Florist News

Hi Pixi. I get mine from The Green Man who is based on a farm in North Wales. It's good quality. I don't know how far south he travels but he is due to call on me again on Thursday so I will ask him then and let you know.

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Rainbow

Quote of the day : We see the law around us every day.......justice is a little harder to find.

Mrs Doubtfire,
If you are genuinely happy to sell your wreaths for £2.50 each to make money for your charity and happy to give your time free doing it AND if the wreaths are actually professional quality then I would like to buy them from you to sell on in my shop. As shop keepers we have to pay minimum wage to our staff. Allowing for wages, rent, rates, utilities, tax, and then of course our own wage we could never produce wreaths for that price.

This year I have been quoted £5 from my supplier for holly wreaths. I usually make my own but as floristry is my only means of living I would be in serious financial difficulty if I sold them for £2.50 each.

So let me know if you are interested. I will pay you £2.50 each for plain undecorated moss based holly wreath or holly/spruce wreath. (I presume you use a wire wreath ring wrapped in plastic as your base before adding the moss?) If you are interested please let me have a photo of the wreaths (front and back) so that I can assess their quality.

I am surprised that you haven't thought of supplying florists rather than take a stall at a market. From the point of view of the charity benefiting it would be better financially for them. All your time should go to making the wreaths and selling them on to florists or other outlets like greengrocers rather than taking a market stall to sell them. Not as much fun for you, but better business management, and more profitable for the charity.

That's the difference between doing something for fun in your leisure time and doing something for business. If you don't get it right and don't make enough profit the charity still benefits, just not as well as it could. If we don't make enough profit we don't eat!

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Rainbow

Quote of the day : We see the law around us every day.......justice is a little harder to find.

Try asking one of the local under 10's if he wants to earn some pocket money...Give him a £1 for each black bin sack he brings in of clean moss...I get mine from the next door neighbour...He is happy for me to rake his lawn...It takes me 10 mins to get a huge pile, enough for all our wreaths...Then there is the local golf course...They rake moss out all year round, go and ask one of the groundsmen...No need to spend a huge amount on it....

Rainbow, thank you you said it all

Thanks rainbow that would be great

RAINBOW... jolly well said my ducky!! You took the words right out of my mouth!!!

Mrs D...If Rainbow thinks your wreaths are good enough quality I'll have 200 please,,at £2.50 each of course,,but will there be a discount for bulk buying??

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well i sell 400 plus !!!! your getting aload of orders here now!!!!

There you go Mrs D, and potty says:

{well i sell 400 plus !!!! your getting aload of orders here now!!!!)

So how about it? Show us your goods and make some serious money for your charity ( that's if the intention is to make serious money for your charity).
I'm sure we would all be willing to take them undecorated for that price so that would save you a lot of bother too. So if you are for real, get back to us quickly with your answer!

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Rainbow

Quote of the day : We see the law around us every day.......justice is a little harder to find.

the thing is my guy makes them up fresh to order he is just fantastic and a funny guy so can't really see me driving to wales to save 50p

Oh dear, what a sensitive bunch you all are, it is not my intention to upset anyone! With regards to the subject of the wreaths, it actually costs us less than 50p in materials to make the wreaths but I don't believe in ripping off the general public. It does not take a qualified florist to make a wreath, I could teach my 10 year old grandson to make them. Obviously if you have bought in the wreaths they will be more expensive for you to sell than if you have made them yourselves, it is not for me to dictate how one marks up their stock!.
Our wreaths are made using items gathered from our gardens, I find it rather ridiculous you could imagine I have a wholesalers amount of stock available to create 600+ wreaths. We raise a lot of money for various charities, there are plenty of customers for us all, those who wish to line the pockets of traders and those who wish to give to the less fortunate in the world.