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Slow Flowers Podcast
The Slow Flowers Podcast is the award-winning, long-running show known as the “Voice of the Slow Flowers Movement.” Airing weekly for more than 9 years, we focus on the business of flower farming and floral design through the Slow Flowers sustainability ethos. Listen to a new episode each Wednesday, available for free download here at slowflowerspodcast.com or on iTunes, Spotify, and other podcast platforms.
Episodes
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Episode 793: Felicia Reid of Good Friend Ecological Gardens left behind her career as a New York lawyer to design gardens and arrange flowers – changing her life and others in the process
https://youtu.be/1p0Ekb4zB1w?si=PTlw6aJrCNf0q8ef After over a decade as an attorney, Felicia Reid became a garden developer and designer. Her approach to…
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Episode 792: Floral Foraging from your backyard with landscape designer and horticulturist Susan Ryan of Gardendigs
https://youtu.be/fGsFSJ7AbQs?si=eNS68SJUcm17ScNN In late August, I joined other members of the Northwest Horticultural Society for a special event in Susan…
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Episode 791: Laura Iarocci of Faith Flowers, on teaching, touring, and designing weddings
https://youtu.be/p0YXGzmxmGs?si=M1bLBc4VBjudIh2S Last month, I partnered with Seattle Growers Market to host a group of flower and garden lovers who had joined…
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Episode 790: Fall Floral Harvest in the Filoli Cutting Garden with Horticulturist Jackie Salas (with bonus design demo)
https://youtu.be/POoTHpbaQCA?si=DBy_34cDOmkDdFDj The 2027 Slow Flowers Summit will take place live and in-person on the grounds of Filoli Historic House and…
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Episode 789: Lynn and Tim Windmeyer of Homeplace Fields in St. Joseph, Missouri
https://youtu.be/ghmgQ3yuTrE?si=sm4fuDckincOJRYe Celebrating their 10th season of what the Windmeyer family calls “The Grand Experiment,” Lynn and Tim…
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Episode 788: Harvey Hess joins son-in-law Joel Martin to form Outlook Flower & Bulb Farm, expanding a fourth-generation flower farm in eastern Washington
https://youtu.be/3b8sXWElGzQ?si=MEoPebVs3zY_zakt Today’s episode tells the story of Outlook Flower & Bulb Farm in Outlook, Washington, where Joel Martin and…
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Episode 787: Floral journalist Jill Brooke on her new book, “The Genius of Flowers”
https://youtu.be/ISLSuR2MQEA?si=OxJ43x9BJ_YyNlhJ In The Genius of Flowers, award-winning journalist and flower historian Jill Brooke reveals a truth that…
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Episode 786: Chelsea Willis, farmer-florist and owner of Sweet Delilah Farm
https://youtu.be/mQvEM_t4rmc?si=99CNLBmXVTFgoGVn Flower farming is a magical and very personal experience for Chelsea Willis, owner of Sweet Delilah Farm. With…
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Episode 785: “Cultivating Place’s” Jennifer Jewell on the Power of Gardeners
https://youtu.be/Gq3hs8tc8Wo?si=64jB7EX2_EMdo-a8 Jennifer Jewell’s long-running public radio show "Cultivating Place" asks: “Is cultivating place well the…
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Episode 784: Visit the Portland (Oregon) garden studio of FloraWood, where designer Jen Wilcoxon draws her inspiration for seasonal floral subscriptions and workshops
https://youtu.be/R-QtKdwKdSU?si=fipDZUssACCpompf If the garden is your muse, or your source of peace and mental wellness, you’ll want to join me today on a…
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Episode 783: Science teacher, flower farmer, and floral designer Sara Groeneweg of Bloomz Flower Farm in Washington’s Yakima Valley
https://youtu.be/G89VtK9U79s?si=mfwBN6zQB5hNmBhJ Bloomz Flower Farm is a 25-acre farm and design studio in Zillah, Washington, with gorgeous views of Mt…
