{"id":18607,"date":"2017-06-18T17:48:26","date_gmt":"2017-06-18T16:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18607"},"modified":"2017-06-18T17:48:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T16:48:41","slug":"a-garden-for-cut-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/a-garden-for-cut-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden for Cut Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1452145768\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1452145768.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the new craze of gardening for cut flowers, where America starts will we follow or is it really voice versa?<\/p>\n<h3>Olden Times<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Romans brought many plants to the UK in the first century including\u00c2\u00a0 various herbs and\u00c2\u00a0 the grape.<\/li>\n<li class=\"md-content-block gutter-bottom\">Dating from the early 15th century a book called <em>The Feate of Gardening<\/em> mentions more than 100 plants.<\/li>\n<li class=\"md-content-block gutter-bottom\">Gardens as a form of creative display properly began in the sixteenth century, often described as Tudor gardens.<\/li>\n<li class=\"md-content-block gutter-bottom\">Oh&#8230;. did Christopher Columbus stumble on the new world around then?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Flower Farms<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Skip to the 21st century and &#8216;flower farms are all the rage&#8217; as though selective cultivation is something new.<\/li>\n<li>Stunning flower gardens of rewarding species can be grown for seasonal bloom<\/li>\n<li>A corner of your garden or an allotment plot for sweet peas, chrysanthemums, dahlias and\u00c2\u00a0 cosmos can produce bunches and bunches.<\/li>\n<li>With more space flower production for gate sales or local retail supply can supplement plant and seedling sales.<\/li>\n<li>Do not forget to grow &#8216;greenery&#8217; to sell with bunches of flowers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0857842331\/richardpettin-21\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0857842331.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" width=\"369\" height=\"459\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Possible Markets for Your Flowers<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Bridal displays and bouquets for special occasions are worth a premium price.<\/li>\n<li>Selling as a producer to a retailer means the retailers\u00c2\u00a0 margin and wastage needs to be accounted for in your pricing.<\/li>\n<li>Market stall, farmers markets and local event selling is seasonal but may generate\u00c2\u00a0 some cash.<\/li>\n<li>Supply agreements will commit you to regularity and consistency so have a good plan to be able to deliver.<\/li>\n<li>Crafters, flower arranging clubs friends and neighbors are also possible targets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the new craze of gardening for cut flowers, where America starts will we follow or is it really voice versa? Olden Times The Romans brought many plants to the UK in the first century including\u00c2\u00a0 various herbs and\u00c2\u00a0 the grape. Dating from the early 15th century a book called The Feate of Gardening mentions more than 100 plants. Gardens as a form of creative display properly began in the sixteenth century, often described as Tudor gardens. Oh&#8230;. did Christopher&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/a-garden-for-cut-flowers\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[219,95,154],"class_list":["post-18607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers","tag-business","tag-cut-flowers","tag-floristry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}