#262: Meet Michelle of River Bend Blooms, with Jessi Graven

In this very special episode, TGW staffer Jessi Graven guest hosts as she visits fellow TGW student and established flower farmer Michelle Wheeler of River Bend Blooms in Kentucky! Here, Michelle tells the story of how she came into flower farming, how the business has grown, the selling outlets she's utilizing, and discusses her plans for the future. During the farm tour, she shows us the wildlife conservation practices in place on the farm and gives us a glimpse of her awesome flower truck as well! Michelle would like to extend a BIG "Thank you" to all of our TGW course instructors! She says she's taken almost all of them, and each course helped her grow her business in one way or another. Mentions River Bend Blooms: Website, Facebook, Instagram The Gardener's Workshop Online Courses Arnosky Family Farms Sunny Meadows Flower Farm Book: The Flower Farmer (affiliate link) CREP Program Collective: SOKY Floral Exchange H-2A Temporary Agriculture Labor Program  Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Sign up to receive our Farm News emails!⁠⁠ The ⁠⁠Field and Garden Podcast⁠⁠ is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of ⁠⁠Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers⁠⁠, owner of ⁠⁠The Gardener’s Workshop,⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Flower Farming School Online,⁠⁠ and the publisher of ⁠⁠Farmer-Florist School Online⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Florist School Online.⁠⁠ Watch ⁠⁠Lisa’s Story⁠⁠ and connect with Lisa on social media!