Tips for Seed Saving with Basket of Flowers Farm

Paula Olivares of Basket of Flowers Farm is such a sweet spirit within the floral industry, and she’s joining us on the Team Flower Podcast today. You’ll love hearing about her journey with flowers, as each step of her journey has impacted her in a special way and brought her to where she is today.

She’s sharing all kinds of practical advice for growers in this episode! You’ll hear what types of flowers to grow for a u-pick business model. Plus, Paula is sharing some in-depth knowledge on growing, caring for, and harvesting zinnias. She’s also done her fair share of seed-saving and is walking us through the process for saving all kinds of seeds—celosia, Chinese forget-me-nots, zinnias, and more!

Basket of Flowers Farm is a small, family flower farm where they desire to be God’s hands and feet in their community through the abundant beauty of cut flowers that he has created for us all to enjoy! Their focus is in cultivating unique and lush cut flower varieties to offer through their on-the-farm U-Picks, hand-tied bouquet workshops and for any special occasion where store bought flowers just won’t do! Find them online at basketofflowersfarm.com and on Instagram @basketofflowersfarm.