Becoming A Cut Flower Grower
Becoming a Cut Flower Grower is a raw and honest podcast about growing and selling cut flowers and the realities of what it really takes to build a cut flower business from the ground up.
Hosted by a working cut flower grower, the podcast combines practical insight with thoughtful reflections on the decisions, trade-offs, and rhythms of the work — from production and selling, to confidence, sustainability, and shaping an off-grid business on a tight budget.
Episodes will be useful whether you’re starting out with cut flowers, developing a small-scale flower business, or simply interested in the craft, economics, and rhythm of growing cut flowers for sale.
With twice-weekly episodes, this podcast is an intelligent, steady companion for anyone curious to know what growing and selling cut flowers with intention and care really looks and feels like.
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182 episodes
Seed Catalogues: Walk, Don't Run! How To NOT Blow Your Budget In 5 Minutes On Seeds
Welcome to Tuesday 13 October 2026. Seed catalogues: they're here and they're fabulous! I get wildly excited at this time of year and I spent all weekend with a packet of post-it notes earmarking what annuals I'd like from the catal...
Dahlias are Out, Roses Are In, Learning From a Florist, Plus Plant Profile: Persicaria
Welcome to Friday 9 October 2026. We've had it all this week: rain, cold and wind, which is a reminder that autumn is well and truly here. It's been so warm and sunny that I'd almost forgotten that the cooler days were coming.
Autumn Seed Sowing Has Started: What/Why/How, Another Trip To The Vet & A Mystery Poo
Welcome to Tuesday 6 October 2026. So much to tell you about in this episode including the start of my autumn seed sowing (finally...), plus some chicken news, a crushed CD, and a mystery turd on the field...I'm talking about...
Recollections May Vary, I've Been Poorly All Week, Autumn Wreath-Making, Plus Plant Profile: Amaranthus
Welcome to Friday 2 October 2026. Where did September go...?!?!!? Join me on the field for today's episode where I'm struggling with some kind of nasty cold/flu. Before I got sick, I spent an afternoon this week learning how to make...
What Happens If Something Goes Wrong? How & Why I'm Planning For The Worst (So I Can Keep Growing)
Welcome to Tuesday 29 September 2026. Did you spot the new podcast logo?! I thought it was time to update it and I hope you like it. I've got some news to share with you about the hens, the bed prep I've been doing over the weekend...
Is It Ok To Buy-In Stems? An Alternative To Marketing On Socials & What Happens To Prices When Columbia Increases Its Minimum Wage by 23%?
Welcome! It's Friday 25 September 2026. Come and let the hens out with me this morning: I'm recording this episode on the field so there is quite a bit of cockerel crowing in the background.In today's episode I'm answering s...
Self-Seeders Galore, Strategy for 2027 & Dahlias: Should They Stay Or Go?
Welcome! It's Tuesday 22 September 2026. Two topics today: letting self-seeders get on with it, and a look at the overall strategy for 2027. I discovered lots of self-seeded Ammi and Clarkia over the weekend when I was bed prepping...
FOLIAGE: Do You Need It? What Should You Grow? How & Why To Get Started Right Now
Welcome to today's episode on Friday 18 September 2026. Tonight's episode is all about foliage and it's essentially a massive souped-up plant profile series in one single episode.Curious about foliage? Are you asking ...
Evening Field Tour: What's Good/Embarrassingly Small/Going Elsewhere, Hen News & The "Why"
Welcome to today's episode on Tuesday 15 September 2026. Join me on a cheerful tour of the plot tonight as I talk you through everything that's going on right now, including the flowers blooming right now, the plants that I'm re-lo...
The Madness Of Taking Orders When Abroad, A Spanish Funeral Arrangement, Plus Plant Profile: Sedum
Welcome to today's episode on Friday 11 September 2026.Thanks for your Spotify comments: I always love hearing from you and your ideas are always interesting. And I'm grateful for your kind words.Tonight I'm talking about the orde...
Pricing & Profit: Your Questions Answered, Plus How Does My Local Flower Hub Actually Work?
Welcome to today's episode on Tuesday 8 September 2026.Ok, so after the last episode on pricing, I received some questions so I thought I'd answer them on tonight's episode. Pricing is a hot topic - if you have more questions, feel free ...
