We once ran into a NY studio's Instagram — a small feather grass sheaf in a ceramic pot: $295. Ours — ~$10. Why the difference?
Inside the $295
- Import (30–40%): feather grass from Ukraine, air freight, customs, Manhattan transport.
- Studio rent (20–30%): $8000/mo for 40 sqm in Brooklyn.
- Payroll (15%): florist $25–35/hr.
- Marketing (10–15%): Instagram ads, influencers.
- Packaging (5%): kraft boxes, ribbons, cards.
- Profit (10–15%).
Pure plant cost: $15–20. Rest is logistics and infrastructure.
Inside 600 UAH here
- Raw material from fields near Kamianets-Podilsky: ~120 UAH
- Workshop rent spread across many products: ~60 UAH
- Labor: ~90 UAH
- Marketing: mostly self-done, no paid ads
- Packaging + delivery: ~30 UAH
Strategic takeaway
We don't compete with NY. We compete with cheap IKEA dried flowers and suspicious Chinese imports — and we win on handmade quality.
The future belongs to local workshops with short cycles: field → dry → sell within 200 km. That's us.



