Flowering in the North Conference
A winter meeting to share knowledge about Zone 5 growing, marketing, and designing with farm fresh flowers.
Pre-Conference: Focus on Design & Management for Weddings
Date: January 28, 2019
Location: Abromson Center of the University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
Cost: $400 per person
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Looking to grow your wedding and event design game? Come join us for a hands-on day-long workshop with a talented team of expert designers. We will cover all aspects of running a design business starting with marketing your work and the initial conversation with a client, to landing the job, pricing your work and getting the contract signed. We’ll discuss the work schedule leading up to the wedding, selecting and sourcing local blooms, and how floral design fits into a farm operation. You’ll get to dive in with a hands-on design session to create gorgeous design work that you’ll be excited to share with your future customers. Let us help you take your floral design business to the next level. Stacy Brenner from Broadturn Farm, Carolyn Snell of Carolyn Snell Designs, Anna Jane Kocon of Little State Flower Farm and author and designer Jill Rizzo of Studio Choo East will team up to teach for the day.
Main Conference: Flowering in the North
Date: January 29 & 30, 2019
Location: Abromson Center of the University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
Cost: $150 per person
Register online.
Main Conference Session Topics:
- Organic Certification for Flowers
- On-Farm Communication & Strategies
- Harvest & Post Harvest Efficiency
- Planning your Planting Season
- Nutrient & Water Management Strategies
- Costs and Value: Pricing & Marketing Flowers
- Field Spring Crops
- Hoophouse Crops
- Dahlias
- Woody Crops
- …and more!
Sponsors: The University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers, Snell Family Farm, and Broadturn Farm