cutting patch

Roz Chandler started her flower farming business ten years ago. This podcast is for you if you want to learn more about growing your own cut flowers. Roz will cover various subjects including setting a patch, your soil, manure and compost, seeds and germination, perennials and biannuals, foliage, and so much more.

In this episode, Roz shares her top recommendations for tulips in your cutting patch. Of course, a lot depends on why you are growing them and what you want to achieve. Tulips are a splash of colour and cheer us all up at the end of the winter. 

Connect with Roz Chandler: 

Website

Join my Facebook group: Cut Flower Collective

Thank you for listening. I’d love it if you subscribed to the podcast and left a review or rating. 

• A Cut Above Waitlist: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/ACutAboveWaitlist
• The Growth Club: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/thegrowthclub
• Lots of free resources on our website: www.thecutflowercollective.co.uk
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fieldgateflowers
• Facebook Groups Cut Flower Farming - Growth and Profit in your business https://www.facebook.com/groups/449543639411874
• Learn With The Cut Flower Collective https://www.facebook.com/groups/learnwiththecutflowercollective

Why do you want a cutting patch? Where will you put it? What is important to you in your cutting garden? 

Roz Chandler started her flower farming business ten years ago. This podcast is for you if you want to learn more about growing your own cut flowers. Roz will cover various subjects including setting a patch, your soil, manure and compost, seeds and germination, perennials and biannuals, foliage, and so much more.

In this episode, Roz discusses creating a cut flower patch by sharing a simple step-by-step guide. She covers aspect, soil, and planning your cutting patch.  Roz also reveals her top annuals and perennials to grow in your patch.

Connect with Roz Chandler: 

Website

Join my Facebook group: Cut Flower Collective

Thank you for listening. I’d love it if you subscribed to the podcast and left a review or rating.

• A Cut Above Waitlist: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/ACutAboveWaitlist
• The Growth Club: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/thegrowthclub
• Lots of free resources on our website: www.thecutflowercollective.co.uk
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fieldgateflowers
• Facebook Groups Cut Flower Farming - Growth and Profit in your business https://www.facebook.com/groups/449543639411874
• Learn With The Cut Flower Collective https://www.facebook.com/groups/learnwiththecutflowercollective

Want to learn more about green manures and how they can help your cutting patch?

Roz Chandler started her flower farming business ten years ago. This podcast is for you if you want to learn more about growing your own cut flowers. Roz will cover various subjects including setting a patch, your soil, manure and compost, seeds and germination, perennials and biannuals, foliage, and so much more.

Green manures are fast-growing plants sown to cover bare soil. Often used in the cutting patch, their foliage smothers weeds and their roots prevent soil erosion. When dug into the ground while still green, they return valuable nutrients to the soil and improve soil structure.

You will learn: 

• The different types of green manure
• How to sow the seeds

Connect with Roz Chandler: 

Website

Join my Facebook group: Cut Flower Collective

Thank you for listening. I’d love it if you subscribed to the podcast and left a review or rating. 

• A Cut Above Waitlist: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/ACutAboveWaitlist
• The Growth Club: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/thegrowthclub
• Lots of free resources on our website: www.thecutflowercollective.co.uk
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fieldgateflowers
• Facebook Groups Cut Flower Farming - Growth and Profit in your business https://www.facebook.com/groups/449543639411874
• Learn With The Cut Flower Collective https://www.facebook.com/groups/learnwiththecutflowercollective

Will you grow peonies as a cut flower?

Roz Chandler started her flower farming business ten years ago. This podcast is for you if you want to learn more about growing your own cut flowers. Roz will cover various subjects including setting a patch, your soil, manure and compost, seeds and germination, perennials and biannuals, foliage, and so much more.

Field Gate Flowers love peonies. As a crop for a flower farmer, we wish their season was longer. There is little doubt that peonies have a special place in the hearts of those who love their sheer beauty. Peonies are known to live over fifty years  - a heritage plant in every cutting patch. 

