Growing Flowers Gardening Logbook - A Planting, Tending, Fertilizing, and Harvesting Garden Tracker (Flower Gardening Essentials)

Perfectly suited to gardeners of all levels, this gorgeous garden journal gathers the flower gardening essentials in Niki Irving’s Growing Flowers into one functional place to plan, organize and log all things gardening. 

List of contents

Contents

Learn to Test Your Soil

The Ideal Garden Layout for Your Space

How to Handle Garden Pests

• Problems


• Plants


• Date Applied


• Treatment


• Notes

A Tracker from Seed or Plant to Bloom or Harvest

• Plant


• Date Planted


• Day to harvest


• Quantity

Seed Starting Log for Those Who Like to Start from Scratch

• Plant Name


• Variety


• Seed Source


• Date Planted


• Germination Date


• Location

Shopping List

• Product/Amount


• Price

Blank Pages for Garden Journaling

About the author

Niki Irving is a co-owner of Flourish Flower Farm and the author of Growing Flowers. 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.

Summary

Gardener’s Planner and Logbook for Every Garden

“Anyone wanting to get started with a flower garden will find plenty of expert guidance here.” —Publishers Weekly, praise for Growing Flowers by author Niki Irving
Companion Logbook for Growing Flowers, a #1 Best Seller in Annual Flowers Gardening, Bulb Flower Gardening, and Perennial Gardening
Perfectly suited to gardeners of all levels, this gorgeous gardener’s planner gathers the flower gardening essentials in Niki Irving’s Growing Flowers into one functional place to plan, organize and log all things gardening. 
A gardening logbook and tracker is just what every avid planter needs. This flower gardening planner includes places to chart the amount of sun each part of your garden receives to help you choose the ideal plants; to note the date plants are planted, the type of soil used, and the amount of water they need to flourish; and everything else you need to remember along the way.
Cultivate your creativity with this helpful gardener’s planner. With a variety of tracking and planning pages, you no longer have to worry about keeping all of those small, easy-to-forget flower gardening essentials and details in your head. Instead, you can take advantage of the blank space included for drawing and diagramming your ideal landscape layout—or your snug, sunny balcony. 
Inside Growing Flowers Gardening Logbook, you’ll find helpful gardening tips and tools, such as:

• Instructions on how to handle and treat for garden pests
• A Plant-to-Harvest and Seed-to-Bloom plant tracker
• A Seed Starting Log for those who like to start from scratch

If you’re looking for a flower gardening gift for mom and dad—or if you liked The Gardener’s Logbook, The Family Garden Planner, or Growing Flowers—you’ll love the Growing Flowers Gardening Logbook.

Foreword

Instagram:

• Business page for her company, Flourish Flower Farm
• Currently at 69.9K subscriber as of June 2021
• Account has gained 25K+ subscriber between 2020 and 2021
• Popular subscriber locations are Asheville, NC (3.2%), New York City, NY (1.8%), Charlotte, NC (1.3%), Atlanta, GA (1.1%), and Raleigh, NC (1.1%)
• Largest age group is 25-34 year olds (38.6%), followed by 35-44 year olds (26.8%) and 45-54 year olds (15.1%)
• 93.3% of subscribers identify as Female and 6.7% identify as Male
• Most popular posts with subscribers are photos of flowers
• Like average: 6K-60K
• Comments from audiences are inquiries into how author takes care of her farm and complimenting the flowers in her photos

Website:

• Features workshop, online flower shop, blog, wedding venue information, and press information
• Been awarded Top 100 Flower Blogs on Feedspot
• Appeared on 3 podcasts, such as asapconnections.org (episode title: Mountain Fresh Flowers) and Living the Country Life Radio
• Has been featured in several gardening magazines: Garden Designs, Origin Magazine, Floral Business, Mountain Xpress, The Laurel Wedding Guide, The Carolinas Magazine, Country Living Magazine, and Growing for Market
• Has been featured as articles on websites such as Gal Meets Glam, Food52, Living the Country Life, Real Simple, BHLDN, Luxe Mountain Weddings, Johnny’s Selected Seeds, Team Flower, The Laurel of Asheville, Asheville Wedding Guide, Small Farm Nation, Sisters in Law, Magnolia Rouge, and The Arid Pen

Podcasts:

• Slow Flowers with Debra Prinzing Episode 505 (05/12/2021): "Growing Flowers with Niki Irving of Flourish Flower Farm"
  
  
  
  • https://www.debraprinzing.com/2021/05/12/episode-505-growing-flowers-with-niki-irving-of-flourish-flower-farm/

• Growing Cut Flowers (05/14/2021): "Starting a Flower Patch with Niki from Flourish Flower Farm"
  
  
  
  • https://anchor.fm/letsgrowgirls/episodes/Starting-A-Flower-Patch-with-Niki-from-Flourish-Flower-Farm-e10r80r

Media Hits:

• BHLDN (08/27/2019): "Choosing A Florist + Wedding Flowers: Wedding Flower Tips with Niki Irving of Flourish Flower Farm"
  
  
  
  • https://www.bhldn.com/weddingresources/choosing-wedding-flowers-florist

• The Avid Pen (04/29/2020): "Inside Flourish Flower Farm with Niki Irving"
  
  
  
  • https://theavidpen.com/flourish-flower-farm-with-niki-irving/ https://www.bhldn.com/weddingresources/choosing-wedding-flowers-florist 

• Team Flower (07/02/2020): "How to Become a Flower Farmer with Niki Irving"
  
  
  
  • https://education.teamflower.org/learn/growing/ssl/podcast-how-to-become-a-flower-farmer-with-niki-irving

• By Holley (08/28/2020): "A Day at Flourish Flower Farm"
  
  
  
  • https://www.byholley.com/new-blog/flowerfarm

• Publishers Weekly (03/18/2021): "Lifestyle Book Review: Growing Flowers: Everything You Need to Know About Planting, Tending, Harvesting, and Arranging Beautiful Blooms"
  
  
  
  • https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-64250-550-4

• Mind Body Green (06/11/2021): "How to Pinch Back Flowers & Why You Should Save Your Cuttings"
  
  
  
  • https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/how-to-pinch-back-flowers/

• Duluth Trading Co.: "Springtime Flower-Growing Tips for the Budding Gardener"
  
  
  
  • https://www.duluthtrading.com/Garden-article-Niki.html 

Product details

• Authors: Niki Irving
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.01.2023
• EAN: 9781684811540
• ISBN: 978-1-68481-154-0
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Growing Flowers
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Nature / Plants / Flowers, GARDENING / Garden Design, GARDENING / Ornamental Plants, GARDENING / Organic, GARDENING / Flowers / Bulbs, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Flower Arranging, Garden design & planning, Organic gardening, Gardening: flowers & ornamental plants