This Could Be The WORST Market Of The Year!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- Summer is here, and the flowers love the heat, but the season of vacations can bring complications for selling bouquets, as customers who are soon to travel are unlikely to buy. This could slow our sales this week as we have noticed this trend in previous seasons. But the power of positive thinking is in us, and this is the first season we are only bringing flowers and no veggies to market, so we are going to harvest all the flowers and make a big pile of bouquets to bring down to the farmers market, and we will do our best to make an amazing presentation to sell all the flowers we can, and overcome the summer sales slump.
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Serena, you keep getting better and better at flower arrangements, especially this year. They are gorgeous!!
I second this comment and growing a great variety of things to design with this year.
Fresh to dry bouquets, what a FABULOUS IDEA! That's something no one else will have! should promote them as special. Not only beautiful now but unlike any other bouquet can carry on into becoming future holiday decorations too! Crafters would love it!
The flowers looked amazing 😍😍
Ps. Have you thought about puting a white blanked under the red roof in the marked so the flowers don’t look so red/dark? 😊
This is a great idea, the colors will pop more from across the market.
I was thinking spotlights aimed down at the flowers like a stage setting!
These weekly videos are so great. I love the consistency- the intro, the staying up late- me worrying about your adrenals- the market. I know y’all love being super creative with your videos, but there’s something so comforting about the “weekly show.” ☺️
Three tier display looks awesome! looks like an cascade of flowers to the costumers
I just love your videos and I appreciate all the work you put into making them. Your ideas are great, and you deserve every success xx Cathi xx 😘
I wonder if at the market you could have a little printed up 'story' with photographs of the farm, explaining you guys history and how you farm organically so ppl can see where their flowers are coming from?
Love the bouquets, so beautiful. You're a warrior Serena. Both of you are. Wow the cherries!
First off, I love watching your videos… especially the harvesting and the snips synchronized to the beat :)
Not sure if you ever thought of this but here is an idea for you guys… I worked at a restaurant every summer and the restaurant would buy flowers wholesale from local Amish growers (Eastern shore USA) to put a few stems in a vase at each table in our dining room area. I also regularly go to a coffee shop at my University that does the same thing, always has fresh flowers from I believe local growers on their tables. That would also be an awesome weekly revenue for you guys if you could establish a partnership with some local businesses :)
The snips-song is the best!!!
I needed to pause the video and compliment whoever did the editing for the "clip the flowers to the music"! Spot on! Gorgeous bouquets, as always. :D
Agreed!
Ian and Serina, most videos I whole-heartedly wish I could reach through the screen and have several of your stunning bouquets! It is heartwarming to see a couple who compliment and support each other so well. Have a fun summer!
We had the joy of visiting their road side stand last autumn. The dried bouquet is still lovely!
Not only are your videos pretty with all of the flowers but they are very well done with much interest.
I love how you have started playing more with music in your videos and the way that you sync the beat of the music with the snips of the flowers IS AMAZING.
Hello how are you doing?
Serina has a great color sense! Love the bouquets with lilies!
Clipping the flowers to the beat of the music = very satisfying.
I'm glad you enjoy it, it is a lot of effort to do but it makes for an positive viewing experience in my opinion
You do the most beautiful work
Gorgeous! Gorgeous! Simply eye candy!
Great blue-y purple colors
I love how you edited the video so the harvesting (snipping) of the strawflowers matched the beat of the music. Is those little destaled that I love! Always enjoy your videos and your honesty about farmlife 😊
It would be so helpful for y'all to put up LED string lights or even solar powered lighting throughout the farm so it's easier to see when picking flowers at night. Headlamps work, but it's so much easier with actual lighting. I work full time and have 3 small children so I do a lot of my gardening/cutting/just taking care of my lil backyard plot of veggies and flowers. Amazon has some very affordable choices of string lights and solar floodlights. Just a thought! Love y'all thank you for the amazing informational entertaining videos! 💜
Okay, I’m loving the flower cutting edited with the music beat !! ✂️ 🥁
"Traveler Bouquet" is a great idea and perfect name! A sign with just those 2 words may convert stroll-bys to buyers. Everything you made was bea-u-ti-ful!