Peony plants offer big, fluffy, fragrant flowers in a wide range of colours, forms and sizes. These resilient, long-lived perennial bushes have a history of popularity as a garden plant.

You will learn:

• The top ten peonies you could grow in your cutting patch 
• How best to grow your peonies
• The characteristics of each so you can choose the right ones for your flower farm

Connect with Roz Chandler: 

Website

Join my Facebook group: Cut Flower Collective

Thank you for listening. I’d love it if you subscribed to the podcast and left a review or rating. 

• A Cut Above Waitlist: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/ACutAboveWaitlist
• The Growth Club: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/thegrowthclub
• Lots of free resources on our website: www.thecutflowercollective.co.uk
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fieldgateflowers
• Facebook Groups Cut Flower Farming - Growth and Profit in your business https://www.facebook.com/groups/449543639411874
• Learn With The Cut Flower Collective https://www.facebook.com/groups/learnwiththecutflowercollective

How many different uses do herbs have?

Roz Chandler started her flower farming business ten years ago. This podcast is for you if you want to learn more about growing your own cut flowers. Roz will cover various subjects including setting a patch, your soil, manure and compost, seeds and germination, perennials and biannuals, foliage, and so much more.

Herbs generally refers to the leafy green or flowering parts of a plant (either fresh or dried), while spices are usually dried and produced from other parts of the plant, including seeds, bark, roots and fruits. They have a variety of uses including culinary, medicinal, and in some cases, spiritual. Roz explains why as a flower farmer she grows a large selection of them - mints, sage, borage, rosemary, and lemon balm. Easy to grow herbs add that something little extra to flower arrangements.

In this episode, Roz shares her top ten herbs.

Connect with Roz Chandler: 

Website

Join my Facebook group: Cut Flower Collective

Thank you for listening. I’d love it if you subscribed to the podcast and left a review or rating.

• A Cut Above Waitlist: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/ACutAboveWaitlist
• The Growth Club: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/thegrowthclub
• Lots of free resources on our website: www.thecutflowercollective.co.uk
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fieldgateflowers
• Facebook Groups Cut Flower Farming - Growth and Profit in your business https://www.facebook.com/groups/449543639411874
• Learn With The Cut Flower Collective https://www.facebook.com/groups/learnwiththecutflowercollective

Confused about muck manure and how best to use it? 

Roz Chandler started her flower farming business ten years ago. This podcast is for you if you want to learn more about growing your own cut flowers. Roz will cover various subjects including setting a patch, your soil, manure and compost, seeds and germination, perennials and biannuals, foliage, and so much more.

Manure is mainly produced from animal waste and is a great product to use as a fertiliser and therefore improves soil fertility. You will need both manure and compost for your cutting patch - what to use, when and how. Roz discusses all you need to know about muck. Join us on this mucky journey!

You will learn: 

• Why you should compost 
• The benefits of composting 
• What to compost and what not to compost
• How to compost and turn it effectively 

Connect with Roz Chandler: 

Website

Join my Facebook group: Cut Flower Collective

Thank you for listening. I’d love it if you subscribed to the podcast and left a review or rating. 

• A Cut Above Waitlist: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/ACutAboveWaitlist
• The Growth Club: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/thegrowthclub
• Lots of free resources on our website: www.thecutflowercollective.co.uk
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fieldgateflowers
• Facebook Groups Cut Flower Farming - Growth and Profit in your business https://www.facebook.com/groups/449543639411874
• Learn With The Cut Flower Collective https://www.facebook.com/groups/learnwiththecutflowercollective

Roses are fabulous cutting flowers and a favourite of all. What is your favourite for your cutting patch?

Roz Chandler started her flower farming business ten years ago. This podcast is for you if you want to learn more about growing your own cut flowers. Roz will cover various subjects including setting a patch, your soil, manure and compost, seeds and germination, perennials and biannuals, foliage, and so much more.

