Hello and welcome to a slightly rainy Friday 24 October 2025.

Straight into it tonight: let's talk about bouquet recipes. What are the categories of flower type and what months of the year am I growing in? What do I have flowering in each month and in each category? I've made (yet another) spreadsheet and this one has been illuminating so I'm going to talk you through it in this episode.

I answer some really great questions from a listener about growing perennials and annuals and I hope the answers are interesting. I talk about the number of peonies that I have and my thoughts on growing cornflowers in 2026, given how much time I spent deadheading them and how little money I made on them in 2025...

Finally, jobs for the weekend: I have loads including planting new shrubs/woodies, transplanting foxgloves and re-locating my existing perennials to make space for the new plants that I've just ordered. There's a lot to do at this time of year so I hope you're feeling on top of things and not overwhelmed with it all.

Please do come back and join me for the next episode when I'll have more news. I really hope that you will join me.

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Join me on my journey through a year of growing and selling cut flowers in England. I'm giving you the low-down on what it's really like, how I'm getting started, what you do and don't need, what I do when and why, the successes and failures, and just about everything in between. All in real time. With guest appearances from my chickens every now and then.

Hello and welcome to Tuesday 21 October 2025.

Lots has happened and there is so much to tell you. I went to a fantastic peony sale held by a local cut flower grower on Saturday and picked up three new beautiful varieties which I'm excited about. I also finished prepping bed 4 and supervised the installation of a sink in Kylie's Room (aka the new studio/workshop), and cleaned out gutters to collect the incredible volumes of rainwater we've just had over the weekend.

The main part of the episode is a conversation all about doing retail flowers in 2026: I've made a spreadsheet to work it all out so it's now a proper "thing". There's so much to think about when selling retail (and it's part of the reason I wanted to dodge it and just do wholesale) including looking at bouquet recipes, working out stem counts, choosing which varieties to include and in what numbers, plus pricing and factoring all the other costs associated with selling at a local market. It's a lot! After a while my brain stopped working entirely but I'm discussing it with you tonight and maybe you can relate.

Please do come back and join me for the next episode on Friday when I'll have more news. I really do hope that you can join me!

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Follow me on instagram @henhillcutflowers for a behind-the-scenes look at life on my cut flower plot.

Join me on my journey through a year of growing and selling cut flowers in England. I'm giving you the low-down on what it's really like, how I'm getting started, what you do and don't need, what I do when and why, the successes and failures, and just about everything in between. All in real time. With guest appearances from my chickens every now and then.

Hello, it's Friday 17 October 2025. Welcome to today's episode!

The hens are causing havoc in the flower area: I hope the vast amounts of poo they are depositing everywhere compensates for the destructive behaviour and that my echinacea recover from being trampled and used as a dust bathing area.

I've been shopping for woody shrubs this week and the main part of this episode is me talking about my experience of growing Hydrangea paniculate 'Limelight' this year and why I'm such a huge fan of this plant for cut flowers. There are very good reasons why it made No. 3 on my Top 10 Most Profitable Plants in 2025 List so if you're not already growing it then I hope this episode proves helpful.

I have lots of plans for the weekend including attending a local peony sale, the construction of some palette tables (finally!) and the finalisation of preparing bed no. 4. Fingers crossed that I get everything done...

Please come back and join me for the next episode when I'll have more news. I really do hope that you can join me.

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If you like what you hear, please follow/subscribe to this podcast so that you're the first to hear new episodes when they become available every Tuesday and Friday. And if you enjoy this episode, please take a minute to leave a review because it really does help more cut flower-lovers just like you to find the podcast.

Follow me on instagram @henhillcutflowers for a behind-the-scenes look at life on my cut flower plot.

Join me on my journey through a year of growing and selling cut flowers in England. I'm giving you the low-down on what it's really like, how I'm getting started, what you do and don't need, what I do when and why, the successes and failures, and just about everything in between. All in real time. With guest appearances from my chickens every now and then.