Georgie Newbery from Common Farm Flowers
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For this episode, I'm delighted to introduce a woman who I've been following online for ages - mainly because she exudes positive energy and is excellent fun -  flower farmer, florist and author Georgie Newbery of Common Farm Flowers. Turns out Georgie is much more glamorous than I first realised....she spent her twenties working in Paris for American Vogue and John Galliano, returning to London in her thirties to continue working as a writer. It was only when she turned 40 that Georgie 'woke up and reached for a garden fork'. After moving to Somerset, she began growing cut flowers for pleasure on a quarter-acre vegetable patch and selling bunches of sweet peas at the garden gate. Within several years, a business idea had blossomed and in 2010 Common Farm Flowers was born. Selling good quality, 'grown, not flown' organically produced British flowers. Georgie was the perfect podcast guest and I loved recording this episode and chatting to her. It's a little bit echoey - but I  hope you enjoy listening.   PODCAST LINKS Listen to the podcast on Spotify HERE Listen to Apple Podcasts HERE Please, please rate, review and subscribe, to help more listeners to find the podcast. We’re also on Stitcher, Podtail, Poddtoppen, and Google Podcasts.   PODCAST CREDITS Producer and audio engineer: Linda Ara-Tebaldi Host: Alyson Walsh Guest: Georgie Newbery from Common Farm Flowers Music: David Schweitzer Artwork: Ayumi Takahashi Coordinator: Helen Johnson *Due to the pandemic the That’s Not My Age podcast is now recorded using a web-based application on my computer. It is odd not being in a room with someone, not seeing a person’s facial expression or knowing if they’re about to continue talking…But it also means we can go global!  
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