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Episode 782: Katie Lila brings “Follow the Blooms” to PBS Television Nationwide with a sneak peek of the Slow Flowers Summit Episode
https://youtu.be/Jv0AOhkze38?si=v4B1hNOw4a4Jo9us Spokane, Washington-based floral personality Katie Lila is on a mission to make fresh flowers a cultural…
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Episode 781: Meet Floramama’s Chloé Roy as we kick off Canadian Flowers Week and discuss the English-language edition of her new book
https://youtu.be/SqVoGI3RoGU?si=IZrA4gsWPLOOIDz4 In her new book, Floramama, flower farmer Chloé Roy combines ecological growing practices, proven business…
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Episode 780: Doing it All – Flowers, Plants, and Weddings, with Corinne Bryson of Flora Good Times in Beacon, New York
https://youtu.be/R8chcTR0f-I?si=PxNp5SHukl4Nj9uo In 2019, Corinne Bryson founded Flora Good Times, a retail plant and flower shop and design studio in Beacon…
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Episode 779: Seasonal Floral Design with Remy Brault of Labellum Flowers in Bozeman, Montana
https://youtu.be/5rTaqAt8MMA?si=JK-HVupL5vkVczZn Labellum Flowers is a contemporary flower boutique in Bozeman, Montana, by the way of New York, Paris and Los…
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Episode 778: New Studio, New Branding, New Community with Teresa Rao of Belle Pétale
https://youtu.be/RLtEwfUHmgg Belle Pétale is a boutique floral design studio located in Lakewood, outside Tacoma, Washington. For owner Teresa Rao, each of her…
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Episode 777: Snohomish Co. Flower Collective (bonus interview w/ Alicia Schwede)
https://youtu.be/leh1b6oTw2w The Snohomish County Flower Collective is a regional wholesale floral hub founded in 2023 to bring together nearly 40 growers…
Slow Flowers PodcastEpisode 776: Learn How to Make a Sustainable, European-Style Armature with Gina Thresher of From the Ground Up Floral
https://youtu.be/FMW7OVIK5U8 Based on her recent design workshop for the Seattle Growers Market, Gina Thresher of From the Ground Up Floral shared a design…
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Episode 775: The Earth Dress with Alanna Messner-Scholl of Waverly Flower Co., the American Flowers Week Botanical Couture Series, Part Three
https://youtu.be/IgB9f_-9SVc?si=Nd0prSpTRs6Sb7hc Designed by Alanna Messner-Scholl of Waverly Flower Co., the “Earth Dress” is a slender, floor-length gown…
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Episode 774: Lily Fashions with floral artist Françoise Weeks, the American Flowers Week Botanical Couture Series, Part Two
https://youtu.be/2GBCwmvQz9g?si=acEjUfFB92SDBSJI Our 12th annual American Flowers Week is coming right up – June 28th through July 4th. To showcase this year’s…
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Episode 773: The Marigold Gardens with Caitlin Mathes, the American Flowers Week Botanical Couture Series, Part One
https://youtu.be/qLDRA7aDbe0?si=ErpsCddUPW3DRei2 In the runup to our American Flowers Week’s annual Botanical Couture collection, I’m welcoming Caitlin Mathes…
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Episode 772: Diversification Through On-Farm Workshops with Niki Irving of Flourish Flower Farm
https://youtu.be/yJlU-Ca9W3M?si=5Q5zGfnc51bXKSDS Niki and William Irving are proud stewards of Flourish Flower Farm, a 9-acre farm in Asheville, North…
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Episode 771: Eileen Tongson of Orlando’s FarmGal Flowers on building a cutting garden-based business as a pioneer of the Slow Flowers Movement
https://youtu.be/6Fw4Yodu3Ww?si=9dEb1tKVamN6haAQ I recorded today’s conversation on the final day of our recent flower and garden-inspired river cruise in…
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Episode 770: Hudson Valley farmer-florist Rebekah Mindel of Meadow Wilds, on growing and designing weddings with a sense of season and place
https://youtu.be/5fCEbvjLDBc?si=L614SYdRlT9RgmFI The cover story of Slow Flowers Journal’s spring issue – published in early May -- features an editorial-style…
