Slow Flowers Podcast

By Debra Prinzing

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The Slow Flowers Podcast is the award-winning, long-running show known as the “Voice of the Slow Flowers Movement.” Airing weekly for more than 9 years, we focus on the business of flower farming and floral design through the Slow Flowers sustainability ethos. Listen to a new episode each Wednesday, available for free download here at slowflowerspodcast.com or on iTunes, Spotify, and other podcast platforms.

Episode Date
Episode 694 – A Conversation with Mary Jo Hoffman on her new book STILL: The Art of Noticing
Dec 11, 2024
Episode 693 – The Wonderful World of Willows with Alana Karam of Willamette Willows
Dec 04, 2024
Episode 692 – The Art and Business of Pressed Flowers with Ottawa-based Kate Punnett of The August Press
Nov 27, 2024
Episode 692 Bonus: Sarah Statham of Simply By Arrangement (Encore)
Nov 26, 2024
Episode 691 – The Case for Growing Winter Tulips with Brooke Palmer of Jenny Creek Flowers
Nov 20, 2024
Episode 690 – Elizabeth Fichter of Queen Bee Blooms shares how to have the conversation that will change perceptions around local flowers
Nov 13, 2024
Episode 689 – Marigold and Mint Botanicals’ Izzie Klingels on flowers as an artist’s medium
Nov 06, 2024
Episode 688 – How to bring more sustainability into your studio or retail shop, with Blair Lynn of Maryland-based Sweet Blossoms
Oct 30, 2024
Episode 687 – Secrets of Successful Lily Growers with Gretel Adams of Sunny Meadows Flower Farm and Ko Klaver of Zabo Plant
Oct 23, 2024
Episode 686 – An autumn flower farm tour + conversation with Caitlin Carnahan of Diamond Day Bouquet, based on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula
Oct 16, 2024
Episode 685 – Florals for Corporate and Event Clients with Casey Schwartz and Kit Wertz of Flower Duet
Oct 09, 2024
Episode 684 – Floral Standards, the essential new book from the Seattle Wholesale Growers Market – featuring my conversation with Brad Siebe, Diane Szukovathy and Vivian Larson
Oct 02, 2024
Episode 683 – Paulina Nieliwocki of Blue Jasmine Floral welcomes us to her New Jersey studio and designs a foam-free floral arrangement
Sep 25, 2024
Episode 682: Celeste Monke of Free Range Flowers, a diversified cut flower farm operated with partner Jay Roelof – plus, a farm tour to preview ASCFG’s regional meeting in Bellingham, Washington
Sep 18, 2024
Episode 681: Slow Flowers goes Back to School with sustainable floral educator Sarah Berquist of Stockbridge School of Agriculture at University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
Sep 11, 2024
Episode 680: Let’s throw a Dahlia Festival with Lisa Dailey of Cultivation, a Slow Flowers member and horticulture consultant based in Highland, North Carolina
Sep 06, 2024
Episode 679: The Anderson Family’s forty-one years of growing flowers, herbs, and ornamentals at The Fresh Herb Co. in Longmont, Colorado, including thousands of lilies each week – all year long!
Sep 04, 2024
Episode 678: Slow Flowers Visits France (Part 2) – a tour of Les Singulières Ferme Florale with flower farmer Coralie Vinet
Aug 28, 2024
Episode 677: Slow Flowers Visits France to catch up with former Los Angeles flower farmer Tara Kolla of Mill on the Rock
Aug 21, 2024
Episode 676: Petal & Pitchfork’s Stacy Marshall hosts sustainable design workshop with Rachel Wardley of UK’s Tallulah Rose Flower School
Aug 14, 2024
Episode 675: Lexi Richards of British Columbia’s Twiggage & Bloom on developing corporate and public art commissions as a floral studio’s specialty niche  
Aug 07, 2024
Episode 674: Floral designer Jayson Munn on living slow and seasonally, letting the garden be your aesthetic influence, and sourcing flowers close to home  
Jul 31, 2024
Episode 673: Connections and collaborations to build a solid market presence in northeast Ohio, with Emily Pek of Frayed Knot Farm
Jul 24, 2024
Episode 672: Alice Blue Collective celebrates tenth anniversary of designing flowers in St. Louis, Missouri
Jul 17, 2024
Episode 671: Learning from Tree Collectors, a conversation with Flower Confidential’s Amy Stewart about her new book that reveals “tales of arboreal obsession”
Jul 10, 2024
Episode 670: A visit to Primrose Lane Farm, an Alberta, Canada, and a conversation with flower farmer Kristen Primrose
Jul 03, 2024
Episode 669: Making fashion with flowers, in our 10th anniversary celebration of American Flowers Week with five creators of our 2024 botanical couture collection
Jun 26, 2024
Episode 668: Slow Flowers Summit Preview with Farmer-Florists Melanie Harrington of Dahlia May Flower Farm and Janis Harris of Harris Flower Farm 
Jun 19, 2024
Episode 667: Slow Flowers on the Road – a Visit to Dutch Lily Days
Jun 12, 2024
Episode 665: Home in Bloom with Author, Educator and Floral Artist Ariella Chezar
Jun 05, 2024
Episode 664: A Triple Talent – How Sydney Garvey of Flowers by Garvey’s Gardens blends flower farming, wedding design, and owning a retail flower shop
May 29, 2024
Episode 663: Designing with Dried Flowers – a new book by Hannah Muller of Full Belly Farm and Wreath Room
May 22, 2024
Episode 662: Flower farming meets the retail flower shop with Little Petal Farm
May 15, 2024
Episode 661: Spring Tune-Up for Florists, Shops, and Studios with Althea Wiles of Rose of Sharon Floral Design Studio
May 08, 2024
Episode 660: Flower Farming in Los Angeles: Meet a trio of growers behind an upcoming flower farm tour as they discuss the unique character of urban flower farming in Southern California
