TIL a regular customer's garden dahlias are now part of my flower stock

This spring, a longtime customer brought in dahlias from her backyard. She had too many and offered them for our shop. We used them in a few arrangements, and people really liked the fresh look. It started chats with other florists about local flower sources. Now I'm looking into more partnerships with home gardeners. Has anyone else tried this? I want to know if it helped your business.

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the_jessica2d ago

In my neighborhood, we trade homegrown zinnias all summer.

west.blake2d ago

Huh, that sounds nice. My block doesn't really do that kind of thing, feels like everyone keeps to themselves. I guess neighborhoods are just different like that.

brian5728h ago

Our new neighbors bringing over pumpkin bread totally changed my view on that, @west.blake.