Our 3 Day Lifestyle Business Retreat

Important - you do not need to be a flower farmer to join us for this 3 day retreat. All small business founders or those thinking about it are very welcome.

Some questions for you

Are you a small business founder? Or are you currently dreaming of what your small business could be?

Would you like to step away from being ‘always busy’ and move toward calm productivity?

Do you want to reframe how you run your small business, not for growth at any cost, but for balance and meaning?

Would you like to start or further develop a lifestyle business with clarity, confidence, and practical tools?

How the 3 day lifestyle business retreat can help you

If any of the above resonates with you, you might like to join us for 3 days at Common Farm Flowers this November, where will help you:

• Focus and get clear on your objectives and define what ‘enough’ looks like for you.

• Renew so you can build the habits and mindset to keep your progress steady and sustainable.

• Build the identity and voice that markets your business, even when you’re not constantly pushing it.

Whether you’re already running a business or just dreaming one up, these 3 days will give you the structure, systems, and energy to make it work for you.

FIND OUT MORE

Our 3 day retreat is led by:

• Georgie Newbery, a flower farmer, author, and small business mentor.

• Francesca McGarey, a marketing strategist specialising in sustainable systems for small businesses.

• Alice Armstrong Scales, a personal development coach with 25 years’ experience.

Here’s an outline of the 3 days:

Day One: Focus, led by Georgie Newbery

We’ll start with your why, revisiting your objectives and refreshing your vision. You’ll map a path forward, define your ‘enough’ and look at practical tools like business plans and cashflow forecasts that keep you focused without burning out.

We’ll close the day with a creative exercise: making and photographing still lifes that capture your insights and become a visual reminder to take with you.

Day Two: Renew, led by Alice Armstrong-Scales

On Day Two, we’ll look at how to sustain all the work we want to put into our business, and into ourselves. Alice will guide you through practical tools and daily habits that keep you on track, help you prioritise what really matters, and cultivate calm and confidence as you go.

With her wealth of personal development experience, Alice will show you how to create a rhythm that supports inspiration, productivity, and balance, for you to apply every day, long after the retreat.

Day Three: Marketing, led by Francesca McGarey

Whatever stage your business is at, Day Three is where thinking becomes doing. We’ll zoom out to look at the world of your business; where you’re headed, what you’re really trying to build, and what your marketing efforts actually need to do for you.

In the afternoon, we’ll get practical: mapping out a sustainable marketing system that fits your life, and exploring honestly whether AI belongs in your toolkit, and if so, how to use it on your own terms.

You’ll leave with a clear view of your marketing approach, a system that doesn’t demand everything of you, and the confidence to keep it going, long after the retreat is over.

Here’s what previous students said about the retreat