For the last few years, we’ve been creating content, lots of it….. Words, Photos, Videos, Audios, and check sheets, and we’ve now got quite a collection of courses going. So which one is right for you and your flower growing?
Here’s a summary of what we’re offering. Which one is going to help you with your Flower farming this season?
Introduction to Flower Farming
Start at the beginning - you don’t think of yourself yet as a flower farmer…. maybe you’d count yourself as a gardener who might like to to see if they could make some money growing flowers, or maybe you’ve acquired some land that you feel you’d like to do something with, or maybe you’ve already got a farm that grows other crops, and flowers are something you could add into the mix ……. this is just the course for you…
We’ve got together all the information that you need when you’re starting out…. the initial business stuff, the who your customers could be, the what you could grow and how, plus we’ve asked those on our other courses what they’d wished they’d known when they started. It’s all there! More info here
The Business of Growing Flowers
This is our flagship programme which runs each winter (Northern hemisphere) September to March with support for the rest of the year. Our participants have usually been growing for a few years ,but now need to take a step up,. If you’ve ever thought the following , this course is for you
I can’t work any more hours, I love what I do but I’m utterly exhausted
I'm working all the time but I’m not making much money
I don't seem to have the right flowers for my orders, and I need more plants, how can I get them without major investment?
I don't have a life beyond flowers!
More information about our flagship course that starts in September 2022 Here
Prices and Costing courses
This course is for you if you’ve ever been asked “How much is this?” and you didn’t know, or guessed the answer. The Introduction course will enable you to know what the difference is between wholesale and retail markets, and how to value yourself and your flowers. The full pricing course will have you confidently working out your complete business plan for this year because you’ll know exactly what you are selling, what your costs are, and how you are making your profit for this season.
How to Sell All Your Flowers
It’s no good growing beautiful flowers, unless you’re selling them all. If you’re not making any money, it might be that your pricing is wrong, or it might be that you just aren’t marketing yourself well enough. The marketing masterclass will ensure that you know who your customers are, where to find them, what they’ll want to buy, and make sure that you are the only person they’d think about buying from.
Growing Perennials as Cut Flowers
If you want to be able to sell flowers all season through, mitigate some of the effects of climate change, and ensure your flower range looks varied and deluxe, then you’ll need to add perennials into the mix. We’ve amalgamated expertise from growing perennials on very different sites and soils to bring you a short course with information about more than 130 Perennials that you can use as cut flowers.
Rose Growing Masterclass
The Rose is the nation’s favourite flower and, the best seller for florists and flower markets. How can you grow high quality, scented blooms that will sell themselves. Which ones are good for growers in the UK for long lasting cut flowers, and how to you make sure that they are excellent quality for your customers without using pesticides or herbicides? Paula has all the answers in our Rose Growing Masterclass.
Want to know if you’ll get on with learning from an online course?
Our free trial course is the 5 Steps to a more professional flower grower course.
Sign up here and see if online learning is for you.
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