Slow Flowers Podcast

Episode 785: “Cultivating Place’s” Jennifer Jewell on the Power of Gardeners

https://youtu.be/Gq3hs8tc8Wo?si=64jB7EX2_EMdo-a8 Jennifer Jewell’s long-running public radio show "Cultivating Place" asks: “Is cultivating place well the ability to fee

Episode 784: Visit the Portland (Oregon) garden studio of FloraWood, where designer Jen Wilcoxon draws her inspiration for seasonal floral subscriptions and workshops

https://youtu.be/R-QtKdwKdSU?si=fipDZUssACCpompf If the garden is your muse, or your source of peace and mental wellness, you’ll want to join me today on a restorative a

Episode 783: Science teacher, flower farmer, and floral designer Sara Groeneweg of Bloomz Flower Farm in Washington’s Yakima Valley

https://youtu.be/G89VtK9U79s?si=mfwBN6zQB5hNmBhJ Bloomz Flower Farm is a 25-acre farm and design studio in Zillah, Washington, with gorgeous views of Mt. Adams, surround

Episode 782: Katie Lila brings “Follow the Blooms” to PBS Television Nationwide with a sneak peek of the Slow Flowers Summit Episode

https://youtu.be/Jv0AOhkze38?si=v4B1hNOw4a4Jo9us Spokane, Washington-based floral personality Katie Lila is on a mission to make fresh flowers a cultural expectation. No

Episode 781: Meet Floramama’s Chloé Roy as we kick off Canadian Flowers Week and discuss the English-language edition of her new book

https://youtu.be/SqVoGI3RoGU?si=IZrA4gsWPLOOIDz4 In her new book, Floramama, flower farmer Chloé Roy combines ecological growing practices, proven business strategies, a

Episode 780: Doing it All – Flowers, Plants, and Weddings, with Corinne Bryson of Flora Good Times in Beacon, New York

https://youtu.be/R8chcTR0f-I?si=PxNp5SHukl4Nj9uo In 2019, Corinne Bryson founded Flora Good Times, a retail plant and flower shop and design studio in Beacon, New York.

Episode 779: Seasonal Floral Design with Remy Brault of Labellum Flowers in Bozeman, Montana

https://youtu.be/5rTaqAt8MMA?si=JK-HVupL5vkVczZn Labellum Flowers is a contemporary flower boutique in Bozeman, Montana, by the way of New York, Paris and Los Angeles. F

Episode 778: New Studio, New Branding, New Community with Teresa Rao of Belle Pétale

https://youtu.be/RLtEwfUHmgg Belle Pétale is a boutique floral design studio located in Lakewood, outside Tacoma, Washington. For owner Teresa Rao, each of her made-to-o

Episode 777: Snohomish Co. Flower Collective (bonus interview w/ Alicia Schwede)

https://youtu.be/leh1b6oTw2w The Snohomish County Flower Collective is a regional wholesale floral hub founded in 2023 to bring together nearly 40 growers under one roof

Episode 776: Learn How to Make a Sustainable, European-Style Armature with Gina Thresher of From the Ground Up Floral

https://youtu.be/FMW7OVIK5U8 Based on her recent design workshop for the Seattle Growers Market, Gina Thresher of From the Ground Up Floral shared a design demonstration

Episode 775: The Earth Dress with Alanna Messner-Scholl of Waverly Flower Co., the American Flowers Week Botanical Couture Series, Part Three

https://youtu.be/IgB9f_-9SVc?si=Nd0prSpTRs6Sb7hc Designed by Alanna Messner-Scholl of Waverly Flower Co., the “Earth Dress” is a slender, floor-length gown that appears

Episode 774: Lily Fashions with floral artist Françoise Weeks, the American Flowers Week Botanical Couture Series, Part Two

https://youtu.be/2GBCwmvQz9g?si=acEjUfFB92SDBSJI Our 12th annual American Flowers Week is coming right up – June 28th through July 4th. To showcase this year’s Botanical

Episode 773: The Marigold Gardens with Caitlin Mathes, the American Flowers Week Botanical Couture Series, Part One

https://youtu.be/qLDRA7aDbe0?si=ErpsCddUPW3DRei2 In the runup to our American Flowers Week’s annual Botanical Couture collection, I’m welcoming Caitlin Mathes to the Slo

Episode 772: Diversification Through On-Farm Workshops with Niki Irving of Flourish Flower Farm

https://youtu.be/yJlU-Ca9W3M?si=5Q5zGfnc51bXKSDS Niki and William Irving are proud stewards of Flourish Flower Farm, a 9-acre farm in Asheville, North Carolina. Nestled

Episode 771: Eileen Tongson of Orlando’s FarmGal Flowers on building a cutting garden-based business as a pioneer of the Slow Flowers Movement

https://youtu.be/6Fw4Yodu3Ww?si=9dEb1tKVamN6haAQ I recorded today’s conversation on the final day of our recent flower and garden-inspired river cruise in Holland and Be

Episode 770: Hudson Valley farmer-florist Rebekah Mindel of Meadow Wilds, on growing and designing weddings with a sense of season and place

https://youtu.be/5fCEbvjLDBc?si=L614SYdRlT9RgmFI The cover story of Slow Flowers Journal’s spring issue – published in early May -- features an editorial-style photoshoo

Episode 769: A Conversation about Local Flower Hubs with Jodi Logue of West Sound Floral Exchange

https://youtu.be/UNpJQvGNuPc?si=BsOX2cXLaMTtF44S Jodi Logue is a Pacific Northwest flower farmer based in Olalla, Washington. As owner of Moss and Madder Farm, Jodi beli

Episode 768: Organic flower farming in the Netherlands, with Julian Langelaan of Op Beemster Klei

https://youtu.be/a14eAaKuufw?si=l-DMCSjyfhpK1DBK Julian Langelaan is a pioneer in the emerging organic farming movement in the Netherlands. As the founder of Op Beemster

Episode 767: Floral tourism at FAM Flower Farm in Lisse, Holland

https://youtu.be/NkUs5zQIaCQ?si=r8yE4x6setQ4Zpud In anticipation of my visit to FAM Flower Farm during last month’s Slow Flowers Tulip Tour in Holland and Belgium, I inv

Episode 766: Adding a flower farm and floral shop to a retail nursery center with Delisa Hiel of Gardenwerks in Helena, Montana

https://youtu.be/ng5wllVlQyU Back in 2018, we included Retail Garden Centers Adding Floral Design Services as one of our trends to watch in the annual Slow Flowers Flora