PRICING: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Pricing (And How I Do It)
Welcome to today's episode on Friday 4 September 2026.Tonight's episode is all about pricing: why it's so hard (especially when you're a new grower), benchmarking with other suppliers (pros and cons), the impact of market forces, how the...
Exactly How I Chose My 5 Annuals for 2027, Hub Sales & Why I've Been Removing Dahlia Foliage
Welcome to today's episode on Tuesday 1 September 2026.Somehow, it's September! How did that happen?!?Hub sales - I've finally made some! Very exciting and I'll tell you all about this tonight, including what I've sold. <...
RAIN (At Last!), Borehole News, 2027 Annuals Masterplan & Plant Profile: Nicotiana
Welcome to today's episode on Friday 28 August 2026.Much to tell you in tonight's episode including an update on the borehole, the rain situation, my footwear, and an unexpected pile of grey feathers on the field... Thank you if you sent...
Shocking News, Why Visiting Fellow Growers Is So Valuable & Composting Tips
Welcome to today's episode on Tuesday 25 August 2026.I've just had some really shocking news about the future of my field, which I'm going to share with you tonight. It's potentially very serious and I won't know anything else for a whil...
My Top Perennials For 2027, Exploding Seedpods & Plant Profile: Beech
Welcome to today's episode on Friday 21 August 2026.Seed harvesting mini-disaster (already): all the details of this, plus a reminder to myself that as the rains are finally incoming, it's time to check gutters and downpipes for blockage...
The Advice I Wish I'd Taken For Growing Annuals, Seed Harvesting & Underplanting Roses
Welcome to today's episode on Tuesday 18 August 2026.Non-stop flower news from the field in tonight's episode including my sales figures since last week (and possibly why), all the seeds I've been harvesting over the weekend (and how I'm...
6 Really Important Lessons This Drought Has Taught Me, Plus Plant Profile: Physostegia
Welcome to today's episode on Friday 14 August 2026.It's all happening on the field tonight: government wildfire warning alerts, teatime for the hens, and tonight's episode. The heat has been insane this week - yesterday was brutal - so ...
What's Actually Happening In Drought Soil, Rose Lily Drama Continues & Am I Pruning My Dahlias All Wrong?
Welcome to today's episode on Tuesday 11 August 2026.Lots going on as usual: I've been topping up the IBCs again, trying to keep my shrubs and perennials alive and mulching as much bare soil as possible to stop it overheating. <...
Q & A Session: Pests/Fertilisers/Short Stems/Green Manures & Do I Have A Toilet On The Field?
Welcome to today's episode on Friday 7 August 2026.Tonight I'm answering some brilliant questions that I've been asked recently including: what pests I've had this year (and how I've dealt with them)what data I'...
I Have More IBCs & A New (Very Old) Car, Chickens Celebrate Birthdays & A Big Exciting Plan
Hello, it's Tuesday 4 August 2026.Still no rain - and none in sight. In light of this I went and bought three new big secondhand water storage tanks so I'm ready for whatever Mother Nature throws at me next year. Tonight there's news fro...
Why I Can't Face Growing Annuals in 2027, My Flowers Go Off To A Wedding & Plant Profile: Euonymus
Hello, it's Friday 31 July 2026.Welcome to tonight's episode. I'm trying a new format tonight so there's deliberately no intro or outro music. The heatwaves have finally come to an end but the drought continues and there's barely any rai...
Teatime On The Field, I'm Not Growing Cosmos Again & Outsourcing Marketing (Is It Ok To Do This?)
Hello, it's Tuesday 28 July 2026.You're joining me on the field for tonight's episode. We'll feed the flock together and then I'll update you on my thoughts on the flowers right now and what I'm culling after this year.I've had to...
Brilliant Tips From My Dahlia Mentor, A Lovely Caterer Visits & Ranting About Hose Pipes
Hello, it's Friday 24 July 2026.This hasn’t been my favourite week and I’ve lost most of my motivation and mojo. I’ve had enough of the heat and drought, everything is looking a bit exhausted now and don’t even get me started on hoses an...
Coping With A Drought: Pump Is Pumping, Who's Doing What On The Field, (Another) Strimming Mishap
Hello, it's Tuesday 21 July 2026.Another week and still no rain. I'm thanking my lucky stars that I bought my submersible pump last week: it's brilliant and making life much easier. The forecast is not looking good for rain in the next c...