Slow Flowers Podcast

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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
https://youtu.be/Aa6Q2fWCG1g?si=AuRMPGoLwVJ-ZE_v Long before I met the women of La Flor Farm, I met their gorgeous flowers. For the past three years, mom Michele and daughter Chantelle have suppli
Episode 726: Navigating weddings as a farmer-florist with Julie Raymond of Bittersweet Gardens
https://youtu.be/0doEw6lpGz4?si=XdYFY6NZ8r23c5-W Based in Kingston, Massachusetts, on Bostons South Shore, farmer-florist Julie Raymond grows cut flowers for her clients wedding florals. After a
Episode 725: Slow Flowers returns to Sunny Meadows Flower Farm to celebrate The Flower Farmers with Steve and Gretel Adams
https://youtu.be/RslR3txR91Q?si=yleBkHEYO26z4Ag4 Next year, Gretel and Steve Adams will celebrate the 20th farming season at Sunny Meadows Flower Farm in Columbus, Ohio. Far younger than the avera
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