I love that Sea Holly, it's spiky, like my personality lol The thing about flowers is, many of us may grow some in our own gardens, but I still want to see mine in my garden, because I don't have room to grow loads, due to everything else, so I still need to buy cut flowers too. I'm guessing many people are in the same boat. It's not the same as growing veggies that you actually have to harvest, and eat.
Okay Ian! Wow those skills of snipping to the beat of the music 🎶 Impressive! Serina you truly grow the most lush and beautiful flowers. Adorable monkeys by the way 😊
I love it how you’ve timed the snip of the shears to the drumbeat in the music. That’s “next level”!
So satisfying to watch…it just seems “right”.
Thank you for that little detail, I bet that took extra time & effort. (Worth it!)
I think the display could be more effective if it was tiered but in a U shape so people can walk around better to see all the bouquets! Even L-shaped so Ian has an easy way to get to the back. 🌻
You have the most beautiful bouquets on You Tube.
Serena’s bouquets are lit! It’s so cool to see how she’s growing as an artist while the business is growing as well.
Love the clipping to the beat in this video! So satisfying!
I LOVE your video editing with Sarina snipping to the beat. You guys are so fun.
Oh my word. All your bouquets are stunning. I would have such a hard time choosing!
I love the idea of the fresh to dry bouquets. I'm glad you kept the cherry trees.
Cherries are literally my favorite, I would have regretted getting rid of them. We were going to put peonies in theor spot, but now we have a better spot to put them.
Love the snips in time with the music! Great movie as always!
So I'm watching Serena clip straw flowers and I noticed that the music and Serena 's clipping are in tuned that's awesome
You are the freaking superflowerwoman. 🥰🥰🥰
Your flower combinations are just fabulous.
Look after yourself too, cos we don’t want these videos to stop.
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So happy your hard work is blooming!
The straw flowers look really nice in bouquets 💐 dried or fresh 👍
I knew the title was a hoax 😂 you guys are doing such a beautiful job. Serena has been killing it with the combos! Good job selling them Ian too!
That clothes pin idea is way better than what I’m currently doing! Thanks for sharing. These videos are an absolute pleasure to watch. Keep up the great work!
They were a game changer for us last year
Sorry sent a comment that I didn't realize and wasn't done commenting. I will just say... I think you're amazing human's so happy I found you guys.
I’m so envious of that cherry breakfast!!!
I think your bouquets are so beautiful! The color combinations are so eye catching and unique. This is real talent! Congratulations on your awesome market sales.
Hello how are you doing?
Great designs this week and as usual staying up til 4:30am haha y’all are crazy and awesome.
Thanks, a good sleep in on Saturday and Serina bounces back from the late night
Your channel has quickly become my favorite. I love the pace, amount of talking, B-roll, helpful info, just everything! You guys are just the best!!!! I love your positive attitudes 💕
Thanks, it means a lot that the videos have value for people, it keeps me motivated to do things around the farm knowing that I can film the results and bring happiness to lots of people through the process
Must confess... every week in find myself more and more on edge anticipating how this week's market will go :) -- great work... thanks for letting us come along for the ride.
I feel the same, at home, texting Ian for market updates, lol
Love the blue and white bouquets.
Ian I love your hair, those locks are truly gorgeous!!
WOW those bouquets!! I don't think you could make anything more prettier than those! I was out after dark Friday night looking for extras also. Rained all Sat. am @ market. ...sold 5. I started adding dried flowers to bouquets mainly so customers would be pleased with how long they lasted in the vase and come back for more!!! Getting over covid here.....need some energy...can I borrow some of yours?? Never seen anyone work as hard as you do. You guys deserve all that beauty! And money!
Lol, no energy to spare unfortunately. Hope you are feeling better soon though
Thanks for inspiring me to dry the leftovers! Are there some specific instruct you would give to your customers for “fresh to dried” bouquets? 💐
Lol once again, I really appreciate that the cuts are with the beat of the music :D
Thanks, I sometimes worry it will become a gimmick to people, but it really makes the music and the footage melt together and form something that is greater than the sum of their parts in my opinion
The flowers. The bouquets. They are all super gorgeous. But. I just want to be sure that. Serena has time to really. Rest. I feel exhausted just looking at how much you are doing. Take care.
