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Episode 763: Colleen McCoole Payne on collective flower selling through Kansas City Flower Farmers Wholesale Market
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Episode 762: Sarah Nayani of Grow Girl Seattle on teaching gardeners how to plan and plant their backyard cutting gardens
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Episode 761: Growing Flower Seedlings for Profit, with Kate Skelton of Gratitude Flowers, Carol Wetzel of The Little Farm on Olga Road, and Fawn Rueckert of Sego Lily Flower Farm and Snuck Flowers
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Episode 760: “The Beginner’s Cut Flower Garden,” with author Elizabeth Brown of Foxglove Farmhouse
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Episode 759: “Beautiful Roses,” with author Janice Cox of Natural Beauty at Home
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Episode 758: “Modern Floriography: Flowers, Gardens, and Gifts Inspired by the Language of Flowers,” with author Teresa Sabankaya
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Episode 757: Briana Selstad Bosch of Blossom and Branch Farm on her new book, “The Regenerative Gardener’s Handbook.”
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Episode 756: Sarah Coldwell of Honeybee Grove Flower Farm – on building a destination floral enterprise on U-Pick, farmers’ and makers’ markets, and seasonal flower festivals
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Episode 755: Developing a Tree and Plant Rental Service with Anne Bradfield of Analog Floral and Analog Plant Rental and Chris Robinson of My Patio Tree
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Episode 754: Slow Flowers Floral Insights and Industry Forecast for 2026
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Episode 753: Ten Years Later, Revisiting the Story of Stars of the Meadow Flower Farm with Marybeth Wehrung
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Episode 752: Deb Majerus and Joel MacDonald of Minnesota’s Iron Butterfly Flower Farm
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Episode 751: Ranunculus Growing Secrets with Brooke Palmer of Jenny Creek Flowers
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Episode 750: Susan Chambers of San Francisco-based bloominCouture – a luxury florist designs with seasonal and local flowers
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Episode 749: Floral Tourism visits historic gardens and modern-day flower festivals of Holland and Belgium, with Debra Prinzing, Lorene Edwards Forkner and Lois Moss
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Episode 748: Flowers & Ceramics, creating a floral enterprise that combines one artist’s passions, with Michelle Hartney
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Episode 747: Jennifer Gulizia of The Flowering Farmhouse on dahlia breeding, podcasting, filming a documentary and building a flower farm from the ground up
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Episode 746: Slow Flowers in Sweden, with Eva Eliasson, chairwoman of Snittblomsodlare (Slow Flowers Sweden)
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Episode 745: Rachel Burgoon of Feathers & Flowers in Washington’s Wenatchee Valley
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Episode 744: Abbie Zabar’s new book, BOUQUET: Floral Arrangements at the Metropolitan Museum
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Episode 743: Discovering NYC’s new source for locally-grown flowers with Brooklyn’s Flower Aggregate co-founder Jessica Balnaves
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Episode 742: Brian and Kimberley Hautau of New Jersey’s Hautau & Sons on Year-Round Growing and Supplying Local Flowers to NYC’s Wholesale Market
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Episode 741: Dried Floral Magic with Bethany and Charles Little of Charles Little & Co.
