Becoming a Flower Farmer & Using YouTube | Georgie Newbery

#56 - Flower farmer Georgie Newbery from Common Farm Flowers shares her small business journey. Following a career in fashion in France, she set up her flower farm in Somerset. She now sells her flowers locally, provides flowers for weddings and runs workshops online and in person.Georgie's background is fashion and writing. And she started her career in the 1990s working in Paris for American Vogue and John Galliano. Then she began writing novels and moved back to the UK. There, she met her husband and ended up living in a tumbledown farmhouse with 7 acres of land in Somerset. Georgie learned how to garden from her mother and she began to grow flowers, selling sweet peas in front of the house in a barrow. Then in 2010, a neighbour sent her a bouquet of flowers and she decided to set up a business growing flowers and selling them. Initially, she sold her flowers to a local wholesaler. Then, with the aid of the internet, a website and social media, she began to sell her flowers direct to consumers nationwide. She discusses the impact of the pandemic on her business and the changes it triggered to the way she works. She has stopped nationwide delivery and now runs online workshops and online demos. She talks about how her YouTube channel came about, her technical set-up, her filming and editing process. She's really enjoying creating videos for her channel and they've been instrumental in attracting people to her online workshops. Listening to this episode, you'll hear how passionate Georgie is about growing flowers and running a small business. I'm sure you'll really enjoy the interview!Show notes are available on the My Small Business & Me website: https://mysmallbusinessandme.com/episode56Flower Photography (iPhone Version) Online Course: https://learn.flowerona.com/flower-photography-iphone-version