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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Episodes
159 episodes
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...
How To Choose A Submersible Pump For Your Flowers, Marketing Actually Happens, Plus Plant Profile Series: Antirrhinum
Hello, it's Friday 17 July 2026.I've been having a brilliant time this week watering the flowers with my new pump. If you've had enough of watering by hand in this never-ending UK heatwave, then tonight's episode is for you because it's ...
Getting Perennials On A Budget, Importing Water & My New Water Pump Has Arrived!
Hello, it's Tuesday 14 July 2026.Happy Tuesday! It's hot but not as hot as last week, thank goodness. I hope you're well. I've had a busy weekend: I had to import water because my IBCs finally ran empty, so all the details of...
I've Run Out Of Water, A New Florist Visits, Is It Ok To Want To Make Money? Plus Plant Profile: Agrostemma
Hello, it's Friday 10 July 2026.Another scorcher of a week..... and never mind the plants, I've been wilting under the glare of the sun. I've been watering so much this week that I've finally run out of water on the field and I have to t...
Who's Doing Well In The Heat (And Who Isn't), Silly Water Situation & Buying The Last Fan In The UK
Hello, it's Tuesday 7 July 2026.I've been away for a week and it has been nerve-wracking leaving the flowers in the warm temperatures that the UK is still experiencing. I landed back tonight and went straight to the field to see how ever...
Epic Q&A Session: A Compilation Of Your Top Questions Answered, Plus Plant Profile: Cornflowers
Hello, it's Friday 3 July 2026.Tonight I'm doing a Q&A session to celebrate 150 episodes of this podcast. I hit that milestone a few episodes ago but totally forgot that I planned a special themed episode - so here it is. Apologies f...
How Profit First Is Already Working For Me, New Perennials & I'm Trying 'Relay' Planting
Hello, it's Tuesday 30 June 2026.Temperatures have finally dropped - thank goodness! That heatwave was intense.In tonight's episode I'm talking about the perennials I've just been planting on the field and how I bought them guilt-...
Record-Breaking Temperatures, Top Tips For Protecting Plants In A Heatwave & Where Are Those Veronica Plugs?
Hello, it's Friday 26 June 2026.Well it's pretty much the end of the current heatwave and I'm flagging a bit, unlike the plants which are doing just fine. UK temperature records have been broken (again) and there's no sign of rain for th...
Heatwave...! Orders Going Out, Sweetpeas Are Flowering & Calculating Crop Gross Profits
Hello, it's Tuesday 23 June 2026.Lots to tell you about tonight whilst recording from my very hot field. Even a peacock interrupted me (it's not mine!). We're in the middle of a heatwave here in the UK at the moment which is a teeny bit ...
Let's Talk Numbers, Are Annual Plugs A Thing? Road Pins Incoming, Plus Plant Profile: Bindweed (Yes, Bindweed!)
Hello, it's Friday 19 June 2026.Thank goodness it's Friday! Phew! If you sent me a message about the annuals/perennials debate this week - thank you - and if you commented on Spotify, thank you too. Tonight I'm talking more about startin...
How Getting Away Really Helped Me, Putting Profit First & Why Annuals Are Not Working Out For Me
Hello, it's Tuesday 16 June 2026.Normal service has been resumed (no more moaning tonight!). Thanks for bearing with me as I yakked on and on about what a dreadful week I had in the last episode. Growing cut flowers is an abs...
Bit Of A Rant About The Rubbish Week I've Had, Stems I Sold This Week, Plus Plant Profile Of The Week: Astrantia
Hello, it's Friday 12 June 2026.It has been a week. And not a good one! I had a nasty injury on the field, a car drama, non-stop rain, no sales on the hub, my garden is a jungle and I didn't get anywhere near enough seedlings planted out...
Benefits of Mulching, Interplanting, Removing Poor Crops Early & How I Started
Hello, it's Tuesday 9 June 2026.I have lots of news from the field in today's episode including planting seedlings, staking and netting, and weeding (or rather, pulling endless creeping thistle). I've also removed a succession of one of ...
Dahlia Planting, "Cock Swap", Greenhouse in Action & Plant Profile: The Petrol Station Carnation
Hello, it's Friday 5 June 2026.Lots to tell you about tonight: news from the field including staking random cornflowers, more maintenance of the living pathways, and I'm starting to question whether it is more economical to buy plugs or ...
Florist Interview Part 2: What Florists Really Want From Growers, Heatwave Aftermath & Lots Of New Plugs
Hello, it's Tuesday 2 June 2026. Phew, May is over. Last month really tested me (and a significant number of fellow growers). Our flowers were subject to such weather extremes that they (and I) didn't know if they were coming or goi...
What Florists Really Want From Growers: An Insightful Interview With My Wedding & Event Florist (Part 1)
Hello, it's Friday 29 May 2026.I'm really delighted to share with you a wonderful conversation with my wedding & event florist, Jo Caldwell, on today's episode. We had such a long chat that I've actually had to split it into two part...
Heatwave Arrives: Why I'm Not Selling During It, Join Me On A Field Tour & What I Do With Stems I Don't Sell
Hello, it's Tuesday 26 May 2026 and it's EVEN HOTTER!It's a beautiful May evening and you join me tonight on the field to feed the chickens and tour the cut flower area. I haven't talked you through what's happening on the field in a whi...
Heatwave Incoming, Another Clarkia Mishap, My Watering Strategy, Plus Plant Profile: Clarkia
Hello, it's Friday 22 May 2026 and it's HOT!So much to tell you tonight including sharply rising temperatures (and the pressures that brings), my visit to my wedding & event florist today, and a new rose I'm desperate to acquire....
I Finally Have A Larkspur Seedling! Soil Blocks vs Chicken Thigh Trays Seedling Size Comparison, Chelsea FOMO & What's Flowering Now
Hello, welcome to Tuesday 19 May 2026. Oh the wind and cold is bothering me this week! I've just stocked up on more chocolate because I'm really not feeling it this week: one of the hens got into the flower area and dug up some of m...
Getting Comfortable With "No", Crazy Weather, Mass Seed Sowing & Plant Profile: Foxgloves
Hello, welcome to Friday 15 May 2026. What a week: it started with frosts and continued with hail storms which were very strong and potentially damaging to the seedlings. So I spent 'Hail Day' i.e Wednesday, sat in front of the TV w...
Brrrrrr, It's Cold: Frost & Slow Growth in May & Goal Setting: How Important Is It Anyway?
Hello, it's Tuesday 12 May 2026. Tonight I'm talking about goal setting: why it can be super-helpful to how you run your business, why I do it, how I do it and some suggestions for things you could consider, including goals for your...
How To Survive (And Stay Sane) If You're Growing Solo, Plus News From The Field & Greenhouse
Hello and welcome to Friday 8 May 2026. Lots to tell you about tonight so I have all the news from the field (including an unwelcome caterpillar on a climbing rose, what's just about to flower, an allium disaster, peony news and dah...
First Lot Of Hardy Annuals Planted Out, Proper Staking Is Happening, Germination Stopped In The Heat - Will It Restart?
Hello, welcome to Tuesday 5 May 2026. I'm still getting over my cold so my voice sounds a bit croaky. Thank goodness we had some rain over the weekend! Phew! It really helped the soil although it wasn't enough to top up IBC1 unfortu...
I've Got The Mother Of All Colds, Larkspur Hints & Tips, New Lily Bulbs Arrive & Plant Profile: Rose Lilies
Hello, welcome to Friday 1 May 2026. I've got a horrendous cold so tonight's episode is shorter than normal because I feel dreadful and I haven't done anything constructive on the field this week. I've just about managed to keep on ...