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Episode 740: The Lily Episode with Jessica High of Flamingo Holland Bulbs and Peterkort Roses’ Year-Round Lily Program with Norman Peterkort and Sandra Laubenthal
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Episode 738: Santa Cruz Flower Hub’s Kelly Brown and Rooted Farmers’ Amelia Ihlo
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Episode 738: Meet Melissa Olson of Penflora Designs, a Bay Area floral studio and lifestyle shop reflecting her love of nature, the garden, and local blooms
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Episode 737: Herbs for floral design (and the garden) with Stefani Bittner of Homestead Design Collective and Rose Loveall of Morningsun Herb Farm
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Episode 736: Meet the people, farms, and florists shaping Japan’s Slow Flowers Movement
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Episode 735: The magic of dahlias with Anne Long of The Dahlia House
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Episode 734: A visit to The Little Farm on Olga Road, with Carol Wetzel and Allan Tone, where customers are welcomed to harvest the beauty of flowers, herbs, and vegetables
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Episode 733: Field tour and design demonstration with Alicia Houston of Healer’s Harvest
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Episode 732: Celebrating Taylor Swift’s Engagement as People Magazine’s Floral Expert with Ashley Greer of Atelier Ashley Flowers
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Episode 731: High Desert Dahlias on Colorado’s Front Range, with Dianne Reitan of Dianne’s Dahlias
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Episode 730: Meet farmer-florist Colleen Raney of Diadem Flowers as we discuss her new project, Songbird Seed Co., specializing in hard-to-find British sweet pea seeds and more
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Episode 729: Jenny Jonak of Dragon Song Farm on building community, enriching a family’s lifestyle, and encouraging creative expression through flower farming
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Episode 728: Building a Successful Floral Tourism Destination, with Lori and Jim Bochner of Bochner Farms in Indianola, Iowa
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Episode 727: A tour of La Flor Farm’s dahlia fields, where four generations grow exquisite blooms for the Seattle Wholesale Growers Market and local florists
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Episode 726: Navigating weddings as a farmer-florist with Julie Raymond of Bittersweet Gardens
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Episode 725: Slow Flowers returns to Sunny Meadows Flower Farm to celebrate The Flower Farmers with Steve and Gretel Adams
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Episode 724: When a flower farmer opens a retail design studio, with Stacey Chapman of Westwind Flowers Farm & Studio
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Episode 723: Drawing from her family’s horticulture roots, Michigan-based farmer-florist Erin Webb of Florista of West Olive shares a farm tour and design demonstration
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Episode 722: Ondrea Kidd of Post Falls, Idaho-based Sowing Joy Farm named Top 10 Florists to Watch in 2025 by MSN
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Episode 721: Designer-Grower Annika McIntosh of Hazel Designs and a bonus tour of Bellingham’s Field to Floral Market
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Episode 720: Killing Frost Farm’s Jamie Rogers on solo flower farming in western Montana
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Episode 719: Weddings from the Garden, with urban farmer-florist Eleanor Blackford of Bloomwood Floral
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Episode 718: The Flower Farmers, with co-authors Robin Avni and Debra Prinzing; plus a bonus interview with Daniel Sparler, the book’s horticulture editor
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May 28, 2025 |
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Episode 717: The future of Plant Masters, with legacy growers Leon and Carol Carrier, and their son Lee, next generation flower farmer now leading the family business
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May 21, 2025 |
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Episode 716: More than a side hustle, flower farming and floral design with Marly Surena-Llorens of Fenimore & Rutland
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May 14, 2025 |
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Episode 715: From Farmers’ Market to Elevated Retail, with Abby Matson of Diddle and Zen and Julie Rémy of Fleuris Orchard and Blooms
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May 07, 2025 |
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Episode 714: An inspiring conversation with Frances Palmer, ceramic artist, photographer, flower gardener, and author of Life With Flowers
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Episode 713: Sydney Fee of Fee, Fi, Fo Farm on how her sustainable hospitality and tourism background supports her farmer-florist enterprise
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Episode 712: Growing and Designing with Hellebores. Meet our Hellebore Experts, Diane Szukovathy and Dennis Westphall of Jello Mold Farm and Rizaniño “Riz” Reyes of RHR Horticulture
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Episode 711: Flower farming as a second career with environmental educator Amy Brodbeck Linhart of Humming Harvest Farm
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Episode 710: Celebrating 100 years of California flower farming with Mike A. Mellano of Mellano & Co.
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Episode 709: Diana Roy of Resendiz Brothers Protea Growers on welcoming the 2025 International Protea Conference to their fields
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Episode 708: Reconceptualized Sympathy Flowers with Nicole Wright of The Pink Peony
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Episode 707: Cassie Plummer of Vermont’s Jig-Bee Flower Farm on diversifying with open-pollinated, non-GMO treated, sustainably-grown flower seeds
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Episode 706: Flori’s Lori Poliski on the Art of Pot-et-Fleur, A Large-Scale Design Demonstration With Plants, Cut Flowers, and Foliage
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Episode 705: Growing Flowers in the Edible Garden, with Willi Galloway, author of “Grow Cook Eat”
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Episode 704: Sweet Pea School with Marryn Mathis of The Farmhouse Flower Farm
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Episode 703: The New Art of Paper Flowers with Quynh Nguyen of Pink & Posey
