FlwrLady intro - Hello :)

[FlwrLady]

Hello to all. My husband, Ed, and I are purchasing a retail florist in the Central Florida area, so I thought to myself, "Self, how can I find out more about the community?" After a few minutes of furiously googling "florist" I found this wonderful group.

I am a firm believer that the best way to learn and grow is through networking with your peers and I'm looking forward to participating in chats, posting in the forums, logging into webinars, and sharing our experience as we navigate our way through the waters of new florist business ownership.

We are currently self employed, part time, in the jewelery design and manufacture industry and have been incorporated for 10 years. Ed is the manufacture portion and I handle the AR/AP side of things. The Florist that we are purchasing is primarily my baby, although he will certainly participate in the day to day operations.

We have two children, ages 3 and 8 and wonder how other business owners balance the shop with the kiddos? I guess I'll post more about that elsewhere.

Thanks for considering my membership. Hope to talk more with you soon!
Jenni (aka FlwrLady)

 

[Lizi]

Hey Jenni,

Just wondering if you have any experience in the floral industry. You said you were buying a retail florist. Wondered why you would choose the floral industry over others.

Do employees come along with the business? When do you expect to be in business?
There are lots of concerns when purchasing an existing business, especially a florist.

 

[FlwrLady]

Hi Lizi,

Aparently, I already had an intro posted so I may have answered part of your question there. Since I don't have the ability to edit or delete my posts, I am going to cut and paste this intro into the first one and answer your questions there. Maybe one of the moderators can delete this second post?
Thanks, Jenni

 

[frangipan]

blimey what a carry on

hi there
I see that you have mastered your introduction post....im still trying to work it out,( "Your such a dunce " my fifteen year old daughter tells me)..so I thought i would reply to you seeing as you have just joined and say hello fellow newbie.
A little bit about me. I live in the uk near the coastal town of clacton on sea, Essex. I have for the past two years been running my own flower and gift shop called Heaven Scent and am still going through the teething stage of this oh so lovely business. I value the expertise knowledge of other flower minded folk and think this is a brilliant site to help me move forward in my career and hopefully make lots of new friends along the way.
hope this gets the vote
best wishes
fran (cant do wont do smilies) x

 

[FlwrLady]

Thanks for the well wishes Fran. I'm glad to hear that you have found this site such a vaulable tool in your continued education.

Looking forward to chatting with you all soon,
Jenni

 

[greatflowerlady]

Welcome flower lady! I have 4 kiddos at home. (well one will be leaving for collage in the fall) my youngest is 4 all I can say Is GOOD LUCK!!!!! your going to need it.... but have fun on here its a great place. I have grown a lot from my 13 months on here:walking:...

 

[Victoria]

Hi Jenni... welcome to the community. There are questions on the New Member Intro page with really should be answered in order to expedite the voting process.

In the interim... I'm interested in knowing why you've chosen floral, and what your floral experience is.

Thanks.

V