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 am actually sitting on my hands to stop myself from full-on seed sowing. The Floret Farm spreadsheets tell me, and I know myself, that based on my last frost date it’s too early to really get going; I need to wait until late March. We even had frost here yesterday to remind me. But it’s sooooo tempting. (If you don’t know your area’s last frost date, you can find it here, and there’s a good chance it’s earlier than mine as I’m in Scotland, so you may be good to start sowing. I’m jealous.) In the meantime, there’s plenty to keep me busy, mostly prep work for the rapidly approaching growing season, and Gardener’s World is back on the Friday telly!
Here’s what the flower farm looked like this week…
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