Has been following this channel for the super hard work that the both of you are doing.
PS. And that look you give us as you are hanging the flowers to dry is truly sweet :) thank you.
I always sleep to 10 or later on Sat. And then get some extra sleep the next few days
please announce with a sign that you have fresh to dried bouquets, many tourists automatically dismiss flowers when they don't know there are alternatives. It can also attract conversation.
Thank you for another wonderful video! I loved the three tier stand, such a great idea to move it forward 🌼
hang them up
Gorgeous stuff. Someone else commented on the lighting under the canopy, I agree, it tends to not show them to their best advantage, there is some red reflection on the bouquets-
It's true and it's not just on camera, but in person. I tell people to pick up bouquets and compare them in natural light if they want to. Once a bouquet is in the hand they are basically always going to buy something. The red light doesn't seem to affect the front of the display, those bouquets have their true colour so I don't think it has too much of an affect on sales.
Love the way you do the clothespins to hang the flowers! Thanks! Great life hack which I’ll be adopting as of today.(I was using twisty-ties or Christmas ornament hooks with mixed success) but I think I need to buy some more clothespins.😂
Every video the editing gets tighter and tighter! Great job guys 💚
Fresh to dry is a great idea, they are amazing. I keep buying statice of all colors and putting them in a vase without water, they look wonderful! And they're great for wedding bouquets, boutonnieres, etc. since they keep the color!
I hope you guys are staying cool with the 40c heat! My SIL is up in Kelowna right now.
Serena I would love to see you incorporate some cherry tree branches into your $40 bouquets! Some "edible bouquets" would be stellar! Adding in some herbs in their bloom stage with edible flowers...$$$$$
Ian, your enthusiasm and complete trust in Serena's choices radiates awesome vibes in the market. You guys are a great team. Blessings from California ❤️❤️❤️
Once the cherries are ripe, they would drop the fruit and make a mess if cut. We use them as immature leaves in the spring, and then green fruit in late spring
I think your farm is lovely! Lots of hard work and sleepless nights, I'm sure. You make beautiful bouquets! I think you should raise your $20 arrangements to $25. Everything else has gone up. I don't think you'd have any complaints. The work that goes into these is worth it. Maybe keep them at $20 at the stand as there is no transportation cost. Well done!
Wished I were closer. Florida is a little far to get some of your gorgeous flowers 💐
My glads are about to bloom and I just hours watching your older videos trying to find your gladiolus, lettuce, sunflower recipe. Lol.
Your bouquets are so fabulous from the overhead shots. Why don't you have any buckets on the ground in front of the table? I would walk by, look down and be sold. Always wishing you the best.
I love your vlog, with that said, there are some opportunities I think you are missing. The straw flower bouquet, are sellable to everyone, not just vacationers. Just think about advertising them as you get them fresh, then you let them dry, you now have flowers for your home rest of the year. Your logo, paint the roof red, on your banner, red attracts peoples eyes. I say all this out of love for you all. God bless good luck.
Your bouquets are beautiful! 💐
You always have the most beautiful flowers 💐 this year I grew straw flowers and I felt in love with so I got all the colors for next year 😂l being ordering lot’s of flowers seeds of all kind’s and ofcourse vegetables seed’s 💐🌸🌹🌺🫑🥦🌻🌷♥️
Clip,Clip,ClipClip! Love it!~ AMSR!~
I dreamed good dreams about your stand. Boom year 💲💲💲💰💰💰 I bless you 🙏🏻💐🌱
U have the most beautiful flowers 👌👌
The paper daisies are lovely! I always love the more whimsical flowers. I swoon every time I see your Yarrow and Strawflowers and never fail to gasp in awe everytime the Sea Holly gets shown. Also, Sunflower season has started! 🥰 I hope to have my own flower farm someday ❤ You guys are always so inspiring so until then, i'll gladly live my dream flower farm life vicariously through you! Love from the Philippines 🍻
okay FANTASTIC snippy snips with the beat of the music! I love it. I grew silvery rose strawflower this year and the paper daisy which also came out with pink ones. I'm loving everything crinkly! My statice is delayed but the yarrow is finally blooming. I think I want to switch over to entirely dryable plants haha.
