The Farmer Bailey Blog

ACK! Where's my order history?

Access your up-to-date Order Acknowledgements.

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From Gardener to Farmer

Business ownership has financial benefits far beyond saving on sales tax.

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Stay in the Know with Text Alerts

Join the Text List.

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Essential Reading: Account Changes for All Farmer Bailey Customers

Add your Company Name by September 18 to keep your account up to date.

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Bonus Farmers Market Q&A with Bailey and Thomas

Farmer Bailey managing partners and veteran farmers market vendors Thomas & Bailey answer viewer questions in this honest Q&A.

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WATCH: Farmers Market Success Webinar

Farmers Markets can be a powerful sales channel for flower farmers, but are they right for you and your business?

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Flourish at the Farmers Market

Are farmers markets right for you?

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WATCH: Simplify and Streamline Your Wedding Season

Veteran farmer-florists share their decades of hard-earned insight into growing, marketing, and delivering wedding flowers in this video webinar.

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Power Your Flowers: Building Thriving Customer Relationships

Grow a customer-focused flower farm business with Lennie's top five tips.

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Power Your Flowers: Record Keeping Systems

"My farming life got easier, more profitable, and way more fun once I learned to measure what I was doing so that I could improve what I was doing."

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Power Your Flowers: Crop Planning

Flower Farming for Profit author Lennie Larkin shares her top tips for a great season ahead.

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Congrats to our Gift Away Winner!

Chand Ahuja of Great Ring Farm won a copy of Flower Farming for Profit, an essential new book for growers.

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Farmer-Florist Profile: Colin Stark of Stark Blooms

Colin tells us why he ditched bespoke suits for muck boots, what he treasures most about his farmer lifestyle, and his favorite Farmer Bailey crops.

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PANTONE Peach Fuzz 13-1023 in Flower Form

Is PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz the color of the year? 

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Grab the New Ship Week Calendar

Plan for the coming year with us, with the help of the new Farmer Bailey Ship Week Calendar.

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Flower Farming for Profit with Lennie Larkin

Small business whiz Lennie Larkin of B-Side Farm shares her unique insight on Flower Farming for Profit.

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Why Buy Plugs?

Are plugs an expensive shortcut or an important input for a successful flower farm?

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Meet Jocelyn, Your Technical Specialist

Shopify developer Jocelyn is the woman behind the Farmer Bailey shopping experience.

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WATCH: Fight Burnout by Finding Fun in Flower Farming

We're pursuing pleasure while planting posies.

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Meet Thomas, Farmer Bailey's Director of Operations

Director of Operations Thomas McCurdy oversees day-to-day activities of the business–and then creates Bailey's Instagram Live cocktail. 

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Meet Felicia, your Director of Customer Experience

Think of the Farmer Bailey team as your friends with experience in flower farming, floral design, sales and entrepreneurship. We exist to help you succeed!

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WATCH: Profitable Flower Farming

Learn how strategically narrowing your focus and calling in help from day one will  grow your profits.

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WATCH: Takin' Care of Business for Flower Farmers

What is the one thing you wish you knew when you started out?

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Bailey's Bookshelf: The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook

Drawing on his 30-plus years of experience operating Cate Farm in Vermont, Richard Wiswall breaks down how to manage finances, crops and staff–while turning a profit. 

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