Slow Flowers Podcast

Slow Flowers Podcast


Latest Episodes

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
September 06, 2024

https://youtu.be/OwiLNusDFHo?si=kPHMwNpLevdMkOSr Like me, so many of our Slow Flowers practitioners have careers rooted in horticulture. And todays guest, Lisa Dailey of Highlands, North Carolina

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!
September 04, 2024

https://youtu.be/IqJU6_Qp0QE?si=GMjliuNJQWgkrKjM Chet and Kristy Anderson are flower farming pioneers, having operated The Fresh Herb Co. for more than four decades, supplying farmers markets and

Episode 678: Slow Flowers Visits France (Part 2) – a tour of Les Singulières Ferme Florale with flower farmer Coralie Vinet
August 28, 2024

https://youtu.be/pDSIccF_SF4?si=XwzwLRt-FlclsTPq We know that theres been widespread embrace of the Slow Flowers Movement across the world, especially in countries that have seen their flower pro

Episode 677: Slow Flowers Visits France to catch up with former Los Angeles flower farmer Tara Kolla of Mill on the Rock
August 21, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfjE0dyUdhs Urban flower farmer Tara Kolla, owner of Silver Lake Farms in Los Angeles. When she owned and operated Silver Lake Farms, Tara Kolla was one of Los

Episode 676: Petal & Pitchfork’s Stacy Marshall hosts sustainable design workshop with Rachel Wardley of UK’s Tallulah Rose Flower School
August 14, 2024

https://youtu.be/4dzbUJnM3Nw?si=UXmjbry0cAV3qUkj Farmer-florist Stacy Marshall recently opened her beautiful flower farm in historic Poulsbo, Washington, to host British sustainable design educato

Episode 675: Lexi Richards of British Columbia’s Twiggage & Bloom on developing corporate and public art commissions as a floral studio’s specialty niche  
August 07, 2024

https://youtu.be/921NUJkytSA?si=iOaSZycs9A2TsK1s After building her studios wedding and event portfolio, Lexi Richards knew she wanted to pursue channels that combine her floral art with commerce

Episode 674: Floral designer Jayson Munn on living slow and seasonally, letting the garden be your aesthetic influence, and sourcing flowers close to home  
July 31, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOkAV6uAmio Based in Burlington, Vermont, Jayson Munn owns Jayson Munn Design. He specializes in creating inspired arrangements for weddings, corporate events, and

Episode 673: Connections and collaborations to build a solid market presence in northeast Ohio, with Emily Pek of Frayed Knot Farm
July 24, 2024

https://youtu.be/O-dQ36H_K1E?si=Z0CpuSA9D21iwMTQ Emily Pek of Frayed Knot Farm recently contributed an essay to Slow Flowers Journals Summer 2024 issue, sharing her philosophy on the importance o

Episode 672: Alice Blue Collective celebrates tenth anniversary of designing flowers in St. Louis, Missouri
July 17, 2024

https://youtu.be/az7trqAVClc?si=8Ki4Fqd7yiFfmvoB Ten years ago, Rebecca Bodicky combined her fine arts education with flower shop and restaurant experience to open the Alice Blue Collective, a des

Episode 671: Learning from Tree Collectors, a conversation with Flower Confidential’s Amy Stewart about her new book that reveals “tales of arboreal obsession”
July 10, 2024

https://youtu.be/WyNiGHbJz48?si=XFhufDuhKnwbDi0c What can flower people learn from tree collectors? For Amy Stewart, whose 2007 book Flower Confidential ignited the spark of the Slow Flowers Mov