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Growing Flowers: Everything You Need to Know About Planting, Tending, Harvesting and Arranging Beautiful Blooms (Flower Gardening for Beginners) Hardcover – May 11, 2021

by Niki Irving (Author)
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Master Flower Gardening and Learn to Grow Flowers for All Seasons

“Anyone wanting to get started with a flower garden will find plenty of expert guidance here.” ―Publishers Weekly

#1 Best Seller in Annual Flowers Gardening, Bulb Flower Gardening, and Perennial Gardening

Master the art of cultivating cut flowers, from seed to stunning arrangements, with this indispensable guide for gardening novices and pros alike.

Create botanical beauty. Niki Irving’s Growing Flowers whisks you away to the serene mountains of Asheville, NC, where her boutique flower farm thrives. Learn to grow florets and cut flowers with the same sustainable, natural practices Niki employs on her mountain-fresh farm.

Boost your horticultural skills. This garden journal not only introduces you to the pleasures of growing a cutting garden but also guides you to arrange your flowers into simple-yet-gorgeous bouquets. Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of flower farming and discover techniques using not just blooms and greenery, but even artichokes, vines, and berries.

Inside, you'll find:

  • Practical guidance on organic flower gardening, from selecting the right seeds and seedlings to mastering seasonal rotation
  • Insightful techniques for arranging cut flowers
  • Tips and tricks from Niki Irving's successful boutique flower farm for cultivating your own cutting garden
  • Engaging photographic content that transforms the book into a delightful coffee table addition

Growing Flowers is a wonderful addition to any collection of garden books. If you’re looking for gardening gifts for gardeners or enjoy flowering plant books and flower books like Floret Farms Cut Flower Garden book, Floret Farm's A Year in Flowers, or The Flower Gardener's Bible, you’ll love Niki Irving's Growing Flowers.

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“Irving, founder of Flourish Farm, debuts with a winning guide to creating a flower garden. ‘My hope is that this book will save you a few errors of your own,’ she writes, and welcomes newbies by translating gardening jargon (defining such terms as ‘hardiness zone’ and, among other things, outlining the difference between annuals and perennials) and explaining how to choose an ideal garden spot based on ‘the path of the sun.’ Her advice follows a garden’s life cycle, from planning, planting, and tending to harvesting, and each chapter begins with a short list of requisite tools. A chapter on ‘Planning What to Plant,’ for example, lists measuring tape, flags, and a notebook, and involves learning what flowers thrive in one’s climate and keeping a journal to note dates of extreme weather and the number of days to germination. A section on harvesting features step-by-step flower arranging projects, while ‘Putting the Garden to Bed’ is a ‘bittersweet’ endeavor at the beginning of fall that involves removing support nets and stakes, as well as pulling up plants. Irving also covers such gardening basics as weeding (‘elbow grease’ is recommended over chemicals), irrigating, fertilizing, and composting. Anyone wanting to get started with a flower garden will find plenty of expert guidance here.”
―Publishers Weekly

“This is not your average how-to guide; the stunning array of photographs set the scene, making this book lovely to see as it is to read.”
―Seattle Book Review

“Growing Flowers by Niki Irving is the perfect book for anyone looking to grow beautiful, plentiful flowers. Irving is a farmer and florist for Flourish Flower Farm in Asheville, NC. She also makes floral arrangements for weddings and other events, so her advice is topnotch. Owing to the book’s gorgeous photography on every page, it can also be a great addition to a gardener’s coffee table―or anyone who wants a colorful book out on display in their home. Each page is extremely informative, but also a great flip-through if you just want to look at the images. This book provides any and all information you could need for starting your own flower garden. Irving provides all the basics first and foremost―growing climate, garden plots, soil, compost, and more.”
―Washington Gardener Magazine

“It is for anyone who wishes to grow flowers, whether by setting up a farm or simply establishing a micro garden. The tips and tools are all here in Niki Irving’s generously shared words and beautifully arranged pages―and so is the inspiration.”
―Splash Magazine

