Can You Make A Living Flower Farming?? | Interview w. Lennie Larkin

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6 ай бұрын

Wow! This interview with Lennie Larkin from Flower Farming for Profit and B Side Farm is amazing! She runs a successful six figure farm as well as provides priceless information on how to run a profitable flower farm. She has a new book coming out that I could not order fast enough called “Flower Farming for Profit”. In this video Lennie talks about her amazing business course “The Flower Farming Business Academy”. Along with her amazing content, she gives us some great tips and to do items that every farmer can implement this year. #flowerfarm #flowerfarming #profitablefarming
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@flutterby0202 3 ай бұрын

Data. Watching from Australia at 5am whilst trying to plan the beginning of my new flower farm. I am building three flower beds 2mx6m (6 feetx20 feet) on a friend's property so I can plant out for 12 months to see how successful I can be. So excited to begin 😊

@CoramDeoFarm 3 ай бұрын

Yay!

@katrienvh4289 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for this! Don't know if you know Common Flower Farm from the UK ? If not, I think you would like her. She is also very sharp in how she does her farm. She harvests her sweet peas not per flower, she harvests them by the branch what gives longer stem length but also speeds up the harvest because of more flowers per cut. Always counts stems per kind of flower, before she starts harvesting, she nows how much she wants for the amount she has orders for. She is very efficient. She has written flower books aswel.

@Samantha-ps2vv 6 ай бұрын

I LOVE Georgie!! ❤

@wildsyngonium4389 6 ай бұрын

Good idea with sweet pea. I’ll have to do that!

@rosemarybushea3517 6 ай бұрын

❤ Georgie

@growingcrazy4481 6 ай бұрын

Georgie is so sharp and knowledgeable. I’m a huge fan

@janepeters5732 3 ай бұрын

Georgie Newbury is so knowledgeable ! Her abilities for floral arranging are something else …I believe she has only been flower farming about 15 years.

@lostfarmco 6 ай бұрын

Hey Alex! Loved all the information and data that Lennie shared. I want to make sure we all acknowledge as well that YOU did a great job of structuring and presenting the interview. You obviously put a lot of effort into preparing for the interview and you projected a lot of confidence. Thoughtful follow up questions and prompting Lennie to share specific examples. Great job! Looking forward to more interviews and what you have planned for 2024.

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

ah! Thank you for this encouragement! We have some other interviews coming up in the off season that I’m excited about as well

@huntthegoodstuff405 4 ай бұрын

Data! I love all the business minded details covered. I've got the book in my cart ready to purchase as soon as funds become available

@lindaknight7052 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for an excellent interview! DATA! Lennie is amazing. I so appreciate the experienced flower farmers, like Lennie and Jenny, focusing on teaching the business side of flower farming. Their contributions to the domestic flower industry will be invaluable. I've pre-ordered Lennie's book, have watched all her webinars, and am soaking up all the info she offers on her website, emails, and instagram tips. I'm agonizing over whether to take her class this year or wait. Trying to have a part-time flower business in addition to a full-time job has led to a very quick, unprofitable burnout.

@valerieoster8049 6 ай бұрын

Data is hard for the creative, free spirit, generous flower grower who starts selling. I definitely will try to ingest this new information 🤪

@wildsyngonium4389 6 ай бұрын

Thank you both!🎉

@jessicamunz3170 3 ай бұрын

Data - Great interview! I'm listening in March, so missed the promo, but will definitely check out her website. I would love another interview where you dive in to her story more and business. She started going that direction at the beginning and then pivoted to her course and book, which I'll definitely check out! Thank you!

@susans3976 5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the DATA, so interesting!

@marycatharine82 6 ай бұрын

I’m not remotely interested in opening a flower farm (but a big supporter of my local flower farmers) but I find the discussion about how to think about/structure your business fascinating 📊

@michellebeatty7899 6 ай бұрын

Data! Can’t wait for the book. And thanks for bringing real content to the table. It is apparent that you want others to succeed which is so encouraging!

@TheMags77 5 ай бұрын

DATA is the name of the game when it comes to making a profitable flower farm! Lennie's energy is amazing! This was such a great interview and I am ordering the book right now!

@melissaschroeder2687 6 ай бұрын

Data enjoyed Lennie and Jenny’s interviews. Very helpful to have discussions on the business side of farming. Thanks

@eyrerosecottage1970 6 ай бұрын

Wonderful interview! Thank you for all this data! ❤

@ElderandOakFarm 6 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed this Interview! Can't wait to get your book!

@marlabrown5529 6 ай бұрын

DATA!! so excited for the book and possibly the coarse!!

