“You are not floret and never will be, you are you!! “ And it made me cry.. I feel like I could be a proud forget me not in your garden and get as much love as a fancy cafe au lait dahlia. I come to your channel for You, the knowledge is just a lovely bonus.
YES to all of this! If it were about the money, we'd be doing something else for sure! Growing flowers as a side hustle grounds me and provides balance in many ways. It's a lot of work, but so far it's so worth it!
"You are you and the world needs you" thank you for saying that! This has been a lovely experience watching your video. I had moved on but something made me come back and now i see your little arbor, that was just the inspiration I needed to create one with this pile of bamboo I have 🌸 🌼 🌻 🌞
You guys are such a ray of sunshine! Your laughter and attitudes are infectious and makes this extreme introvert wish I could hang out with you two! Keep spreading the cheer!! ❤
There was a big flower operation in Phoenix az built by some Japanese immigrants starting before WW2 and they were put into internment camps 😢… but then went right back to work and they were growing until maybe ten or 15 years ago (it’s 2022 now) … it was a tourist attraction. The family still has their orig flower stand, but sold most of the land for housing development and they now just import most of their flowers… I plan to head down there to see what they can tell me about the flowers they grew. But, we actually have good conditions, although everything is backwards compared to the 4 season areas and there are limits in the summer… I just have no idea what they were growing in what season (mostly winter) but I’m about to start a flower farm for a client in Phoenix. In summer, I know we can do several varieties of celosia, several basil varieties (Thai & cinnamon), sunflowers, exotic bird of paradise and I plan to try zinnias next spring through summer and a bunch of other stuff… we’ve got a ton of established roses, although they are sparse in summer, but I think I can maximize their growth by next summer, they are gorgeous in the spring… in fall winter spring, there are many flowers that we can grow, like stock which I’ve been growing from seed successfully over the last two years … hollyhocks do well here but you have to burn them before putting in water and poppies do wonderful here as well, although I’ve no experience w those, but I know they will grow … we can grow ranunculus which I’ve done as well… we have eucalyptus up the ying yang … oh and bougainvillea makes a wonderful cut flower too… and I’ve been experimenting w coleus and caladium this summer… I just recently found that we can grow those here and they have long vase life… I have a list to try from our extension… but those are what I know, mostly. But i agree that inexperienced desert growers will have a learning curve and it can be tricky… but I’ve never grown anywhere other than Phoenix. I’m about to rock this town… but, even with all my experience… I expect to take a couple years to develop it to a point where it will get some kind of return and I’ll have systems down… and get it really rockin in 3-5 years… I want to start in a few existing beds this year then maybe next summer, it will take over a sizable lawn area … it’s going to be great! I’ve got 25 or 30 years left in me. I’ve waited my whole life to do something like this.
Glad I stumbled upon this today. I smiled through the whole video. Thank you for the information and your authenticity. Just retired and started planting flowers and thought selling them might be fun some day. Your experience is very informative and dare I say inspiring.
I don’t plan to sell flowers, but I do enjoy growing them and sharing them with friends and family. The smiles I get are payment and harvesting is free therapy. I’m here for the laughs. This brightened my day. Thank you from your new subscriber.
I’ve been wanting to start my own small cut garden and give small bouquets away for free every Sunday. I just love flowers! Thank you for this video and your honesty. 💐
I just disc guys and I must say you have cheered me up and I feel like I can go out and conquer the world; well the flower world at least! I started a flower farm last summer, I need all the honesty, kindness and humility you all have to offer. You warm my heart! Thanks!
This is one of the most hilarious videos I’ve seen in a while. Thank you for brightening my day and making me feel like I’m not the only one that really doesn’t have my stuff perfectly together! 😁
Omg…watching this video was the best way to start my day. I had the best morning chuckle! Y’all remind me of me and my sister. I love your real life advice. Thank you!
This made me laugh and so happy watching you burst out laughing saying you didn’t make any money. 😂😂 I watched that part at least three times. So glad you are on RUclips so I can watch and learn from you!
Your videos are so deeply encouraging and practical. Thank you for speaking truth, in love with this. There's a quote in a book called Ms. Rumphius that says "“That is all very well, little Alice,” her grandpa told her one night, “but there is a third thing you must do.” “You must do something to make the world more beautiful.” Thank you for doing this in your corner and inspiring so many of us to do this in ours. A lot of love from New Hampshire!
Thank you for your kind, kind words. It probably won't surprise you, but that very same quote (the whole book, really) has deeply influenced me. I've always loved flowers but that story helped me to see how I can use that love to bless others. So glad to find another fan of Ms. Rumphius! :) - Rosita
I subscribed so that your humour helps me through my first year planing for a small-ish market flower garden. Thank you for your honesty and acknowledgment that beauty is also a product.
