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The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard Gardeners
A podcast for flower farmers, gardeners, and cut flower growers who are growing more than just flowers.
Hosted by Jennifer Gulizia of The Flowering Farmhouse, The Backyard Bouquet shares inspiring conversations and expert tips from the fields and gardens of cut flower farmers and home growers.
Whether you're planting your first backyard bed or running a thriving flower farm, each episode offers practical growing advice, heartfelt stories, and the encouragement to cultivate beauty, joy, and…
Episodes
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.104: How to Photograph Your Flowers with Jason Ingram
What if the reason your flower photos fall flat has nothing to do with your camera? Jason Ingram has spent his career photographing gardens for magazines and…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 103: Fall Soil Health for Flower Farmers with Matt Powers
Fall is the season most of us treat as cleanup. Pull the spent plants, rake the beds, stop thinking about the ground until spring. Matt Powers makes the case…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.102: Forcing Tulips for Winter Blooms with The Tulip Workshop
Most of us think of tulips as a spring flower. Emily von Trapp and Linda D'Arco built their businesses on proving otherwise. Emily grows 200,000 tulips a year…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 101: Growing Dahlias in Texas with Robin Blood of B.Blumen Flower Farm
Everyone says dahlias need cool nights, and Robin Blood grows them in Godley, Texas, where the summer hits 105 and the grasshoppers came in like a plague her…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.100: Arnold Wittkamp of Thursd: Inside the Global Flower Industry
About eighty percent of the flowers sold in this country are imported, and I have said for years that local growers are not competing with each other, we are…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 99: Sustainable Floristry and Foam Free Design with T.J. McGrath
T.J. McGrath spent years in advertising, marketing, and retail before he ever touched a flower professionally. He was one of nine kids and never had a garden…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.98: Ellen Frost: The Florist Who Went All In on Local Flowers
Some of the most beautiful lives begin by accident. Ellen Frost was gifted a bag of tulip bulbs for her wedding. She had never planted a thing. She read the…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 97 Erin Clark of Muddy Hill Flower Farm: Growing 5,000 Dahlias in Snohomish County
Some stories start with a grand plan. Erin Clark's started with five dahlias and a need to get outside. In 2020, home with a new baby and a world gone quiet…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 96: Growing Regenerative Cut Flowers in a Vineyard with Jocelyn Bentley-Prestwich of Cluster Flock Farms
Jocelyn Bentley-Prestwich plants peonies, daffodils, and alliums underneath her grape vines, and she has quadrupled the value of every linear foot of her…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.95: Soil Health for Flower Farmers with Jen Aron of Blue Raven Farm
Today's guest is the woman I call when I have a real soil question. Jen Aron is a regenerative farmer and soil agronomist at Blue Raven Farm in Corbett…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.94: Graeme Corbett on Life in Bloom: From TV to a Cutting Garden in Kent
What does it actually look like to leave one career behind and walk into the one that's been waiting for you? In this episode, Jennifer sits down with Graeme…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.93: Should Flower Farmers Be Using AI?
I've been using AI on my flower farm for over a year, and up until recently, I've only told a handful of people. Today I'm opening a conversation I haven't…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 92: Growing Tulips & Dahlias in Holland with FAM Flower Farm
There are some places on earth that flower people put on a bucket list and never quite cross off. Holland's flower bulb region is one of them. The fields…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEpisode 91: Dahlia Hybridizing with Kristine Albrecht of Santa Cruz Dahlias
There are people who grow dahlias, and then there are people who spend two decades quietly shaping what dahlias can become. Kristine Albrecht is one of those…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 90: Sarah Raven, The Woman Who Changed How We Grow Flowers
She left medicine to grow flowers at her kitchen table. Thirty years later, Sarah Raven has written fourteen books, built a garden empire at Perch Hill, and…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 89: Flower Farming in Australia's Barossa Valley with Katie Arena
She started with zero qualifications, a personal trainer husband, and six dahlia tubers from the hardware store. Now Katie and her husband Rob run Little…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 88: Farming as Meditation: What Mindfulness Taught Chelsea Willis About Growing Flowers
Chelsea Willis is the kind of farmer who notices the frogs in the dahlias. She's the owner of Sweet Delilah Farm on Sauvie Island, just 15 minutes outside…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 87: Jenny Rae Swan: Ten Years of Flowers, Failures, and Finding Joy
Some of the best flower farming stories start with a moment that changes everything. For Jenny Rae Swan, it was losing her mother at a young age and realizing…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersSummit Speaker Series: Kamille Scellick, Kamille's Flowers
If you've ever looked at a dahlia and wondered "what if I could create my own variety?" Kamille is the person you need to learn from. Her session is unlike…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersSummit Speaker Series: Charlotte Smith, The Marketing & Mindset Coach for Farmers