@user-he7yv8ey5r 6 ай бұрын

Data!! This was another really good interview video!! Thanks Alex!! You are providing such wonderful content to your fellow flower farmers!! I can't wait to get Lennie's book and hope to take her course!!

@kolajohnson1351 6 ай бұрын

Great interview ~ Great DATA....enjoy all your videos!

@user-iy5xj9iz7n 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info....would love the webinar

@daisybred 6 ай бұрын

Awesome! I pre-ordered her book just yesterday. Hope to collect my own flower- DATA coming year.

@abmermaid 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! This is my favorite KZfaq channel!! Hugs and thanks from the NC mountains 😊🙏🏻

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

Yay thank you!

@theholladaygardenhome366 6 ай бұрын

Data! Very helpful. Going into year 2 full time (after 28 years in higher ed). I had already started to cut my flower selections for this upcoming season- this confirmed my instincts were on target.

@gdem1627 6 ай бұрын

Excited!! 📊 DATA

@julieperlich3886 6 ай бұрын

Viewing a few days late but great interview!! Thank you both!! DATA!😊 Glad I watched!

@JesLeneeAS 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info! My husband and I were on a country drive (we live in Claremore) and accidentally stumbled upon your beautiful farm! Thanks for making our little town even more lovely!

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

Oh thank you!!

@suelibey5142 6 ай бұрын

I've pre-ordered Lennie's book also. I am looking forward to learning how keeping track of DATA will help make my future farm successful! I do appreciate Lennie's honesty on who her course is for- if you should take it now or maybe wait a bit. Thank you for a great interview

@dianemurphy9772 6 ай бұрын

Data! Thank you. Great interview and awesome content.

@torimarie7659 6 ай бұрын

These last few interviews have been incredible. I also really love thinking of everything as an experiment and data collection! That totally jives for my brain, data.

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

Yay im so glad!

@hollyshepard9620 6 ай бұрын

So excited to get all this data can't wait for graphing out my plan

@user-he7yv8ey5r 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the work you are doing on your YT Channel!!

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

That you for such generosity and encouragement

@user-ms1fe6ic9r 6 ай бұрын

DATA. I preordered Lennie's book. I am looking forward to reading it. Thanks for the interview.

@chazvegas_ 6 ай бұрын

Great interview. Great examples. So good 📈

@jms6483 6 ай бұрын

This was great! I’m a just year flower farmer, and it is encouraging to know I’m on the right track. Start small, experiment to see what grows well here and what customers like, keep good data so I know which experiments are most successful 📊.

@drawtacos3578 6 ай бұрын

SOOOO looking forward to the book! Thanks for the great interview -- excited to collect some DATA this coming year :)

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

Me too!

@HoaGarden902 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video. Finally we are talking about business plans. It is such an important road map to success. Mine was sitting my head. But during this video I was inspired to write it all down. I am entering year 1 of cut flower farming and projecting a profit.

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

great idea!

@novellabloom5825 5 ай бұрын

Hi Alex! Thank you so much for this! Just placed my order for Lennie’s book. I think it’s just what I need as a new flower farmer going into my 2nd year. I appreciate all your work to make this video happen!

@CoramDeoFarm 5 ай бұрын

Oh great! Thank you :)

@AkLady907 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for doing these interviews you are doing. And all the data! 📊

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

You’re welcome! We have another awesome one coming towards the end of the month I’m excited about

@leskemp33 6 ай бұрын

Excellent video. As always, you are facilitating the communication of practical priceless information. You have such a talent for sharing the importance of the business side in this beautiful industry.. Great interview!

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

thank you so much for this encouragement!

@aliciacox6534 6 ай бұрын

Great interview! It was the perfect mix of back and forth. It was fun to hear Lennie mention Georgina was one of her early students. I’ve purchased her sweet peas and followed her for years! Can’t wait to get started on the course and dig into all the DATA!!!

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@YanickaQuilt 6 ай бұрын

data. I am nowhere close to even start thinking about selling my flowers but this was very informative !!!! thank you

@temha6978 6 ай бұрын

Hey! Listened to this video whilst working on my DATA review as I finish up year 2! Progress might be slow but it's improving! And listening to you guys fills me with energy and enthusiasm for year 3 😊 📈🗂💰🌻 Thank you x

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

Yay!!

@corydoyal8709 6 ай бұрын

Data. Great session. Thanks for sharing.

@TaureanDreams 6 ай бұрын

I FLEW TO THIS INTERVIEW!!!

