Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. Today Roz is joined in the Studio by Helen Cross, whom she met on instagram. Helen is in Glasgow. shes a mum of three. During lockdown, Helen became really, really passionate about gardening, but actually, she thinks possibly the seed was sown was before as she grew up on a farm on the southwest coast of Scotland, which her family still farm there as well. Today's podcast discussion covers: Helen’s Introduction. We are in a crisis in mental heal...
Feb 17, 2023•41 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. Hello, and welcome to the Cut Flower Podcast, with Roz Chandler. Today Roz is joined by Caroline Beck who she met on instagram. Caroline was a Gardening Journalist prior to becoming a cut flower farmer. In todays episode they are discussing: How Caroline got into the world of cut flowers. Moving from a windy farm to a walled garden and being evicted. Why you need to do some marketing. Who do you think is going to be interested in a flower farm? ...
Feb 10, 2023•57 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. Joining Roz in the studio is Marian Boswall. Roz came across Marian whilst browsing on instagram. We pick up Marian's story in todays episode covering sustainability, the environment and gardening. Today we will be discussing: How Instagram can be a positive thing for you. What can we do to make the world a better place? When we have humans at the centre of all this, it’s all about the human element. Mulch is a thing of the future. How gardening...
Feb 03, 2023•56 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. Welcome to the Cut Flower Podcast, this weeks episode is read from the seed to Vase book, where Roz provides some great insight into cutting a flower patch. Key topics to listen out for: The 10 Top Tips to Having Your Own Cutting Patch How to plan your cutting patch. What are annuals and perennials? Adding perennials to your borders to supplement your flowers. Get down and dirty with your soil. If you want to join the waitlist for this years See...
Jan 27, 2023•9 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. In todays episode Roz is delighted to be speaking with Alistair Griffiths from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). Alistair Griffiths is the RHS, Director of Science, a fellow of the Institute of horticulture, and a board member of plant network. He heads up a team of scientists and has a desire to increase everybody's experience of gardening. Alistair wants to build a more resilient community whilst reducing the impact on our planet. We are ...
Jan 20, 2023•55 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. Today Roz is joined in the studio by Dr. Menije Boduryan, who joined from the West Coast of America. Today covers the whole subject of mental health and getting outside. Nature and gardening, which Roz of course has an absolute passion for. Today's discussion covers: Perfectionism vs. Overcoming Perfectionism. How do we get self-care on the top of our list? What does success look like in nature? The Well-Gardened Mind. Why you need to assess you...
Jan 13, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. So today, I'm going to introduce Liz Appleby, to you she is definitely one of the most modest people I know. But her achievements in the Dahlia world are second to none. Today, Liz will be sharing her hints and tips with us. What we discuss: Dahlias are coming back into fashion and more and more people are growing them. How do you propagate your Dahlias? What do you feed your plants? How often? Pests, slugs and pests. What are some of the things...
Jan 06, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. This week Roz is joined in the studio across the miles by Scott Shepherd. Scott has been working in floral wholesale right since leaving college 32 years ago. He shares with Roz, how there's always seasons, there's always different flowers. He doesn't have to dig holes and ditches and he gets to enjoy all these beautiful flowers. Listen in to the conversation: Scott Shepard’s background. Scott’s background in the wholesale of cut flowers in the ...
Dec 30, 2022•55 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. This week Roz is honoured to be joined by Michael Marriot who most of you will know of. Michael knows everything and anything to do with roses. Michael has a new book out, RHS Roses: An Inspirational Guide to Choosing and Growing the Best Roses which they talk about in this episode. Roz and Michael will be covering: Growing up in France and California. Horticulture is getting better and more youth are getting involved. David Austin’s legacy in r...
Dec 23, 2022•53 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. Today I'd like to welcome Emily Von Trapp. Besides having the most amazing name in the entire planet. I met Emily when I went to the US in August to the association of specially cut flower growers, and Emily presented on tulips and tulip workshop, and I begged her to give me a place because I wanted to learn how to grow tulips in the winter. I am now on Emily's course, which we'll talk about in this episode. It's all really exciting. It just sho...