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Episode 702: Sustainable Floral Design and its History, with Per Benjamin – author, World Cup Winner, and florist for the Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Episode 701: Meet Mother-Daughter Duo Kim Urso and Kylie Pack of Yellow Petal Farm, Nevada’s Small-Business Agriculture Award Recipients for 2024
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Episode 700: How Sue Dykstra and Kelly Lewis of Michigan’s Creekside Growers transitioned a 25-year-old retail plant nursery into a cut flower farm with year-round production
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Episode 699: Building a Flower Farm Centered Around Floral Tourism with Misty Vanderweele of All Dahlia’d Up Flower Farm in Palmer, Alaska
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Episode 698: Slow Flowers Floral Insights and Industry Forecast for 2025
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Episode 697: Best of 2024 (Encore) Secrets of a Sustainable Wedding Florist with Jessica Stewart of Pittsburgh’s Bramble & Blossom
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Episode 696: Our 2024 Year in Review for Slow Flowers Society with Debra Prinzing
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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Episode 695 – New Cut Flower Seeds for 2025 + Flower Breeding News with Hillary Alger, Joy Longfellow, and Lindsay Wyatt of Johnny’s Selected Seeds
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Episode 694 – A Conversation with Mary Jo Hoffman on her new book STILL: The Art of Noticing
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Episode 693 – The Wonderful World of Willows with Alana Karam of Willamette Willows
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Episode 692 – The Art and Business of Pressed Flowers with Ottawa-based Kate Punnett of The August Press
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Episode 692 Bonus: Sarah Statham of Simply By Arrangement (Encore)
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Episode 691 – The Case for Growing Winter Tulips with Brooke Palmer of Jenny Creek Flowers
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Episode 690 – Elizabeth Fichter of Queen Bee Blooms shares how to have the conversation that will change perceptions around local flowers
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Episode 689 – Marigold and Mint Botanicals’ Izzie Klingels on flowers as an artist’s medium
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Episode 688 – How to bring more sustainability into your studio or retail shop, with Blair Lynn of Maryland-based Sweet Blossoms
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Episode 687 – Secrets of Successful Lily Growers with Gretel Adams of Sunny Meadows Flower Farm and Ko Klaver of Zabo Plant
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Episode 686 – An autumn flower farm tour + conversation with Caitlin Carnahan of Diamond Day Bouquet, based on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Episode 685 – Florals for Corporate and Event Clients with Casey Schwartz and Kit Wertz of Flower Duet
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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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
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Episode 683 – Paulina Nieliwocki of Blue Jasmine Floral welcomes us to her New Jersey studio and designs a foam-free floral arrangement
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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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
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Episode 681: Slow Flowers goes Back to School with sustainable floral educator Sarah Berquist of Stockbridge School of Agriculture at University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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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
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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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!
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Episode 678: Slow Flowers Visits France (Part 2) – a tour of Les Singulières Ferme Florale with flower farmer Coralie Vinet
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Episode 677: Slow Flowers Visits France to catch up with former Los Angeles flower farmer Tara Kolla of Mill on the Rock
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Episode 676: Petal & Pitchfork’s Stacy Marshall hosts sustainable design workshop with Rachel Wardley of UK’s Tallulah Rose Flower School
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Episode 675: Lexi Richards of British Columbia’s Twiggage & Bloom on developing corporate and public art commissions as a floral studio’s specialty niche
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Episode 674: Floral designer Jayson Munn on living slow and seasonally, letting the garden be your aesthetic influence, and sourcing flowers close to home
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Episode 673: Connections and collaborations to build a solid market presence in northeast Ohio, with Emily Pek of Frayed Knot Farm
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Episode 672: Alice Blue Collective celebrates tenth anniversary of designing flowers in St. Louis, Missouri
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Episode 671: Learning from Tree Collectors, a conversation with Flower Confidential’s Amy Stewart about her new book that reveals “tales of arboreal obsession”
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Episode 670: A visit to Primrose Lane Farm, an Alberta, Canada, and a conversation with flower farmer Kristen Primrose
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Episode 669: Making fashion with flowers, in our 10th anniversary celebration of American Flowers Week with five creators of our 2024 botanical couture collection
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Episode 668: Slow Flowers Summit Preview with Farmer-Florists Melanie Harrington of Dahlia May Flower Farm and Janis Harris of Harris Flower Farm
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Episode 667: Slow Flowers on the Road – a Visit to Dutch Lily Days
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Episode 665: Home in Bloom with Author, Educator and Floral Artist Ariella Chezar
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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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
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May 29, 2024 |
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Episode 663: Designing with Dried Flowers – a new book by Hannah Muller of Full Belly Farm and Wreath Room
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May 22, 2024 |
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Episode 662: Flower farming meets the retail flower shop with Little Petal Farm
