Early spring on the flower farm

Week 9, 2024

Welcome to Sundays at Lark Rose, an in-depth round up of what goes on in my developing flower farm business for paid subscribers. I’m Olivia and this is all about Lark Rose, a flower farm in South Ayrshire near the West Coast of Scotland that I started in my back garden in 2021. I started developing an overgrown half-acre walled garden plot in 2023, and I’m learning every day how to run a tiny business. If you’re aspiring to start your own flower farm, are in the early stages of that journey, want week-by-week guidance for your flowers at home or are interested in the (often bumpy!) path of growing a business, this is for you.

This week

I’m being reminded why I often don’t like March - teasing with a bit of decent weather, then back to freezing wind and rain. Plus the amount of jobs to do really starts to pile up in the garden/greenhouses/plot, and the panic starts to rise. I spent Monday this week at a conference for the day job, which is usually a Lark Rose day, so the sense of being behind is real. But I also picked the first flowers of the year! Narcissi for a local florist’s Mother’s day bunches. 2024 is go!

I’ll be spending Mother’s Day afternoon getting wet watching child no. 1 playing rugby. Hope everyone else has better Sunday afternoon plans!

Here’s what the flower farming business looked like this week…