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Episode 769: A Conversation about Local Flower Hubs with Jodi Logue of West Sound Floral Exchange
https://youtu.be/UNpJQvGNuPc?si=BsOX2cXLaMTtF44S Jodi Logue is a Pacific Northwest flower farmer based in Olalla, Washington. As owner of Moss and Madder Farm…
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Episode 768: Organic flower farming in the Netherlands, with Julian Langelaan of Op Beemster Klei
https://youtu.be/a14eAaKuufw?si=l-DMCSjyfhpK1DBK Julian Langelaan is a pioneer in the emerging organic farming movement in the Netherlands. As the founder of…
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Episode 767: Floral tourism at FAM Flower Farm in Lisse, Holland
https://youtu.be/NkUs5zQIaCQ?si=r8yE4x6setQ4Zpud In anticipation of my visit to FAM Flower Farm during last month’s Slow Flowers Tulip Tour in Holland and…
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Episode 766: Adding a flower farm and floral shop to a retail nursery center with Delisa Hiel of Gardenwerks in Helena, Montana
https://youtu.be/ng5wllVlQyU Back in 2018, we included Retail Garden Centers Adding Floral Design Services as one of our trends to watch in the annual Slow…
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Episode 765: Beyond the Bouquet: Expanding Your Flower Business Through Education and Experience with Xenia D’Ambrosi of Sweet Earth Co.
https://youtu.be/PDyvSAAA7FI We’ve recently highlighted Slow Flowers members who serve not only the professional floral market, but the home gardener in search…
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Episode 764: A visit House Flowers, Megan Homewood’s 100-square-foot flower shop in Shelton, Washington
https://youtu.be/3dhAhas1Awg?si=LJUYkQflSCv8xZDu Megan Homewood is the owner, lead designer, and grower at House Flowers. She combines a diverse design…
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Episode 763: Colleen McCoole Payne on collective flower selling through Kansas City Flower Farmers Wholesale Market
https://youtu.be/cGL1isNsbbE?si=h00tMUumLpTPXCH3 Collective flower selling is on the rise and we continue to see numerous models across the continent and even…
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Episode 762: Sarah Nayani of Grow Girl Seattle on teaching gardeners how to plan and plant their backyard cutting gardens
https://youtu.be/tRuXU20m9Dc?si=eR5fwa5ZiZKdsiTf After several years of farming in an urban space – including on the paved driveway, sidewalk strip, and…
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Episode 761: Growing Flower Seedlings for Profit, with Kate Skelton of Gratitude Flowers, Carol Wetzel of The Little Farm on Olga Road, and Fawn Rueckert of Sego Lily Flower Farm and Snuck Flowers
https://youtu.be/xnlzif1Nue0?si=60_eh0nNVHX1Gg42 The theme of today’s episode is straight from our Slow Flowers Floral Insights and Industry Forecast – an…
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Episode 760: “The Beginner’s Cut Flower Garden,” with author Elizabeth Brown of Foxglove Farmhouse
https://youtu.be/eZ8rhWdiXGI?si=dpx4iDhOEBb3420T Foxglove Farmhouse is a small, regenerative flower garden in coastal Maine. If you follow the tidal York River…
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Episode 759: “Beautiful Roses,” with author Janice Cox of Natural Beauty at Home
https://youtu.be/aZi_o0UniTU?si=qXVttU3ViO_6wIwD Everyone loves roses, and Janice Cox proves why in her new book, "Beautiful Roses: A Guide and Workbook for…
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Episode 758: “Modern Floriography: Flowers, Gardens, and Gifts Inspired by the Language of Flowers,” with author Teresa Sabankaya
https://youtu.be/nEmy-vXnxos?si=3u8-foe5nFkee7KM Teresa Sabankaya believes that today’s technology gives us endless ways to communicate, yet we are often left…
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Episode 757: Briana Selstad Bosch of Blossom and Branch Farm on her new book, “The Regenerative Gardener’s Handbook.”
