A grower’s guide to registering with Farming Connect
Farming connect registration provides access to Mentoring, three instances…
Horticulture Development Scheme - The grant application
Farming Connect, Tyfu Cymru and David Selwyn from Landsker Business Solutio…
Plant Health Site-specific Risk Assessment
Plant health risk assessment and how to start one for your nursery.
Plant Health
Case Study: Four Crosses Nursery Growth
Watch this video case study of how Four Crosses Nursery has successfully gr…
Canva: User Guide
Beginners Guide on How to Use Canva
Webinar: Horticulture Leaders Forum - Supply Chain Management
This session will help you to consider common problems that horticulture bu…
Leaders Forum
Welsh Ornamental Growers Immediate Experiences of and responses to COVID-19
This report presents findings from consultation with ornamental plant and c…
Ornamental
Our Guide to Mobile Card Payment Systems
How customers pay for their goods is changing - debit card transactions ove…
Pumpkin Network Soft Fruit Network
Starting a Horticultural Attraction
The start of a new venture always begins with a fresh business idea. Once…
Opportunities in horticulture
Online Booking Systems for Pick Your Own
As well as making sure you can maintain social distancing a booking system…
Pick your Own
Webinar: Making your business stand out from the crowd with Neville Stein
With 44 years in the horticultural industry, leading business consultant Ne…
Pick Your Own (PYO) Flowers – Diversification Opportunities
Although pick your own (PYO) has typically focused on soft fruit, there is…
Diversifying
Introducing the Winner of the Tyfu Cymru Award
Hear from the winner of the Tyfu Cymru award, part of the Lantra Land-based…
Virtual Tour of Quinky Young Plants
Charles shares his experiences and the history of Quinky Young Plants, spec…
Investment in a small-scale horticulture grants scheme could significantly increase the amount of veg produced in Wales
Evaluation of a recent pilot study undertaken by Food Sense Wales has shown…
Success Story – Mostyn Kitchen Garden
How knowledge sharing and peer-to-peer learning has helped Mostyn Kitchen G…
100% funded training helps Hooton’s Homegrown re-energise their horticulture enterprise
Michael Hooton has been in the horticulture business longer than most, with…
Webinar: Key to success – Marketing and Selling your business
Hear first-hand from Paviland Farm’s Chris Harry Thomas and Claire Austin H…
Eat Your Greens Success Story
In 2018 the opportunity arose for Liz & Chris to take on the veg box busine…
Success Story - Buzzy times for Honey Brook
“Taking part in the Growers Market was a fantastic experience and I would d…
Pembrokeshire Chilli Farm Case Study
Pembrokeshire Chilli Farm, based near Neyland in Pembrokeshire grow a wide…
Vale Pick Your Own Diversification Success Story.
Watch this video case study of beef farmers Rob and Rachel and their succes…
Webinar: CSAs in Wales: Good Governance Workshop
Investigating legal forms, organisational types – is the one you have right…
CSA
Webinar: Considerations for leasing land and creating contracts
In this session we explored the terms that require consideration for both t…
Diversifying
Video Guide: Relocating business pin on google maps
Eddy Webb from Insynch gives us a quick video guide to relocating business…
Webinar: Ask the Expert: Cyber Security
This session gives an overview of the current cyber landscape, cyber threat…
Horticulture Leaders Forum - Sustainable Business Masterclass
his masterclass introduces a tried and tested approach to equip you with th…
Leaders Forum
Webinar: Food Safety for Market Gardeners
Ensuring the food that you produce is safe for your customers to eat is ess…
Gaining Planning Permission: Advice for food growers and CSAs (Wales Only)
Planning issues can be complex and frustrating, but many horticultural ente…
CSA
Considerations for Starting a Market Garden
Whether a seasoned horticulturalist or a new entrant starting out in the se…
Webinar: Community Supported Agriculture: Knowing your Vision, Values and Purpose
Whether you’re looking to set up a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) pr…
CSA
Webinar: Horticulture Leaders Forum - Business Development Masterclass
In this webinar find out how your horticulture business can use the GROW mo…
Leaders Forum
12 Steps to GDPR Compliance
If you collect or receive personal data and you have overall control over w…
Opportunities and practical information for growers looking to start flower farming in Wales
Are you new to flower farming in Wales? Are you looking to diversify into f…
Cut Flowers
How to Write a Business Plan for Community Support Agriculture (CSA) Projects
The business plan is a formal statement setting out the aims and objectives…
CSA
Webinar: Horticulture Leaders Forum – Expert panel debate
A new Leaders Forum for owners, senior managers and aspiring managers from…
Leaders Forum
Webinar: Logo Design and Branding for Business
This Webinar will explain the importance of branding and help delegates exp…
Webinar: How to master Financial Spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel can be excellent for keeping track of all aspects of your f…
Webinar: Veg network - Box scheme Financial session
Conventional and organic vegetable box schemes have increased in popularity…
Vegetable Network
Webinar: Ask the expert: GDPR
This webinar was aimed at those who have some understanding of the GDPR alr…
Webinar - Diversifying into Horticulture: Diversification business models and routes to market
The Diversifying into Horticulture Programme is designed to give non-hortic…
Diversifying
Webinar: Integrating Farm Tourism into your Horticulture Business
Have you considered a farm shop, a pop up café, a seasonal events calendar?…
soft fruit Pick your Own Pumpkin Network
Microbiological Risk - What can we do?