Dec 16, 2022•34 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. In this weeks podcast Roz is joined in the studio by Andy Perry from Urban Herbs. For those of you who haven't met Urban Herbs before, essentially, they are a stockist of unusual culinary herbs. Last year, they stocked around 90 different kinds of culinary herb plants, and sold them as plants. But they are also selling them as specifically a food product. So for example, Vietnamese, coriander, lime, mint, strawberry, mint, blackcurrant, sage, un...
Dec 09, 2022•53 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. Joining Roz in the studio today is Alyssa Escobar. Alyssa and Roz met back in August at the Association of Cut Flower Farmers conference in Framlington, just outside Boston. Today they are going to be discussing Alyssa’s background and how she started her business. What do you grow on your land? What markets do you cover? Where are your flowers going? How to grow tulips in California and Holland. When you're obviously doing tulips when's your fi...
Dec 02, 2022•28 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. Today Roz is joined in the studio by Debra Prinzing. Roz first met Deborah in the US this year in Boston when they both attended a conference. Today they are discussing Flower Farming in the US: Introduction Tell us about your background, the slow flowers movement, what does it all mean? The importance of getting the flowers to the right people. What’s happening in the US in terms of flower farming?The importance of telling a good story. How do ...
Nov 25, 2022•34 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. In the studio with Roz today is Andrew Bly and Andrew will be talking all about Ranunculus, and there's even some controversy about how you even pronounce Ranunculus. So we'll start with that one. Ranunculus are a perennial species, adapted to last through hot, dry dormant periods by storing food in enlarged root structures. Andrews background and how he got into ranunculus? What are ranunculus - not everyone know what they are? How do we grow t...
Nov 18, 2022•41 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. In todays Episode Roz is joined by part time Cut flower Farmer Alice Hare. They are discussing; Burnout Why you have to be realistic about how much money you need to earn each month in order to make the transition to become a flower farmer. How long does it take to transition from one job to another? What have you done in your first year of business? Who has been the most influential in her life? What’s going to be the trend this year? What’s yo...
Nov 11, 2022•19 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. Roz is joined today by Dave Goulson, a Professor of Biology at the University of Sussex. Dave has a special interest in ecology, especially bees and insects. He is a renowned author and writer of numerous papers. We will be discussing: A little bit about Dave's background What Dave studied Why there is a decline in bees Rewilding and what we can do What does it mean to our planet Why should we be concerned about the decline of both insects and b...
Nov 04, 2022•33 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. In today's episode Roz is joined in the studio by Ben Cross of Crosslands Nursery We will be finding out about the work that Ben does for ' British Flower Rocks ' and having a general discussion about the state of British flower growing and what needs to be done to improve things at a government and public level. Roz Chandler Resources: Lots of free resources on our website: www.thecutflowercollective.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/f...
Oct 28, 2022•29 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. In this week's episode, Roz shares with you her top ten tips for making money as a flower farmer. Roz has been a flower farmer now for over 10 years, but it has been an eventful journey. Today Roz shares some of that journey with you. Topics covered in today's podcast: Why do you want to be a flower farmer? Are you transitioning from a corporate role or a career? Do you know which market you're going to serve? What is your product mix? The brand...
Oct 21, 2022•21 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. I'm Roz Chandler, a businesswoman, and a cut flower farmer. I'm fortunate that I've combined a corporate career spanning over 30 years as a Sales and Marketing Director, whilst transitioning to a full-time flower farmer. Today, I run Field Gate Flowers, a cut flower farm nestled on the banks of the river Ouse here in the middle of lovely England. Whether you’re growing flowers for pleasure or profit, I'm on a mission to empower flower enthusiast...
Oct 14, 2022•3 min0
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. Welcome to this week's episode of The Cut Flower Podcast. In the studio today I am joined by Roger Parsons of Roger Parsons Sweat Peas. Today we will be discussing; How Roger became interested in sweet peas -where did it all begin? Recommendations for sowing sweet peas. Roger's best tips for growing sweet peas Best varieties for cutting. Help for new sweet pea growers Roz Chandler Resources: Lots of free resources on our website: www.thecutflowe...