https://youtu.be/yjfsxcPy1H8?si=Y9WfgwZj_AX3Hbxm In her new book, “The Regenerative Gardener’s Handbook: Essential Techniques for Growing a Garden that Leaves…
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Episode 756: Sarah Coldwell of Honeybee Grove Flower Farm – on building a destination floral enterprise on U-Pick, farmers’ and makers’ markets, and seasonal flower festivals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XWxUGAMELY Nestled in the heart of Somers, New York, about one hour north of Manhattan, Honeybee Grove is a cozy little flower…
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Episode 755: Developing a Tree and Plant Rental Service with Anne Bradfield of Analog Floral and Analog Plant Rental and Chris Robinson of My Patio Tree
https://youtu.be/-5Orqho8D14?si=IS52JfiTWRg8Fybi Expert tree growers Chris Robinson of My Patio Tree and designer Anne Bradfield of Analog Floral recently…
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Episode 754: Slow Flowers Floral Insights and Industry Forecast for 2026
https://youtu.be/v7pqI-dII0I?si=kZTRQdoz4Pz9SLW_ As we enter the 13th year of publishing our Slow Flowers Floral Insights and Industry Forecast, new…
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Episode 753: Ten Years Later, Revisiting the Story of Stars of the Meadow Flower Farm with Marybeth Wehrung
https://youtu.be/aGuwB5HbiKs?si=-4q1L4xSFOv9DCys There’s an Instagram trend going around as we flash back to 2016, sharing highlights from one decade ago…
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Episode 752: Deb Majerus and Joel MacDonald of Minnesota’s Iron Butterfly Flower Farm
https://youtu.be/qge-cJ0Z_XU On a sweet, 6-acre country parcel in Rochester, Minnesota, Deb Majerus and Joel MacDonald are creating a place of beauty and…
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Episode 751: Ranunculus Growing Secrets with Brooke Palmer of Jenny Creek Flowers
https://youtu.be/WO7OgXBJtks?si=hA2AbAvNFiOTBN1q According to Brooke Palmer, the ranunculus is THE iconic bloom of early springtime. A seasoned grower and…
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Episode 750: Susan Chambers of San Francisco-based bloominCouture – a luxury florist designs with seasonal and local flowers
https://youtu.be/0HFUC-qb-3Q?si=ftg-AyUSDwYRpKoV Luxury floral designer Susan Chambers, owner of San Francisco-based bloominCouture. She’s a longtime Slow…
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Episode 749: Floral Tourism visits historic gardens and modern-day flower festivals of Holland and Belgium, with Debra Prinzing, Lorene Edwards Forkner and Lois Moss
https://youtu.be/NilyUEdksYA?si=G8oSgsVXGSVQPzlz As a special year-end episode of the Slow Flowers Podcast, you’re invited to join me today in conversation…
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Episode 748: Flowers & Ceramics, creating a floral enterprise that combines one artist’s passions, with Michelle Hartney
https://youtu.be/VminWzvUNIk In 2018, we named Slow Pottery one of our ten floral insights of the year, and the interest in combining locally-grown flowers…
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Episode 747: Jennifer Gulizia of The Flowering Farmhouse on dahlia breeding, podcasting, filming a documentary and building a flower farm from the ground up
https://youtu.be/iDXNEEP74dg?si=95xtQpkBIExFdBQd You may be familiar with today’s guest, Jennifer Gulizia of The Flowering Farmhouse and The Backyard Bouquet…
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Episode 746: Slow Flowers in Sweden, with Eva Eliasson, chairwoman of Snittblomsodlare (Slow Flowers Sweden)
https://youtu.be/D6ZrP98HNEg?si=xnsb-hjNywgQYrPr Today’s guest, Eva Eliasson, joins me from Stockholm, Sweden, where she is the chairwoman of Snittblomsodlare…