In this report, we will look at some specific organisms of concern, where t…
Webinar: Take your email marketing to the next level using Mailchimp
This workshop will briefly explain some of the legal issues that you need t…
Webinar: Effective use of Facebook and Instagram
This session will explain how Facebook and Instagram can be used more effec…
Webinar: Exports in Horticulture
From the 1st January 2021 the way we sell goods to the European Union will…
Webinar: Imports in Horticulture
As we approach 2021 and the end of the end of the Transition Period there w…
Understanding Ecommerce: how to make the most of your online offer
This webinar explores a no-nonsense approach to the practicalities of ecomm…
Do I need Planning Permission? Advice for food growers (Wales Only)
Whether you need to submit a planning application for the works you want to…
Managing a financial crisis: Is e-commerce the answer?
This guide aims to highlight the costs involved with Ecommerce to help busi…
Cyber security for farmers: Practical tips on how to stay safe
Guidance to help farmers improve the security and resilience of their busin…
Webinar: Assisting Growers to Navigate the Planning Process
Lucie Taylor, a chartered town planner of 20 years and working for Social F…
Webinar: Planning for the 2021 Season – Soft Fruit
ADAS technical expert Chris Creed delivered an interactive session to assis…
Soft Fruit Network
Food Safety: What are the risks from food?
In the UK, we take food safety for granted, and very rarely consider what p…
Farm Assurance Vegetable Network
Looking for grants? A guide to what is available...
If you are looking for business grants or finance for your horticulture ent…
BiteSize Digital Marketing Series: Google Analytics and getting found on Google
This webinar was hosted by Eddy Webb, who has 20 years experienced as a Dig…
Tyfu Cymru: Horticulture Professional Development Programme: Managing Cashflow
Many businesses fail because of poor management of cash flow. If your busin…
HPDP
Tyfu Cymru BiteSize Digital Marketing Series: Setting up a shop on Facebook
In this 15-minute webinar find out how to set up an online shop via Faceboo…
Horticulture Professional Development Programme Taster: Doing more with less...
This session aims to build horticulture resilience to current and future ch…
HPDP
Tyfu Cymru Bite-Size Webinar: Facebook Advertising
These bite-size 15 minute sessions will tackle a different topic each week,…
Webinar: How to quickly start selling online
In this webinar, Eddy Webb from InSynch talks us through some quick tips on…
Managing a Financial Crisis
Many businesses will at some point, and for a variety of reasons, face a ca…
Welsh Fruit & Vegetable Growers Immediate Experiences & Responses to the COVID-19 crisis.
This report presents findings from a survey with fruit and vegetable grower…
COVID-19
Apprenticeships – how can my business benefit?
Hiring an apprentice is a productive and effective way for any business to…
Business Business Management
Improve your finance and accounting practices
With the beginning of the new tax year taking place this month, what better…
Business Management Business Accounting
Pick your Own (PYO): What you need to know to get 5* rated (part 2)
Part two of our Pick your Own Factsheet focusing on Marketing and Top Techn…
Future Proofing Pick your Own Potato soft fruit pumpkin