Are you a local flower grower, designer, forager, or interested in local floriculture?

Join us at The Flower Basket for a round-table meeting of local growers, wholesalers, event designers, and florists.

We'll be talking flowers - everything from growing tips, business insights, marketing, and design to balancing farm and family and how to collaborate with each other. We're building connections between our local growers, foragers, florists, markets, wholesalers, and customers!

All Roundtables are at The Flower Basket from 6:00pm - 7:30pm. We'll have snacks and tea, feel free to bring a dish to share.

Please register here: https://forms.gle/ENep5MNPhfo1mCdHA

Thank you to The Climate Catalysts Innovation Fund through The Vermont Council on Rural Development for support in developing this resource.

Event Dates

Wednesday, October 30th, 2024
Conversation topic: Analysing this year's growing season. SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) discussion of our experiences so far this year.

Wednesday, November 20th, 2024
Conversation topic: Bring your seed catalogs! We'll be reviewing our seed purchases for 2025 and plans for the next growing season. Comparison of our microclimates and specializations.

Wednesday, December 18th, 2024
Conversation topic: Selling to the florist market. We'll be discussing our experiences with selling wholesale to stores, florists, designers, and distributors. We'll be looking at pricing standards, volume, and quality control.

Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025
Conversation topic: Selling direct to consumers. We'll talk about our experiences in selling direct to consumers via CSAs, farmstands, farmers' markets, on-farm events, and growing for events. We'll discuss ROI, pricing, and quality control.

Event Info

Nov 2, 2024, 10 AM to 5 PM

Nov 3, 2024, 1:30 to 3 PM

Nov 7, 2024, 1 to 2 PM