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May 15, 2024 |
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Episode 661: Spring Tune-Up for Florists, Shops, and Studios with Althea Wiles of Rose of Sharon Floral Design Studio
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May 08, 2024 |
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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
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May 01, 2024 |
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Episode 659: Designer Leslie Bennett, co-author of Garden Wonderland and founder of Pine House Edible Gardens and Black Sanctuary Gardens
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Episode 658: Meet floral marketing strategist Sahid Nahim, host of YouTube’s The Bloom Show
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Episode 657: Meet Michelle Kenny, executive director the new Pacific Northwest Florists Association
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Episode 656: Follow the Blooms with Host and Producer Katie Lila, and Bloom TV Network’s founder & CEO Monica Michelle
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Episode 655: A visit to Françoise Weeks’ studio and a peek into her new book, Wonder of the Woodlands
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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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
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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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
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Episode 652: Building a niche supplying flower seedlings for farmers and gardeners with Kate Skelton of Gratitude Flowers
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Episode 651: Growing and Designing With Fragrant Flowers with Stefani Bittner of Homestead Design Collective
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Episode 650: Cooperative Flower Network of Edmonton, Alberta – a new local flower hub with grower-members Moira MacKinnon and Sarah Laudin
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Episode 649: Flowers as Art: Botanical Couture and Floral Installations with Jennifer Reed of Jennifer Designs
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Episode 648: Our pre-Valentine’s Day Virtual Tour of American-grown flowers with Joost Bongaerts and the Florabundance team
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Episode 647: Meet Elizabeth and Mike Zawislak of Bluegreen Gardens, a Lancaster, Ohio-based boutique flower farm
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Episode 646: Secrets of a Sustainable Wedding Florist with Jessica Stewart of Pittsburgh’s Bramble & Blossom
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Episode 645: The Mum Project Update with Jessica Hall of Harmony Harvest Farm
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Episode 644: Roadside Blooms’ Toni Reale – on taking risk to buy land and build a new flower shop in North Charleston, South Carolina
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Episode 643: Slow Flowers Floral Insights and Industry Forecast for 2024
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Episode 642: Debra Prinzing Reflects on Slow Flowers Society’s 2023 Year in Review
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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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
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Episode 640: New Flower Introductions for 2024 with Hillary Alger and Joy Longfellow of Johnny’s Selected Seeds
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Episode 639: Kristen Rubin of Sweetwater Stem Co. and the new Gig Harbor Flower Farmers Guild
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Episode 638: A visit to Washington flower farm Field to Heart, with Dee Swan and Valiant Poole
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Episode 637: Growing high-value cut flowers for Dallas weddings and event florists, with Sarah Jo Eversole of Everbloom Fields
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Episode 636: Slow Flowers Summit heads to Canada in 2024. Meet Becky Feasby, Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed, and Lourdes Still
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Episode 635: Making space for local flowers at the conventional wholesale florist, with Andrea Grist of Florasource KC
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Episode 634: Marigolds and Succulent Pumpkins, autumn botanical design with Caitlin Mathes of The Marigold Gardens and Eileen Tongson of FarmGal Flowers
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Episode 633: Building a Community of Local Flower Farmers Over Pie and Coffee, with Jodi Logue of Moss and Madder Farm
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Episode 632: Celebrating our 10th Anniversary! From the Slow Flowers Podcast Archives – an Encore of Episode 566 with Joanna Letz of Bluma Flower Farm
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Episode 631: Celebrating our 10th Anniversary! From the Slow Flowers Podcast Archives – an Encore of Episode 529 with David Brunton of Right Field Farm
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Episode 630: Celebrating our 10th Anniversary! From the Slow Flowers Podcast Archives – an Encore of Episode 475 with Talia Boone of Postal Petals
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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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
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Episode 628: Jennifer Jewell’s love letter to seeds and her new book, “What We Sow”
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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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
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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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
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Episode 625: Kristen Griffith-VanderYacht designs a signature summer arrangement and introduces “Flower Love,” his new book
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Episode 624: Brooklyn in Bloom with Suzanna Cameron of Stems Brooklyn Florist
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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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
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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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
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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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
