Open Flower Network: Preventing Burnout Starting the season right May 5, 2025 How can flower farmers prevent burnout before it starts? Unpredictable weather patterns, financial pressures, and never ending to-do lists can quickly lead to stress and burnout for...
Open Flower Network: Expanding wholesale Cut Flower Coops & Collectives Mar 18, 2025 Selling through wholesale channels is a valuable yet often untapped income source for many small-scale flower farms, whether they are scaling up or already established. Cut flower...
Open Flower Network: Starting up & scaling Goal setting for flower farmers Feb 20, 2025 Running a successful flower farm isn’t just about growing beautiful flowers; it requires setting clear, achievable goals to drive your business forward. That’s where SMART goal...
Open Flower Network: Expanding wholesale Cut Flower pricing & Quality Feb 13, 2025 Determining fair and competitive prices can be a challenge for flower farmers, whether you’re selling to consumers, designers or otherwise. Recently, we shared a spreadsheet...
Open Flower Network: Channeling Optimism Pick Your Sales Channel Jan 23, 2025 Pick-your-own, wedding design, wholesale markets… With so many possible sales channels available to flower farmers in Canada, how do you choose the options that are best for you?...
Open Flower Network: Starting up & scaling Intro to Cut Flower pricing Jan 13, 2025 Pricing is a crucial aspect of running any successful business. It’s also a tricky one for many flower farmers, who have told us they struggle to determine the right price for...
Open Flower Network: Starting up & scaling Favourite resources Dec 11, 2024 From books to podcasts to member associations, there are countless resources available for specialty cut flower farmers. So many it can be overwhelming to know where to begin. That’s...
Open Flower Network: Starting up & scaling Season reflection for flower farmers Dec 2, 2024 At the end of the flower growing season, it can be tempting to immediately think ahead to next year—or to take a much needed break! But this is the ideal time to spend a...