It's tempting. I've got Nigella serd pods and babies breath, add in some gomphrena and celosia and it might be my favorite bouquet ever
Any time I watch your market videos, I think “wow, anyone that thinks they’re going to have a market garden and roll in money without much work knows better now!” Y’all work so hard! 😅
Beautiful the flowers 💐 too. When youhold the bouquets 💐 to your face behold your true beauty. My daughters and their mom are growing flowers. Thanks
Serena your bouquets are stunning. I would love a midsummer video highlighting some of the cultivars you're growing and what you think of them. Big blue sea holly is on my list now!
Check out the farm tours, that's where we give more plant specific info
The flowers are gorgeous. I’m missing the beauty of the Pacific Northwest so you’re feeding that feeling. Mahalo!
I love serenade arrangements. They are so pretty. I wonder if you can spotlight the flowers better. Athough Ian arranges nicely it looks a little dark under the tarp and toward the back. The flowers have better pure color in sunlight. They'd sell themselves. I realize that they can be in full sun ...They'd wilt. Maybe rotate. Can you put some in front on the ground?
Woah! I've wondered this for a while! I just get arround to asking the question and you are answering already.
Your flowers are beautiful!
BEST SHOW on TH-cam! So happy you had another great market....cherry powered Ian! 🍒
I get the red roof bit, but I wonder if making your canopy white might boost sales as the light through the red one doesn’t present the colors of your flowers in ...well the best light. Best of luck this summer!
Love the very peri bouquets!
As always, lovely.
The fresh dried bouquets are stunning!
I'd be curious if you can make like dried flower terrariums or globe displays. Maybe use sand at the bottom, put the flowers in, arrange like a glass garden and glue the sand and flowers in. Just a thought. I remember my father used to buy square glass displays of dried flowers. I thought they were really beautiful. They couldn't really be moved much or the flowers would fall apart, in which case, we would have to buy new ones.
I liked how you made the tiers moveable for your display, so that you could keep your merchandise look full. Smart move! And Sabrina, as always, you make such beautiful bouquets! Gorgeous ! And, yay! increase in sales totals from last year.
I just love all the flower arrangements and your flower gardens 😍
Ian, Wonderful market displays! Love your attitude. Serena, you work so hard. Beautiful arrangements.
Look forward to your videos…
Gorgeous!!!
Love this! Love the children! So adorable and sweet. And those Eryngium are amazing and gorgeous!
Y’all had me stressin’ there for a moment. So glad the sales were good.
Great video, I appreciate all the hard work you guys are doing! And can I just say, your kids are so cute! That sea holly is so striking too! Wonderful bouquets!
Anyone else find it so satisfying that the pruners synced up with the music overlay? Beautiful! All the hard work is paying off for you guys. I’m glad that you guys are finally seeing some consistency at the markets. If i lived there, I’d be there as often as I could!
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Genius, truly- thanks for sharing
The travel bouquet is a fabulous idea! 💕
If I were at your market, I honestly can’t tell you which bouquet I would choose. They are all so beautiful! This week, though, the blue ones were very special. Serena, your work gets better and better.
If you want peonies, you harvest before they open. When they are like a marshmello, cut and box dry, store in a box in the flower cooler. When you get them out, recut stem and put into vase of water. They will rehydrate and be beautiful. I always have until end of July. I am in PA zone 6.
These were my favorites so far! Too bad we can't teleport!
Those bouquets are absolutely stunning! I wish I could support all the way in Ontario.
Mam your garden is so pretty
Fantastic idea 💡 👏.
You should definitely put up signage at the farmers market and your roadside stand fresh bouquets turn into dry bouquets 💐. Would think because they will last much longer, people would be more inclined to purchase them. You could probably charge a bit more for them as well.
Nicole at YT flower hill farm, also uses her shorter stems to make small inexpensive bouquets for children to purchase. That could be another idea when you know more children will be coming to the markets. Or maybe a parent/grandparent might want to get them for a child. Thought that was another unique great idea. The various flower types, colors and arrangements you guys are now able to offer is outstanding. And that too sets you apart from lesser established farms.
What do you think of the idea of putting an assortment of flowers out at the market that children could use to make their own bouquets. You could use up the 'extra' blooms and draw families to your market stall.