I sow wildflower seeds (perennials) in large trays and sell them. The customer can lift the plants out in one piece as the roots have intertwined. It's similar to laying sod and is very popular.

I’ve never seen this kind of video before. Really interesting! Thank you Jason and Shelley.

I have no plans for a nursery but this was still super interesting and informative. Thanks to you both!

Thanks for sharing, I hope you both find success!

I have a big smile nodding hysterically at this video. It’s exactly what I’m creating!! An experience seeing my garden beds, getting inspiration and seeing perennials in different stages and an experience. I have the little more unusual, little special plants also and by having them in my garden beds I know they survive here. When I advertise online, I only have a few varieties at the time, with nice pictures bc I know when customers come here they buy a lot more. When they see my plants they want more. I’ve had customers buying so much more plants. It is a side hustle sort of, but I can use my time as I want and building it slowly instead of taking big loans or investing a lot at once. I have plants but I also have other garden related things like cut flower garden and bouquet bars and selling seeds in winter time. That way I get an income from annuals too, mostly using that money to provide me with more perennials for next season. Seed starting, cuttings, anything I see and like and I will try to grow it. 😁 After only two seasons I have 100 square meters of garden beds, built rock walls and so called wooden rosetowers I built (and sell too). And this season I’m expanding with additional 200 square meters of garden beds. I’m completely on my own, only had a tractor here initially, the rest by hand and wheel barrow. It’s a lot of hard work but I get to do the thing I like most, I have an income from it and many of my costumers have become good friends.

Just started!! I have a couple hundred trees I propagated from cuttings. They’re 1-3 ft tall. Right now I’m in the process of researching more about growing perennials from seed.

Thank you for sharing. I too have started that type of plan just on a way smaller scale. Still growing and getting my small business, Garden Jem, up and running!! Love all the encouragement!! Working towards leaving the corporate life!!!

Thank you for sharing! Shelley seems so lovely and genuine~

Excellent video! I'm having the same issue and haven't even opened yet. Trying to grow as much product from cuttings and seed. Looking forward to next spring. Keep up with the informational videos...

Love this!!

This is fantastic…as is all of your content! I have been selling plants and roses out of my tiny nursery and cut flower farm, for about 3 years now. My heart belongs to roses, so we are shifting our model to creating a 1,000 rose destination garden, plus expand the rose nursery for plant sales. I am very excited to get my 1,000 potted roses into the ground this Fall! I really appreciate all of your content and generous sharing of your knowledge Jason! Thank you!

I started this year with some foxglove seeds, and mullein seeds of all things. I only have a small garden, and have experimented with various perennials. The slugs ate a lot and we had a heat wave in May that wiped out several trays of seeds, and I’ve grown loads of things that nobody wants, but since I sold my first foxglove on the 2nd July, I have sold over £2500 worth of seedlings and plugs. (Eebay took 1/3 and P&P was another 1/3) but still…😊. Next year I will start much earlier, concentrate on things I know I can grow and sell and try to extend the growing season as much as possible. I think I could do what I have done on a really small area of ground, even a roof terrace could make a decent side hustle. My most successful plants were the mulleins, then foxgloves (various varieties) aubretias, lavender (a bit slow turnover) verbenas and lupins. Thanks for this video, it has really struck a chord. 😊

Great video! Thank you both 🤗💕🤗

Thank you Jason. I’m not planning on starting a garden center but it was interesting listening to both of your perspectives on starting a garden center. 🌺💚🙃

This was such a great conversation - more of these please!! There are so many different ways to run a 'backyard nursery', and I get really inspired from conversations like these. I'm really intrigued by the 'dig days'!! I just may have to take a vacation to Shelley's place and find out for myself first-hand how they work. Great content, keep it up!

I can’t tell you how much this video means to me and all your videos. I’ll start selling my first plants in the spring. Thank you so much for sharing everything both of you! ❤

Y'all are awesome! Have you thought of having a 'pumpkin patch' in the fall? Or Poinsettias for the Christmas season?

Very nice informative video. Thank you both.