About the Author

Niki Irving is a co-owner of Flourish Flower Farm. After years of working in education and outdoor education, she finally turned the dream of becoming a Farmer-Florist into reality. As the daughter of a landscaper and tree farmer, you could say that her love of plants was inevitable. Niki loves growing, nurturing and creating beauty. She currently resides in Asheville, North Carolina.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mango (May 11, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 156 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1642505501
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1642505504
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.44 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.7 x 10.1 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Niki Irving is the flower farmer and florist of Flourish Flower Farm, a 9-acre specialty cut flower farm nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, North Carolina. Niki grows over 300 varieties of cut flowers and foliage and creates seasonally inspired designs for weddings and special events. Niki loves growing, nurturing and creating beauty and believes that flowers make the world a more beautiful, joyful place. She is an active member of the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers and Slow Flowers, has been featured in numerous national publications. She sells her flowers wholesale locally and nationally, plus hosts floral design and flower farming workshops on her farm. Niki tends the flowers alongside her husband William and their menagerie of animals.

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The perfect book for any aspiring flower grower
I LOVE Growing Flowers!! I have always had this deep love and appreciation for flowers but I never thought I could grow them myself because the process seemed too overwhelming; in came Growing Flowers. Niki Irving has an astonishingly deep knowledge of how to grow flowers and she breaks everything down into well laid out, digestible chunks of info. It’s definitely a book you want to take your time reading because there is a lot to take in but what you’re taking in is extremely valuable info (plus some of the most GORGEOUS pictures I’ve ever seen). I highly, highly recommend this book for anyone who is even contemplating planting/harvesting flowers!!
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Estee
5.0 out of 5 stars Just beautiful.
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2024
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Amazing and inspiring and informative. And just beautiful to look at.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific book for growing flowers
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2023
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I love this book, it is the one you need if you want to grow cut flowers, or just dream about growing cut flowers, or just to grow some flowers in your yard. A very fun book to read with lots of good information.
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Kelly Mattocks
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth purchasing
Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2024
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I absolutely love this book. It’s very well written and so helpful to a new cut flower gardener. There are plenty of beautiful pictures and a whole section dedicated to other companies who supply items needed to get you started on your journey!
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Jessica Hamilton
5.0 out of 5 stars Takes the guesswork out of growing, super informative!
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2021
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Growing Flowers quickly became my favorite flower book by far. I own many of the popular floral books out right now, but this one outshines them all. This book is full of actual how to's, and includes useful practical knowledge that anyone can use. From a home garden to a beginning flower farmer (like me) or even an experienced grower/designer. I am so glad I purchased, I was hesitant because I have so many floral books, but SO glad I purchased. The photographs in this book are gorgeous as well. Highly recommend.
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Lisa Marie Watkins
5.0 out of 5 stars Must get for those who love growing, cutting or just smelling/enjoying flowers
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2021
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Love this book so much! Not only does it stand alone as a gorgeous coffee table book with the photography alone, but it is full of valuable information and tips for me to plan out my garden. Niki shares valuable lessons she has learned in her years of running Flourish Flower Farms so that everyone from the hobbyist gardener to the flower farmer entrepreneur can be successful with their venture. I’ll definitely be keeping this book out all year to keep going back to for reference.

Only thing this book is missing is a guide of where Niki gets her cute dresses and hats..lol! I want to know!
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Lisa Marie Watkins
5.0 out of 5 stars Must get for those who love growing, cutting or just smelling/enjoying flowers
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2021
Love this book so much! Not only does it stand alone as a gorgeous coffee table book with the photography alone, but it is full of valuable information and tips for me to plan out my garden. Niki shares valuable lessons she has learned in her years of running Flourish Flower Farms so that everyone from the hobbyist gardener to the flower farmer entrepreneur can be successful with their venture. I’ll definitely be keeping this book out all year to keep going back to for reference.

