Thriving Farmer Flower Summit
Introduction

2:50
Welcome to the Flower Summit!

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

41:02
Dave Dowling - The Cut Flower Industry: Then and Now

45:45
Jessica Hall - Growing Your Flower Dream in Real Life

19:20
Mike & Polly Hutchison - Flower Farming and Retail: A New Adventure

35:14
Heidi Daniels - Why People Love Flowers: Insights from a Retail Greenhouse Grower

29:26
Stacey Murphy - Adding Flowers to Your Garden

45:01
Dr. Barbara Utendorf - Benefits of Flowers for Us and Our Ecosystem

1:44:06
Logan Keister - Teas, Tinctures, Meads, and More: An Introduction to Medicinal and Culinary Flowers
Day Two - Flower Growing Tips and Techniques

1:00:27
Greg Peterson - Building Healthy Soil

37:47
Jennifer WIdowski - Micro Flower Farming: Starting small to see what works for you

24:37
Sarah Funk - Successful Succession Planting: Planning for both supply AND sanity

44:18
Erik Brimstad and Beth Satterwhite - Fitting Flowers into Your Field: When flowers are just one part of your flower operation

46:24
Christy Ralphs - Applying Lean Principles to Flower Farming

48:06
Hillary Alger and Joy Longfellow - Johnny's Seeds Overwinter Cut Flower Trial Results

53:54
Tania Cubberly - Flowering in the Tunnel

30:52
Christina Ford - Managing an Efficient Harvest

49:11
Betsy Busche - Making Profitable Market Bouqets

46:43
Melissa Smith - Growing Dahlias in Hot Climates

37:47
Maggie Sheehan - Working with and Blooming in Your Climate
Day Three - Build A Flower Business

45:41
Roz Chandler - The Growth of a Flower Business: Stories from the FIeld Gate

42:33
Jessica Hall - Building A Strong Family Farm

1:04:20
Julie Treanor - Building A Brand for Your Business

41:38
Becky Sadlowski - Walking As Yourself: Marketing Based on Who You Are and What You Value

1:03:10
Don Lareau - Marketing and Scaleability of Organic Flower Farming

1:18:26
Gretel and Steve Adams - Scaling Up Your Flower Operation: Standardizing systems and setting up for success

31:57
Roger & Mary Winstead - Growing and Selling Edible Flowers

40:00
Shannon Allen - Providing a Profitable Flower CSA

54:06
Lyndsay Biehl - Setting Up Your U-Pick Operation

27:28
Lori Rice - Photographing Your Flowers to the Fullest

34:50
Lennie Larkin - Tracking Profitability on Dahlia Production

46:56
John Reinwald - Advice every flower farmer needs to know about growing a following on Instagram

18:56
Molly Edgington - Revenue from RVers: Finding a new income stream for your flower farm