You two are contagious! I giggled right along with you. I have no intention of ever becoming a full fledged farmer, or selling my beauties. I’m still figuring out what works best in my zone 5a/6. I’m just in it for the beauty and the fun of giving. Once I retire I might consider a pivot. Right now I’m just learning and enjoying. Good luck to you both as you grow your side hustle! May you be able to afford AT LEAST 2 Chick-Fil-A dinners at the end of this season! 🤣
I just cannot get over your outfits, ladies. So gorgeous. Colors looks so beautiful and the fit is so refreshing and it matches your business. I’m so inspired.
This is what I have been looking for. Thanks for sharing this video, I started a consolidating and export business for fresh cut flowers here in Kenya 2 yrs ago. Unfortunately, the covid19 affected negatively the flower industry very bad, after that we also got a challenge with freight and capacity issues. this challenge made me think twice about this consolidating business, no I have acquired 4 acres of land and I want to go to farming so that I can access the markets directly as a grower. Your video is very encouraging, I would like to get more lessons from you.
Girls, i loved this video so much i'm willing to own my own flower farm and get the reward of a chick-fil-a burger at the end. Thank you very much for keeping my eyes open and that I must think that I must be aware of enjoying what I have, even if that is not the dollars in my pocket, but the pain in my back. Greetings from Tulsa, Ok. Zone 7b.💕🙋♀️🌼🌼
I really enjoyed this one because of the giggling. I too, get the giggles aka hysterical laughter. Once I get started, can't stop! My sister understands!
aww! thanks for sharing! “adapt and pivot” and not getting attached to ideas to the point of being counter productive. These were great reminders! Good luck to you both ✨
I love you ladies, I am just starting my cut flower business so for the last few years it has been a very expensive hobby. So I am hoping that I have been smart in taking my time to grow flowers like peony and allowing them to grow and be ready for cutting from them for profit. Love you again and hope I’m my first year to get more than a McDonald’s meal for my efforts.
Thank you for this, my sister and I are starting a side hustle as well this year....trying to learn that, yes, things will go wrong but that's how we learn. Having the love of flowers will keep us going. Keep sharing!
Thank you for the video. In addition to being informative, it is always so enjoyable watching the two of you interact and having fun. Hope you make lots more this year!
I just found your channel and this is the best video I watched all day. Sisters giggle. I have two sisters. I gardened for 12 years before selling my home. I had fruit trees, veggie and herbs and perennials around the house and in the garden. I am in WI and flowers can be fickle. I had so many beautiful years and then so many not so great with the fruit trees attracting an invasion of Japanese beetles. Keeping soapy water buckets was a true fight and eventually I did spray which only helped until the rain. So it is really hard work and I never sold them. I do know how to grow and make beautiful bouquets. I do know a commercial grower of flowers that ended up doing a CSA. I also know local farmers. I joined a veggie csa that was unique as they had a store and just let you use vouchers to shop. Flowers were extra and so were farm tours (like petting farm, lavender, etc.) They sold their lavender last year dried in their store along with products made from it. Covid made things rough, but they did the CSA for the first time to guarantee a customer base. Outdoor store was created under a large tent to help during covid too. My other local farmer that supplies my family's veggies and flowers is a farm stand. A side hustle for her and grandkids. It has been open for years. The best gladiolas ever! She makes bridal type bunches and puts them right aside the veggies in pales of water. Hers is an honor system with little typed copies of the Gospel message next to the pay box. Due to her long time of running her side hustle and locals depending on her wonderful produce too she does well. It is rural, but a bigger rural road. She does a bed and breakfast as well. Often I see her working in the garden or stocking on my morning commute and flowers sell out before I get out of work because they are gone. Something with a roadside stand is consider keeping flowers in shade somehow. She hung blinds or a sheet over where the sun tends to bake her items. It gets awful hot on everything in the full sun all day. The stand has a roof, but there is not much of the day the sun is straight overhead. Good luck.
I just came across you two and I'm in love!!! This is golden! Coucou from the Loire Valley in Central France. The idea of starting with $2k of savings and not a $60k loan made me smile too
Oh my gosh! You two are the best- I actually had to rewind & watch the “Chikfila meal” giggle dissolve all over again, just for the warmth & mirth. How wonderful to labor on something you love, with someone you love. Who needs anything more in life? (and if some chicken nuggets get tossed in, well, it’s nothing short of abundance) ;)
I began enjoying your videos, then I started looking at your work. I think you make the loveliest bouquets of anyone in the US. I even prefer your arrangements to those lovely ones done by Tulipina. Your location must really be holding you back!