May 01, 2024
Episode 659: Designer Leslie Bennett, co-author of Garden Wonderland and founder of Pine House Edible Gardens and Black Sanctuary Gardens
Apr 24, 2024
Episode 658: Meet floral marketing strategist Sahid Nahim, host of YouTube’s The Bloom Show
Apr 17, 2024
Episode 657: Meet Michelle Kenny, executive director the new Pacific Northwest Florists Association
Apr 10, 2024
Episode 656: Follow the Blooms with Host and Producer Katie Lila, and Bloom TV Network’s founder & CEO Monica Michelle
Apr 03, 2024
Episode 655: A visit to Françoise Weeks’ studio and a peek into her new book, Wonder of the Woodlands
Mar 27, 2024
Episode 654: Native Flora for farmers and florists with Holly Lukasiewicz of District 2 Floral Studio; Deborah Majerus of Iron Butterfly Farm and Lodging; and Kate Watters of Wild Heart Farm
Mar 20, 2024
Episode 653: Piedmont Wholesale Flowers – celebrating its 8th season and a new facility with flower farmer Stephanie Hall of Sassafras Fork Farm and market manager Julia Carpico
Mar 13, 2024
Episode 652: Building a niche supplying flower seedlings for farmers and gardeners with Kate Skelton of Gratitude Flowers
Mar 06, 2024
Episode 651: Growing and Designing With Fragrant Flowers with Stefani Bittner of Homestead Design Collective
Feb 28, 2024
Episode 650: Cooperative Flower Network of Edmonton, Alberta – a new local flower hub with grower-members Moira MacKinnon and Sarah Laudin
Feb 21, 2024
Episode 649: Flowers as Art: Botanical Couture and Floral Installations with Jennifer Reed of Jennifer Designs
Feb 14, 2024
Episode 648: Our pre-Valentine’s Day Virtual Tour of American-grown flowers with Joost Bongaerts and the Florabundance team
Feb 08, 2024
Episode 647: Meet Elizabeth and Mike Zawislak of Bluegreen Gardens, a Lancaster, Ohio-based boutique flower farm
Jan 31, 2024
Episode 646: Secrets of a Sustainable Wedding Florist with Jessica Stewart of Pittsburgh’s Bramble & Blossom
Jan 24, 2024
Episode 645: The Mum Project Update with Jessica Hall of Harmony Harvest Farm
Jan 17, 2024
Episode 644: Roadside Blooms’ Toni Reale – on taking risk to buy land and build a new flower shop in North Charleston, South Carolina
Jan 10, 2024
Episode 643: Slow Flowers Floral Insights and Industry Forecast for 2024
Jan 03, 2024
Episode 642: Debra Prinzing Reflects on Slow Flowers Society’s 2023 Year in Review
Dec 27, 2023
Episode 641: “Women Leading Change,” a new video featuring Toronto-based The Local Flower Collective, with cofounder Jaimie Reeves, filmmaker Craig Conoley, and David Thomas of Open Food Network Canada
Dec 20, 2023
Episode 640: New Flower Introductions for 2024 with Hillary Alger and Joy Longfellow of Johnny’s Selected Seeds
Dec 13, 2023
Episode 639: Kristen Rubin of Sweetwater Stem Co. and the new Gig Harbor Flower Farmers Guild
Dec 06, 2023
Episode 638: A visit to Washington flower farm Field to Heart, with Dee Swan and Valiant Poole
Nov 29, 2023
Episode 637: Growing high-value cut flowers for Dallas weddings and event florists, with Sarah Jo Eversole of Everbloom Fields
Nov 22, 2023
Episode 636: Slow Flowers Summit heads to Canada in 2024. Meet Becky Feasby, Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed, and Lourdes Still
Nov 15, 2023
Episode 635: Making space for local flowers at the conventional wholesale florist, with Andrea Grist of Florasource KC
Nov 08, 2023
Episode 634: Marigolds and Succulent Pumpkins, autumn botanical design with Caitlin Mathes of The Marigold Gardens and Eileen Tongson of FarmGal Flowers
Nov 01, 2023
Episode 633: Building a Community of Local Flower Farmers Over Pie and Coffee, with Jodi Logue of Moss and Madder Farm
Oct 25, 2023
Episode 632: Celebrating our 10th Anniversary! From the Slow Flowers Podcast Archives – an Encore of Episode 566 with Joanna Letz of Bluma Flower Farm
Oct 18, 2023
Episode 631: Celebrating our 10th Anniversary! From the Slow Flowers Podcast Archives – an Encore of Episode 529 with David Brunton of Right Field Farm
Oct 11, 2023
Episode 630: Celebrating our 10th Anniversary! From the Slow Flowers Podcast Archives – an Encore of Episode 475 with Talia Boone of Postal Petals
Oct 04, 2023
Episode 629: Celebrating our 10th Anniversary! From the Slow Flowers Podcast Archives – an Encore of Episode 445 with Mara Tyler of Pennsylvania’s The Farm at Oxford
Sep 27, 2023
Episode 628: Jennifer Jewell’s love letter to seeds and her new book, “What We Sow”
Sep 20, 2023
Episode 627: Celebrating our 10th Anniversary! From the Slow Flowers Podcast Archives – an Encore of Episode 396 with Whit McClure of Los Angeles-based Whit Hazen
Sep 13, 2023
Episode 626: Celebrating our 10th Anniversary! From the Slow Flowers Podcast Archives – an Encore of Episode 304 with Janis Harris of Harris Flower Farm in Ontario, Canada
Sep 06, 2023
Episode 625: Kristen Griffith-VanderYacht designs a signature summer arrangement and introduces “Flower Love,” his new book
Aug 30, 2023
Episode 624: Brooklyn in Bloom with Suzanna Cameron of Stems Brooklyn Florist
Aug 23, 2023
Episode 623:  Celebrating our 10th Anniversary! From the Slow Flowers Podcast Archives – an Encore of Episode 270 with sisters and floral entrepreneurs Mary Coombs and Dawn Clark of A Garden Party and A Milkhouse Party
Aug 16, 2023
Episode 622: Celebrating our 10th Anniversary! From the Slow Flowers Podcast Archives – an encore with flower farmers Mandy and Steve O’Shea of 3 Porch Farm
Aug 09, 2023
