#294: How this Flower Farmer Makes over $100K Annually, With Profit (and lunch dates with her husband)

About this episode

Brooke Palmer shares her journey of transforming her flower farm into a profitable business while balancing personal life.

FREE Master Class: The Farm Marketing Fix Sign Up HERE What does a profitable flower farm actually look like from the inside? Not just the revenue numbers, but the daily life? Brooke Palmer of Jenny Creek Flowers in Ithaca, New York gives us the real picture. A former teacher with 20+ years in the classroom, Brooke started her flower farm knowing she could grow, but having no idea how to sell. Her first year solo was rough. Then she joined Farm Marketing Mastery, and three years later she hasn't looked back. In this update episode, Brooke shares what year five actually looks like: six figures in revenue, profitable for the third year in a row, workshops that sell out with waitlists, and a winter tulip CSA that went from 1,000 bulbs to 20,000. She's also made a decision most farmers struggle to make — she's choosing to stop growing, because she's found her sweet spot. We dig into the email marketing crash that happened mid-launch and became her best launch ever, the spring crop failure that forced hard conversations with customers, why her calendar has become her most powerful business tool, and the simple morning mindset ritual that rewired her thinking over three years. If…

People in this episode

Host: Charlotte Smith

Guest: Brooke Palmer

Topics covered

• flower farming
• entrepreneurship
• marketing
• profitability
• mindset

Keywords

• flower farm
• profit
• email marketing
• CSA
• workshops
• mindset ritual

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jenny Creek Flowers, Farm Marketing Mastery

Places: Ithaca, New York

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