I think everyone who wants to start a flower farm should watch this video. You guys are speaking truth! I am a little shocked to see how many people want to be flower farmers now. In gardening groups and other social media platforms, I see tons of people saying they want to start a flower farming business. I don't know if it's because so many people lost their jobs in 2020 and are home now or they have been following the big flower farms that post all the beautiful pictures on social media.....but there is so much more to flower farming than beautiful social media posts. You two are so funny together. Your laughs are contagious. I also live in Ohio. Have you heard of Middlefield?
We fell for it, too! Those beautiful armloads of flowers are false advertising. 😅 No, not really. But if we can help anybody to go into this with a realistic expectation, our job here is done. I have heard of Middlefield! Been there years ago. You are probably zone 5a?
@@rootdesigncompany I think all those bigger flower farms with all the pictures of tons and tons of flowers, fields of flowers, wagons filled with flowers, those farms have people working them as their full-time jobs, plus they have employees and years and years of experience & learning. It just seems like in the last few years flower farming has exploded. They have my zone at 5b, but then some say 6a. I don't Middlefield is 6a at all. I am in the snow belt and we get a ton of lake effect snow. I can drive 10-15 minutes south of here and they will have a dusting of snow, and yet we have feet of snow. All depending on if your in the snow belt. I have been telling my husband we need to move out of the snowbelt for years now.
@@karie3 and to you guys as well Roots Design, the big farms are not selling flowers. They sell courses, books, seeds, products etc. They would be better described as agricultural or horticultural marketing vehicles. Yes, they have experience but the reason you're seeing such an explosion is because they're good at monetizing the eyes they have on their photos. And in reality all these women (mostly) will have exactly what you said, an expensive hobby and pretty pictures. The thing that pains me about seeing so many aspiring farms popping up all over IG and RUclips is that there seems to be little interest in the practicality of the business, I've taught a lot of design workshops and most of the aspiring growers I meet can't tell me who their clients are, how much they spend on flowers or who their competition is. In short they don't have an actual business plan but are instead aspiring to be insta-famous. I completely support becoming your own brand, choosing the path that works for you and your lifestyle and hope that more folks catch on. I've said for years, it's not enough to be passionate about what you do, there has to be a NEED for your work to be a business. Wanting to grow flowers is not a business plan, the marketing channels oversell the demand for flowers and I really respect the approach you guys took! All the best, Sullivan
Wow. Your words are so wise!! “Wanting to grow flowers is not a business plan.” 😅 Monetizing the eyes on their pretty photos. 😏 So well said. It is hard to become profitable as a flower farm, but we’ve learned you have to treat it like any other business. Income minus expenses equals profit. 🤷♀️ The numbers don’t lie. Where are you based out of and what kind of design workshops do you teach?
@@rootdesigncompany I have no idea why I never saw this reply, I'm out of Philadelphia and I've taught floral design workshops all over the country and in Mexico. I'm a high end floral designer currently on a pandemic sabbatical and renovating my garden which will NOT be a flower farm 😂 , just for me to enjoy and cut from! The reality is never going to be as popular as selling the dream and the photos, we've had the same thing happening in floral design for 10 years, wanting to be surrounded by and play with flowers all day is not a business plan either and as you know, that's not the job either! Whenever anyone tells me they want to work on weddings, I ask if they always aspired to be a mover?
I love this so much, I laughed all the way through with you - I am a young flower grower working for my mum who does this full time. She is handing the business to me next year and the idea of it is terrifying but wonderful. Lots of decisions to make about how we move forwards and this has helped immensely. Thanks ladies!
I just found you when Googling cut flower farming and am in love! Thank you for the relevant, real, and funny videos! I live in Worcester, MA and am beginning my second year of growing cut flowers. I face so many environmental obstacles in the city and it's very easy to get discouraged. Your respect for those of us trying to do this hard work on a small budget and with minimal resources is so appreciated. Completely thrilled to have found you!
That was too fun! I live in northeastern Washington State, but I was born in Ohio. I've been gardening and growing flowers for over 40 years and I do it because I can't help it. It's how I was made, I think. Thanks for saying that were selling hope and beauty and encouragement.
Wait…yall are so funny 😆 but really good info and I love the idea that the product is hope and flowers are the medium. Really sweet and actually very true
You ladies crack me up. Thanks for making me laugh. So glad I came across your video’s today. And yes, 💐 are so important! Thanks for the great pointers.
I love you ladies and have missed you!!! You two are totally unique and so fun! I am with another poster who said she would listen to you even read the news...your joy is the best thing!! It reminds me when I fail, to get back up and see the beauty and fun. I would love to see a quick demo of how you made your twig arch/arbor/trellis.