Oct 14, 2022•32 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. Do join us for an episode on Dahlias. Kim from www.instagram.com/dahliafarmerama joins me in a live interview. Find out how to plant, propagate and grow dahlias. https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/newsletters A Cut Above Waitlist: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/ACutAboveWaitlist The Growth Club: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/thegrowthclub Lots of free resources on our website: https://thecutflowercollective.co.uk/cut-f...
May 27, 2022•17 min
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. Today's episode is all about Chysanthemums. I was joined by the lovely Tom from Woolmans. A font of all knowledge as he has been in horticulture all his life. If you are in our Membership group we do have discounts from suppliers - Woolmans have been very generous. What is our membership? It's a wonderful community of flower lovers. There is a no-commitment to remain a member (although over 95 percent do)...There is a monthly fee for access to g...
Mar 20, 2022•14 min
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. Today's episode is all about Dahlias. I was joined by the lovely Tom from Woolmans. A font of all knowledge as he has been in horticulture all his life. If you are in our Membership group we do have discounts from suppliers - Woolmans have been very generous. What is our memberhship? Its a wonderful community of flower lovers. There is a no-commitment to remain a member (although over 95 percent do)...There is a monthly fee for access to guest s...
Mar 09, 2022•20 min
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. Our top tips for having your own cutting patch - read from the book Seed To Vase. If you would like more tips do join us on our annual Cut Flower Challenge commencing on the 3rd of February. Sign up here. https://www.facebook.com/groups/seedtovasechallenge2022 More information here 3 FREE MASTERCLASSES - HAVING A CUTTING PATCH. So can we make this year's cutting patch challenge bigger than last year? Over 1700 people signed up for our FREE 3 day...
Jan 24, 2022•7 min
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. A chapter from the book Seed to Vase- a collection of stories Alice Hare joined me on my seed to vase course. This is a chapter from the book about her story. SEED TO VASE - A journey that involved so much more than growing flowers. Participants came together from all corners of the UK, USA and Europe to join an 8 month course on growing cut flowers. From homes in many acres in Scotland, to apartment blocks in London with rented raised beds, the...
Jan 16, 2022•8 min
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. Jobs in The garden in January. Have fun and enjoy them. Our rose masterclass is available at https://www.fieldgateflowers.co.uk/product/rose-masterclass https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/newsletters A Cut Above Waitlist: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/ACutAboveWaitlist The Growth Club: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/thegrowthclub Lots of free resources on our website: https://thecutflowercollective.co.uk/cut-flower-res...
Jan 10, 2022•8 min
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/newsletters A Cut Above Waitlist: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/ACutAboveWaitlist The Growth Club: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/thegrowthclub Lots of free resources on our website: https://thecutflowercollective.co.uk/cut-flower-resources/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fieldgateflowers Facebook Group 'Cut Flower Farming - Growth and Profit in your business' https://www.facebo...
Dec 30, 2021•6 min
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/newsletters A Cut Above Waitlist: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/ACutAboveWaitlist The Growth Club: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/thegrowthclub Lots of free resources on our website: https://thecutflowercollective.co.uk/cut-flower-resources/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fieldgateflowers Facebook Group 'Cut Flower Farming - Growth and Profit in your business' https://www.facebo...
Dec 19, 2021•11 min
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. This is an interview between Roz and Susan and Ashley from Natures Rainbow https://www.naturesrainbow.co.uk/ Fabulous insight into dyeing materials from plants. Fascinating. https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/newsletters A Cut Above Waitlist: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/ACutAboveWaitlist The Growth Club: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/thegrowthclub Lots of free resources on our website: https://thecutflowercollective...
Dec 12, 2021•29 min
Text Agony Aunt Roz with your Cutflower Questions. https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/newsletters A Cut Above Waitlist: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/ACutAboveWaitlist The Growth Club: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/thegrowthclub Lots of free resources on our website: https://thecutflowercollective.co.uk/cut-flower-resources/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fieldgateflowers Facebook Group 'Cut Flower Farming - Growth and Profit in your business' https://www.facebo...
Dec 05, 2021•6 min
