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• Host: Jennifer Marks
• Address: 654 Larue Road, Clifton Springs, New York
• Website: www.trademarksflowers.com
• Date and Time: August 8, 2023, 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
• Attendance Cap: Limited to 100 attendees.

From the Host

Trademarks Flower Farm is a 22.5 acre farm, with approximately 1 acre in intensive cut flower production (zone 6a). We grow specialty cut flowers primarily for one farmers’ market, our 100+ member flower CSA, and wholesale to florists. Each year we are taking steps to narrow our niche specifically to winter production for early spring flowers, with a major focus on ranunculus. We currently have one 20 x 40 propagation greenhouse, two 17′ x 96′ caterpillar tunnels, two 30′ x 96′ high tunnels, and will be constructing two additional 30 x 96′ high tunnels in winter 2022/23 (they will likely be erected by the time of the farm tour). We also have a newly-built 40′ x 60′ barn that serves as a work space for flower processing, storage, and office. When we purchased our farm in 2015, there was not a single piece of infrastructure on the farm, as it had been abandoned for 7 years and was completely overgrown/uncared for during that time. I am glad to discuss building and growing in hoophouses for those of us in northern climates.

We grow “year round,” however, our marketing (selling) season starts mid-April and extends to late October/early November. Our main crops include ranunculus (~9,000/season), lisianthus (~10,000/season), and dahlias (~1500/season), however, we also grow smaller amounts of hardy annuals such as campanula, dianthus, and snapdragons, in addition to summer annuals such as zinnias, celosia, ageratum, etc. We’ve transformed one 17′ x 96′ caterpillar tunnel into a semi-permanent eucalyptus house, home to approximately 1300 perennial eucalyptus plants. We are careful to grow only flowers that we know we make money on each season, and keep close tabs on profit per crop in order to track overall profitability to ensure the sustainability of our farm.

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