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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