Charlotte is a 5th generation farmer and mindset coach and there's a reason she's one of our first speakers on Day 1 of The Profitable Dahlia Summit…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersSummit Speaker Series: Heather Cain on Selling Dahlias to Florists
In this bonus episode, I'm sharing my Instagram Live conversation with Heather Cain of Petal Pink Flower Farm. We talked all about selling dahlias to florists…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersSummit Speaker Series: Marryn Mathis on Selling Out Your Dahlia Tuber Sale
In this bonus episode of The Backyard Bouquet Podcst, I'm sharing my Instagram Live conversation with Marryn Mathis of The Farmhouse Flower Farm. We talked…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEpisode 86: From Backyard Dahlias to 4,000 Plants: Building Sweet Bloom Farm with Melissa Stewart
In this episode of The Backyard Bouquet Podcast, I’m joined by Melissa Stewart of Sweet Bloom Farm, a boutique dahlia farm in Battle Ground, Washington…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 85: Growing & Breeding Dahlias at Scale: Inside Florelie Flower Farm in Australia
In this episode of The Backyard Bouquet Podcast, we’re heading south to Australia to visit Florelie, a small-scale but highly productive specialty cut flower…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 84: Growing Cut Flowers in Small Spaces: Community, Education & Local Blooms with Fawn Rueckert
What’s possible when you start with just a small bit of earth—and a love of flowers rooted in childhood stories? In today’s episode, I’m joined by Fawn…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.83: The Purposeful Gardener: Growing Food, Flowers, and Joy With Tasha Medve
What if your garden could feed your family, support pollinators, and bring more joy into your everyday life — all at the same time? In this episode of The…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 82: How to Plan Your Most Profitable Growing Season Yet (Live 2026 Dahlia Planning Workshop Replay)
Welcome to Season 3 of The Backyard Bouquet Podcast — and to the first episode of 2026. To kick off the new year, I’m doing something a little different. In…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 81: Geotuning the Land: How Addressing Geopathic Stress Can Support Soil Health and Regenerative Farms
What if caring for land goes beyond soil tests, nutrients, and visible inputs? In this episode of The Backyard Bouquet Podcast, Jennifer is joined by Brittney…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 80: Growing Dahlias, Letting Go of Perfection, and Finding Joy in the Garden With Anne Long of The Dahlia House
What if growing dahlias wasn’t about doing everything perfectly—but about showing up, finding joy, and learning to flourish right where you are? In today’s…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEpisode 79: How Janniebird Farm Thrives in Zone 4 with Flower Farmer Annie Amrich
How do you grow flowers in a region known for long winters, short seasons, and frequent frosts? In this episode, we are joined by Annie Amrich of Janniebird…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.78: How Claudia Built a Blooming Backyard and a Beloved YouTube Gardening Channel
Have you ever wondered how a simple backyard garden can grow into a thriving YouTube channel that inspires gardeners everywhere? In this episode, Jennifer sits…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.77: Flower Farming & Floral Design in Montana: The Flower Hat Story with Julio Freitas
Have you ever wondered what it really takes to build a creative and meaningful life in the floral world, especially when your journey starts far from where you…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.76: How to Sell Your Flowers with Lennie Larkin of Flower Farming for Profit
Have you ever wondered how to confidently sell your flowers and build a thriving flower business? In this episode of The Backyard Bouquet Podcast, host…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.75: Gratitude in the Garden: The Five Petals That Root Us Through Every Season
As another growing season comes to a close, Jennifer invites you to pause and reflect on the power of gratitude. In this solo episode, Jennifer shares how…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.74: Nicole Pitt of Flower Hill Farm: Growing Through Change and Finding Strength in Every Season
In this heartfelt conversation, Jennifer sits down with Nicole Pitt, the flower farmer and creative behind Flower Hill Farm and Boon Street Nursery in upstate…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.73: Journey to Bloom: Learning to Be Present in Every Season
As the flowers fade and the farm quiets down for winter, Jennifer reflects on what this past year of rebuilding her farm has taught her about patience…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 72: Inside The Flower Summit with Jessica Eckford-Aguilera: Celebrating Women, Flowers and Creativity in Australia
In this inspiring episode of The Backyard Bouquet Podcast, host Jennifer Gulizia sits down with Jessica Eckford-Aguilera, the visionary founder of The Flower…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 71: End-of-Season Reflection: Thinning the Weeds and Making Space to Flourish Next Year
The first frost often marks the end of the flower growing season, and it’s the perfect time to pause and reflect. In this short solo episode, Jennifer invites…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.70: Behind The Dirt on Flowers: How Shannon & Lyndsay Built Thriving Cut Flower Farms
In this episode of The Backyard Bouquet Podcast, host Jennifer Gulizia of The Flowering Farmhouse sits down with Shannon Allen of Bloom Hill Farm and Lyndsay…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 69: Painting Flowers and Farming Lavender with Valerie Miller of Steel Cow Lavender Farm
What happens when flower farming and painting come together? In this episode of The Backyard Bouquet Podcast, host Jennifer Gulizia sits down with artist and…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.68: Inside America's Largest U.S.-Based Flower Farm: Sustainability, Innovation & the Future of Floriculture with Madison Milgard of Continental Floral Greens
