Organic flower grower Polly Nicholson from Bayntun Flowers shares her small business journey. Passionate about tulips, she also grows narcissi, alliums, peonies, clematis, sweet peas, bearded irises, delphiniums, zinnias and dahlias. She supplies wholesale flowers to florists, runs workshops and is also in-house florist for residential properties locally.
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- Polly shares her small business journey after having developed a passion for picking flowers at an early age
- On leaving university, she worked as an antiquarian book specialist at Sotheby's in London
- Following having childen, she signed up for a course in Practical Horticulture, which The English Gardening School were running at Chelsea Physic Garden
- Moving to Wiltshire. Polly decided to begin growing flowers and started by planting tulip bulbs
- Five years later, Bayntun Flowers was born, initially selling hand-tied bunches and floral designs for small events locally
- Polly discusses the different varieties of tulips that she currently grows, including an annual crop and historic tulips
- She also shares her numerous sustainability practices, the range of workshops that she has planned for this year and her incredible press coverage
- She talks about the impact of the pandemic on her business, together with her 2022 plans