Episode 621:  Celebrating our 10th Anniversary! From the Slow Flowers Podcast Archives – an encore with flower farming educator Lisa Mason Ziegler, author of Cool Flowers
Aug 02, 2023
Episode 620:  Celebrating our 10th Anniversary! From the Slow Flowers Podcast Archives – an Encore with sustainable brands expert Kierstin DeWest and organic flower farmer Joan Thorndike of LeMera Gardens
Jul 26, 2023
Episode 619:  Meet Erin Greene, King Estate Winery’s culinary garden manager, on growing organic and biodynamic food and flowers
Jul 19, 2023
Episode 618: Fiber and Flowers: Elaine Vandiver of Gholson Gardens and Old Homestead Alpacas updates her story
Jul 12, 2023
Episode 617: A visit to Anne and Scott Sumner’s Walla Walla Flower Farm with a bonus fiddle-and-guitar performance
Jul 05, 2023
Episode 616: Meet the Creatives who designed our American Flowers Week 2023 Botanical Couture Collection
Jun 28, 2023
Episode 615: Slow Flowers Summit Speaker Round-up with our subject experts in Flower Farming, Floral Design and Sustainability
Jun 21, 2023
Episode 614: Julio Freitas of The Flower Hat designs a spring arrangement and previews his Slow Flowers Summit appearance
Jun 14, 2023
Episode 613: Island Flower Growers, a cooperative flower hub serving all of British Columbia’s Vancouver Island, with president Lorna Jackson and market manager Cara Scott
Jun 07, 2023
Episode 611: A conversation with Julie Remy of Fleuris Studio and Blooms and a tour of her prolific cutting garden on Vancouver Island
May 24, 2023
Episode 610: Growing and selling cut flowers in the high desert Rocky Mountain region with Gretchen Langston of Blooms Colorado
May 17, 2023
Episode 609: Falling in love with a country farm and building a life around flowers with Abby Matson of Diddle & Zen
May 10, 2023
Episode 608: New Crop Pricing Tools with Rooted Farmers’ Amelia Ihlo and Garden State Flower Cooperative’s Leah Ducey
May 03, 2023
Episode 607: From Botanist to Flower Farmer with Kate Watters of Arizona’s Wild Heart Farm
Apr 26, 2023
Episode 606: The Profitability Sweet Spot for Selling to Wholesale Florists with Jessie Witscher of Vermont’s Understory Farm  
Apr 19, 2023
Episode 605: The Color of Roses with Rose Story Farms’ Danielle Hahn
Apr 12, 2023
Episode 604: Sustainable Design for Event Florals with Ingrid Carozzi of Tin Can Studios
Apr 05, 2023
Episode 603: Slow Pottery for Slow Flowers — Artisan Pottery to pair with Artisan Bouquets
Mar 29, 2023
Episode 602: Flower Farming for a Cause at What Cheer Flower Farm with Erin Achenbach
Mar 22, 2023
Episode 601: Meet Rita Feldmann of the Sustainable Floristry Network, a new global education organization for florists
Mar 15, 2023
Episode 600: Becky Feasby of Prairie Girl Flowers on Florists, Invasive Species, and Protecting the Natural World
Mar 08, 2023
Episode 599: Sustainable Luxury Floral Design with Susan Chambers of San Francisco’s bloominCouture
Mar 01, 2023
Episode 598: Alex Cacciari of Michigan’s Seeley Farm on trialing native perennials for the floral market
Feb 22, 2023
Episode 597: All about the new Black Florists Fund and a conversation with its founders and first grant recipient
Feb 15, 2023
Episode 596: Ellen Seagraves of Chic Floral Design (AIFD and EMC) and president of the Independent Floral Designers Association
Feb 08, 2023
Episode 595: Debra Prinzing and Robin Avni Present the 2023 Slow Flowers Floral Insights and Industry Forecast
Feb 01, 2023
Episode 594: Flowers for All with educator and author Susan McLeary
Jan 25, 2023
Episode 593: Tom Precht and Sarah Daken of Grateful Gardeners, on buying farmland and establishing a new aquaponics greenhouse operation
Jan 18, 2023
Episode 592: Creating a sustainable, streamlined, and low-stress wedding floral business with Carolyn Kulb of Bloom Poet
Jan 11, 2023
Episode 591: Debra Prinzing Reflects on Slow Flowers Society’s 2022 Year in Review
Jan 04, 2023
Episode 590: Foraged Design with artist and educator Françoise Weeks
Dec 28, 2022
Episode 589: Bellevue Botanical Garden’s Joseph Abken introduces the 2023 Slow Flowers Summit Host Venue
Dec 21, 2022
Episode 588: Meet Lourdes Still of Masagana Flower Farm in Manitoba – Experience Guide, Flower Grower and Natural Dyer
Dec 14, 2022
Episode 587: Walking the Talk: Unpacking the Slow Flowers Manifesto and putting our six values into practice for your floral enterprise
Dec 07, 2022
Episode 586: Flower farming on Hawaii’s Big Island with Christian Ingalls of Daisy Dukes Flower Farm
Nov 30, 2022
Episode 585: Diane Szukovathy and Dennis Westphall of Jello Mold Farm on the 10-year publication anniversary of The 50 Mile Bouquet
Nov 23, 2022
Episode 584: Farmer-florist Dee Hall of Mermaid City Flower Farm and founder of Black Flower Farmers
Nov 16, 2022
Episode 583: Farm and Studio Visit with Farmer-Florist Daniele Strawn of JoLee Blooms & Design in Sonoma County, California
Nov 09, 2022
Episode 582: It’s Mum Season with Harmony Harvest Farm’s Jessica Hall and Stephanie Duncan
Nov 02, 2022
Episode 581: Meet Laura Gonzalez of Swallows Secret Garden, a gardener-florist and land steward in Santa Cruz, California
Oct 26, 2022
Episode 580V: High desert flower farming with Trisha Starkey of Petals and Pages
Oct 19, 2022
Episode 579: Flower farming with your sister, with Becky Osborne and Kate Munno of Connecticut’s Becky at Appleberry Farm
Oct 12, 2022
Episode 578: Accidental flower farmers share their roots, with Tracy Yang and Nick Songsangcharntara of JARN Co. 