I’ve been watching your videos from last year (I’m starting a cut flower garden this year) and they’ve been so helpful and encouraging! And you all are so much fun to watch 😊 thank you!
You're back! I've so missed you gals over winter. Your giggles are totally infectious. I'll look forward to a Chick Filet meal in five years time (off to google what that is now!)
Thank you . Ive been wondering about you two. I’m in 6a here in Ohio. A gardener for many many years. This is my year of maybe selling CSA subscriptions and market bouquets.I enjoy your videos immensely. You SHOULD try going LIVE and see what happens🌿🌷
Nice to “meet” you! You know all about growing in Ohio, then. 😁 We wish you a lot of success this year! Do you mean go live on RUclips? Hadn’t even thought of that yet! Maybe someday. 😉
What seeds have you started so far this end of February? You Ladies are so Lovely and A Breath of Fresh Air. Thank you. Please keep your videos coming. Do you winter sow in milk jugs?
If it supports your habit (growing beautiful things) then that's a special kind of profit. Doing what you love and bringing all that beauty into the world, and joy to people, while being revenue neutral seems like a dream. Profit is gravy. Enjoy!!
Greetings from Portage County! You two are fantastic!!! I’m gardening on a half acre and this will be my first year growing cut flowers. I really appreciate you sharing your experiences with a healthy dose of Ohio realism. I was laughing right along with you!!!
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Your laughter and giggles are THE BEST!! 💗
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100% agree.. ty for the giggles
You remind me of myself and my sister doing anything!
“You are not floret and never will be, you are you!! “ And it made me cry.. I feel like I could be a proud forget me not in your garden and get as much love as a fancy cafe au lait dahlia.
I come to your channel for You, the knowledge is just a lovely bonus.
Aw, now you made me cry a little. Never forget that what you bring to the world is just what the world needs. I need that reminder too.
This comment just makes me heart overflow with warmth and encouragement. Thank you all ❤️
YES to all of this! If it were about the money, we'd be doing something else for sure! Growing flowers as a side hustle grounds me and provides balance in many ways. It's a lot of work, but so far it's so worth it!
"You are you, and the world needs you." That is awesome.
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"You are you and the world needs you" thank you for saying that! This has been a lovely experience watching your video. I had moved on but something made me come back and now i see your little arbor, that was just the inspiration I needed to create one with this pile of bamboo I have 🌸 🌼 🌻 🌞
You guys are such a ray of sunshine! Your laughter and attitudes are infectious and makes this extreme introvert wish I could hang out with you two! Keep spreading the cheer!! ❤
As an apartment dweller a flower farm isn't on my horizon but you two are a pleasure to watch and learn from. Happy I found your channel.
There was a big flower operation in Phoenix az built by some Japanese immigrants starting before WW2 and they were put into internment camps 😢… but then went right back to work and they were growing until maybe ten or 15 years ago (it’s 2022 now) … it was a tourist attraction. The family still has their orig flower stand, but sold most of the land for housing development and they now just import most of their flowers… I plan to head down there to see what they can tell me about the flowers they grew. But, we actually have good conditions, although everything is backwards compared to the 4 season areas and there are limits in the summer… I just have no idea what they were growing in what season (mostly winter) but I’m about to start a flower farm for a client in Phoenix. In summer, I know we can do several varieties of celosia, several basil varieties (Thai & cinnamon), sunflowers, exotic bird of paradise and I plan to try zinnias next spring through summer and a bunch of other stuff… we’ve got a ton of established roses, although they are sparse in summer, but I think I can maximize their growth by next summer, they are gorgeous in the spring… in fall winter spring, there are many flowers that we can grow, like stock which I’ve been growing from seed successfully over the last two years … hollyhocks do well here but you have to burn them before putting in water and poppies do wonderful here as well, although I’ve no experience w those, but I know they will grow … we can grow ranunculus which I’ve done as well… we have eucalyptus up the ying yang … oh and bougainvillea makes a wonderful cut flower too… and I’ve been experimenting w coleus and caladium this summer… I just recently found that we can grow those here and they have long vase life… I have a list to try from our extension… but those are what I know, mostly.
But i agree that inexperienced desert growers will have a learning curve and it can be tricky… but I’ve never grown anywhere other than Phoenix. I’m about to rock this town… but, even with all my experience… I expect to take a couple years to develop it to a point where it will get some kind of return and I’ll have systems down… and get it really rockin in 3-5 years… I want to start in a few existing beds this year then maybe next summer, it will take over a sizable lawn area … it’s going to be great! I’ve got 25 or 30 years left in me. I’ve waited my whole life to do something like this.
