#263: Dried Flowers, Added Value
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Dried Flowers = Added Value! My goal was to always sell it all fresh, but, there are always leftovers, right? Why not hang them to air dry and sell them as added-value products? Dried flowers are back in vogue and an excellent cash crop to sell alongside your fresh fall flowers and those holiday-blooming bulb containers. Dried straight bunches, bouquets, and wreaths are all in demand. MentionsAbout Ellen Frost: ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠YouTube ⁠Florist School Online: Growing Your Business with Local Flower Sourcing Mini-Workshop: Preparing to Sell to Florists with Ellen Frost Flower Farming Schools Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, and More!Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More! Growing Cut-Flower Crops in Hoop & Greenhouses  ⁠Mini-Workshop: Forcing Glorious Blooms for the Holidays and Beyond with Val Schirmer ⁠ ⁠Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies!⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up to receive our Farm News emails!⁠⁠⁠⁠ The ⁠⁠⁠⁠Field and Garden Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of ⁠⁠⁠⁠Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers⁠⁠⁠⁠, owner of ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Gardener’s Workshop,⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Flower Farming School Online,⁠⁠⁠⁠ and the publisher of ⁠⁠⁠⁠Farmer-Florist School Online⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Florist School Online.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch ⁠⁠⁠⁠Lisa’s Story⁠⁠⁠⁠ and connect with Lisa on social media!
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