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A psychology student’s budding business, providing solace when she most needed it, is rooted in the belief that homegrown flowers can heal the mind, body and soul. Words: Cari Johnson Photos: Alistair Guthrie Tucked into brown envelopes beneath Aila Morgan Guthrie’s bed are the seeds she will sow in the coming months and years, all neatly arranged and labeled. Aila, 20, has big plans for her little darlings. The only (slight) challenge is finding room for the cosmos, poppies and zinnias that…

What?! What does this even mean?! Obviously you need flowers in your field to sell flowers right? Right. But… you just said I didn’t? You don’t. Huh? You can sell flowers before your field is blooming, even as a first year flower farmer. If you want to treat your flower

It feels like a million years ago (but also just yesterday and actually 7ish years) that my friend Cathy introduced me to two major loves: cloth diapers and square foot gardens/raised beds. She's a wealth of information and when she told me about square foot gardening, I couldn't get enough. The first year, we put in 3 4x4 boxes. No digging and tilling, just building the boxes and filling with a mix of compost, peat moss and vermiculite. The next year we added 3 more 4'x4' boxes, 2 2'x8'…

How to support the slow flowers movement /// slow living / eco-friendly living / sustainability / green living / plants / flowers

There’s a lot to learn in the first year of flower farming. Here are our top 5 things we wish we knew our first year growing (twice over!).

Variety is the spice of life, so it is said. Growing new anise plants will help spice up the ho-hum herb garden while giving dinner a surprising new zip. The question is, how is anise propagated? Clic

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Erin Benzakein, founder of Floret Flower Farm, on how to grow and display the gorgeous flowers of the season.