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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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
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Episode 619: Meet Erin Greene, King Estate Winery’s culinary garden manager, on growing organic and biodynamic food and flowers
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Episode 618: Fiber and Flowers: Elaine Vandiver of Gholson Gardens and Old Homestead Alpacas updates her story
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Episode 617: A visit to Anne and Scott Sumner’s Walla Walla Flower Farm with a bonus fiddle-and-guitar performance
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Episode 616: Meet the Creatives who designed our American Flowers Week 2023 Botanical Couture Collection
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Episode 615: Slow Flowers Summit Speaker Round-up with our subject experts in Flower Farming, Floral Design and Sustainability
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Episode 614: Julio Freitas of The Flower Hat designs a spring arrangement and previews his Slow Flowers Summit appearance
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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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
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Episode 611: A conversation with Julie Remy of Fleuris Studio and Blooms and a tour of her prolific cutting garden on Vancouver Island
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May 24, 2023 |
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Episode 610: Growing and selling cut flowers in the high desert Rocky Mountain region with Gretchen Langston of Blooms Colorado
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May 17, 2023 |
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Episode 609: Falling in love with a country farm and building a life around flowers with Abby Matson of Diddle & Zen
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May 10, 2023 |
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Episode 608: New Crop Pricing Tools with Rooted Farmers’ Amelia Ihlo and Garden State Flower Cooperative’s Leah Ducey
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May 03, 2023 |
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Episode 607: From Botanist to Flower Farmer with Kate Watters of Arizona’s Wild Heart Farm
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Episode 606: The Profitability Sweet Spot for Selling to Wholesale Florists with Jessie Witscher of Vermont’s Understory Farm
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Episode 605: The Color of Roses with Rose Story Farms’ Danielle Hahn
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Episode 604: Sustainable Design for Event Florals with Ingrid Carozzi of Tin Can Studios
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Episode 603: Slow Pottery for Slow Flowers — Artisan Pottery to pair with Artisan Bouquets
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Episode 602: Flower Farming for a Cause at What Cheer Flower Farm with Erin Achenbach
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Episode 601: Meet Rita Feldmann of the Sustainable Floristry Network, a new global education organization for florists
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Episode 600: Becky Feasby of Prairie Girl Flowers on Florists, Invasive Species, and Protecting the Natural World
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Episode 599: Sustainable Luxury Floral Design with Susan Chambers of San Francisco’s bloominCouture
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Episode 598: Alex Cacciari of Michigan’s Seeley Farm on trialing native perennials for the floral market
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Episode 597: All about the new Black Florists Fund and a conversation with its founders and first grant recipient
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Episode 596: Ellen Seagraves of Chic Floral Design (AIFD and EMC) and president of the Independent Floral Designers Association
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Episode 595: Debra Prinzing and Robin Avni Present the 2023 Slow Flowers Floral Insights and Industry Forecast
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Episode 594: Flowers for All with educator and author Susan McLeary
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Episode 593: Tom Precht and Sarah Daken of Grateful Gardeners, on buying farmland and establishing a new aquaponics greenhouse operation
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Episode 592: Creating a sustainable, streamlined, and low-stress wedding floral business with Carolyn Kulb of Bloom Poet
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Episode 591: Debra Prinzing Reflects on Slow Flowers Society’s 2022 Year in Review
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Episode 590: Foraged Design with artist and educator Françoise Weeks
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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Episode 589: Bellevue Botanical Garden’s Joseph Abken introduces the 2023 Slow Flowers Summit Host Venue
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Episode 588: Meet Lourdes Still of Masagana Flower Farm in Manitoba – Experience Guide, Flower Grower and Natural Dyer
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Episode 587: Walking the Talk: Unpacking the Slow Flowers Manifesto and putting our six values into practice for your floral enterprise
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Episode 586: Flower farming on Hawaii’s Big Island with Christian Ingalls of Daisy Dukes Flower Farm
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Episode 585: Diane Szukovathy and Dennis Westphall of Jello Mold Farm on the 10-year publication anniversary of The 50 Mile Bouquet
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Episode 584: Farmer-florist Dee Hall of Mermaid City Flower Farm and founder of Black Flower Farmers
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Episode 583: Farm and Studio Visit with Farmer-Florist Daniele Strawn of JoLee Blooms & Design in Sonoma County, California
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Episode 582: It’s Mum Season with Harmony Harvest Farm’s Jessica Hall and Stephanie Duncan
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Episode 581: Meet Laura Gonzalez of Swallows Secret Garden, a gardener-florist and land steward in Santa Cruz, California
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Episode 580V: High desert flower farming with Trisha Starkey of Petals and Pages
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Episode 579: Flower farming with your sister, with Becky Osborne and Kate Munno of Connecticut’s Becky at Appleberry Farm
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Episode 578: Accidental flower farmers share their roots, with Tracy Yang and Nick Songsangcharntara of JARN Co.
