How Can I Start My Own Flower Nursery?
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This is not meant to discourage you, but to make sure you are aware of all that this kind of venture involves.
Prospective nursery owners should consider requirements concerning zoning, state and county registration, and water use and runoff containment. These requirements will help determine site selection.
Getting started in the plant production business involves financial investments; controlling risk; complying with a web of county, state, and Federal regulations; and many hours of time. Strong interest in plant production and sound business management skills are essential to operate an economically successful nursery operation.
As with any business enterprise, a thorough examination and evaluation of the potential market for nursery stock must be undertaken. Your local Cooperative Extension Service office can provide input on what type of nursery and plant varieties would be most marketable. A potential source of market information is the 10-year development plan projections of county planning and zoning boards. New housing developments can influence a proposed nursery business. Housing starts and other construction provide important market outlets. The national and state economies, as they prosper or decline, also influence the nursery market. Wages and unemployment regulate consumer buying power.
Start your business with a thorough, firsthand knowledge of potential customers' primary needs: what to grow, how many varieties to grow, and the desired size of plants.
A beginning grower must realize that large nurseries have an advantage: economy of size. Because they can allocate their overhead and fixed costs to more plants, they have a lower cost per salable plant.Even so, small nursery businesses can compete in the face of this economic disparity. For example, small nursery operations can usually respond to local markets and switch the combination of their products much more rapidly than large nurseries. Small growers can also focus on producing better quality plants. With knowledge of the local market, these growers can concentrate on offering customer convenience or varieties that are locally popular but not being produced by larger nurseries. This involves staying current on new cultivar releases and obtaining sources before other nurseries respond.
Other considerations: Federal Business regulations, state licensing, business registration, plant dealer's license, inspection of nursery stock, home improvement license if you build on your own property, pesticide regulations, zoning laws, water use regulations, business insurance and so on.
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Contact a seed company and organise bulk buying, try Monsanto, Pioneer, Pacific Seeds, Bayer, Du Pont (really depends where you live). You'll need about 4 - 8 200 meter greenhouses, hydrponics equipment (costs a huge amount), and all the usual company legal stuff. You'll need advertising, staff, cash, capital. I'd start by opening a small garden/plant shop and use the business profits to grow to the stage you want to be at. Remember there's loads of nurseries already out there qwith existing contracts, as you'll need someone to sell to.
Contact a seed company and organise bulk buying, try Monsanto, Pioneer, Pacific Seeds, Bayer, Du Pont (really depends where you live). You'll need about 4 - 8 200 meter greenhouses, hydrponics equipment (costs a huge amount), and all the usual company legal stuff. You'll need advertising, staff, cash, capital. I'd start by opening a small garden/plant shop and use the business profits to grow to the stage you want to be at. Remember there's loads of nurseries already out there qwith existing contracts, as you'll need someone to sell to.
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you would need quite a chunk of money, also depending on how big you want it this would also vary,If you will be selling you will also need a license. If it is for your own pleasure none is needed, I think I would like to try making one out of old windows, how cool would that be?
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