This is a series of social media post I did over a period of a week on zinnias. I hope you enjoy them as much as our friends over there did. Anybody else tapping their toe wanting flowers? Add in my obsession with green and I’m getting restless! I’m remembering this...
I've tried to not take my gardening lifestyle for granted, but I think it has happened. Reading and hearing the struggles of others trying to grow a flower garden, I’m realizing that I have just been assuming that everyone lives with a garden like I do. I was wrong. I...
Have we met? My name is Lisa Mason Ziegler, welcome! It is so great to connect with you here. I’m an urban flower farmer, teacher, author, and online course publisher. My little business has gone through so much change and growth in the past 22 years that I can...
What sets entrepreneurs apart from non-entrepreneurs? The willingness to grant yourself the permission to not just dream— but to go after the dream without knowing exactly how to make it happen. Just do it. (Better words never spoken.) Perfect followup: Just jump and...
Note from Lisa: This article is based on a true story about a real business. The images are from my farm and business. Business was booming. Selling their flowers at several large farmers markets and had done so for many years. Each week at the market, customers...
This 4-week series is brought to you by TheGardenersWorkshop.com. Making it possible for flower lovers at all levels to grow and enjoy flowers and to build businesses based on flowers! This video series shares the backside of becoming or being a flower farmer—the...
Seeds Are Amazing Dr. Carol Baskin of the University of Kentucky tells her students that “a seed is a baby plant, in a box with its lunch”. Seeds have everything they need to get started, just waiting for the right amount of moisture, light, and warmth to break their...
Saturday July 11, 2020 Not sure when I have felt so inspired and accomplished in garden work. Yet, I’m not completely exhausted from doing it. I’ve just come indoors from my chore time in my research no-till garden. One hour in this garden on Saturday mornings, alone...
A weekly tutorial on a cutting garden. Join me each week as our 3’ x 10’ cutting garden bed grows up! Planted with my favorites, set up for little maintenance, and we will be harvesting before long! Founder of The Gardener’s Workshop and Flower Farming School Online. ...
