About this podcast
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
The newest 20 of 187 episodes
- Personal Branding, A Sisyphean Tale of Hydraulic Futility, Plant Profile: Michaelmas Daisies · 42 min · Episode 187Welcome to Friday 30 October 2026. This week I discovered that I have been unwittingly recreating one of the great tragedies of Greek mythology (Sisyphus and his boulder), only…
- How I Make Autumn Bed Prep Easier, How & Why I'm Transplanting Hydrangeas & Perennials · 24 min · Episode 186Welcome to Tuesday 27 October 2026. I've spent the morning on the field transplanting my hydrangeas and some perennials. In this episode I'm sharing the details of how and why…
- My Top 20 Best-Selling Flowers in 2026 (No. 1 Was A Big Surprise) Plus Safeguarding Soil After Worming Hens · 39 min · Episode 185Welcome to Friday 23 October 2026. I've had a very mixed week: car battery failure, an actual car accident, lost earnings due to the torrential rain, a one-day cold and a missed…
- More Autumn Seed Sowing, My Costs For Growing Agrostemma & I've Been Bread-Making! · 28 min · Episode 184Welcome to Tuesday 20 October 2026. It has rained pretty much non-stop all day today so I thought I'd get on with lots of things on my to-do list... and then spent all day…
- Five Books I Highly Recommend & The Best-Selling Shrubs I've Just Bought For 2027 · 25 min · Episode 183Welcome to Friday 16 October 2026. I've had a really busy week off-field so I haven't got anything productive done but I have acquired a large volume of cardboard boxes, which…
- Seed Catalogues: Walk, Don't Run! How To NOT Blow Your Budget In 5 Minutes On Seeds · 19 min · Episode 182Welcome 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…
- Dahlias are Out, Roses Are In, Learning From a Florist, Plus Plant Profile: Persicaria · 35 min · Episode 181Welcome 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…
- Autumn Seed Sowing Has Started: What/Why/How, Another Trip To The Vet & A Mystery Poo · 27 min · Episode 180Welcome 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…
- Recollections May Vary, I've Been Poorly All Week, Autumn Wreath-Making, Plus Plant Profile: Amaranthus · 29 min · Episode 179Welcome 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…
- What Happens If Something Goes Wrong? How & Why I'm Planning For The Worst (So I Can Keep Growing) · 28 min · Episode 178Welcome 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…
- 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%? · 23 min · Episode 177Welcome! 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…
- Self-Seeders Galore, Strategy for 2027 & Dahlias: Should They Stay Or Go? · 26 min · Episode 176Welcome! 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…
- FOLIAGE: Do You Need It? What Should You Grow? How & Why To Get Started Right Now · 31 min · Episode 175Welcome 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…
- Evening Field Tour: What's Good/Embarrassingly Small/Going Elsewhere, Hen News & The "Why" · 35 min · Episode 174Welcome 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…
- The Madness Of Taking Orders When Abroad, A Spanish Funeral Arrangement, Plus Plant Profile: Sedum · 27 min · Episode 173Welcome 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…
- Pricing & Profit: Your Questions Answered, Plus How Does My Local Flower Hub Actually Work? · 20 min · Episode 172Welcome 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: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Pricing (And How I Do It) · 33 min · Episode 171Welcome 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…
- Exactly How I Chose My 5 Annuals for 2027, Hub Sales & Why I've Been Removing Dahlia Foliage · 23 min · Episode 170Welcome 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…
- RAIN (At Last!), Borehole News, 2027 Annuals Masterplan & Plant Profile: Nicotiana · 25 min · Episode 169Welcome 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…
- Shocking News, Why Visiting Fellow Growers Is So Valuable & Composting Tips · 20 min · Episode 168Welcome 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…
