The Farmer Bailey Blog

Mimo Davis is That Girl

When Mimo Davis founded Wild Thang Farms in 1989, she did not know even one other Black farmer. Today, she is a mentor to many and diversity advocate. 

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Anniversary Farmer Feature: Stone Circle Flowers

Tonya Hackley of Stone Circle Flowers shares a bit about how Farmer Bailey has helped her business grow. 

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Anniversary Farmer Feature: The Marmalade Lily

Farmer Bailey is ten years old! We are celebrating our loyal customers like The Marmalade Lily. 

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Field Guide by Fae Flower Farm: Chocolate Cosmos

Sunnie Kim-Tiernan is our guest author today, and she brought gifts to share. 

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Farmer Feature: Katie Tolson of Seed-on-Hudson

Katie Tolson of Seed-on-Hudson is a Farmer Bailey customer featured in Debra Prinzing and Robin Avni's new book, The Flower Farmers!

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The 411 on 288s with Bleeding Heart Flower Farm

Cindy Smith-Putnam shares her experience with 288-cell trays from plug grower Plug Connection. 

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Bountiful Bells of Ireland

Heidi Luck (Luck of Bolton Farm) is a charmer of Bells of Ireland, grown from Farmer Bailey plugs. 

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Meet Isabella, Your Customer Service Specialist

Isabella is a farmer-florist and the newest member of your Farmer Bailey Customer Service team. 

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Meet Hilary, Your Customer Service Specialist

Hilary is a farmer-florist in Vermont and a member of your Farmer Bailey Customer Service team. 

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Pansy Tips & Busting Myths with Author Brenna Estrada

Author & flower farmer Brenna Estrada shares tips on cultivating Pansies for cut flowers and busts myths in this video interview.

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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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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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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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