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Episode 577: Building a home-based cut flower business with Backyard Blooms’ Janet Kramka
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Episode 576: Georgia Flower Farm Visit with Rita and Mike Williams of WilMor Farms
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Episode 575: The Floral Coach’s Amy Balsters shares her bouquet-making philosophy and inspiring business model
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Episode 574: Fourth-Year Flower Farmer, a virtual tour and visit with Jenny Chantz of Merritt Meadow Flower Farm in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Episode 573: The 50 Mile Bouquet Series with Charles & Bethany Little of Charles Little & Co.
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Episode 572: Joseph Massie returns the Slow Flowers Podcast to unveil The Flower School, his new beautiful and useful new design book
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Episode 571: Sustainable Everyday Flowers — how a retail studio honors its eco values with Kelsey Ruhland of Foxbound Flowers
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Episode 570: A visit to Blossom & Branch, Briana Bosch’s Colorado Flower Farm
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Episode 569: Flowers & Photography with Krista Rossow of O’Flora Flower Farm
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Episode 568: The 50 Mile Bouquet Series — Peterkort Roses with siblings Sandra Peterkort Laubenthal and Norman Peterkort
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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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
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Episode 566: Growing Cut Flowers on an Urban Roof with Joanna Letz of Berkeley’s Bluma Flower Farm
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Episode 565: Petals and Alpacas at Gholson Gardens in Walla Walla, Washington (Encore Edition)
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Episode 564: Meet the Creatives who designed our American Flowers Week 2022 Botanical Couture Collection
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Episode 563: Slow Flowers Summit 2022 bonus tours with Sylvia Lukach of Cape Lily Floral and Molly Culver of Molly Oliver Flowers
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Episode 562: Susan McLeary shares her large-scale, foam-free, floral design installation techniques at the 2021 Slow Flowers Summit (encore presentation)
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Episode 561: Becky Feasby of Prairie Girl Flowers and IG’s Sustainability Sunday
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Episode 560: Sourcing and designing with American-grown blooms with Michaela Newheart of FlowerFarm.com
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Episode 559: Flowers as Artist’s Muse: Meet Ronni Nicole Robinson (Slow Flowers Summit 2022 speaker preview)
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May 25, 2022 |
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Episode 558: A pottery studio and cutting garden visit with ceramic artist Frances Palmer (Slow Flowers Summit 2022 speaker preview)
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May 18, 2022 |
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Episode 557: How an interior designer expanded into floral design, with Jennifer Driscoll of Redwood Wild Florals
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May 11, 2022 |
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Episode 556: A floral conversation with Andrea K. Grist of Florasource KC and KC Bloom Hub
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May 04, 2022 |
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Episode 555: “Farewell Flowers,” Creating a Sustainable Funeral and Sympathy Practice, with Lori Poliski of Flori LLC, and Tammy Meyers of LORA Bloom
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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Episode 554: A garden and studio tour with Lorene Edwards Forkner, sharing her new book “Color In and Out of the Garden”
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Episode 553: Hitomi Gilliam and Gregor Lersch present the FREESIA Challenge, a new focus on Sustainable Floral Design Education
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Episode 552 (Part Two): Eva Leach, on songwriting as an expression of female empowerment
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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Episode 552 (Part One): Teresa Rao of Belle Pétale designs with local flowers, floriography and French inspiration
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Episode 551: Riz Reyes shares his first book: GROW, A Family Guide to Plants and How to Grow Them
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Episode 550: Celebrate the publication of Black Flora, with author Teresa J. Speight
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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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
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Episode 548: Flowers – Self Care Made Easy, and more about the new flower promotion campaign with Steve Dionne of CalFlowers
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Episode 547: “Small Farm, Big Dreams” with Jennifer and Adam O’Neal of PepperHarrow Farm
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Episode 546: Oregon-grown flowers with Bethany Little of Charles Little & Co. and Beth Syphers of Crowley House Farm
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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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.
