Course Summary
Thriving Farmer Flower Summit
Introduction

Welcome to the Flower Summit!

About Your Host - Michael Kilpatrick
Day One - Why Flowers?

Dave Dowling - The Cut Flower Industry: Then and Now

Jessica Hall - Growing Your Flower Dream in Real Life

Mike & Polly Hutchison - Flower Farming and Retail: A New Adventure

Heidi Daniels - Why People Love Flowers: Insights from a Retail Greenhouse Grower

Stacey Murphy - Adding Flowers to Your Garden

Dr. Barbara Utendorf - Benefits of Flowers for Us and Our Ecosystem

Logan Keister - Teas, Tinctures, Meads, and More: An Introduction to Medicinal and Culinary Flowers
Day Two - Flower Growing Tips and Techniques

Greg Peterson - Building Healthy Soil

Jennifer WIdowski - Micro Flower Farming: Starting small to see what works for you

Sarah Funk - Successful Succession Planting: Planning for both supply AND sanity

Erik Brimstad and Beth Satterwhite - Fitting Flowers into Your Field: When flowers are just one part of your flower operation

Christy Ralphs - Applying Lean Principles to Flower Farming

Hillary Alger and Joy Longfellow - Johnny's Seeds Overwinter Cut Flower Trial Results

Tania Cubberly - Flowering in the Tunnel

Christina Ford - Managing an Efficient Harvest

Betsy Busche - Making Profitable Market Bouqets

Melissa Smith - Growing Dahlias in Hot Climates

Maggie Sheehan - Working with and Blooming in Your Climate
Day Three - Build A Flower Business

Roz Chandler - The Growth of a Flower Business: Stories from the FIeld Gate

Jessica Hall - Building A Strong Family Farm

Julie Treanor - Building A Brand for Your Business

Becky Sadlowski - Walking As Yourself: Marketing Based on Who You Are and What You Value

Don Lareau - Marketing and Scaleability of Organic Flower Farming

Gretel and Steve Adams - Scaling Up Your Flower Operation: Standardizing systems and setting up for success

Roger & Mary Winstead - Growing and Selling Edible Flowers

Shannon Allen - Providing a Profitable Flower CSA

Lyndsay Biehl - Setting Up Your U-Pick Operation

Lori Rice - Photographing Your Flowers to the Fullest

Lennie Larkin - Tracking Profitability on Dahlia Production

John Reinwald - Advice every flower farmer needs to know about growing a following on Instagram

Molly Edgington - Revenue from RVers: Finding a new income stream for your flower farm