Well-marketed cut flowers can net existing farms an increase in income per acre compared to traditional vegetables, according to Robin Trott, a seasoned Extension educator at the University of ...
THE TULIPS AND ROSES in buckets outside the grocery store are tempting … but were they grown locally? Probably not. Most of those pretty flowers have been sprayed with pesticides, preserved in ...
SAN DIEGO — Rachel Nafis, waist-deep in corncockles, cut the blush-colored flowers growing in her neighbor’s yard as her eyes wandered to the front door. “I hope Tom comes outside to say hello,” she ...
Former archaeologist Elizabeth Lee now runs Frontier Farm Flowers, a micro-farm in Marion County. Lee shifted from growing produce to flowers due to increased demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Once customers make the connection between the flowers, the farmers, and the seasons, says Oliver, they develop a relationship with those flowers, which become more special. Oliver says she is working ...
A colorful array of dahlias, zinnias, maroon-colored chocolate cosmos and perennial greenery adorn the top of 15 apartments in Berkeley, three blocks off bustling Telegraph Avenue. They’re there ...
To see them recognized on a national stage feels like such a win for not just our farm or the Shenandoah Valley, but for ...
A flower bouquet you can make at Windmill Meadow Farm in Fredericksburg, Texas. (Cody King, KSAT) FREDERICKSBURG, Texas – I ventured to a small, family-owned flower farm in Fredericksburg for a day ...