Often cited as the UK's most loved garden flower, we have a rose for every occasion; climbers, bushes, and even standards. There is no better bloom than a David Austin traditional rose for scent and cutting.

In this episode, Roz discusses her favourite blooms. Dame Judi Dench, Queen of Sweden and Gertrude and Jekyll are a few that made the cut. 

Connect with Roz Chandler: 

Website

Join my Facebook group: Cut Flower Collective

Thank you for listening. I’d love it if you subscribed to the podcast and left a review or rating. 

• A Cut Above Waitlist: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/ACutAboveWaitlist
• The Growth Club: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/thegrowthclub
• Lots of free resources on our website: www.thecutflowercollective.co.uk
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fieldgateflowers
• Facebook Groups Cut Flower Farming - Growth and Profit in your business https://www.facebook.com/groups/449543639411874
• Learn With The Cut Flower Collective https://www.facebook.com/groups/learnwiththecutflowercollective

Do you have questions about sweet peas? Roz provides all the answers in this podcast. 

Roz Chandler started her flower farming business ten years ago. This podcast is for you if you want to learn more about growing your own cut flowers. Roz will cover various subjects including setting a patch, your soil, manure and compost, seeds and germination, perennials and biannuals, foliage, and so much more.

Perfect for picking, fragrant sweet peas are easy to grow and come in a range of beautiful colours. What’s not to love about these beautiful cutting flowers? No cutting patch is complete without the British favourite, Sweet Peas. They grow, cut, and come again in bloom. 

In this episode, Roz shares her favourite Sweet Peas. You will learn: 

• Should you pick sweet peas.
• Can you grow sweet peas in a pot. 
• Which variety of sweet pea to grow
• How you should water sweet peas

Always known as the flower of scents - Roz highly recommends you consider these in your cutting patch.

Resources mentioned in the show: 

Sweet peas masterclass is available here.

Thank you for listening. I’d love it if you subscribed to the podcast and left a review or rating. 

Connect with Roz Chandler: 

Website

Join my Facebook group: Cut Flower Collective

• A Cut Above Waitlist: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/ACutAboveWaitlist
• The Growth Club: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/thegrowthclub
• Lots of free resources on our website: www.thecutflowercollective.co.uk
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fieldgateflowers
• Facebook Groups Cut Flower Farming - Growth and Profit in your business https://www.facebook.com/groups/449543639411874
• Learn With The Cut Flower Collective https://www.facebook.com/groups/learnwiththecutflowercollective

Why is foliage in a cutting garden important? 

Roz Chandler started her flower farming business ten years ago. This podcast is for you if you want to learn more about growing your own cut flowers. Roz will cover various subjects including setting a patch, your soil, manure and compost, seeds and germination, perennials and biannuals, foliage, and so much more.

In this episode, your host, Roz Chandler, shares her recommendations for growing foliage in your cutting patch. Useful and practical advice is given.  Foliage refers to the leafy parts of a tree or plant and is often overlooked in a cutting garden. Roz explains why we need to plan in advance to have enough foliage.

You will learn: 

• The top ten foliages you could grow in your cutting patch 
• The characteristics of each one and how best to grow them 
• How each foliage is best used in your arrangements 

Connect with Roz Chandler: 

Website

Join my Facebook group: Cut Flower Collective

Thank you for listening. I’d love it if you subscribed to the podcast and left a review or rating.

• A Cut Above Waitlist: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/ACutAboveWaitlist
• The Growth Club: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/thegrowthclub
• Lots of free resources on our website: www.thecutflowercollective.co.uk
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fieldgateflowers
• Facebook Groups Cut Flower Farming - Growth and Profit in your business https://www.facebook.com/groups/449543639411874
• Learn With The Cut Flower Collective https://www.facebook.com/groups/learnwiththecutflowercollective