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#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.
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#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.
#36 How to Tell Stories Effectively Using Words & Photographs
Writer, photographer and author Laura Pashby shares her small business journey. She discusses how to tell stories using words and photographs, together with the process of writing her recently published first book, ‘Little Stories of Your Life’.
#35 Becoming a Horticulturalist
Horticulturalist and founder of The Real Flower Company Rosebie Morton shares her small business journey. Her driving ambition is to supply people all around the UK with scented flowers.
#34 Changing Career & Becoming a Floral Decorator & Author
Floral decorator, garden designer and author Lucy Hunter shares her small business journey. She now works as a floral decorator and has written her first book, ‘The Flower Hunter’.
#33 Astrology for Your Small Business
Astrologer Christine Chalklin shares her small business journey. As well as reading astrology charts for small business owners, her services also include tarot card reading, numerology and coaching.
#32 From Graphic Designer to Florist
Florist Leigh Chappell shares her small business story. Originally a graphic designer, she then decided to change career. She now creates wedding flower designs, runs workshops and is also co-organising the upcoming Strawberry Hill Flower Festival.
#31 A New Brand Identity, What to Expect
Brand designer Caz Harrison shares her career journey. She’s set up her own business, Making Waves, focusing on brand identity, website design and design for print.
#30 From Office Manager to Stylist & Mentor
Stylist and mentor Amy Louise Hatch shares her small business journey. Originally an Office Manager and PA, she decided to set up her own styling business.
#29 From Psychologist to Seed Merchant
Seed merchant Grace Alexander shares her multi-hyphenated ‘suit to boot’ career story. A change at work triggered her interest in flower growing.
#28 Teaching Floristry & Creating Wedding & Event Floral Designs
Florist Joanne Truby shares her small business journey. Moving from the corporate world to study floristry, she set up her wedding and event design company in 2012.
#27 Changing Career & Becoming a Farmer Florist
Farmer Florist Rebecca Stuart from The Garden Gate Flower Company shares her small business journey. Living in Cornwall, she grows and designs flowers for weddings.
#26 Becoming a Farmer Florist
Farmer Florist Milli Proust shares her small business journey. After studying to be an actor, she now grows and designs flowers.
#25 How Your Interior Styling Impacts on Your Well-Being
Commercial Interiors Stylist and Writer Joanna Thornhill shares her career story. As well as her styling work, she also writes for magazines
#24 Changing Career in Your 50s
Florist Melissa Richardson shares her small business journey. After running a model agency for 27 years, in her mid-fifties she set up
#23 Staying True to Your Aesthetic
Husband and wife team Brett and Caroline run botanical design brand, Stengun Drawings, offering a collection of contemporary greeting cards, postcards and Giclee prints featuring flowers and plants.
#22 Changing Career & Becoming a Landscape Architect
Landscape Architect Marian Boswall shares her small business journey, including changing career from management consultancy.
#21 Working As a Florist in London & Somerset
Florist Ellie Jauncey shares her small business journey. In 2009, with Anna Day, Ellie founded The Flower Appreciation Society in London. 11 years later, having moved to Somerset, she has set up her second floristry business, Ede Flowers.
#20 Running a High Street Florist Shop
Florist Grace Salter Haskins shares her small business journey. Aged 21, her dream of opening a shop came true when she opened Bramble & Wild.
#19 Houseplant Benefits, On-Trend Varieties & Care Tips
Houseplant Obsessive and Interior Landscaper Ian Drummond shares his career story.
#18 Making Time for Artistic Experimentation
Florist Anna Potter shares her small business journey. Always having dreamt of opening a shop, she set up Swallows & Damsons in Sheffield.