathan & Megan Leiss of Spring Forth Farm. Jonathan & Megan’s workshop offers over 4.5 hours of instruction on their no-till practices and micro-scale farming techniques. When the course first launched, Lisa Ziegler invited industry professionals to review the course and attend an online panel discussion. Today I have for you an excerpt from that discussion featuring Andrew Mefferd. Andrew is the editor and publisher of Growing for Market magazine as well as the author of the book The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution. Andrew has spent over 15 years working on farms, including a year working on a no-till research farm, and seven years in the research department at Johnny's Selected Seeds. We loved hearing his insights about this workshop, and I hope you will too. *Special Announcement* Jonathan & Megan Leiss are hosting a LIVE Q&A session on Earth Day! (Friday, April 22, 2022) ALL students of their workshop are invited to attend, and we hope to see you there! Details will be emailed beforehand to everyone who has purchased the workshop. NOW is a great time to purchase the workshop if you haven’t already, dive into the material, and get your questions ready for the LIVE Q&A. More info is available on our website: About the No-Till Micro-Scale Flower Farm On-Demand Workshop To learn more about Spring Forth Farm: Instagram,  Facebook,  Website, View the full-length panel discussion The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

Enjoy this short podcast to get relieved of the pressure to start seeds now— In the episode, I share the reality that this rush and pressure we feel to start seeds in early spring is a result of marketing--it is not the only time to start seeds! Many of us could really start seeds 12 months of the year. Hope this gives you the nudge to jump on where you are and not feel behind. Hosted with Lisa Mason Ziegler The Gardener’s Workshop and Flower Farming School Online and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online.  Award-winning Author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers. Watch Lisa’s Story and view her blog Field & Garden. Connect with Lisa on Facebook and Instagram!

In this episode, Jonathan Leiss of Spring Forth Farm and I discuss how his focus on flower colors is directly connected to what his customers want and need. His specialized business model is harvesting and selling flowers in early spring to early summer when demand and profits are high. This model allows them to fully embrace their homesteading lifestyle and pursue a business that fits their family. To learn more about Spring Forth Farm: Instagram  Facebook  Website Jonathan and Megan's online course: The No-Till Micro-Scale Flower Farm   Flowers mentioned in our discussion: Here's a list of the white flowers we grow: Ammi majus Anemones Galilee White -- most profitable crop on our farm Campanula Champion White Dianthus Bodestolz White  Digitalis Camelot White or Cream Larkspur -- any series they all seem similar to us Oralya Peonies -- varieties appropriate for your climate Ranunculus -- Amandine White, Half-Clone Iceberg Saponaria White -- favorite filler of all time Snapdragons Chantilly White, Madame Butterfly Ivory Stock Noble White, Cheerful White, Cheerful Midseason White (all high double -- we found the HD Katz White to have weak necks) We no longer grow: White Yarrow (the regular millefolium white -- heads not large enough for our market) Agrostemma -- pain in the butt to harvest Lisianthus -- amazing white varieties available, but don't fit into our season. We grew ABC but there are lots of new options Godetia White -- we grow other colors. The white was a little boring and didn't sell well Hosted by Lisa Ziegler The Gardener’s Workshop and Flower Farming School Online and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online.  Award-winning Author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers. Watch Lisa’s Story and view her blog Field & Garden. Connect with Lisa on Facebook and Instagram!

Welcome to a special episode of the Field & Garden podcast! I’m Jessi Graven from The Gardener’s Workshop, and I’m here to bring you something a little different today. As you may know, we offer an On-Demand Workshop called The No-Till Micro-Scale Flower Farm with Jonathan & Megan Leiss of Spring Forth Farm. Jonathan & Megan’s workshop offers over 4.5 hours of instruction on their no-till practices and micro-scale farming techniques.  When the course first launched, Lisa Ziegler, invited industry professionals to review the course and attend an online panel discussion. Today I have for you an excerpt from that discussion featuring Jennie Love of Love n’ Fresh Flowers. Jennie is an industry-leading farmer-florist, a flower farmer with a strong interest in regenerative agriculture, a past president of the ASCFG, and a fellow TGW course instructor. We loved hearing her thoughts about this workshop, and I hope you will too.  *Special Announcement* Jonathan & Megan Leiss are hosting a LIVE Q&A session on Earth Day! (Friday, April 22, 2022) ALL students of their workshop are invited to attend, and we hope to see you there! Details will be emailed beforehand to everyone who has purchased the workshop. NOW is a great time to purchase the workshop if you haven’t already, dive into the material, and get your questions ready for the LIVE Q&A.   More info is available on our website: About the No-Till Micro-Scale Flower Farm On-Demand Workshop  To learn more about Spring Forth Farm: Instagram,  Facebook,  Website, View the full-length panel discussion  The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social! 

In this episode with Dave Dowling we are discussing Lisianthus. From favorite varieties to treatment to prevent root rot to netting.  Dave's comments are loaded with good information. This episode along with episode #97 is a great taste of Dave's teaching style! Learn about Dave's online course and get on his waitlist: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More! Hosted with Lisa Mason Ziegler The Gardener’s Workshop and Flower Farming School Online and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online.  Award-winning Author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers. Watch Lisa’s Story and view her blog Field & Garden. Connect with Lisa on Facebook and Instagram!

I've been growing snapdragons for over two decades and thought I had a handle on it---but NOT after this discussion with Dave Dowling!  In this episode, we are talking about extending the harvest season, how to do that but variety selection, harvesting, conditioning, and more! This is but a small sampling of what it is like to learn from Dave. I am so pleased to have Dave as one of our online course instructors.  Learn more about his course and get on the waitlist for his June enrollment for Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More! Connect with Dave on Instagram & Facebook Hosted with Lisa Mason Ziegler The Gardener’s Workshop and Flower Farming School Online and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online.  Award-winning Author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers. Watch Lisa’s Story and view her blog Field & Garden. Connect with Lisa on Facebook and Instagram!

Talking one of my favorite subjects with Jonathan Leiss of Spring Forth Farm located in Hurdle Mills, North Carolina: sunflowers. We both agree that sunflowers can be major contributors to the bottom line of most flower-growing operations.  Jonathan's go-to sunflower is VIncent's Choice with a new addition this year of Premier for its short seed to bloom and shorter height.  Connect with Jonathan and Megan and learn more about their unique business model in their online course:  Instagram  Facebook  Website Jonathan and Megan's online course: The No-Till Micro-Scale Flower Farm   The Gardener’s Workshop and Flower Farming School Online and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online.  Award-winning Author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers. Watch Lisa’s Story and view her blog Field & Garden. Connect with Lisa on Facebook and Instagram!

Hey friend I can’t wait to connect with you here! I’m talking all things cut flowers, the urban farming life, business, and even having a large garden with a giant golden retriever roaming around!