The Flower Farmer's Year: How to Grow Cut Flowers for Pleasure and Profit

I was very hesitant about buying this book and must admit to repeatedly putting it in, and then taking it out of my shopping cart. I am a professional gardener/nursery owner and am making the transition into the cut flower business. I was leery that this would be another 'fluff' book with beautiful pictures but no real substance. I was so pleasantly surprised to find just the opposite to be true! Yes, there are gorgeous pictures but there is also a trove of knowledge, tips and hints that will be so valuable to anyone in this business. The author explains it all in a no-nonsense way that had me jotting notes while laughing at her anecdotes. I have found that true gardeners are always willing (it's a compulsion with us) to share our love of flowers including our knowledge and Georgie Newbery does this in spades!

This is a must have book for anyone starting their own flower farm. Have not finished reading it but what I have read is straight to the point and easy to understand. I love Georgie's style of writing. Would highly recommend this book - 5 stars is not enough.

Even tho this book is written from the UK, can easily be used by anyone. Her insight to the cutting garden plants, her business plan and how she has laid her year out, is perfect for those of us contemplating a cutting garden of any size. This will be read again once the snow flies this winter in the snowbelt of ohio!

I loved having the English persceptive on flower farming. It's a little bit different from the American written books and I highly enjoyed. I also love each section on the individual flowers

Arrived yesterday- what a beautiful book!! Started reading, then skipped ahead to the "rose" section. Gorgeous! Engagingly written, so excited to pour over it from cover to cover. I can tell already that this will be a book referred to again and again.

Love this book. Well packaged.

This is the book to buy if you are thinking about or already flower farming. Invaluable resource with good detailed and practical information

I thought the book was a bit overpriced for the condition it was in. The contents of the book are great, however.

I really loved reading this book and have it available for reading whenever the need arises. The book and the experiences it is based on are set in the UK so no interpretation of units, climate or market preferences needed. The writing style is very personable - more like getting a friendly lecture from a tutor than looking at black and white text.The practical side of the book covers everything I can think of (in retrospect), that would be needed to making your own fertilizer and compost, raised beds, polytunnels, weed/pest protection and so on. Georgie makes the case for local production vs international imports, the business aspects and how to market / sell your produce. Really excellent and recommended.

Bought this as I saw Georgie give a talk and she is just an amazing, inspirational woman. This book is brilliant too. It's totally changed my approach to my home garden for the coming year and I can't wait to see the results.

Great info, nice pics, helpful planner, will reread and reread, take notes, plan and reread again!!!Written in such a friendly way, that I felt I was getting some guidance from a supportive, encouraging friend, Fabulous.Loved it, loved it, loved it!!

Great book, well written and very helpful and particularly relevant for people living in Somerset as that is where the author lives and grows her flowers.

This is my go-to book for my little cut flower business. It's laid out so clearly, it's really easy to use and just contains such practical information. It's a great combination of aspirational and achievable for my cottage (garden) industry.

I hardly need to write this review as there have been so many before me who have given it as I do, five stars.I am about to start on the road to creating my own small cut flower business and this book gives me all the information, pitfalls and joys that I may encounter. A book that will always be by my side to enjoy and educate me along my way.Thank you Georgie!

Fantastic read for those setting out to grow flowers for pleasure in a small plot or for those with bigger plans!

A fabulous book with lots of practical information. An invaluable book if you are growing flowers for cutting.

A lovely book, plenty of detail, and good even just for the photos.

If you are after a book about starting growing your own cut flowers this is the one for you. Simply excellent knowledge being shared by the author. Although there is alot in it about running your own cut flower business (a dream for the future) there is definitely alot to be gained from this book.

Quite interesting I wish I could get away with growing Cow Parsley as a cut flower.About the best book I have read on the subject for the smaller grower, with interesting little tit bits that can be frustratingif one does not think about them before hand,. probably would have giving it 5 stars but for the Cow Parsley.

This is an excellent book, very interesting to anyone who grows lots of flowers and it makes a good "coffee table" book as well because it is full of gorgeous photographs. One of the few books that I have come across that actually describes how to grow sucessionally and is honest about which flowers perform well for the grower.

Very informative and well written book. She tells us about the hard work that's needed to make a living in the flower industry and what's needed to achieve this.

This book is brilliant - in ever sense. The photographs are absolutely breath taking and there is a lot of helpful practical advice, not only on growing flowers for cutting but on selling them and building up a business.

Regardless of your approach to growing, there's something for everyone in this book, and the book comes with a personality which shines through on every page.