The Easy Cut-Flower Garden
Lisa Mason Ziegler is a commercial cut-flower farmer in Newport News; she lectures and writes about sustainable gardening. Lisa tells it all when it comes to gardening and cut flowers. Lisa, a home gardener turned cut-flower grower, began producing field-grown cut flowers in 1998 on the Ziegler family home place nestled in the heart of the city of Newport News, Virginia. During the growing season, her 1-1/2 acre gardens yield thousands of stems of flowers each week. Her flowers are sold to upscale florists and Colonial Williamsburg, at Farmer's Markets and through her programs Garden Shares and Subscription Drop-off that she began in 1999.  Lisa shares her knowledge and passion for cut-flower gardening through lectures and writing. Her audiences have included flower and garden show guests, radio listeners, garden clubs, master gardeners, civic groups and others. Lisa incorporates her simplified methods of gardening that inspire and delight.