Oct 05, 2022
Episode 577: Building a home-based cut flower business with Backyard Blooms’ Janet Kramka
Sep 28, 2022
Episode 576: Georgia Flower Farm Visit with Rita and Mike Williams of WilMor Farms
Sep 21, 2022
Episode 575: The Floral Coach’s Amy Balsters shares her bouquet-making philosophy and inspiring business model
Sep 14, 2022
Episode 574: Fourth-Year Flower Farmer, a virtual tour and visit with Jenny Chantz of Merritt Meadow Flower Farm in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
Sep 07, 2022
Episode 573: The 50 Mile Bouquet Series with Charles & Bethany Little of Charles Little & Co.
Aug 31, 2022
Episode 572: Joseph Massie returns the Slow Flowers Podcast to unveil The Flower School, his new beautiful and useful new design book
Aug 24, 2022
Episode 571: Sustainable Everyday Flowers — how a retail studio honors its eco values with Kelsey Ruhland of Foxbound Flowers
Aug 17, 2022
Episode 570: A visit to Blossom & Branch, Briana Bosch’s Colorado Flower Farm
Aug 10, 2022
Episode 569: Flowers & Photography with Krista Rossow of O’Flora Flower Farm
Aug 03, 2022
Episode 568: The 50 Mile Bouquet Series — Peterkort Roses with siblings Sandra Peterkort Laubenthal and Norman Peterkort
Jul 27, 2022
Episode 567: Portrait of a Local Flower Pioneer, with Seattle Wholesale Growers Market’s General Manager Brad Siebe, including updates about their new ecommerce platform
Jul 20, 2022
Episode 566: Growing Cut Flowers on an Urban Roof with Joanna Letz of Berkeley’s Bluma Flower Farm
Jul 13, 2022
Episode 565: Petals and Alpacas at Gholson Gardens in Walla Walla, Washington (Encore Edition)
Jul 06, 2022
Episode 564: Meet the Creatives who designed our American Flowers Week 2022 Botanical Couture Collection
Jun 29, 2022
Episode 563: Slow Flowers Summit 2022 bonus tours with Sylvia Lukach of Cape Lily Floral and Molly Culver of Molly Oliver Flowers
Jun 22, 2022
Episode 562: Susan McLeary shares her large-scale, foam-free, floral design installation techniques at the 2021 Slow Flowers Summit (encore presentation)
Jun 15, 2022
Episode 561: Becky Feasby of Prairie Girl Flowers and IG’s Sustainability Sunday
Jun 08, 2022
Episode 560: Sourcing and designing with American-grown blooms with Michaela Newheart of FlowerFarm.com
Jun 01, 2022
Episode 559: Flowers as Artist’s Muse: Meet Ronni Nicole Robinson (Slow Flowers Summit 2022 speaker preview)
May 25, 2022
Episode 558: A pottery studio and cutting garden visit with ceramic artist Frances Palmer (Slow Flowers Summit 2022 speaker preview)
May 18, 2022
Episode 557: How an interior designer expanded into floral design, with Jennifer Driscoll of Redwood Wild Florals
May 11, 2022
Episode 556: A floral conversation with Andrea K. Grist of Florasource KC and KC Bloom Hub
May 04, 2022
Episode 555: “Farewell Flowers,” Creating a Sustainable Funeral and Sympathy Practice, with Lori Poliski of Flori LLC, and Tammy Meyers of LORA Bloom
Apr 27, 2022
Episode 554: A garden and studio tour with Lorene Edwards Forkner, sharing her new book “Color In and Out of the Garden”
Apr 20, 2022
Episode 553: Hitomi Gilliam and Gregor Lersch present the FREESIA Challenge, a new focus on Sustainable Floral Design Education
Apr 13, 2022
Episode 552 (Part Two): Eva Leach, on songwriting as an expression of female empowerment
Apr 10, 2022
Episode 552 (Part One): Teresa Rao of Belle Pétale designs with local flowers, floriography and French inspiration
Apr 07, 2022
Episode 551: Riz Reyes shares his first book: GROW, A Family Guide to Plants and How to Grow Them
Mar 30, 2022
Episode 550: Celebrate the publication of Black Flora, with author Teresa J. Speight
Mar 23, 2022
Episode 549: Local Flowers on the National Stage, Starring in a John Deere Commercial with Judd and Shannon Allen of Ohio’s Bloom Hill Farm
Mar 16, 2022
Episode 548: Flowers – Self Care Made Easy, and more about the new flower promotion campaign with Steve Dionne of CalFlowers
Mar 09, 2022
Episode 547: “Small Farm, Big Dreams” with Jennifer and Adam O’Neal of PepperHarrow Farm
Mar 02, 2022
Episode 546: Oregon-grown flowers with Bethany Little of Charles Little & Co. and Beth Syphers of Crowley House Farm
Feb 23, 2022
Episode 545: Valentine’s Day with all-local flowers — live from the top of the Empire State Building with Jaclyn Rutigliano of Hometown Flower Co.