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Episode 544: Growing Nursery Customers with a Flower Shop and Cutting Garden Program, with Jen Healy of J&B Garden Center in Albany, Oregon
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Episode 543: Flowers, Food and Fiber with Jennifer Kouvant of Six Dutchess Farm in Hudson Valley, New York
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Episode 542: Welcome to 2022 and the Slow Flowers Floral Insights & Industry Forecast with Debra Prinzing and Bloom Imprint’s Robin Avni
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Episode 541: It’s all in the Details with Corinne Heck of Details Flowers Software
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Episode 540: Slow Flowers Society’s 2021 Year in Review
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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Episode 539: Meet Gina Lett Shrewsberry of Inspirations by Gina and Valerie Crisostomo, founder of Black Girl Florists
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Episode 538: How Seattle floral designer Carlee Donnelly of The Rusted Vase created a floral mannequin for Fleurs de Villes Noel
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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Episode 537: Meet Melissa Mercado-Denke of Seattle’s Campanula Design Studio and learn about her unique and seasonal gifting program
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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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
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Episode 535: Where She Blooms – Lori Poliski of Flori LLC designs a 100% compostable holiday wreath from her charming studio
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Episode 534: Relocalizing Flowers, a Slow Flowers Panel Discussion at the 2021 Tilth Conference
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Episode 533: Flowers as Artist’s Muse with TJ McGrath of TJ McGrath Design
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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Episode 532 Managing growth as a sole-proprietor with farmer-florist Sarah Wagstaff of SUOT Farm and Flowers
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Episode 531: Coaxing Color and Pigment from the World of Foraged Mushrooms, with Julie Beeler of Bloom & Dye
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Episode 530: Encouraging florists to consider a more sustainable business model, a conversation with Libby Francis-Baxter of Baltimore’s The Modest Florist
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Episode 529: Making Bouquets and talking shop with farmer-florist David Brunton of Maryland-based Right Field Farm
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Episode 528: Meet farmer-florist Eileen Tongson of Orlando-based FarmGal Flowers and enjoy her harvest-cornucopia design demonstration
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Episode 527: Grow. Design. Teach. How Sweet Earth Co.’s Xenia D’Ambrosi fine-tuned her brand message with three essential words
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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Episode 526: How a Full-Service Retail Florist Sources Montana-Grown Blooms with Lindsay Irwin of Bitterroot Flower Shop
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Episode 525: Flipping the Script after 18 years as a wedding and event florist with Anne Bradfield of Analog Floral
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Episode 524: The Business of Selling Your Flowers to Florists – Expert advice from farmer-florist Julio Freitas of The Flower Hat
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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Episode 523: Vashon Island Flowers, Part Two: Meet Halee Dams of Marmol Farm
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Episode 522: Vashon Island Flowers, Part One: A Visit to Sweet Alyssum Farm and a conversation with Alyssa O’Sullivan
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Episode 521 Lessons from a Young Flower Farmer and a Visit to Pops Flowers with owner Vanessa Vancuren
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Episode 520: Visit Kris Bennett, gardener-florist at Bennett Botanical Garden and KRISanthemums in Hermiston, Oregon
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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Episode 519: A Bloom-Filled visit to floral icon Françoise Weeks’ studio and to Sid Anna Sherwood’s flower farm
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Episode 518 Kiara Hancock of K. Hancock Events and HBO’s Full Bloom Season 2
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Episode 517: The Growing Kindness Project and its founder, flower farmer Deanna Kitchen of Twig & Vine
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Episode 516: A conversation about the Slow Flowers Movement with Daniel Hartz of the Sustainability Champions Podcast
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Episode 515: Wildflower and Fern’s Sarah Reyes on building an Oakland-based local flower hub supplying retail and wholesale buyers
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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Episode 514: All about growing and breeding dahlias with Kristine Albrecht of Santa Cruz Dahlias
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Episode 513: On “Growing Wonder,” garden roses for floral design with Felicia Alvarez of Menagerie Farm + Flower
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Episode 512: Kelly Shore of Petals by the Shore celebrates American Flowers Week and shares domestic sourcing expertise through The Floral Source
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Episode 511: The Creative Journey, Finding Your Artistic Voice, Truth and Expression with floral artist and educator, Sue McLeary
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Episode 510: An American Flowers Week botanical couture tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Tammy Myers of LORA Bloom
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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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
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Episode 508: Horticulture, pop culture and Black American floral legends with Abra Lee of Conquer the Soil
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Episode 507: Slow Flowers Summit Preview with Kellee Matsushita-Tseng and Emily Saeger on Sustainable Farming x Floral Design
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May 26, 2021 |
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Episode 506 Great News about a new Regional Wholesale Hub with Old Dominion Flower Cooperative
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May 19, 2021 |
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Episode 505: Growing Flowers with Niki Irving of Flourish Flower Farm
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May 12, 2021 |
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Episode 504 A Conversation with Jennifer Jewell, host of public radio’s Cultivating Place and capstone presenter at the 2021 Slow Flowers Summit
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May 05, 2021 |
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Episode 503: Farmer to Florist Collaborations in the SF Bay Area with Hannah Brannan of Gather Flora and Elise Schultheis of The Flower Wagon
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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Episode 502: New Findings on Consumer Attitudes About Domestic & Locally-Grown Flowers with Dave Whitinger and Paul Cohen of the 2021 National Gardening Survey
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Episode 501: The Wild Mother of Oklahoma City, on floral art, activism and storytelling. Meet floral siblings Lauren Palmer, Leah Palmer and Callie Palmer
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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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
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Episode 499: Katherine Raz of The Fernseed, a modern plant shop and floral studio in Tacoma, Washington
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Episode 498: It’s a family affair with Dru Rivers of Full Belly Farm and Hannah Rose Muller of Full Belly Floral
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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Episode 497: Meet Jill Brooke, floral journalist and creator of Flower Power Daily
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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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
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Episode 495: A farmer-florist creates a boutique business on a small island. Meet Lindsey Cummins of Dancing Flower Farm
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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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
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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Episode 493: What is Fleurvana? Join Debra Prinzing’s Conversation with co-founders Shawn Michael Foley and Gina Thresher
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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Episode 492: For Beginning Flower Gardeners, a conversation with authors and podcasters Allison and Sean McManus of Spoken Garden
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Episode 491: The 19-year evolution of a retail florist with Kelly Marie Thompson of Chicago-based Fleur Inc.
