I’ve grown well over a million stems of snapdragons since I started my flower farming business in 1998. Throughout the years my relationship with this flower has had a lot of ups and downs but one thing remains constant: snapdragons are easy to grow and they are in...
It was one of the earliest ASCFG conferences I attended. I was kind of a loner (hard to believe, right?) and I hadn’t connected yet with anyone so I would spend my free time observing and listening while at conferences. It is pretty amazing what you can learn just...
Weeds…no one likes them and we don’t want to talk about them. No matter what beautiful flowers we are proudly growing, somewhere else there’s a patch of weeds laughing and hissing at us while taking over another section of the garden or the field. Scrolling through...
If there’s one flower that loves the heat of summer it’s celosia. Everyone should grow it - from the home gardener looking to add a unique flower to their garden to the cut flower farmer looking for a cash crop to wow your florists and farmer's market customers all...
Whether you’re a home gardener or a cut flower farmer, you’ll need some form of support to grow beautiful cut flowers with straight stems. You’ve made it this far with your flowers - starting from seed, growing your seedlings into healthy transplants, and preparing...
This summer, Lisa is hosting an open garden and warehouse day on Saturday, June 24, 2023. If you have the opportunity to visit, it will be one of the best decisions you will ever make for yourself as both a gardener and a flower farmer. It’s magical and beautiful to...
“Why didn’t my seeds germinate?” When Lisa answers this question, she uses three words repeatedly. They are: Heat. Light. Moisture. For me, learning how to put heat, light, and moisture together to grow healthy plants from seed was frustrating and filled with lots...
This Seed Starting Moments series is the “whys and some of the hows” of my seed starting story. View all of our Seed Starting Equipment Seed Starting Moments #1: Why We Soil Block and Which Size to Use My #1 tip: Keep it Simple and Stay out of Rabbit Holes created by...
If you’re excited to be planning your new flower farm this year or planning a new year for your existing flower farm, take a look at the TGW on-demand workshop, The No-Till Micro-Scale Flower Farm, created by Jonathan and Megan Leiss of Spring Forth Farm. This...
Hi friends, if we haven’t met, my name is Lisa Mason Ziegler. I am the flower farmer, harvester, hustler, weeder, mouthpiece, CEO, and head bottle washer here at TheGardenersWorkshop.com What began as an adventure back in 1998 of a novice gardener running with her...