Feb 16, 2022
Episode 544: Growing Nursery Customers with a Flower Shop and Cutting Garden Program, with Jen Healy of J&B Garden Center in Albany, Oregon
Feb 09, 2022
Episode 543: Flowers, Food and Fiber with Jennifer Kouvant of Six Dutchess Farm in Hudson Valley, New York
Feb 02, 2022
Episode 542: Welcome to 2022 and the Slow Flowers Floral Insights & Industry Forecast with Debra Prinzing and Bloom Imprint’s Robin Avni
Jan 26, 2022
Episode 541: It’s all in the Details with Corinne Heck of Details Flowers Software
Jan 19, 2022
Episode 540: Slow Flowers Society’s 2021 Year in Review
Jan 12, 2022
Episode 539: Meet Gina Lett Shrewsberry of Inspirations by Gina and Valerie Crisostomo, founder of Black Girl Florists
Jan 05, 2022
Episode 538: How Seattle floral designer Carlee Donnelly of The Rusted Vase created a floral mannequin for Fleurs de Villes Noel
Dec 30, 2021
Episode 537: Meet Melissa Mercado-Denke of Seattle’s Campanula Design Studio and learn about her unique and seasonal gifting program
Dec 22, 2021
Episode 536: A Slow Flowers Reunion with Robin Hollow Farm’s Polly & Mike Hutchison and a tour of Robin Hollow Flowers, their new retail space
Dec 15, 2021
Episode 535: Where She Blooms – Lori Poliski of Flori LLC designs a 100% compostable holiday wreath from her charming studio
Dec 08, 2021
Episode 534: Relocalizing Flowers, a Slow Flowers Panel Discussion at the 2021 Tilth Conference
Dec 01, 2021
Episode 533: Flowers as Artist’s Muse with TJ McGrath of TJ McGrath Design
Nov 24, 2021
Episode 532 Managing growth as a sole-proprietor with farmer-florist Sarah Wagstaff of SUOT Farm and Flowers
Nov 17, 2021
Episode 531: Coaxing Color and Pigment from the World of Foraged Mushrooms, with Julie Beeler of Bloom & Dye
Nov 10, 2021
Episode 530: Encouraging florists to consider a more sustainable business model, a conversation with Libby Francis-Baxter of Baltimore’s The Modest Florist
Nov 03, 2021
Episode 529: Making Bouquets and talking shop with farmer-florist David Brunton of Maryland-based Right Field Farm
Oct 27, 2021
Episode 528: Meet farmer-florist Eileen Tongson of Orlando-based FarmGal Flowers and enjoy her harvest-cornucopia design demonstration
Oct 20, 2021
Episode 527: Grow. Design. Teach. How Sweet Earth Co.’s Xenia D’Ambrosi fine-tuned her brand message with three essential words
Oct 13, 2021
Episode 526: How a Full-Service Retail Florist Sources Montana-Grown Blooms with Lindsay Irwin of Bitterroot Flower Shop
Oct 06, 2021
Episode 525: Flipping the Script after 18 years as a wedding and event florist with Anne Bradfield of Analog Floral
Sep 29, 2021
Episode 524: The Business of Selling Your Flowers to Florists – Expert advice from farmer-florist Julio Freitas of The Flower Hat
Sep 19, 2021
Episode 523: Vashon Island Flowers, Part Two: Meet Halee Dams of Marmol Farm
Sep 15, 2021
Episode 522: Vashon Island Flowers, Part One: A Visit to Sweet Alyssum Farm and a conversation with Alyssa O’Sullivan
Sep 08, 2021
Episode 521 Lessons from a Young Flower Farmer and a Visit to Pops Flowers with owner Vanessa Vancuren
Sep 01, 2021
Episode 520: Visit Kris Bennett, gardener-florist at Bennett Botanical Garden and KRISanthemums in Hermiston, Oregon
Aug 25, 2021
Episode 519: A Bloom-Filled visit to floral icon Françoise Weeks’ studio and to Sid Anna Sherwood’s flower farm
Aug 18, 2021
Episode 518 Kiara Hancock of K. Hancock Events and HBO’s Full Bloom Season 2
Aug 11, 2021
Episode 517: The Growing Kindness Project and its founder, flower farmer Deanna Kitchen of Twig & Vine
Aug 04, 2021
Episode 516: A conversation about the Slow Flowers Movement with Daniel Hartz of the Sustainability Champions Podcast
Jul 28, 2021
Episode 515: Wildflower and Fern’s Sarah Reyes on building an Oakland-based local flower hub supplying retail and wholesale buyers
Jul 21, 2021
Episode 514: All about growing and breeding dahlias with Kristine Albrecht of Santa Cruz Dahlias
Jul 14, 2021
Episode 513: On “Growing Wonder,” garden roses for floral design with Felicia Alvarez of Menagerie Farm + Flower
Jul 07, 2021
Episode 512: Kelly Shore of Petals by the Shore celebrates American Flowers Week and shares domestic sourcing expertise through The Floral Source
Jun 30, 2021
Episode 511: The Creative Journey, Finding Your Artistic Voice, Truth and Expression with floral artist and educator, Sue McLeary
Jun 22, 2021
Episode 510: An American Flowers Week botanical couture tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Tammy Myers of LORA Bloom
Jun 16, 2021
Episode 509: From Cutting Gardens to Flowers for the Home, a Conversation with the Horticulture Team at Filoli Historic House & Garden, Jim Salyards, Kate Nowell and Haley O’Connor
Jun 09, 2021
Episode 508: Horticulture, pop culture and Black American floral legends with Abra Lee of Conquer the Soil
Jun 02, 2021
Episode 507: Slow Flowers Summit Preview with Kellee Matsushita-Tseng and Emily Saeger on Sustainable Farming x Floral Design
May 26, 2021
