Well-marketed cut flowers can net existing farms an increase in income per acre compared to traditional vegetables, according to Robin Trott, a seasoned Extension educator at the University of ...

I’m a fan of Floret, the flower farm run by Erin Benzakein in Washington’s fertile Skagit Valley. There, on her 2-acre farm, she grows cut flowers such as sweet peas, zinnias, dahlias, sunflowers, ...

Molly Gaeckle started her flower farm sowing just a few rows in the backyard garden of a small rental house in Minneapolis. Eight years later, her cut flower operation, Northerly Flora, has grown to ...

Rachel Nafis, waist-deep in corncockles, cut the blush-colored flowers growing in her neighbor’s yard as her eyes wandered to the front door. “I hope Tom comes outside to say hello,” she said as she ...