You cute sisters are my favorite flower farmers to listen to. Thank you for making the world a better place.
We’ll take that as a high compliment 😅, probably higher than we deserve, but thank you.
Glad I stumbled upon this today. I smiled through the whole video. Thank you for the information and your authenticity. Just retired and started planting flowers and thought selling them might be fun some day. Your experience is very informative and dare I say inspiring.
I don’t plan to sell flowers, but I do enjoy growing them and sharing them with friends and family. The smiles I get are payment and harvesting is free therapy. I’m here for the laughs. This brightened my day. Thank you from your new subscriber.
I’ve been wanting to start my own small cut garden and give small bouquets away for free every Sunday. I just love flowers! Thank you for this video and your honesty. 💐
I just disc guys and I must say you have cheered me up and I feel like I can go out and conquer the world; well the flower world at least! I started a flower farm last summer, I need all the honesty, kindness and humility you all have to offer. You warm my heart! Thanks!
Very novel and amusing take on flower farming. Will now check out your garden. Wishing you much success.
Be your own hero!! Nobody's coming to save you!! LOVE IT:)
"I feel like a preacher!" Your sudden little quips are priceless!
Thank you ladies I have watched this video over and over!
The transparency here is golden, thank you!
This is one of the most hilarious videos I’ve seen in a while. Thank you for brightening my day and making me feel like I’m not the only one that really doesn’t have my stuff perfectly together! 😁
Omg…watching this video was the best way to start my day. I had the best morning chuckle! Y’all remind me of me and my sister. I love your real life advice. Thank you!
"Hope, Beauty and Courage" this truth being offered each season is a blessing. Thank you for sharing your journey. ❤
You’re welcome! 😘 Here’s to hope and courage and beauty in spades this year.
Y'all!!! I feel like I am sitting at your table, having a chat, laughing and nodding at your wisdom...and wishing I had known you sooner!!
Your giggles and joy are wonderful! I love what you said about hope and beauty. Preach it! 😂
😊 thank you
As soon as I started watching I knew I would have a smile on my face. Love your honesty and humour.
Happy to pass out a few smiles. 😁 We need them, too.
This made me laugh and so happy watching you burst out laughing saying you didn’t make any money. 😂😂 I watched that part at least three times. So glad you are on RUclips so I can watch and learn from you!
Y’all are so great together. Sisters. ❤️
Sisters are the best.
@@rootdesigncompany they are! My daughters are sisters, and I only have brothers.
Your videos are so deeply encouraging and practical. Thank you for speaking truth, in love with this. There's a quote in a book called Ms. Rumphius that says "“That is all very well, little Alice,” her grandpa told her one night, “but there is a third thing you must do.” “You must do something to make the world more beautiful.” Thank you for doing this in your corner and inspiring so many of us to do this in ours. A lot of love from New Hampshire!
Thank you for your kind, kind words. It probably won't surprise you, but that very same quote (the whole book, really) has deeply influenced me. I've always loved flowers but that story helped me to see how I can use that love to bless others. So glad to find another fan of Ms. Rumphius! :) - Rosita
I love that book too!
I subscribed so that your humour helps me through my first year planing for a small-ish market flower garden. Thank you for your honesty and acknowledgment that beauty is also a product.
Humor definitely helps get us through too. :D Best wishes on your first year!
You two are contagious! I giggled right along with you. I have no intention of ever becoming a full fledged farmer, or selling my beauties. I’m still figuring out what works best in my zone 5a/6. I’m just in it for the beauty and the fun of giving. Once I retire I might consider a pivot. Right now I’m just learning and enjoying. Good luck to you both as you grow your side hustle! May you be able to afford AT LEAST 2 Chick-Fil-A dinners at the end of this season! 🤣
Let it be. 2 Chick fil A dinners is progress. 🤣 Here’s to a fun growing season! We love that you do this for the beauty and fun of giving.
My sister and I laugh like you two too. So fun. Good job both of you.
Hello from Gahanna, Ohio. You guys are so funny and so genuine. Your laughter is contagious. Something we really need....as well as lots of flowers :)
I just cannot get over your outfits, ladies. So gorgeous. Colors looks so beautiful and the fit is so refreshing and it matches your business. I’m so inspired.
You girls are a crack up! And yes! Flowers are essential! Thank you for your words of wisdom.
This is what I have been looking for. Thanks for sharing this video, I started a consolidating and export business for fresh cut flowers here in Kenya 2 yrs ago. Unfortunately, the covid19 affected negatively the flower industry very bad, after that we also got a challenge with freight and capacity issues. this challenge made me think twice about this consolidating business, no I have acquired 4 acres of land and I want to go to farming so that I can access the markets directly as a grower. Your video is very encouraging, I would like to get more lessons from you.