Episode 506 Great News about a new Regional Wholesale Hub with Old Dominion Flower Cooperative
May 19, 2021
Episode 505: Growing Flowers with Niki Irving of Flourish Flower Farm
May 12, 2021
Episode 504 A Conversation with Jennifer Jewell, host of public radio’s Cultivating Place and capstone presenter at the 2021 Slow Flowers Summit
May 05, 2021
Episode 503: Farmer to Florist Collaborations in the SF Bay Area with Hannah Brannan of Gather Flora and Elise Schultheis of The Flower Wagon
Apr 28, 2021
Episode 502: New Findings on Consumer Attitudes About Domestic & Locally-Grown Flowers with Dave Whitinger and Paul Cohen of the 2021 National Gardening Survey
Apr 21, 2021
Episode 501: The Wild Mother of Oklahoma City, on floral art, activism and storytelling. Meet floral siblings Lauren Palmer, Leah Palmer and Callie Palmer
Apr 14, 2021
Episode 500: Celebrating Episode 500 and the publication of Where We Bloom, with BLOOM Imprint’s Robin Avni and designer Cynthia Zamaria of Toronto’s House & Flower
Apr 07, 2021
Episode 499: Katherine Raz of The Fernseed, a modern plant shop and floral studio in Tacoma, Washington
Mar 31, 2021
Episode 498: It’s a family affair with Dru Rivers of Full Belly Farm and Hannah Rose Muller of Full Belly Floral
Mar 24, 2021
Episode 497: Meet Jill Brooke, floral journalist and creator of Flower Power Daily
Mar 17, 2021
Episode 496 Growing a Slow Flowers Farm-ily – a beautiful story from Perry-winkle Farm, where Mike Perry and Cathy Jones mentor and co-farm with Taij and Victoria Cotten
Mar 10, 2021
Episode 495: A farmer-florist creates a boutique business on a small island. Meet Lindsey Cummins of Dancing Flower Farm
Mar 03, 2021
Episode 494: How does Rooted Farmers’ marketplace work? An update from founder Amelia Ihlo and insights from farmer-florist Haley Billipp of Eddy Farm and Connecticut Flower Collective
Feb 24, 2021
Episode 493: What is Fleurvana? Join Debra Prinzing’s Conversation with co-founders Shawn Michael Foley and Gina Thresher
Feb 17, 2021
Episode 492: For Beginning Flower Gardeners, a conversation with authors and podcasters Allison and Sean McManus of Spoken Garden
Feb 10, 2021
Episode 491: The 19-year evolution of a retail florist with Kelly Marie Thompson of Chicago-based Fleur Inc.
Feb 03, 2021
Episode 490: The launch of BLOOM Imprint, Slow Flowers’ new publishing venture, with co-founders Debra Prinzing and Robin Avni
Jan 27, 2021
Episode 489: Fawn Rueckert of Sego Lily Flower Farm, an urban micro farm in Utah
Jan 20, 2021
Episode 488: Meet my neighborhood florists, Cindi Schriock from CMS Floral Design and Gina Thresher of From the Ground up Floral
Jan 13, 2021
Episode 487: Slow Flowers Floral Insights & Industry Forecast for 2021
Jan 06, 2021
Episode 486: Slow Flowers’ 2020 Year in Review
Dec 30, 2020
Episode 485: Slow Flowers’ Holiday Music Special with floral designer-musician Remy Brault of Labellum Flowers and Nest of Seven
Dec 23, 2020
Episode 484: Recap from the 2020 Young Farmers & Cooks Conference – The Regional Flower Economy: Flower Farming as a Viable and Profitable Facet of Agriculture
Dec 16, 2020
Episode 483: News from Arizona’s Whipstone Farm and Shanti Rade, ASCFG’s South & Central Region Director
Dec 09, 2020
Episode 482: All about the 2020 Young Farmers & Cooks Conference and Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture
Dec 02, 2020
Episode 481: A wedding florist grows a flower farm with Candice Howard of New Jersey-based Duchess Farms
Nov 25, 2020
Episode 480: Meet the Flower Farmers, with ASCFG leaders, Jamie Rohda of Nebraska’s Harvest Home and Michelle Elston of Pennsylvania’s Roots Cut Flower Farm
Nov 18, 2020
Episode 479: Branding the Sustainable Floral Business with Pilar Zuniga of Berkeley’s Gorgeous and Green
Nov 11, 2020
Episode 478 Portland Wedding Designer Joy Proctor on creating the Say Their Names Memorial + a Bonus Conversation with Karen Thornton of Avenue 22 Events
Nov 04, 2020
Episode 477: Growing Your Business with Local Flower Sourcing with Ellen Frost of Local Color Flowers and Lisa Ziegler of The Gardener’s Workshop
Oct 28, 2020
Episode 476: Extending the Season with a From-the-Farm Product Line, with Natasha McCrary of 1818 Farms in Mooresville, Alabama
Oct 21, 2020
Episode 475: How the COVID shutdown inspired Postal Petals, a conversation with founder and floral entrepreneur Talia Boone
Oct 14, 2020
Episode 474: A Flower Farmer Enters State Politics, with Stacy Brenner of Maine’s Broadturn Farm
Oct 07, 2020
Episode 473: Reinventing the Bucket Route with Jamie Rogers of Missoula-based Killing Frost Farm
Sep 30, 2020
Episode 472: Meet Virginia-based floral designer Hermon Black of HB Fiore
Sep 23, 2020
Episode 471: Lisa Fiore of Landscape Hub on the digital plant-selling platform that opens new sales channels for Slow Flowers growers
Sep 16, 2020
Episode 470: A conversation with Kim Gruetter and Tonneli Gruetter of Whidbey Island’s Salty Acres Farm
Sep 09, 2020
