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#60 How to Spring Clean Your Website | Kelly Sparkes
WordPress Expert and Web Developer, Kelly Sparkes from Opal & Onyx is back to share masses of hints and tips about how
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#60 How to Spring Clean Your Website | Kelly Sparkes
WordPress Expert and Web Developer, Kelly Sparkes from Opal & Onyx is back to share masses of hints and tips about how
#59 Flowers for Ukraine | Floristry Demo by Shane Connolly
Have you heard about the ‘FLOWERS FOR UKRAINE’ online floristry fund-raising event with Shane Connolly, which is taking place on Wednesday, 6th April 2022?
#58 Becoming a Florist and Opening a Flower School
Floral Designer & Flower School Owner Sarah Diligent shares her small business journey. Based in Hampshire, she provides British flowers for weddings and events, plus runs courses. She’s also co-written the book, ‘A Guide to Floral Mechanics’.
#57 Wedding Installation Specialist | Emma Hewlett
Wedding & Event Floral Designer Emma Hewlett shares her small business journey. Based in Devon, she set up Emma Hewlett Floral Design in 2010. And she specialises in hanging floral installations and lighting, assisted by her husband James.
#56 Becoming a Flower Farmer & Using YouTube | Georgie Newbery
Flower farmer Georgie Newbery from Common Farm Flowers shares her small business journey. Following a career in fashion in France, she set
#55 From Wedding Stylist to Brand Manager | Sundari Ferris
Brand Manager, Art Director & Photographer Sundari Ferris shares her small business journey. Creativity runs through all the threads of her career, initially working in the wedding industry, she now provides art direction, photography and branding for businesses.
#54 Becoming an Organic Flower Grower
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.
#53 The Story of June in March | Emily Baylis
Floral Designer Emily Baylis from June in March shares her small business journey. After setting up her floristry business in Hong Kong
#52 The Only British Flowers Florist Shop on the UK High Street?
Flower Farmer Fiona Haser Bizony from the Electric Daisy Flower Farm shares her small business journey. Having originally worked as a ceramicist, then as an Artistic Director at an Arts Centre, she now runs her flower growing business and a flower shop in London.
#51 Working Together as Mother & Daughter Team | Verde Flower Co
Mother and daughter team, Caroline Beck and Roisin Taylor from Verde Flower Co share their small business journey. Having worked as a garden writer for many years, Caroline started to grow flowers and during the pandemic, Roisin joined the business part-time.
#50 The Story of Botanique Workshop
Owner of Botanique Workshop, Alice Howard shares her small business journey. Initially setting up a shop focused on upcycling, she now runs a florist and artisan gift store in London.
#49 Botanical Dyed Silk Ribbons & Materials | Lancaster & Cornish
Botanical dyer Sian Cornish shares her small business journey. After many years working in manufacturing and the construction industry, the recession led to her setting up Lancaster & Cornish, creating beautiful hand-dyed silk products.
#48 From the NHS to Becoming a Farmer Florist
Farmer florist Sarah Whiting shares her small business journey. After working for many years in senior management in the NHS, she took redundancy. And having always been a keen gardener, spent time in her garden. Then seven years ago, she decided to set up Nettlewood Flowers.
#47 From London Architect to Farmer Florist
Farmer florist Tammy Hall shares her small business journey. On moving from Australia to London to work as an architect, she met her partner and went to live on his farm in the Shropshire countryside. And ten years ago, she decided to set up Wild Bunch Flowers.
#46 From Florist to Lightweight Living Concept Founder
Founder of Hikarui, Chikae Howland shares her small business journey. After working as a florist, she created her concept of Lightweight Living, Hikarui, which was born out of her own need to find ways to improve her lifestyle and have better overall well-being.
#45 The Story of Botanical Brouhaha
Texas-based floristry blogger and podcaster Amy McGee shares her small business journey. She now runs the blog Botanical Brouhaha and Bloom Trust Co, plus hosts the Botanical Brouhaha podcast.
#44 From Investment Banking to Luxury Cake Designer
Cake designer Krishanthi Armitt shares her small business journey. Starting in investment banking, she’d always loved baking. Now she specialises in luxury wedding cakes adorned with exquisite hand-crafted sugar flowers.
#43 Florist Duo Rebel Rebel Share Their Story
Florists Athena Duncan and Mairead Curtin from Rebel Rebel share their small business journey. Starting in 2020, they’ve grown their small floral events company into a thriving business with a shop, weddings and events team, and Rebel Italia in Tuscany.
#42 From the Corporate World to Coach
Coach, writer and speaker Mandy Lehto shares her small business journey. Starting in investment banking, she changed career and trained to be a coach. And she now coaches perfectionists, people-pleasers and overachievers.
#41 Starting & Growing a Wedding Flowers Business
Florist and flower grower India Hurst from Vervain shares her small business journey. Coming from a family of growers, she set up her business in 2014. And she now creates wedding and event flowers in her ‘orchestrated chaos’ floristry style.
#40 The Story of 91 Magazine
Founding Editor and Publisher of 91 Magazine Caroline Rowland shares her small business story. After working as a Picture Editor at the Financial Times, she decided to set up an independent interiors and lifestyle magazine.
#39 From Artistic Director to Florist
Florist Pearl Watt shares her small business story. After an extensive career working in the fashion industry, just prior to the pandemic she set up her floristry business, Millefleur.
#38 The Story behind Bluebellgray
Textile designer Fiona Douglas shares her small business journey, from studying at Glasgow Art School to setting up her business Bluebellgray in 2009. She now offers a full range of homeware.
#37 The Story of Flowers from the Farm
Flower farmer Gill Hodgson shares her small business journey, from setting up Fieldhouse Flowers and starting to grow flowers in her 50s to setting up Flowers from the Farm, a UK association of British flower growers.