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

Omg yessss

@windyacreshomesteadmo 5 ай бұрын

Good conversation and knowledge. 📈

@TheFragrantBunch 6 ай бұрын

Loved this so much!!

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

thank you!

@kellymeyers6548 6 ай бұрын

Thanks again, Alex, for another highly valuable video! 📊

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

thank you so much kelly!!

@dig_grow_cook 6 ай бұрын

Lennie is so fun! You are great at interviews. 📊📈💚

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@amandah4258 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for a great overview and I look forward to reading your book! 📊

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

Love the graphic

@8jewell32 6 ай бұрын

This was such useful information and really helped me narrow down what data to focus on going into year 1! Thaks!

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

Oh good!

@allabouttheflowers7718 6 ай бұрын

Great interview Alex! So looking forward to Lennie’s book and participating in the course…DATA! 😊

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

yay! Can’t wait to see you there! (in the course)

@jasminecyr8191 6 ай бұрын

Excellent content, thank you. I track my data this year :)

@vastharvestpermaculture 5 ай бұрын

Data 📊 thank you for the great video 👌

@user-ut7vv8ts9y 5 ай бұрын

What a great interview. She moved from my neck of the woods in Sonoma County (Northen California). I live in the town right next door to Sebastopol..

@kellyoliver1943 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video. I've been toying around with the idea of starting up a very small flower farm for myself and my granddaughters, I'm feeling a little overwhelmed by all of it! I will be 62 this year so there's NO time for non-profitability!! Data 😊

@susanbigknife 6 ай бұрын

I'm so inspired!!! And I have a lot to learn! Thank you!

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

I'm so glad!

@ericamacnab6505 6 ай бұрын

📊 thank you 😊 course sounds amazing! Nice to have info that isn’t just a “beginner’s guide to flower farming”.. it’s so hard to get more advanced info.

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

I’m so glad!

@theresap9174 6 ай бұрын

Data is the word of the day I really like these information interviews

@leannrennich3618 5 ай бұрын

This was wonderful! DATA!

@CoramDeoFarm 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@HomeSweetAbundance 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much awesome 😎💯💐

@leoniedingle4858 6 ай бұрын

📊📉 Data! Thanks for the awesome interview. Lee from Australia 🇦🇺

@mekeshasturgill9378 6 ай бұрын

This was a wonderful! Thank you both for taking the time to make this video. I look forward to reading Lennie’s new book and hope to see you in the course. - Data 📊

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

Oh how awesome! Love the emoji

@davidebersole7399 6 ай бұрын

Data! Good content, thanks!

@olgadm2241 4 ай бұрын

📈 love this! Thank you! I wish I watched this earlier

@sonjabaldwin6243 5 ай бұрын

Great video! DATA

@rachelirwin6631 5 ай бұрын

📊 📈 data! What a wealth of knowledge!

@amysurburg1781 6 ай бұрын

📊📈 I love this and this is just perfect timing for my business. Lennie is the best! I plan to watch on the 9th and am seriously considering the course!!❤

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

Perfect!

@teresasuderman2199 6 ай бұрын

Data. Excellent interview!

@christaljohnson3300 6 ай бұрын

I can't wait to buy her book after watching another flower farmer talking about it. Something interesting in this video was the part on nigella and bachelor's buttons I googled vase life and nigella was 3 to 4 days where as bachelor's buttons lasted 5 to six so I wonder If they aren't that bad compared to nigella considering there vase life because that's what we are after for our bouquets.

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

We are also after reduced labor and bachelors are very high labor. And she was selling wholesale so vase life didn’t matter the same.

@maybelline888 6 ай бұрын

📊very good info... very timely.

@nancyschwartz5665 6 ай бұрын

Moving forward, a metric that would be helpful, is to share the number of growing days a guest has in order to compare it to the revenue they can generate. Great interview! DATA!!

@user-se5xw8gh4f 6 ай бұрын

Looking forward to knowing what data to acquire and track!

@carolleimbach6407 6 ай бұрын

📊😂 geat interview. Thank you.

@user-id6ek3ox1h 5 ай бұрын

Just watched it-Love it all, I too love numbers and DATA!!! Lisa here with Honey Pistil Farm, Anatone, WA. Super excited to continue to thinking strategically going into my 2nd year. Off to order her book-So excited.

@CoramDeoFarm 5 ай бұрын

Yay!!

@user-id6ek3ox1h 5 ай бұрын

⁠@@alihuebner9086 Hello! I don’t know how I missed your message. Ali, do you have a flower farm? Would love to connect and meet a local 😂.