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Episode 745: Rachel Burgoon of Feathers & Flowers in Washington’s Wenatchee Valley
https://youtu.be/LBywkd_2XK8?si=ZHwpJ8cUm23yV4cS Feathers & Flowers is a small, family-run, flower farm growing seasonal, sustainable, and local flowers in…
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Episode 744: Abbie Zabar’s new book, BOUQUET: Floral Arrangements at the Metropolitan Museum
https://youtu.be/Fz6QYN9w3ik For ten years, New York-based artist and illustrator Abbie Zabar had unique, early-morning access to the Great Hall at New York’s…
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Episode 743: Discovering NYC’s new source for locally-grown flowers with Brooklyn’s Flower Aggregate co-founder Jessica Balnaves
https://youtu.be/SoA1IvHkzaM?si=urT9z6upZ5F639zr Earlier this year, at the first of April, a long-awaited hub for flowers grown in the NY-Connecticut-New…
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Episode 742: Brian and Kimberley Hautau of New Jersey’s Hautau & Sons on Year-Round Growing and Supplying Local Flowers to NYC’s Wholesale Market
https://youtu.be/Nk5_XDmAcXM?si=A5_xWCB13cYlaYQP Join me in a virtual tour of Hautau & Sons, a third-generation greenhouse grower of uncommon specialty cut…
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Episode 741: Dried Floral Magic with Bethany and Charles Little of Charles Little & Co.
https://youtu.be/OBDEhr2XYTs?si=PhY4qua4rCiVhSR2 The beauty of dried botanicals is a fitting topic for our first episode of November, as the interest in and…
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Episode 740: The Lily Episode with Jessica High of Flamingo Holland Bulbs and Peterkort Roses’ Year-Round Lily Program with Norman Peterkort and Sandra Laubenthal
https://youtu.be/_Kl8Bmx6U84?si=ih_0q-H_9QvPoz3g We’ve been working closely this past year with lily bulb growers around the country, with the goal of…
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Episode 738: Santa Cruz Flower Hub’s Kelly Brown and Rooted Farmers’ Amelia Ihlo
https://youtu.be/E54I-BYySnQ?si=CUJgETTQRIc8VRPe Join me for a great conversation with farmer-florist Kelly Brown, owner of Do Right Flower Farm in Santa Cruz…
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Episode 738: Meet Melissa Olson of Penflora Designs, a Bay Area floral studio and lifestyle shop reflecting her love of nature, the garden, and local blooms
https://youtu.be/t38z93GptXU?si=Um3XyaE1ocAKU4UA At Penflora, sustainable floristry meets thoughtful design. Founder Melissa Olson recently hosted me for a…
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Episode 737: Herbs for floral design (and the garden) with Stefani Bittner of Homestead Design Collective and Rose Loveall of Morningsun Herb Farm
https://youtu.be/celZnV8yrZg?si=pYtq6P5iOTXJOXXK Compared to the way today’s guests view the role of herb plants for the landscape, for culinary and medicinal…
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Episode 736: Meet the people, farms, and florists shaping Japan’s Slow Flowers Movement
A visit to Japan for two weeks in September was the ultimate dream come true. My husband Bruce and I, joined by three dear friends, experienced some of the…
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Episode 735: The magic of dahlias with Anne Long of The Dahlia House
https://youtu.be/_S5lU5VPqk8?si=nJkFjh_vDEfP4aV5 Anne Long likes to call herself a cheerleader for dahlias and many other flowers that she wants gardeners and…
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Episode 734: A visit to The Little Farm on Olga Road, with Carol Wetzel and Allan Tone, where customers are welcomed to harvest the beauty of flowers, herbs, and vegetables
https://youtu.be/XiAbthV5xU4?si=Ci5qiYKnqEG70vDS At The Little Farm on Olga Road on Orcas, Carol Wetzel and Allan Tone live in a small house and have devoted…