Description
"Anyone wanting to get started with a flower garden will find plenty of expert guidance here." Publishers Weekly
#1 Best Seller in Annual Flowers Gardening, Bulb Flower Gardening, and Perennial Gardening.
In the mountains of Asheville, NC, Niki Irving's boutique flower farm grows specially cut, mountain-fresh flowers with sustainable, natural practices. Now, she brings her organic gardening techniques to your home, helping you grow, harvest, and arrange lush, seasonally inspired flowers.
Revel in flowering plants. This beautifully photographed book features simple, and engaging know-how enabling you to grow, harvest, and arrange a cutting garden of flowers. An instructional guide to gardening for beginners or if you're looking to hone your botanical skills, Growing Flowers teaches everything from caring for a cut flower garden to making simple-yet-gorgeous flower arrangements and botanical bouquets.
An indispensable gardening guide for homebody horticulturists and floral foragers. A flower book with a whimsical twist, Growing Flowers is a go-to reference for those new to herb and flower gardening. Discover flower arranging techniques using blooms, greenery, and even artichokes, vines and berries. Learn about tools of the trade. Get down and dirty with dirt, seasonal rotation, starting from seeds and/or seedlings, and more.
Inside find:
- Explanations of soil types and soil preparations
- A list of seasonal flowers such as peonies or garden roses for the spring and sunflowers and dahlias for the summer and fall
- Basic knowledge to create flower bouquets that include things like sprigs of greenery and even attractive weeds
Growing Flowers is a wonderful addition to any collection of garden books. If you're looking for gardening gifts for gardeners or enjoy flowering plant books and flower books like Floret Farms Cut Flower Garden book, Floret Farm's A Year in Flowers, or The Flower Gardener's Bible, you'll love Growing Flowers.
Instagram: Business page for her company, Flourish Flower Farm Currently at 69.9K subscriber as of June 2021 Account has gained 25K+ subscriber between 2020 and 2021 Popular subscriber locations are Asheville, NC (3.2%), New York City, NY (1.8%), Charlotte, NC (1.3%), Atlanta, GA (1.1%), and Raleigh, NC (1.1%) Largest age group is 25-34 year olds (38.6%), followed by 35-44 year olds (26.8%) and 45-54 year olds (15.1%) 93.3% of subscribers identify as Female and 6.7% identify as Male Most popular posts with subscribers are photos of flowers Like average: 6K-60K Comments from audiences are inquiries into how author takes care of her farm and complimenting the flowers in her photos Website: Features workshop, online flower shop, blog, wedding venue information, and press information Been awarded Top 100 Flower Blogs on Feedspot Appeared on 3 podcasts, such as asapconnections.org (episode title: Mountain Fresh Flowers) and Living the Country Life Radio Has been featured in several gardening magazines: Garden Designs, Origin Magazine, Floral Business, Mountain Xpress, The Laurel Wedding Guide, The Carolinas Magazine, Country Living Magazine, and Growing for Market Has been featured as articles on websites such as Gal Meets Glam, Food52, Living the Country Life, Real Simple, BHLDN, Luxe Mountain Weddings, Johnny's Selected Seeds, Team Flower, The Laurel of Asheville, Asheville Wedding Guide, Small Farm Nation, Sisters in Law, Magnolia Rouge, and The Arid Pen Podcasts: Slow Flowers with Debra Prinzing Episode 505 (05/12/2021): "Growing Flowers with Niki Irving of Flourish Flower Farm" https://www.debraprinzing.com/2021/05/12/episode-505-growing-flowers-with-niki-irving-of-flourish-flower-farm/ Growing Cut Flowers (05/14/2021): "Starting a Flower Patch with Niki from Flourish Flower Farm" https://anchor.fm/letsgrowgirls/episodes/Starting-A-Flower-Patch-with-Niki-from-Flourish-Flower-Farm-e10r80r Media Hits: BHLDN (08/27/2019): "Choosing A Florist + Wedding Flowers: Wedding Flower Tips with Niki Irving of Flourish Flower Farm" https://www.bhldn.com/weddingresources/choosing-wedding-flowers-florist The Avid Pen (04/29/2020): "Inside Flourish Flower Farm with Niki Irving" https://theavidpen.com/flourish-flower-farm-with-niki-irving/ https://www.bhldn.com/weddingresources/choosing-wedding-flowers-florist Team Flower (07/02/2020): "How to Become a Flower Farmer with Niki Irving" https://education.teamflower.org/learn/growing/ssl/podcast-how-to-become-a-flower-farmer-with-niki-irving By Holley (08/28/2020): "A Day at Flourish Flower Farm" https://www.byholley.com/new-blog/flowerfarm Publishers Weekly (03/18/2021): "Lifestyle Book Review: Growing Flowers: Everything You Need to Know About Planting, Tending, Harvesting, and Arranging Beautiful Blooms" https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-64250-550-4 Mind Body Green (06/11/2021): "How to Pinch Back Flowers & Why You Should Save Your Cuttings" https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/how-to-pinch-back-flowers/ Duluth Trading Co.: "Springtime Flower-Growing Tips for the Budding Gardener" https://www.duluthtrading.com/Garden-article-Niki.html
About the Author
Niki Irving is a co-owner of Flourish Flower Farm. After years of working in education and outdoor education, she finally turned the dream of becoming a Farmer-Florist into reality. As the daughter of a landscaper and tree farmer, you could say that her love of plants was inevitable. Niki loves growing, nurturing and creating beauty. She currently resides in Asheville, North Carolina.
Book Information
ISBN 9781642505504
Author Niki Irving
Format Hardback
Page Count 156
Imprint Mango Media
Publisher Mango Media
