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The Flower Files is a flower farming podcast for growers, florists, and flower lovers who want to grow beautiful cut flowers and turn them into a sustainable business. Hosted by Liza Goetz of Wildly Native Flower Farm, this show blends real-life flower farming experience with practical advice on cut flower farming, selling flowers, and building a local flower business.
Each episode dives into the honest, behind-the-scenes realities of running a small flower farm — from growing cut flowers and seasonal planning to pricing, farmers market sales, and creative ways to connect with customers. You’ll hear conversations about simple gardening, sustainable growing practices, and what it really takes to make flowers profitable without losing the joy of growing them.
Whether you’re just starting out or scaling an established operation, The Flower Files offers florist education, flower business tips, and encouragement rooted in experience. This podcast is for anyone interested in Growing flowers, is a flower lover, if you want to start selling flowers, growing locally, and building a thoughtful, sustainable flower farming business that fits real life.
Subscribe to The Flower Files for weekly conversations that help you grow smarter, sell confidently, and stay inspired by flowers.
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Ep 107 - What Soil Tests Actually Tell You
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Ep 108 - How to Create a Brand for your Business
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Ep 106 - Soil Myths That Are Costing You Blooms
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Ep 105 - From Seed Bed to Sales Floor - The Journey of a Flower
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Ep 104 - From Ring To Plan: How To Start Planning Your Wedding
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Ep 103 - All About Composting - What If Our Best Flowers Start With What We Throw Away?
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Ep 102 - What Does It Mean To Amend Your Soil?
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Ep 101 - Im Engaged! Questions To Ask Your Florist
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Ep 100 - What It's Like To Do 100 Podcast Episodes
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Ep 99 - Starting Late, Starting Small, or Starting Over In The Garden Is All OK
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Ep 98 - How to Make My Wedding More Me - Turning Your Ideas Into Reality
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Ep 97 - Wedding Trends For 2026 - What Are We Seeing?
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Ep 96 - Seasonal Cut Flower Varieties: What to Grow, When, Why (and What to Skip)
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Ep 95 - How Do I Set Goals For My Garden
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Ep 94 - How to Make Changes as a Flower Farm
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Ep 93 - Our Year In Bloom - Spotify does it, why shouldn't we?
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Ep 92 - Wed Society Unveiling Night - What it was Like To Be There for the First One!
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Ep 91 - Inside The World’s Most Precious Spice: Growing, Harvesting, And Using Saffron
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Ep 90 - A Simple Money System Discussion with the Budget Besties Team!
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Ep 89 - Building Lush, Natural Holiday Wreaths
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Ep 88 - More Petals, Less Panic: How To Grow Without Melting Down
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Ep 87 - Wed Society's Look Book - Print Isn’t Dead—It’s Your Wedding Superpower
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Ep 86 - All About Elderberries - A Talk with Heartland Elderberry Farms
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Ep 85 - Funeral Flowers: Meaning, Memories, and Modern Traditions
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Ep 84 - Why Eucalyptus Wins: History, Growing Tips, And Design Uses
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Ep 83 - From Farmer's Market to Amazon: Scaling Your Floral Brand
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Ep 82 - Starting a Flower Farm: Is the Life You Want Hidden in a Handful of Blooms?
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Ep 81 - The Breaking Point: When Success Costs Too Much
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Ep 80 - Flowers, Farms, and Female Cycles: Nature's Perfect Rhythms
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Ep 79 - When Flowers Become Medicine: A Gardener's Mental Health Journey
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Ep 78 - Preserving Your Flowers In Resin - Chatting with Andrea Cole About How to Preserve Your Bouquet
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Ep 77 - Ghosted, Rejected, and Undervalued: Why Potential Clients Walk Away
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Ep 76 - The Power of Reviews: Growing Your Business Through Social Proof
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Ep 75 - Talking About Orchids With the Largest Wholesale Supplier in the US!
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Ep 74 - Confessions of Accidental Plant Killers
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Ep 73 - Flower Farmers: It's a Real Job
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Ep 72 - From Paychecks to Petals: Navigating Life as Your Own Boss
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Ep 71 - The Art of Product Launch: From Crickets to Customers
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Ep 70 - Beyond Garnish: The Untapped Power of Edible Blooms
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Ep 69 - Edible Florals - What Flowers Can I Eat From My Garden?
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Ep 68 - The Goat Chase: True Stories From Flower Delivery Adventures
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Ep 67 - Behind the Scenes of Wedding Flowers
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Ep 66 - Wet Your Plants: An Honest Discussion About Irrigation
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Ep 65 - Hot Plants, Cool Tips: A Florist's Guide to Summer Gardening
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Jun 07, 2025 |
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Ep 64 - A deep dive into Peonies!
