Slow Flowers Podcast

Slow Flowers Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 731: High Desert Dahlias on Colorado’s Front Range, with Dianne Reitan of Dianne’s Dahlias
August 27, 2025

https://youtu.be/YIqJkwH7LXY?si=Mz5TXBzwyF6f6Xuy Its dahlia season and gardeners and growers everywhere are celebrating the endless variety and exquisite beauty of the Slow Flowers movements it

Episode 730: Meet farmer-florist Colleen Raney of Diadem Flowers as we discuss her new project, Songbird Seed Co., specializing in hard-to-find British sweet pea seeds and more
August 20, 2025

https://youtu.be/gaTn7jO3DS4?si=xEnvvGPsdI7t0di3 I truly love learning about the floral journeys that so many of our members have taken to arrive at a life immersed in flower growing, floral desig

Episode 729: Jenny Jonak of Dragon Song Farm on building community, enriching a family’s lifestyle, and encouraging creative expression through flower farming
August 13, 2025

https://youtu.be/L3ykZ98zqsE?si=uJggIXWspcqsw0mo Dragon Song Farm is located in Oregons Willamette Valley outside Eugene. Founder Jenny Jonaks mission is to bring a sense of floral magic to her

Episode 728: Building a Successful Floral Tourism Destination, with Lori and Jim Bochner of Bochner Farms in Indianola, Iowa
August 06, 2025

https://youtu.be/EB6eWif0mio?si=pfsFql-4xDnbwBWN The Bochner family lived in the Des Moines, Iowa, suburbs for many years, in a house surrounded by a beautiful flower garden. As gardeners with oth

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
July 30, 2025

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
July 23, 2025

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
July 16, 2025

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
July 09, 2025

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
July 02, 2025

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
June 25, 2025

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,