Creating a flower farm and making a living from it is a dream held dear by many. Come on our Introduction To Flower Farming Workshop (previously called Career Change Flower Farming) and flower farmer and florist Georgie Newbery will help turn that dream into a reality.

In this online workshop, Georgie will show you how her experience of growing flowers for sale since 2010 has taught her which flowers are best to grow, how to make sure she has a full season of flowers, and enough stock for all her commissions. She’ll take you through sales and marketing as well as planning your flower farming year. Georgie started off selling bunches of sweet peas from a barrow at the front of her house: see how the business has evolved from growing and sending 2,000 bouquets by post a year, creating flowers for weddings and events, and teaching inspiring, informative and enabling workshops for hundreds students a year. It all started with a patch the size of an allotment…

While making sure that you are realistic about how much you can hope to take home financially from such a venture, and showing you how to practically combine the time you have available, with the flowers you want to grow, and the money in your pocket at the end of the day, Georgie will give your a truly inspirational day.

You’ll learn how to manage your year to make sure you are making the most of the flowery opportunities you have to make a living doing something you love. And at the foundation of it all will be Georgie’s insistence that you learn how to run your cashflow as the most important part of your venture, closely followed by your marketing strategy.

Lots of people can grow flowers. Georgie will show you how to grow them strategically and for a realistic profit, using your time effectively, so that you can enjoy earning a living doing something that you love.

The online workshop will take place over the course of one day, with the modules / timings broken down roughly as follows:

The modules are:

Growing flowers for sale and profit 10.00am -12.00pm
Design your flower farm and plan your flower farming year 12.30pm - 2.30pm
Social media and marketing for flower growers 3.00pm - 5.00pm

The maximum number attending the workshop will be 20 people and there will be plenty of time to ask questions and interact.

There will be workbooks to go with the workshop, and virtual tours of the flower farm at Common Farm to illustrate and inspire.

If you can get to us in Somerset then you might be interested in joining us for this workshop at the farm - see all the details here.

Members of our Club receive a 10% booking on all website bookings. Find out more about the club here.

Suitable for:

Anyone who is exploring the idea of turning their love of flower growing into a business.

Reviews:

"So pleased I joined Georgie's Career Change online workshop to gain her knowledge and expertise. It gave me all I needed to decide the path I want to take. Thank you Georgie - it was a 'showstopper'."

"I found Georgie’s ‘Career Change Flower Farming’ a really insightful & balanced course. I really enjoyed the mix of knowledge, support, realism, humour & encouragement. The course has given me plenty of answers to questions I had and also sent me away with further questions for myself and things to research and think about constructively. Would highly recommend."

"I’ve just spent a day on your online course Career Change Flower Farming. I loved it, you’ve been so generous with all your information. Worth every penny! I don’t actually own a field yet, but I’m off to buy a year planner! Thank you."

Bundles

If you are interested in this workshop you might also like some of our other bundles and workshops, including:

The Flower Farmer's Workshop Bundle (includes Introduction To Flower Farming and The Pricing Cut Flowers To Sell workshops)

The Pricing Cut Flowers To Sell Workshop online

The Flower Farming Intensive Workshop (3 days at the farm in Somerset)

Why do a workshop or demo with Common Farm Flowers?

Important information about all our workshops and demos - please read