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Ep 63 - Get Ready for the Weeds: Comparing Mulch, Fabric and More!
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May 27, 2025 |
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Ep 62 - Wildflowers: Ethical Foraging for Floral Design
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May 13, 2025 |
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Ep 61 - How To Be a Sustainable Florist
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May 07, 2025 |
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Ep 60 - Harvesting Flowers: When to Cut for Peak Bloom
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Ep 59 - Pests, Diseases, and Weather. OH MY!
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Ep 58 - Clippers vs. Knife: What we Use
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Ep 57 - How to Stand Out: Cut Flowers at Market
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Ep 56 - How to Make Cut Flowers Last Longer: Florist Secrets You Must Know
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Ep 55 - Day in the Life of a Flower Farmer
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Ep 54 - Seed Starting 101
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Ep 53 - Soil Secrets: How to Build Healthy Soil Beds
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Ep 52 - How to Select Types of Floral Greens
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Ep 51 - What are the Hardest Flowers to Grow?
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Ep 50 - Behind the Scenes of Floral Mechanics - How to Create!
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Ep 49 - How to Start a Flower Farm
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Ep 48 - Talking to Brides as a Business Owner
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Ep 47 - Breaking into the Wedding Industry with Flowers
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Ep 46 - Our Top Cut Flower Varieties
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Ep 45 - Picking Perennial Varieties for Cut Flowers
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Ep 44 - Catalogs and Seed Picking - how to pick the best varieties.
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Ep 43 - Goal Setting: This Year in Review
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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Ep 42 - Whisking through the seasons: Our favorite cookies to make!
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Ep 41 - Through the Seasons: From Field, to Dried, to Gifting
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Ep 40 - Holiday Traditions: Florals and Family
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Ep 39 - The Art of Wreath Making!
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Ep 38 - What are you thankful for?
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Ep 37 - Garden Clean Up: What to do?
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Ep 36 - Hoop House Growing: What Works for Us!
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Ep 35 - Wedding Clean Up's: What are our stories?
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Ep 34 - Choose your Character: Wedding Florist, Flower Farmer, Or Florist shop?
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Ep 33 - All about Poisonous Flowers
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Ep 32 - POV: The after wedding blues
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Ep 31 - What's to love about fall?
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Ep 30 - Instagram Roulette
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Ep 29 - Flowers after the Wedding: What do you do with them?
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Ep 28 - Escaping the Classroom
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Ep 27 - A Hairstylists Perspective: Exploring the Versatility of Floral Hair Pieces for Weddings
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Ep 26 - Let’s Get Published in a Magazine with Jen Quinn
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Ep 25 - Tractors, Tales, and Farmyard Follies
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Ep 24 - Navigating the Aisles: Wedding Planning with Sara Reynolds
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May 28, 2024 |
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Ep 23 - Floral Dreams and Neon Lights: Sammie's Wedding Story
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May 21, 2024 |
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Ep 22 - A Wedding Recap: Annie and Al's Wedding
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May 14, 2024 |
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Ep 21 - Elegance in Ink: The Transformation of Wedding Stationary
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May 07, 2024 |
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Ep 20 - Planning Trends for 2024: A Wedding Planner’s Perspective with Allie Yoder
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Ep 19 - The Essence of Hospitality: Crafting Memories with Hannah Warsh at Hyatt Place
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Ep 18 - Dressing Dreams and the Art of Bridal Fashion
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Ep 17 - Enhancing Ambiance: Creative Ways to Use Candles
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Ep 16 - Tales from the Tidewater Inn
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Ep 15 - Events with Greenery: Garden Dreams to Lush Scenes
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Ep 14 - Unleash Your Creativity: Designing Cakes with Edible Flowers
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Ep 13 - Your Wedding Color Scheme: How to Pick Flowers by the Season
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Ep 12 - Content Creation: Instagram vs. Reality - Styled Shoots
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Ep 11 - From Insects to Hurricanes: The Climate Change Chronicles in Agriculture
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Ep 10 - The Art of Weaving SEO and Web Design with CJ Price
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Ep 9 - Whispers in the Petals: Tracing Valentine's Traditions from Roman Roots to Romantic Roses
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Ep 8 - Behind the Blooms: Unraveling the Floral Industry
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Ep 7 - So we Planted Some Flowers; Now what?
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Ep 6 - Flower Farmer Reality
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Ep 5 - Field to Photo: Getting from Point A to Point B with Flowers
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Ep 4 - Kenly's Chronicles: What We're Growing Now
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Ep 3 - Cultivating Passions: The Art and Earth of Flower Farming with Liza from Wildly Native
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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Ep 1 - Navigating Event Planning: Insights from Carlos Lopez
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Ep 2 - Sprouting Social Media: The Journey of a Flower Farmer
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Jan 02, 2024 |