The Farmer Bailey Blog

Berry Rich in Virginia

Victoria E. Roberts of Coastal Flower Company is growing great Hypericum from Farmer Bailey plugs.

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Happy Best Friends Day!

There's no better bestie than a fuzzy friend.

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Farmer Feature: Stephen Workman of Mountain Man Flowers

You can never have enough blue Delphinium.

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Happy Pride!

We celebrate year-round, but June is extra fabulous.

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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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Crunching the Numbers on Plugs vs. Seed Starting

B.A.R.E Flower Farm breaks down the true costs of seed starting vs. buying plugs in this unbiased, unsponsored video.

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Fall Planting for Spring Blooms: Orlaya

Fall plant delicate Orlaya for the longest stems and earliest blooms.

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Meet Bobby, your Farmer Bailey Horticulturalist

Horticulturist Bobby Bowen joined the Farmer Bailey team to support you in your flower growing journey.

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Farmer Feature: Shanti Rade of Whipstone Farm

"Farming is never boring and I don’t think I will ever want to give it up. Finding inspiration in new areas of farming is really what keeps me going."

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A La Carte Weddings: From Seed to Ceremony

Scott and Jennifer Joray share their top tips for implementing A La Carte Weddings for farmer-florists.

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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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Floret on The Flower Podcast

Farmer Bailey is proud to sponsor The Flower Podcast, a deep resource of education and inspiration for flower farmers.

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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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WATCH: Growing Winterberry Holly, Snowberry, and Hydrangea

Farmer Bailey hosts Karl “Stick Man” Vahrmeyer Jr, expert grower of branches at Green Park Nurseries.

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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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WATCH: Bailey talks young plants with JP WIlliams

Whip up a cup of something nice, and join Farmer Bailey and young plant expert JP Williams for a Live chat. 

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Chocolate Cosmos 'New Choco'

Lynn Resch of Fleurs du Bien shares her experience growing irresistible New Choco.

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WATCH: Mad for Mums on Instagram Live

Bailey welcomes Steve and Mandy of 3 Porch Farm to Instagram Live on Wednesday, October 4.

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Growing Great Didiscus

When Christy Muck of Wild Blossom Hollow posted her glorious Didiscus harvest on Instagram, we had to reach out to learn more about how she did it.

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Fern Creek Florals is Sowing it Forward

The joy of giving inspired Jen Koym to take her philanthropic flowers to the next level.

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Scoop Contest Winner: Driftless Blooms

Congratulations to Virgina Goeke of Driftless Blooms, our final winner in the #farmerbaileyscoopcontest.

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