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Meet three of the flower farmers behind the bountiful LA Flower Farm Tour, as eight woman-owned urban flower farms come together to open their gates to the public on May 4th. These growers, inclu...

https://www.slowflowerspodcast.com/2024/05/01/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/

Leslie Bennett believes that gardens are for all. In Garden Wonderland, this celebrated landscape designer treats us to an accessible garden-making approach to create our own plant-based spaces, ...

https://www.slowflowerspodcast.com/2024/04/24/episode-659-designer-leslie-bennett-co-author-of-garden-wonderland-and-founder-of-pine-house-edible-gardens-and-black-sanctuary-gardens/

On Slowflowers.com there are several search categories to help visitors find flower farms, florists, suppliers and other floral businesses, and one of those – business consulting and developmen...

https://www.slowflowerspodcast.com/2024/04/17/episode-658-meet-floral-marketing-strategist-sahid-nahim-host-of-youtubes-the-bloom-show/

We believe in community here at the Slow Flowers Society and today’s guest does too, as she has a mission to support florists and the floral Industry within the Pacific Northwest Region. Meet S...

https://www.slowflowerspodcast.com/2024/04/10/episode-657-meet-michelle-kenny-executive-director-the-new-pacific-northwest-florists-association/

There’s HGTV and there’s the Food Network, but have you checked out the Bloom TV Network? Today, we’ll meet Monica Michelle, creator of the floral-centric streaming platform and Slow Flower...

https://www.slowflowerspodcast.com/2024/04/03/episode-656-follow-the-blooms-with-host-and-producer-katie-lila-and-bloom-tv-networks-founder-ceo-monica-michelle/

Françoise Weeks brings home the charm of the wild woods with her creative botanical arrangements that are so much more than bouquets of blooms. Our conversation about Wonder of the Woodlands, Fr...

https://www.slowflowerspodcast.com/2024/03/27/episode-655-a-visit-to-francoise-weeks-studio-and-a-peek-into-her-new-book-wonder-of-the-woodlands/

More Slow Flowers members are exploring native plants as potential floral design elements – both on their farms and in their studios. In fact, in our recent survey, 87 percent of members say th...

https://www.slowflowerspodcast.com/2024/03/20/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/

Based in Durham, North Carolina, Piedmont Wholesale Flowers’ tagline is: farmer-founded, farmer-directed, farmer-grown. Today, you’ll hear an update as this Slow Flower member cooperative cel...

https://www.slowflowerspodcast.com/2024/03/13/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/

In the run-up to spring’s arrival in a few weeks, join me on a visit to Gratitude Flowers outside Tacoma, Washington, a boutique home-based floral business, where Kate Skelton specializes in gr...

https://www.slowflowerspodcast.com/2024/03/06/episode-652-building-a-niche-supplying-flower-seedlings-for-farmers-and-gardeners-with-kate-skelton-of-gratitude-flowers/

Today, you’re invited to inhale and enjoy the fragrance of flowers, herbs, and foliage. Stefani Bittner of Homestead Design Collective uses sensory plants as a way to immerse her clients in nat...

https://www.slowflowerspodcast.com/2024/02/28/episode-651-growing-and-designing-with-fragrant-flowers-with-stefani-bittner-of-homestead-design-collective/