Episode 469: Blending an artistic practice and commercial floristry, with Kat Claar of From Blossoms
Sep 02, 2020
Episode 468: Slow Flowers’ Social Media Maven Niesha Blancas of Fetching Social
Aug 26, 2020
Episode 467: Local Flowers for California’s Wine Country, with Santa Rosa floral designer Olivia Rivas of Papillon
Aug 19, 2020
Episode 466: Black Sanctuary Gardens with Leslie Bennett of Oakland-based Pine House Edible Gardens
Aug 12, 2020
Episode 465: High desert flower farming in Arizona with Aishah Lurry of Patagonia Flower Farm
Aug 05, 2020
Episode 464: Petals & Politics — Natasha Harper-Madison’s story, from wedding and event designer to Austin City Council Member
Jul 29, 2020
Episode 463: REPLAY Soul Fire Farm’s Leah Penniman, author of Farming While Black
Jul 22, 2020
Episode 462: Blueberries to Eat and Arrange. How HB Farm’s Heather Schuh transitioned to cut flowers when the blueberry market collapsed
Jul 15, 2020
Episode 461: Oregon’s Pollinate Flowers on growing, design and creating community, with owners John Peterson, Jeremi Carroll and Zach Goff
Jul 08, 2020
Episode 460: Meet The Big Flower Fight’s head judge Kristen Griffith-VanderYacht, owner of Seattle-based design studio Wild Bloom
Jul 01, 2020
Episode 459: Modern Montana with Remy Brault of Labellum, a retail flower shop in Bozeman, Montana
Jun 24, 2020
Episode 458: A Conversation with Val Schirmer of Three Toads Farm in Winchester, Kentucky – continuing our ASCFG Leadership Series
Jun 17, 2020
Episode 457: American Flowers Week, Botanical Couture and Dahlia Dresses with Sarah Pabody of Triple Wren Farms
Jun 10, 2020
Episode 456: Lessons from The London Plane Flower Shop with founder Katherine Anderson and manager Jeni Nelson
Jun 03, 2020
Episode 455: A long-distance peony collaboration between grower Eugenia Harris of Nicewicz Peonies and florist Stacey Lee of Paeonia Designs
May 27, 2020
Episode 454: Meet the Flower Hunter, Yoni Levenbach of Flowers Without Borders, on his personal buying service connecting flower farms with florists
May 20, 2020
Episode 453: Returning to St. Louis, Missouri, (Virtually) with Jessica Douglass of Flowers & Weeds
May 13, 2020
Episode 452: Let’s Talk Mother’s Day Flowers with Lindsey McCullough of Red Twig Farms and Tara Folker of Splints & Daisies
May 06, 2020
Episode 451: From Grower to Designer to Consumer: How two floral models are changing and adapting, with Yvonne Ashton of Mayesh Wholesale Florist and Molly Culver of Molly Oliver Flowers
Apr 29, 2020
Episode 450: Emily Watson of Milwaukee’s Wood Violet and our Stories of Resilience guest, Janis Harris of ASCFG and Harris Flower Farm
Apr 22, 2020
Episode 449: Walt Krukowski of Vermont’s Mountain Flower Farm and his Story of Resilience; plus Lisa Ziegler of The Gardener’s Workshop
Apr 15, 2020
Episode 448: Florist Katie McClain of Tucson’s Posh Petals; plus, our Stories of Resilience guest Mandy O’Shea of 3 Porch Farm
Apr 08, 2020
Episode 447: Farmer-florist April Vomfell of Flathead Farmworks in Kalispell, Montana; plus, Stories of Resilience guest Tammy Myers of LORA Bloom
Apr 01, 2020
Episode 446: Checking in with Melissa Feveyear of Terra Bella Flowers; plus, kicking off our Stories of Resilience series with Celeste Monke of Free Range Flowers
Mar 25, 2020
Episode 445: Mara Tyler of Pennsylvania’s The Farm at Oxford, a boutique cut flower farm and botanical shop
Mar 18, 2020
Episode 444: Ingrid Koivukangas of Alchemy Farm Flowers on diversifying into agrotourism, and our first ASCFG leadership guest, Erin McMullen of Rain Drop Farms
Mar 11, 2020
Episode 443: Women at Work: Making a Living While Following Your Plant Passion, with author Jennifer Jewell and three of the 75 women profiled in her new book, “The Earth in Her Hands”
Mar 04, 2020
Episode 442: New York’s Jenny Rae Siplo of Flowerwell, a Flower Farm & Design Studio
Feb 26, 2020
Meet Karen Marshall and Tina Barkley, the creatives behind Fleurs de Villes – a Bespoke Floral Phenomenon
Feb 19, 2020
Episode 440: On the elements of floral style, with floral artist, teacher and author Christin Geall of Cultivated
Feb 12, 2020
Episode 439: Meet Hans and Lisa Larsen, Sunborn Gardens’ next generation
Feb 05, 2020
Episode 438: Rooted Farmers: A New Online Marketplace for Selling and Buying Local Flowers
Jan 29, 2020
Episode 437: What makes a Trend? Join me in a creative conversation with Hitomi Gilliam, Francoise Weeks, Rebecca Raymond and Colin Gilliam as we plan the upcoming Trend Summit 2020
Jan 22, 2020
Episode 436 A marriage of plants and flowers with farmer-florist Gwen Sayers of Scattered Seeds and Paul Sayers of Pine Creek Farms & Nursery
Jan 15, 2020
Episode 435: Heather Henson of Boreal Blooms and Clara Qualizza of Meadow & Thicket Farm Flowers, co-hosts of The Sustainable Flowers Podcast
Jan 08, 2020
Episode 434 Slow Flowers’ 2020 Floral Insights & Industry Forecast, plus our final state focus: Wyoming
Jan 01, 2020
Episode 433: Our Year in Review – Slow Flowers’ 2019 Year in Review, Plus Our Wisconsin State Guest
