Starting a Cut Flower Farm

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Jennifer Gulizia of the Flowering Farmhouse didn’t start her career in cut flower growing first thing. It wasn’t until after she did a stint in the corporate world and worked as a wedding photographer that she was inspired to cultivate gorgeous blooms. Hear her story about how she got there, and her advice about starting a cut flower farm. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3PYCWRW Botanical Interests Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/4axALgv Book Collection Page: https://growepic.co/3UhBYDc EG Homesteading Book: https://growepic.co/3TVR142 Learn More: How to plant, grow, and care for dinnerplate dahliasConnect With Jennifer Gulizia:Jennifer Gulizia, the flower farmer behind The Flowering Farmhouse, is deeply rooted in the small farming town of Hood River, Oregon. As the host of The Backyard Bouquet Podcast, Jennifer extends her expertise and passion for growing flowers, sharing insights, stories, and practical tips to inspire budding gardeners and seasoned enthusiasts alike. As a trusted mentor and educator, Jennifer is on a mission to sow seeds of joy and beauty, one blossom at a time. Instagram TikTok Facebook YouTube Website Featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Shop now and get 5% off your first order.Get Our BooksLooking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live!He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots.Preorder Kevin’s newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead! Order signed copies of Kevin’s books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store.More ResourcesLooking for more information? Follow us: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Over the last few years in the vegetable garden I've actually grown quite a huge amount of flowers
0:19.2	like way more than I ever have grown before but not really farmed them and certainly not started a cut flower farm.
0:25.7	So we have Jennifer Galitzia on the show.
0:27.4	She's the flower farmer behind the Flowering Farmhouse.
0:30.0	She also has a podcast called The Backyard Bouquet Podcast,
0:33.5	Everything We Need to Know about Cut Flower Farming,
0:36.3	which I've never done.
0:37.4	I've done Micro Greens Jennifer, which is a very small version
0:41.0	of a vegetable and certainly not in the world of flowers.
0:44.0	So I know that we're going to learn a lot this week, but maybe we could just start with how you
0:48.0	got into cut flower farming and like some of those things that you kind of learn, maybe
0:51.6	the hard way in that first year.
0:53.0	Absolutely. Well, thank you so much for having me here on your podcast.
0:57.2	I'm so excited to be able to chat with you and your audience.
1:00.6	I have loved flowers all my life. I did not set out to become a flower farmer. I actually
1:07.0	went into corporate America. It wasn't feeding my soul and through my extra time I found gardening as a hobby and for me I had a small
1:18.8	vegetable garden but the flowers were really bringing me joy.
1:23.4	And I was actually, when I left Corporate America,
1:27.0	I became a wedding photographer.
1:29.1	And through my weddings, one of my brides happened to grow the most beautiful bouquet of flowers. Through my
1:35.0	brides, one of my brides happened to grow the most beautiful bouquet of flowers, and she said,
1:36.0	hey Jen, it's really important to me
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