@alihuebner9086 5 ай бұрын

@@user-id6ek3ox1h Hello back!.Not yet but I plan to one day. My husband and I bought an theold historic house at the end of Diagonal Street and have slowly been putting in gardens. The last few years I've switched focus from vegetables to flowers. Learning how to grow with the seasons and such. Currently, and for the last 17 years, I've owned and operated Central Bark Pet Salon so that's where you can find me during the week! I'm not quite ready to let this residential house go just yet. We are not done renovating it yet but when we are done, and we don't have far to go (Yay!) I think we're headed out to find land and focus on our next goals in life. Such a pleasure to run into you!

@alihuebner9086 5 ай бұрын

@@user-id6ek3ox1h oh, I forgot to tell you, I went to your website and checked you out. You grow my FAVORITE flower!!! If you don't know about Sunflower Steve go check his sunflowers out! Expensive, maybe just grow for personal use, but worth it. They are stunning!

@maureenledesma1503 3 ай бұрын

Just watched the video. Very informative and thought provoking. Too bad I missed the promo. I would love to watch the podcasts.Too bad I missed the promo though. My flower farm is in the embryo stage. Looking forward to getting the book and being in the business long enough to register for the course . 📈📊📉

@britt518 6 ай бұрын

This was great! I’m just starting out. Data 📊

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

awesome!

@emi8777 6 ай бұрын

On manque de personne comme vous en France !

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

🌷

@jeannet9592 6 ай бұрын

I just watched the Don’t Eat the Grass episode where the host was plugging this book!

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

Hopefully it is valuable to her with getting her farm profitable. It’s a great book!

@jeannet9592 6 ай бұрын

Haha, I meant You Can’t Eat the Grass.

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

@@jeannet9592 yep

@joshuaaaronkoenig 5 ай бұрын

📈

@srcoplin85 6 ай бұрын

Give me a D Give me an A Give me a T Give me an A What does that spell “You’re Amazing” 😉 No but seriously, thank you Alex and Lennie for your time. This was beyond helpful!

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

I love this commitment

@caitlynschoenfeld9999 6 ай бұрын

So thankful for the content, both of you! This is exactly where my head has been at lately as I plan for next season. And I'm so looking forward to having more business minded guidance I feel like I'm needing at this point going into my fourth year as a small flower farm. I signed up for the webinar, but not sure how to get the discount for the 8 week course mentioned?

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

Awesome!! So I’m pretty sure she will give the code during the webinar. If not I’m sure she’ll answer an email

@caitlynschoenfeld9999 6 ай бұрын

Oh gotcha, yeah that would make sense. Thanks for the response!@@CoramDeoFarm

@36madison 6 ай бұрын

HI! Thank you so much! I'll be emailing you all that discount code this weekend - because it's really geared towards Coram Deo fans who just learned of me through Alex. Such a great group, you are!

@rachelleighwilliams 5 ай бұрын

Is the free live webinar still available anywhere? Just now seeing this!

@CoramDeoFarm 5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately it is all closed for the year. but I would 100% buy her book. it is going to contain a ton of great info

@rbrown2746 6 ай бұрын

Data! I'm in my first full year as a business, I started the end of last season. I have been growing for about 20 yrs, but cut flowers for 2 do you think I'm a good candidate for the course?

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

I think so! Like Lennie said if you haven’t sold yet you may not have some of the data others will. But it would give you a good direction head

@marytaggart9115 5 ай бұрын

📊💚

@ellajunegardens 5 ай бұрын

📊

@ashleighcater714 5 ай бұрын

📈😊

@ruthbloesl3977 6 ай бұрын

Data: spreadsheet!

@ginny.harrison 6 ай бұрын

📊 Did Lennie ever circle back to her financials like she said she was going to? If so i missed it.

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

We didn’t quite get to it but I think she talked about it on the flower podcast recently. Basically she brought in about $130k from the flower stand then the rest in wedding work

@drtlovr11 6 ай бұрын

Data❤

@wendystokna5211 5 ай бұрын

data 📈

@victoriaisham8902 6 ай бұрын

Data 📊

@tinafloyd7371 5 ай бұрын

Data📈

@sheelaghomalley5459 6 ай бұрын

Can't find the Data,emoji😢

@CoramDeoFarm 6 ай бұрын

you said data tho!

@aliciasaari9610 5 ай бұрын

@clairedelune256 Data! Great episode! I also took Lennie’s free class a couple weeks ago so I am praying about if I should join the next series of her academy. We are year two of flower farming.

@CoramDeoFarm 5 ай бұрын

I would grab her book in the mean time. It would be fantastic for year 2 and also help you decide on joining her class next year :)