Dec 26, 2019
Episode 432: Slow Flowers’ Holiday Music Special with Carolyn Kulb of Folk Art Flowers; plus, our state focus: West Virginia
Dec 18, 2019
Episode 431: Meet Rebecca Slattery of Persephone Farm in Washington State
Dec 11, 2019
Episode 430: Two Virginia floral voices: Shanda Zelaya of Flor de Casa Designs and Kate Meyer of Chatham Flower Farm
Dec 04, 2019
Bonus Episode: All About Filoli Historic House & Garden – our Venue for the 2020 Slow Flowers Summit
Dec 02, 2019
Episode 429: A visit to Vermont with Liz Krieg of Maple Flower Farm
Nov 27, 2019
Episode 428: Utah’s Blossoming Floral Renaissance with Heather Griffiths of Wasatch Blooms and Ali Harrison and Lindy Bankhead of Florage Utah
Nov 20, 2019
Episode 427: Two Inspiring Voices from Flower Farmers of Ireland; plus, our state focus: Texas
Nov 13, 2019
Episode 426: Ponderosa & Thyme’s Katie Davis; plus, our state focus: Tennessee
Nov 06, 2019
Episode 425: Flowers in Washington’s San Juan Islands with Erin Shackelford of Camas Designs and Jenny Harris of Catkin; plus, our state focus: South Dakota
Oct 30, 2019
Episode 424: A conversation with Sarah Daken and Tom Precht of Maryland’s Grateful Gardeners, plus, our state focus: South Carolina
Oct 23, 2019
Episode 423: Taylor Patterson of New York-based Fox Fodder Farm, plus, our state focus: Rhode Island
Oct 16, 2019
Episode 422: Flower Math with Alison Ellis of Real Flower Business, plus, our state focus: Pennsylvania
Oct 09, 2019
Episode 421: Patience Pickner and Ace Berry, two AIFD florists, on choosing local and domestic flowers for their Inspired Design Retreat, plus, our state focus: Oregon
Oct 02, 2019
Episode 420: Pamela Parker of JP Parker Flowers – on combining full-service retail & event florals with an Indiana flower farm, plus, our state focus: Oklahoma
Sep 25, 2019
Episode 419: Meet Slow Flowers’ youngest member, 18-year-old farmer-florist Mary Schaefbauer of Sonnenblume Flower Farm & Design, plus, our state focus: Ohio
Sep 18, 2019
Episode 418: A visit to Utah’s emerging cut flower community with Laura Pittard of Poppin’ Blossoms; plus, our state focus North Dakota
Sep 11, 2019
Episode 417: Meet Hometown Flower Collective – a Mobile and Digital Florist on Long Island
Sep 04, 2019
Episode 416: North Carolina-grown, with Bowerbird Flowers & Apothecary Floral and Flourish Flower Farm
Aug 28, 2019
Episode 415: Floral design takes a botanical journey with Sylvia Lukach of Cape Lily, plus our State Focus: New York
Aug 21, 2019
Episode 414: Jen Ladd of Sweet Posy Floral, on growing for local customers and destination weddings in Bend, Oregon; plus our State Focus: New Mexico
Aug 14, 2019
Episode 413: Meet Misty VanderWeele of Alaska’s All Dahlia’d Up, plus our State Focus: New Jersey
Aug 07, 2019
Episode 412: The Flowering of Brooklyn with Molly Oliver Flowers, plus our State Focus: New Hampshire
Jul 31, 2019
Episode 411: pot + box’s Lisa Waud on creative challenges, tackling change, nurturing community and taking Slow Flowers to the next level, plus our State Focus: Nevada
Jul 24, 2019
Episode 410: Meet the women behind My Garden Overfloweth, Teresa Engbretson and Katie Elliott, plus our State Focus: Nebraska
Jul 17, 2019
Episode 409: Learning to See Color in Nature, and in the Garden with artist Lorene Edwards Forkner, plus our State Focus: Montana
Jul 10, 2019
Episode 408: Botanical Couture in Charleston, S.C., with Toni Reale of Roadside Blooms and Laura Mewbourn of Feast and Floral, plus our State Focus: Missouri
Jul 03, 2019
Episode 407: Kicking off American Flowers Week with the Washington (State) Flowers Project
Jun 27, 2019
Episode 406: Take a Floral Field Trip with Kelly Shore and Mary Kate Kinnane, plus Our State Focus: Minnesota
Jun 19, 2019
Episode 405: Sustainable Floristry with Tobey Nelson and Our State Focus: Michigan
Jun 12, 2019
Episode 404: Seed to Bloom to Vase with Stacey Denton of Oregon’s Flora Farm & Design Studio and Our State Focus: Massachusetts
Jun 05, 2019
Episode 403: The Inspirational Royal Florist Shane Connolly and Our State Focus: Maryland
May 29, 2019
Episode 402: The World of British Garden Murder Mysteries with Author Marty Wingate and State Focus: Maine
May 22, 2019
Episode 401: Baylor Chapman and her new book Decorating with Plants and our State Focus: Louisiana
May 15, 2019
Episode 400: Slow Flowers in Calgary with Becky Feasby of Prairie Girl Flowers, plus our State Focus: Kentucky
May 08, 2019
Episode 399: Celebrating our 300th Episode with Teresa Sabankaya, the Posy Book and Our State Focus: Kansas
May 01, 2019
Episode 398: Join me at the Slow Flowers Dinner on the Farm, plus State Focus: Iowa
Apr 24, 2019
Episode 397: On Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden with Jennifer Jewell of Public Radio’s Cultivating Place, plus State Focus: Indiana
Apr 17, 2019
Episode 396: Floral Artist Whit McClure of Los Angeles-based Whit Hazen, plus State Focus: Illinois
Apr 10, 2019