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Episode 490: The launch of BLOOM Imprint, Slow Flowers’ new publishing venture, with co-founders Debra Prinzing and Robin Avni
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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Episode 489: Fawn Rueckert of Sego Lily Flower Farm, an urban micro farm in Utah
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Episode 488: Meet my neighborhood florists, Cindi Schriock from CMS Floral Design and Gina Thresher of From the Ground up Floral
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Episode 487: Slow Flowers Floral Insights & Industry Forecast for 2021
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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Episode 486: Slow Flowers’ 2020 Year in Review
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Dec 30, 2020 |
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Episode 485: Slow Flowers’ Holiday Music Special with floral designer-musician Remy Brault of Labellum Flowers and Nest of Seven
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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Episode 484: Recap from the 2020 Young Farmers & Cooks Conference – The Regional Flower Economy: Flower Farming as a Viable and Profitable Facet of Agriculture
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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Episode 483: News from Arizona’s Whipstone Farm and Shanti Rade, ASCFG’s South & Central Region Director
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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Episode 482: All about the 2020 Young Farmers & Cooks Conference and Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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Episode 481: A wedding florist grows a flower farm with Candice Howard of New Jersey-based Duchess Farms
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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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
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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Episode 479: Branding the Sustainable Floral Business with Pilar Zuniga of Berkeley’s Gorgeous and Green
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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Episode 478 Portland Wedding Designer Joy Proctor on creating the Say Their Names Memorial + a Bonus Conversation with Karen Thornton of Avenue 22 Events
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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Episode 477: Growing Your Business with Local Flower Sourcing with Ellen Frost of Local Color Flowers and Lisa Ziegler of The Gardener’s Workshop
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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Episode 476: Extending the Season with a From-the-Farm Product Line, with Natasha McCrary of 1818 Farms in Mooresville, Alabama
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Episode 475: How the COVID shutdown inspired Postal Petals, a conversation with founder and floral entrepreneur Talia Boone
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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Episode 474: A Flower Farmer Enters State Politics, with Stacy Brenner of Maine’s Broadturn Farm
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Episode 473: Reinventing the Bucket Route with Jamie Rogers of Missoula-based Killing Frost Farm
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Episode 472: Meet Virginia-based floral designer Hermon Black of HB Fiore
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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Episode 471: Lisa Fiore of Landscape Hub on the digital plant-selling platform that opens new sales channels for Slow Flowers growers
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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Episode 470: A conversation with Kim Gruetter and Tonneli Gruetter of Whidbey Island’s Salty Acres Farm
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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Episode 469: Blending an artistic practice and commercial floristry, with Kat Claar of From Blossoms
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Episode 468: Slow Flowers’ Social Media Maven Niesha Blancas of Fetching Social
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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Episode 467: Local Flowers for California’s Wine Country, with Santa Rosa floral designer Olivia Rivas of Papillon
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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Episode 466: Black Sanctuary Gardens with Leslie Bennett of Oakland-based Pine House Edible Gardens
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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Episode 465: High desert flower farming in Arizona with Aishah Lurry of Patagonia Flower Farm
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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Episode 464: Petals & Politics — Natasha Harper-Madison’s story, from wedding and event designer to Austin City Council Member
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Jul 29, 2020 |