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Today we’re visiting with Laura Langford and Dawson Hamilton, owners of Roam Flora located in Ottawa, Canada to discuss:

• the birth and progress of their solar-powered flower farm
• where they’ve found the resources they need to build a growing business
• how their work and educational backgrounds have impacted their flower farm business model
• the layout and terrain of Roam Flora Farm
• their tendency to be “chronic entrepreneurs”
• the challenges of farming their particular piece of land
• the flower varieties they grow
• their crew
• “dealing with the alligator closest to the boat”
• how they altered their previous plans when the pandemic hit their area
• The Flower Hut (see below)
• the options they offer their customers
• the day their delivery van was stolen with all the wedding flowers in it!
• how Laura moved from “The Occasional Florist” to a full-time flower farmer
• Laura’s warning about naming a business
• dollhouse flowers, micro arrangements, and tiny amaranth popcorn
• the day the cows spent time in the dahlia field
• their dreams for the future of Roam Flora

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 64:

• Canadian Tire
• Floret Farm’s Cut Flower Garden
• Floret Farm’s A Year in Flowers
• Floret Online Workshop | Grow, Harvest and Sell Flowers on a Small Scale
• The Billy Goat
• Realtor.ca
• The Green Cone
• Holly Chapple’s Mother’s Day Installation
• Coolbot (Get $20 off a CoolBot or Coolbot Pro – Click Here)
• Shopify
• Nova Scotia College of Art & Design
• Dalhousie University
• Sheridan College
• Shepherd’s Hut
• Tree dahlia
• Amaranth popcorn
• Mexican Popped Amaranth Candy
• Hunte’s Gardens Barbados
• Ottawa Flower Market
• Rosalind’s Garden Blooms
• Ditch Witch Trencher
• Escape to the Country

Aerial views of Laura’s home garden (above) and Roam Flora (below)

SEE MORE OF ROAM FLORA HERE:

 Website | Instagram | Facebook

Click here for a virtual walk through the Roam Flora flower fields.

Co-Hosts: Amy McGee (Botanical Brouhaha) + Maggie Bailey (Bramble & Bee)

BB Podcast Sound Engineer: Landon McGee

Images of Laura + Dawson at Golden Hour: Keith Tanner Photography