[text] un: ilqaras

[ilqaras]

I am looking for fellow horticulturist, botanists or florists, professional or otherwise passionate of the subject. And perhaps a well versed businessperson who knows how to build a business from the ground up.

And possibly a tea sommelier or someone who has an extensive knowledge of tea, and maybe a plant forager or two.

Or anyone who would be able to lend a hand with some physical labour.

It seems I may have gotten ahead of myself, and would require some assistance.

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Text | un: traveler

[brilliantdiamond]

[Alas, poor Dohalim, Aether hasn't filled out his name in the profile feature of the chat program, so it looks like they'll continue not knowing each other's names.]

If you're looking for someone to collect wildflowers for you, I'd say I'm pretty experienced with that. I've even collected some for a few shops here in Nippon when their usual workers were unavailable.

I don't have extensive knowledge of flowers, but you've got to be good at identifying them when you travel as much as I have.

[How else would he know which ones he can safely cook into dishes?]

[ilqaras]

Yes, I would love to have a forager who has some knowledge of the flora of Nippon. I'd been doing some research myself, but I'm afraid there is only so much I can do alone.

[brilliantdiamond]

Knowing the wildlife in general is a good skill to develop, too. Especially since there's a lot of ayakashi that take the forms of plants.

Would you just be selling cut flowers? Or are you planning to grow living plants, too?

[ilqaras]

Yes, that is a worry I now have to keep a mindful watch for. It's very easy to forget, every so often.

As for what I'm planning: I'd like like to do both. While I haven't decided on if I want to do a flower delivery service, I feel like the market for fresh cut flowers would be far reaching. However, the notion of having a plant nursery here as well opens up another avenue. Hence the plan for both.

[brilliantdiamond]

Considering just how many people in Nippon seem to have their own gardens, I can see both being pretty lucrative.

And I actually have a means of transporting large quantities of things at once, too, which would save a lot of time while gathering larger plants. But it might be easier to show you rather than explain it.

[ilqaras]

Oh? Now you've caught my curiosity.

[to be fair, Dohalim himself has a way of doing so as well, but even transferal technology has a limit, he's sure. so for someone else to have a way of doing something similar... he'd like to, at least, see it, for curiosity's sake]

[brilliantdiamond]

Well, do you have a storefront already? I'm free today, so I don't mind stopping by to show you?

[ilqaras]

As a matter of fact, I do. You're welcome to stop by at your convenience.