Just discovered you. I love how you cracked yourselves up. Thanks for the laugh and encouraging words.❤
We crack ourselves up every day. 🥴😅 Glad you enjoyed it!
Girls, i loved this video so much i'm willing to own my own flower farm and get the reward of a chick-fil-a burger at the end. Thank you very much for keeping my eyes open and that I must think that I must be aware of enjoying what I have, even if that is not the dollars in my pocket, but the pain in my back. Greetings from Tulsa, Ok. Zone 7b.💕🙋♀️🌼🌼
Favorite comment. :) You get it!
I really enjoyed this one because of the giggling. I too, get the giggles aka hysterical laughter. Once I get started, can't stop! My sister understands!
Would love to see more of how you find joy in flowers in the winter.
aww! thanks for sharing! “adapt and pivot” and not getting attached to ideas to the point of being counter productive. These were great reminders! Good luck to you both ✨
I love you ladies, I am just starting my cut flower business so for the last few years it has been a very expensive hobby. So I am hoping that I have been smart in taking my time to grow flowers like peony and allowing them to grow and be ready for cutting from them for profit. Love you again and hope I’m my first year to get more than a McDonald’s meal for my efforts.
Thank you for this, my sister and I are starting a side hustle as well this year....trying to learn that, yes, things will go wrong but that's how we learn. Having the love of flowers will keep us going. Keep sharing!
You’re exactly right! Don’t be afraid of making mistakes, and believe in your dream.
Thank you for the video. In addition to being informative, it is always so enjoyable watching the two of you interact and having fun. Hope you make lots more this year!
This video made me smile so much. You two are so much fun. Thanks for this great info - super helpful!
After you said flowers are essential and looked down it reminded me of my pastor when I was a child and then you said you feel like a preacher 😂👍
Your videos make me laugh out loud and learn at the same time. You two have great chemistry.
I wanna to thank you the laugh’s and the transparency. I also love that you are sisters🥰🥰🥰😍🥰😍. I learned a lot thanks again.
I just found your channel and this is the best video I watched all day. Sisters giggle. I have two sisters. I gardened for 12 years before selling my home. I had fruit trees, veggie and herbs and perennials around the house and in the garden. I am in WI and flowers can be fickle. I had so many beautiful years and then so many not so great with the fruit trees attracting an invasion of Japanese beetles. Keeping soapy water buckets was a true fight and eventually I did spray which only helped until the rain. So it is really hard work and I never sold them. I do know how to grow and make beautiful bouquets. I do know a commercial grower of flowers that ended up doing a CSA. I also know local farmers. I joined a veggie csa that was unique as they had a store and just let you use vouchers to shop. Flowers were extra and so were farm tours (like petting farm, lavender, etc.) They sold their lavender last year dried in their store along with products made from it. Covid made things rough, but they did the CSA for the first time to guarantee a customer base. Outdoor store was created under a large tent to help during covid too. My other local farmer that supplies my family's veggies and flowers is a farm stand. A side hustle for her and grandkids. It has been open for years. The best gladiolas ever! She makes bridal type bunches and puts them right aside the veggies in pales of water. Hers is an honor system with little typed copies of the Gospel message next to the pay box. Due to her long time of running her side hustle and locals depending on her wonderful produce too she does well. It is rural, but a bigger rural road. She does a bed and breakfast as well. Often I see her working in the garden or stocking on my morning commute and flowers sell out before I get out of work because they are gone. Something with a roadside stand is consider keeping flowers in shade somehow. She hung blinds or a sheet over where the sun tends to bake her items. It gets awful hot on everything in the full sun all day. The stand has a roof, but there is not much of the day the sun is straight overhead. Good luck.
Adapt and pivot. Well said. The two of you are so fun to watch and listen to.
Just what I needed,a dose of reality, as I’m starting to plan a flower “business”. 😂😂😂
Thank you for the smile. Loved the fit of giggles.
Thank you for being realistic!
I love you guys laughing at the end, that was great! Lol thankyoy for sharing and for encouraging :)
I am so excited I have found you guys you make me feel fantastic since I’m a brand new flower farmer...
Welcome! I hope you can find value here!
I just came across you two and I'm in love!!! This is golden! Coucou from the Loire Valley in Central France. The idea of starting with $2k of savings and not a $60k loan made me smile too
I just found this channel, so refreshing and entertaining.
