ASCFG Events Calendar

Ask an Expert: Using the Paperpot Planting System for Specialty Cut Flowers

Zoom

Join the ASCFG for the May 2024 Ask an Expert session led by Julia Keel of Full Keel Farm! Julia will present on using the Paperpot system for cut flowers on her farm in Florida. After adopting the Paperpot trays in 2020, she estimates that about 85% of Full Keel Farm's 2024 crops will be […]

Ask an Expert: How Intellectual Property Can Protect and Grow Your Flower Business

Zoom

Join us for the June 2024 Ask an Expert session on intellectual property! Jenny Jonak of Dragon Song Farm has been an attorney for 27 years. She will talk about intellectual property issues that you can use to protect and grow your flower business. Briefly, intellectual property refers to the creative work or processes you […]

Ask an Expert: Drawbacks in Selling Invasives to Florists

Zoom

More details coming soon! Ellen Frost is the renowned florist of Local Color Flowers in Baltimore, MD, and co-contributor of The Cut Flower Quarterly column, “The Farmer and The Florist.” She is passionate about using local flowers in her work and in 2016, she was awarded the Allan M Armitage Award for Leadership by the Association of Specialty Cut […]

Ask an Expert: Maximizing Season Extension

Zoom

Join Maya Kosok of Hillen Homestead (Baltimore, MD) to learn about season extension without a greenhouse or high tunnel. Maya will cover several different ways to maximize your growing space with minimal infrastructure, including planting hardy annuals, selecting perennials, using low tunnels for frost protection, succession planting, and more. Many regions of the United States […]

Ask an Expert: Hosting Successful & Profitable On-Farm Workshops

Zoom

Join us for the November 2024 Ask an Expert Session! Hosting workshops can be a wonderful way to share about your farm operation and to provide guests with a unique, memorable experience – but there is more planning and preparation to hosting workshops than most farmers anticipate. During this session, Niki Irving of Flourish Flower […]

ASCFG Supplier Showcase: Get Ready to Thrive in 2025!

Zoom

The ASCFG will host the 2025 Supplier Showcase on Monday, December 9, and Tuesday, December 10, 2024. This is a wonderful opportunity for members to connect with agricultural and cut flower vendors. ASCFG members are invited to attend these complimentary webinars, during which vendors will discuss current and forthcoming products, tools, and other useful resources. […]

ASCFG Supplier Showcase: Get Ready to Thrive in 2025!

Zoom

The ASCFG will host the 2025 Supplier Showcase on Monday, December 9, and Tuesday, December 10, 2024. This is a wonderful opportunity for members to connect with agricultural and cut flower vendors. ASCFG members are invited to attend these complimentary webinars, during which vendors will discuss current and forthcoming products, tools, and other useful resources. […]