What does large-scale flower farming really look like in the United States? In this episode of The Backyard Bouquet Podcast, Jennifer Gulizia sits down with…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 67: How to Press Flowers Like a Pro: Featuring Kate Punnett of The August Press
If you’ve ever had more flowers than you know what to do with—or wished you could make a special bouquet last forever—this episode will spark your creativity…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 66: How to Shift Your Mindset and Build a Profitable Flower Farm with Charlotte Smith
If you’ve ever struggled with burnout, self-doubt, or pricing your flowers with confidence, this episode is for you. In Episode 66 of The Backyard Bouquet…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 65: From CSA to Advocacy: How Jenny Jonak of Dragon Song Farm Is Growing More Than Just Cut Flowers
In this episode of The Backyard Bouquet Podcast, host Jennifer Gulizia sits down with Jenny Jonak of Dragon Song Farm in Oregon’s Willamette Valley to explore…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 64: From Side Hustle to Full-Time Flower Farmer: Brooke Palmer Reflects One Year Later
In Episode 64 of The Backyard Bouquet, flower farmer and educator Brooke Palmer of Jenny Creek Flowers returns to the podcast—one year after making the leap…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.63: Floral Standards Every Flower Farmer Should Know with Diane Szukovathy of Jello Mold Farm
In Episode 63 of The Backyard Bouquet Podcast, Jennifer sits down with Diane Szukovathy of Jello Mold Farm to explore the critical role of floral standards in…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 62: Inside a Family-Run Wedding Flower Farm: How Jennifer Joray Grows Cut Flowers for 40+ Weddings a Season
What does it take to grow cut flowers for over 40 weddings a season—while running a farm as a family of four? In Part 2 of our conversation, Jennifer Joray of…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 61: Jennifer Joray of Eastern River Farm on Flower Farming, Lyme Disease, and Finding Healing Through Nature
What happens when a simple question—“What about farming?”—leads to a total life transformation? In this powerful episode of The Backyard Bouquet Podcast…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 60: How Flowers Helped Nicole Sardo Heal, Grow, and Begin Again
In this powerful episode of The Backyard Bouquet, host Jennifer Gulizia sits down with Nicole Sardo of Midnight Magic Garden—a former stop-motion artist who…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 59: Frances Palmer on 'Life With Flowers': Gardening, Pottery, and the Art of Everyday Beauty
In this episode of The Backyard Bouquet, we are joined by Frances Palmer—renowned potter, gardener, photographer, and author—to celebrate the release of her…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.58: The Slow Flowers Movement & The Power of Local Blooms with Debra Prinzing
In this episode of The Backyard Bouquet Podcast, we are joined by Debra Prinzing, founder of the Slow Flowers Movement and co-author of The Flower Farmers…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.57: Celebrating 100 Years of Bearded Iris: The Legacy of Schreiner's Iris Gardens
This week on The Backyard Bouquet, we’re celebrating a century of spectacular blooms with Schreiner’s Iris Gardens, one of the most iconic names in American…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.56: The Push of Spring: How Seeds and Seasons Reshape Us
In this episode of The Backyard Bouquet Podcast, Jennifer invites you to step away from the rush of the season and pause at the garden gate. With raw honesty…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.55: Cut Flower Farming with Dave Dowling: Real-World Advice for Growing and Selling Flowers
In this episode of The Backyard Bouquet Podcast, we’re joined by one of the most respected voices in the cut flower industry—Dave Dowling. With over 20 years…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.54: Earth Day in the Garden: Where Flowers Lead Us to Soil, Stewardship & Hope
In this special Earth Day episode of The Backyard Bouquet, flower farmer and garden educator Jennifer Gulizia shares a deeply personal reflection on growing in…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 53: Growing a Cut Flower Business & Preserving Heirloom Mums with Jessica Hall of Harmony Harvest
In this episode of The Backyard Bouquet Podcast, Jennifer sits down with Jessica Hall, co-founder of Harmony Harvest Farm in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. What…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.52: The Kindest Garden: Regenerative Gardening & Sustainable Design with Marian Boswall
How can we create gardens that are both beautiful and beneficial to the planet? In this episode of The Backyard Bouquet Podcast, we sit down with award-winning…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp.51: How Jenny Marks Built a Profitable Flower Farm & Helps Others Do the Same
Join us for an inspiring conversation with Jenny Marks, founder of Trademark Farmer and host of Six Figure Flower Farming. Jenny has been immersed in…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersGrowing Pansies for Cut Flowers with Brenna Estrada of Three Brothers Blooms
Can pansies be a cut flower? 🌸 You might be surprised! In this episode of The Backyard Bouquet Podcast, we’re chatting with Brenna Estrada, author of Pansies…
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast: Cut Flower Farming Podcast for Flower Farmers & Backyard GardenersEp. 49: Sustainable Flower Farming & Extending the Growing Season with Little Hollow Flowers
In Episode 49 of The Backyard Bouquet Podcast, we sit down with Dustin Saunders of Little Hollow Flowers, a specialty cut flower farm nestled along Colorado’s…