Oh my gosh! You two are the best- I actually had to rewind & watch the “Chikfila meal” giggle dissolve all over again, just for the warmth & mirth. How wonderful to labor on something you love, with someone you love. Who needs anything more in life? (and if some chicken nuggets get tossed in, well, it’s nothing short of abundance) ;)
Great video! You had me laughing all the way through with your honesty.
I LOVE you two, especially when you both get to laughing! Good info, thanks for sharing!
you guys are adorable! I’m so glad I found your channel and I love the reality checks!
I began enjoying your videos, then I started looking at your work. I think you make the loveliest bouquets of anyone in the US. I even prefer your arrangements to those lovely ones done by Tulipina. Your location must really be holding you back!
I think everyone who wants to start a flower farm should watch this video. You guys are speaking truth! I am a little shocked to see how many people want to be flower farmers now. In gardening groups and other social media platforms, I see tons of people saying they want to start a flower farming business. I don't know if it's because so many people lost their jobs in 2020 and are home now or they have been following the big flower farms that post all the beautiful pictures on social media.....but there is so much more to flower farming than beautiful social media posts.
You two are so funny together. Your laughs are contagious.
I also live in Ohio. Have you heard of Middlefield?
We fell for it, too! Those beautiful armloads of flowers are false advertising. 😅 No, not really. But if we can help anybody to go into this with a realistic expectation, our job here is done. I have heard of Middlefield! Been there years ago. You are probably zone 5a?
@@rootdesigncompany I think all those bigger flower farms with all the pictures of tons and tons of flowers, fields of flowers, wagons filled with flowers, those farms have people working them as their full-time jobs, plus they have employees and years and years of experience & learning.
It just seems like in the last few years flower farming has exploded.
They have my zone at 5b, but then some say 6a. I don't Middlefield is 6a at all. I am in the snow belt and we get a ton of lake effect snow. I can drive 10-15 minutes south of here and they will have a dusting of snow, and yet we have feet of snow. All depending on if your in the snow belt. I have been telling my husband we need to move out of the snowbelt for years now.
@@karie3 and to you guys as well Roots Design, the big farms are not selling flowers. They sell courses, books, seeds, products etc. They would be better described as agricultural or horticultural marketing vehicles. Yes, they have experience but the reason you're seeing such an explosion is because they're good at monetizing the eyes they have on their photos. And in reality all these women (mostly) will have exactly what you said, an expensive hobby and pretty pictures. The thing that pains me about seeing so many aspiring farms popping up all over IG and RUclips is that there seems to be little interest in the practicality of the business, I've taught a lot of design workshops and most of the aspiring growers I meet can't tell me who their clients are, how much they spend on flowers or who their competition is. In short they don't have an actual business plan but are instead aspiring to be insta-famous. I completely support becoming your own brand, choosing the path that works for you and your lifestyle and hope that more folks catch on. I've said for years, it's not enough to be passionate about what you do, there has to be a NEED for your work to be a business. Wanting to grow flowers is not a business plan, the marketing channels oversell the demand for flowers and I really respect the approach you guys took! All the best, Sullivan
Wow. Your words are so wise!! “Wanting to grow flowers is not a business plan.” 😅 Monetizing the eyes on their pretty photos. 😏 So well said. It is hard to become profitable as a flower farm, but we’ve learned you have to treat it like any other business. Income minus expenses equals profit. 🤷♀️ The numbers don’t lie. Where are you based out of and what kind of design workshops do you teach?
@@rootdesigncompany I have no idea why I never saw this reply, I'm out of Philadelphia and I've taught floral design workshops all over the country and in Mexico. I'm a high end floral designer currently on a pandemic sabbatical and renovating my garden which will NOT be a flower farm 😂 , just for me to enjoy and cut from! The reality is never going to be as popular as selling the dream and the photos, we've had the same thing happening in floral design for 10 years, wanting to be surrounded by and play with flowers all day is not a business plan either and as you know, that's not the job either! Whenever anyone tells me they want to work on weddings, I ask if they always aspired to be a mover?
Great video! The ending is hilarious! How blessed you are to have such a close relationship!
I love this so much, I laughed all the way through with you - I am a young flower grower working for my mum who does this full time. She is handing the business to me next year and the idea of it is terrifying but wonderful. Lots of decisions to make about how we move forwards and this has helped immensely. Thanks ladies!
''I feel like a preacher" LMBO! I feel the same way sometimes! 🤣😄🤣
I think the relationship you two have together is awesome! I wish I had that with my sister!
Thank you for your insight 💜🌸 I’m starting really really small this “experiment year” as a side hustle.
You are welcome! That is a very wise decision. Start slow, start small.
