Slow Flowers Podcast

Slow Flowers Podcast


Latest Episodes

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

Episode 670: A visit to Primrose Lane Farm, an Alberta, Canada, and a conversation with flower farmer Kristen Primrose
July 03, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97i80tovWwU Kristen Primrose of Primrose Lane Farm What is it like to grow cut flowers in Zones 2-4 for only three-to-four months each year and run a successful smal

Episode 669: Making fashion with flowers, in our 10th anniversary celebration of American Flowers Week with five creators of our 2024 botanical couture collection
June 26, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_72AIwXgzzs American Flowers Week encourages flower farmers, floral designers, flower enthusiasts, and gardeners alike to promote their blooms across social media w

Episode 668: Slow Flowers Summit Preview with Farmer-Florists Melanie Harrington of Dahlia May Flower Farm and Janis Harris of Harris Flower Farm 
June 19, 2024

Get ready for our inspiring conversation with Janis Harris and Melanie Harrington as these two farmer-florists bring us a preview of their upcoming presentations at the Slow Flowers Summit, taking pla

Episode 667: Slow Flowers on the Road – a Visit to Dutch Lily Days
June 12, 2024

https://youtu.be/l4uX1eggDMM?si=_cp2nGxAZ32exO6t Were taking a deep dive into the world of lilies today, featuring my conversations with experts I met while attending Dutch Lily Days in Amsterdam

Episode 665: Home in Bloom with Author, Educator and Floral Artist Ariella Chezar
June 05, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3j35sWAjwY&feature=youtu.be Ariella Chezars new book Home in Bloom is a vivid, inspiring look at the role of flowers and plants in interior design. Through he

Episode 664: A Triple Talent – How Sydney Garvey of Flowers by Garvey’s Gardens blends flower farming, wedding design, and owning a retail flower shop
May 29, 2024

https://youtu.be/i9EsxmOp5Zc?si=mrruo1qHJGCKtyEh Today, were continuing our conversations with multi-talented Slow Flowers members who grow flowers, design for weddings and events, and operate a

Episode 663: Designing with Dried Flowers – a new book by Hannah Muller of Full Belly Farm and Wreath Room
May 22, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zemwACzDWBo Flowers are fleetingly beautiful, but dried floral arrangements are both lovely and lasting. In her new book,Designing with Dried Flowers, Slow Flowers

Episode 662: Flower farming meets the retail flower shop with Little Petal Farm
May 15, 2024

https://youtu.be/lup-FAhWj4s?si=BAyBvf0Cfe8iEp_M Going from flower farmer to full-service retail florist and juggling both is it possible? Hear from Tammy Osselaer, who started Little Petal Farm

Episode 661: Spring Tune-Up for Florists, Shops, and Studios with Althea Wiles of Rose of Sharon Floral Design Studio
May 08, 2024

https://youtu.be/NruZ1TOx0fo?si=NybN1qvv9X1LEC6x You love floral design, but running a business is so not your thing! Longtime Slow Flowers member Althea Wiles has been there, too. She knows how m