This was very interesting Jason & Shelley. I know that area really well I used to live in the Kawartha Lakes - Bobcaygeon ! Cottage Country. The agritourism idea is a fabulous one, tourists would love that 'stay in the wild experience' and with the extra land Shelley could set up glamping pods.

Thank you Jason and Shelly. Very timely and informative video. I obtained my Growers and Dealers license this week. Wednesday I head to a nearby 47 years of gardening and making high tunnels to make arrangements to purchase one to have up by October/winter. I have the property and once a full time florist owner bavk East. Recently retired 🤗 Thinking about the experience shopping trip to the garden nursery. Working on the bones too. I do know from experience, takez minimum of 2 years to even get everything on the must have list of basic items😅 Very much appreciate this video and your wisdom. After listening I feel I am in line and on the right path for a successful backyard/garden nursery/nursey come and enjoy the space and experience place 🌱🌻 😎

Ahhh, my families' cottage country. Makes me want to go to Flynn's store for an icecream cone for the rest of the long drive. A very interesting episode.

We had a small backyard nursery in less than 1,000 square feet, and specialized in native and pollinator plants. Being in a residential town neighborhood, we weren’t allowed to sell on our property and had to haul our plants and sales equipment elsewhere. We held 3-hour sales on Sat and Sun in a nearby mall parking lot, and averaged $2,500 each weekend in May. Sold about 1,400 plants this year. But we closed our business this year, because we’re in our 60’s and hauling a half ton of material both days every weekend was just too much work for us to handle. We also used fabric pots. In general, we really liked how well our plants grew in them, though there were a few minor issues.

Thank you both for sharing

I am in SW Florida and I enjoyed this!

So thrilled when I heard you mention Free Spirit Nursery, Lambert is mentoring us and has supplied stock plants as we venture into the nursery business here on the island. Great content, Jason, I love listening to your stories and advice 😊

Step one: have a huuuuge backyard

Wonderful video!!

Great advice, as always. Also interesting to hear contrasting views from two professionals.

From a customer's perspective, seeing plants at a small place that is really the lawn of someone's home can be intimidating. Not only do you feel as if you are disturbing their day, but much too often it is not at ALL clear, how much items cost or even where you are allowed to walk. When I go to a big nursery or box store there just is none of that social uncertainty or awkwardness or pressure to buy in exchange for taking up their time. When prices are clearly marked, when plants are in pots ready to go, and when the public area is clearly delineated, customers will feel better about shopping at your place.

What would you say are some good examples of perennials you can grow out in one season, and is one season equivalent to one year?

The Netherlands is the home of plants. garden centers all over europe gets the flowers for here. prices in canada- usa are four (x4) times higher as here all over.

A neat conversation but I gotta say those prices are crazy low compared to my part of Canada lol Near Calgary AB your lucky to find a 1gal perennial for under $16, 2gal you can forget the idea of anything under $30. For example, a 2 gallon potted rose this year was $37-$45 for basic varieties, anything specialized is $70+ The idea of growing in ground intrigues me but I hesitate to try it because my topsoil is very shallow (4-6”) and its sandy clay under that (read - concrete when dry lol) so I would need mechanized digging available & it would have to be custom built for that size… but maybe one day! Have either of you given any thought into the wholesale market? Self propagating and keeping costs low could lend itself well to the wholesale market… plus it would allow you to enter some of the bigger markets via partnering with small retailers in the big cities.

Hazards are great! Ivy Garth too.

If I don't have time to make things or do certain things I find others who perhaps do it for their small farm Like I made a deal with a person that made all kinds of things out of herbes. I supplied to her she worked her wonders I sold them on my property she made good money and so did I . And along with that I sold many more plants so we both made out. If I had your church in my backyard once a month on a Saturday I'd do a ice cream and float day or just ice cream cones. Just letting people walk around see what there is and ask any questions they may have.

Have you both thought of bringing in volenteers? Airbnb for people would love to be on a working farm. Maybe music evening with students from culinary schools and bbq evening with music. Many artist would live exposure. Hire a doer for admin things like social media takes a lot of pressure off you day to day.