Just LOVE witnessing you’re fabulous sister relationship 🌸💞
I just found you when Googling cut flower farming and am in love! Thank you for the relevant, real, and funny videos! I live in Worcester, MA and am beginning my second year of growing cut flowers. I face so many environmental obstacles in the city and it's very easy to get discouraged. Your respect for those of us trying to do this hard work on a small budget and with minimal resources is so appreciated. Completely thrilled to have found you!
You ladies are joyful its obvious and I LOVE it! This video made me smile and laugh along with you guys!
I need y’all to read the news to me daily. I think I could stand it that way. Your giggles are the BEST!
I’m not sure. We might turn into a couple of Eeyores (from Winnie the Pooh) if we had to read the news. 😂 Thank-you, though. 😘
Yaas!
I love your videos. Please keep making them.
That was too fun! I live in northeastern Washington State, but I was born in Ohio. I've been gardening and growing flowers for over 40 years and I do it because I can't help it. It's how I was made, I think. Thanks for saying that were selling hope and beauty and encouragement.
Well thanks for introducing yourselves and telling us your zone.
Wait…yall are so funny 😆 but really good info and I love the idea that the product is hope and flowers are the medium. Really sweet and actually very true
I've missed you two, thanks for this, it was very entertaining!
It seems like the two of you have so much fun together, love watching your videos❤️
I love you guys and your humor. This video made me happy. Ya’ll do a good video together😆
I stumbled to your channel and I am so grateful that I did. Thank you for sharing this and both of you gave me realistic hopes of what to expect. 🌸💜🌸💜
This..is..exactly.. what I needed this morning!! So beautiful!! 🤗💞
You ladies crack me up. Thanks for making me laugh. So glad I came across your video’s today. And yes, 💐 are so important! Thanks for the great pointers.
What a lovely video! I giggled and learned and got some good food for thought in my own life. Thanks! =)
Loved this!! Thank you for being authentic 🥰
I love you ladies and have missed you!!! You two are totally unique and so fun! I am with another poster who said she would listen to you even read the news...your joy is the best thing!! It reminds me when I fail, to get back up and see the beauty and fun. I would love to see a quick demo of how you made your twig arch/arbor/trellis.
Hey, I actually did film us making it last year, just didn’t get it edited and up on the channel. I might see if I can find that footage again.
I’ve been watching your videos from last year (I’m starting a cut flower garden this year) and they’ve been so helpful and encouraging! And you all are so much fun to watch 😊 thank you!
I'm so glad! We wish you all the success in the world... and the courage to pick yourself up after an inevitable flop or two. It happens. We know.
Oh my, the entrance to your garden is over the top!!! Great video chat!!
You're back! I've so missed you gals over winter. Your giggles are totally infectious. I'll look forward to a Chick Filet meal in five years time (off to google what that is now!)
So funny. That Chick-Fil-A meal will be so worth it. 😉 It’s a fast food chain restaurant.
You two are amazing! love the sister giggles at the end. chock full of amazing information given with true hearts. Thank you thank you.
Thank you . Ive been wondering about you two. I’m in 6a here in Ohio. A gardener for many many years. This is my year of maybe selling CSA subscriptions and market bouquets.I enjoy your videos immensely. You SHOULD try going LIVE and see what happens🌿🌷
Nice to “meet” you! You know all about growing in Ohio, then. 😁 We wish you a lot of success this year! Do you mean go live on RUclips? Hadn’t even thought of that yet! Maybe someday. 😉
What seeds have you started so far this end of February? You Ladies are so Lovely and A Breath of Fresh Air. Thank you. Please keep your videos coming. Do you winter sow in milk jugs?
I love your energy! This was very helpful.
If it supports your habit (growing beautiful things) then that's a special kind of profit. Doing what you love and bringing all that beauty into the world, and joy to people, while being revenue neutral seems like a dream. Profit is gravy. Enjoy!!
I love you ladies! Thanks for keeping it real, but I love how you don’t take yourselves too seriously. :)
Wonderful advice!! LOVE your humor too! So glad I found your channel!
Greetings from Portage County! You two are fantastic!!! I’m gardening on a half acre and this will be my first year growing cut flowers. I really appreciate you sharing your experiences with a healthy dose of Ohio realism. I was laughing right along with you!!!
How fun! Here’s to a great growing season!!
Thank you for the reality check.....I'll keep Chik-fil-A in mind.
😆 Chik-fil-A isn’t terrible pay.
i enjoyed the laugh at the end thanks. carry on being you.
Thanks for your candidness.
This video was very helpful, thank you!
Also, you two are hilarious 🤣 so relatable and had me cracking up!
Adapt and Pivot. Wonderful inspiring words :) Much Love and Care, Jen Astoria OR