Only thing this book is missing is a guide of where Niki gets her cute dresses and hats..lol! I want to know!
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5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect book for any aspiring flower grower
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2021
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I LOVE Growing Flowers!! I have always had this deep love and appreciation for flowers but I never thought I could grow them myself because the process seemed too overwhelming; in came Growing Flowers. Niki Irving has an astonishingly deep knowledge of how to grow flowers and she breaks everything down into well laid out, digestible chunks of info. It’s definitely a book you want to take your time reading because there is a lot to take in but what you’re taking in is extremely valuable info (plus some of the most GORGEOUS pictures I’ve ever seen). I highly, highly recommend this book for anyone who is even contemplating planting/harvesting flowers!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect book for any aspiring flower grower
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2021
I LOVE Growing Flowers!! I have always had this deep love and appreciation for flowers but I never thought I could grow them myself because the process seemed too overwhelming; in came Growing Flowers. Niki Irving has an astonishingly deep knowledge of how to grow flowers and she breaks everything down into well laid out, digestible chunks of info. It’s definitely a book you want to take your time reading because there is a lot to take in but what you’re taking in is extremely valuable info (plus some of the most GORGEOUS pictures I’ve ever seen). I highly, highly recommend this book for anyone who is even contemplating planting/harvesting flowers!!
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John A. Woofter
5.0 out of 5 stars Covers everything you need to grow beautiful healthy flowers!!
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2021
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This book covers everything from getting your soil ready, planting and then enjoying all those gorgeous blooms. Very organized by type of flower and she shares all of her extra growing tips that come from experience. I highly recommend this book. It would make a great gift for any gardener, novice or skilled.
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DBai
2.0 out of 5 stars I wanted to love it …
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2024
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I really really want to love this book, but there are just some things that really affect my opinion of it.

1) The three climate zones. I understand not wanting to overcomplicate, but this definitely drastically oversimplifies. I’d say maybe 35% of US locations fit within the descriptions. I live just a few hours from Flourish Flower farm in the Piedmont. We most definitely get frost and the ground occasionally freezes. But our summer temps stay in the 90s and 100s for a good stretch. That means our climate doesn’t fit in any of these. There are also other considerations like average rainfall and humidity. Not in there. This is SUPER important for gardeners and, in particular, those who want to grow plants not native to their area. Something like snapdragons and celosia, for example. If you read this book, you’ll think both will do great where you live as long as you plant them outside at the right time in spring. But snapdragons will not do well in places with potentially warm springs and very hot summers. Celosia are the opposite. So while they may both be listed for zone 8, one will flourish in Washington state’s zone 8 (snapdragons) and the other will flourish in NC’s zone 8 (celosia). They’ll both struggle in the other.

2) While full of gorgeous flower photos, none of them tell you what flowers you’re looking at. This is incredibly disappointing in a book about growing flowers. I can understand on Instagram or some other free content media, but you’ve just purchased the book. I’m an experienced gardener so knew a lot of them, but every time I saw some beauty I didn’t know, my eyes would automatically search for what it was. Super frustrating.

3) The flower arranging section doesn’t tell you what flowers she’s using, just gives dozens of possibilities.

4) The flower arranging section also doesn’t have enough photos of the process and the ones it does have don’t show the important steps. It’s tough to learn how to arrange flowers without step by step photos and without any idea of what flowers are in the few photos there are. The photos are beautiful, but not functional.

Overall, though I learned a few good tips, and the photos are pretty, I wouldn’t recommend this book for folks really looking to learn.
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dougieduck
4.0 out of 5 stars Great information for starting a cut flower garden
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 18, 2021
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I wanted some ideas on doing a cut flower allotment and this book gave me some useful tips on doing this. Additionally the range and names of dahlias that would be good for this. Great photos of some beautiful plants. Would have preferred a hard copy rather that kindle so I could flip through easier and enjoy the photos to compare colours of the dahlias.
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MISS N K BAKER
2.0 out of 5 stars Sadly disappointed
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 21, 2021
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As someone who follows this lady on Instagram (and loves her post there) I was so disappointed by this book. The images are very poor quality / pixelated and look like something you’d print on your home printer; I really don’t understand how that has happened, and it is such a huge shame for a coffee table book such as this (and with a topic as visual as flowers).
Moreover the information included in the text was just too basic for me. The ‘deep dive’ sections really weren’t very detailed either.
I’m genuinely really disappointed I didn’t rate this more highly.
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