Slow Flowers Podcast

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Episode 724: When a flower farmer opens a retail design studio, with Stacey Chapman of Westwind Flowers Farm & Studio
https://youtu.be/_tDUwuW3ZGY?si=0gpALTpIPayQcwCG In early March, Stacey Chapman embarked on a new chapter for Westwind Flowers, opening a design studio and retail space in Gordonsville, Virginia.
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
https://youtu.be/D2d_-D2HVK8?si=VMUallUaLM2SBsum Erin Webb grew up immersed in plants and horticulture, following three generations of Michigan ornamental nursey owners before her. For as long as
Episode 722: Ondrea Kidd of Post Falls, Idaho-based Sowing Joy Farm named Top 10 Florists to Watch in 2025 by MSN
https://youtu.be/EiLxxVb7v9k?si=N590_MIvVkx3Yabg Ondrea Kidd has been recognized by MSN as one of the Top 10 Florists to Watch in 2025, bolstering the farms status as a leader in eco-friendly,
Episode 721: Designer-Grower Annika McIntosh of Hazel Designs and a bonus tour of Bellingham’s Field to Floral Market
https://youtu.be/E1exuo5iMOU A few weeks ago, I journeyed to Bellingham, a beautiful college town located close to the Washington-British Columbia border, where Annika McIntosh of Hazel Designs gr
Episode 720: Killing Frost Farm’s Jamie Rogers on solo flower farming in western Montana
https://youtu.be/9-oJEifK-u0?si=gW8_eyURbbSIEufO Growing specialty cut flowers for retail floral shops is a very specific niche and todays guest, Jamie Rogers of Killing Frost Farm in Helena, Mon
Episode 719: Weddings from the Garden, with urban farmer-florist Eleanor Blackford of Bloomwood Floral
https://youtu.be/BxZ3HiTn0UM?si=BtYeIDuXg2qjrW0n Visit an urban cutting garden with me today and meet long-time Slow Flowers member Eleanor Blackford, a wedding florist whose studio produces des
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
https://youtu.be/BdnRayT0M2A?si=PQVfp6yMUSJD7n42 The Flower Farmers has been in the works for two years, as my co-author and the books creative director Robin Avni and I have poured our storytell
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
https://youtu.be/vw5w4ZwBuZU?si=YZLcTE7pJ5P5-zVP The Carrier family has been growing cut flowers and plants for more than 40 years, raising their three children with a love for flowers, and keepin
Episode 716: More than a side hustle, flower farming and floral design with Marly Surena-Llorens of Fenimore & Rutland
https://youtu.be/uGRgC8rjB_U?si=ucehNezGBXce9kuX Marly Surena-Llorens was born and raised in the U.S., but her Haitian mothers stories of tropical gardens filled with palms, crotons, and bougainv
Episode 715: From Farmers’ Market to Elevated Retail, with Abby Matson of Diddle and Zen and Julie Rémy of Fleuris Orchard and Blooms
https://youtu.be/P3SoClolo0g?si=_2euyh84isd_Ina4 It's a Red-Letter Week here at Slow Flowers, as my longtime collaborator, Robin Avni, and I celebrate the May 6th publication of The Flower Farmers