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- From: "Sue Oberle" <sue AT oberlebotanical.com>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: RE: [Market-farming] Flower price
- Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 09:03:56 -0600
My first post after months of lurking!
Flowers are a funny thing for me at market. Sometimes sell a lot;
sometimes I end up "giving" them away at markets end. I'll give them to
good, repeat customers, elderly folks, etc. I see this as an investment,
not a loss. I look for neat containers through the winter (cheap!!) and
often sell them with the container - seems to help sales. My bouquets go
for $4.00 to $15.00, depending on size. We also have a "by the bucket"
price of $30.00 (5 gal. Square bucket) Around mid summer we do a handout
that goes into bags about basil in bulk & flowers by the bucket.
One thing I'm sure of though - they attract the eye & dress up the
table. Even if I don't sell them, I'm sure they attract people to our
stand. AND we get a good amount of interest in the flower by the bucket
thing for weddings, parties, etc. People see those flowers every week &
it registers in their minds. I think this is where a person can really
make money on flowers. A fully conditioned bucket of flowers will hold
up a long time & lots of people see them if it's a party, wedding,
banquet. 2 very good things. Without all the extra labor of putting
together bouquets, buying sleeves, etc.
Sue in Colorado
I make up a bouquet and sell it for $3.
WOW! At the market where I sell, the bouquets are going for $7 ea.! I
think it is a bit high, but then we cut bouquets out of our yard last
firday for something to sell and I was getting $5.50 a bouqet. And I
was more than thrilled with that!!!! I don't really mess with flowers
yet but that little bit was fun!
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[Market-farming] Flower price,
, 07/06/2004
- RE: [Market-farming] Flower price, Sue Oberle, 07/06/2004
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