It was such a pleasure to speak with floral designer and podcaster Rebecca Noble from LLB and Dish the Dirt podcast. Rebecca is located in Australia and designs with seasonal flowers grown by farmers in her area, who she has built wonderful relationships with, and in 2020 she started her podcast to share their stories and knowledge and connect florists with farmers.

We talk about how she got into floral design, the struggles and successes of starting her business, the importance of placing a value on time, how she moved into using local flowers, how using local blooms supports farmers, community, and the environment, and provides access to some of the most special and inspiring flowers that come with the story of where they were grown. I ask about some of Rebecca's incredible design work and installations, her inspiration, and if using local flowers changed how she designs. Then we talk about her podcast and all of the amazing connections and sense of community that has evolved from it.

I am in awe of Rebecca and her gorgeous design work, but most of all by how she has promoted the local flowers and farmers in her region with such passion, and worked to celebrate their hard work and beautiful blooms through her floral creations and through the connections her podcast has built and deepened in her community and country. Listening to Dish the Dirt has been one of the more heartwarming experiences of the last few months, and has helped build my confidence to  emphasize that part of my own business even more, and to reach out to local growers to directly buy more of my flowers. I'm so thankful to Rebecca for joining Flower Friends to chat about all of this and more. 

Follow along with Rebecca on Instagram @llb_florals and @_dishthedirt_, and listen to Dish the Dirt wherever you get your podcasts.

In this week's intro, I talk about what I'm going to do with some of flower beds now that their crops have stopped blooming (...to cover crop or grow one more round of fast-bloomers!?), and about making room for all of the flower bulbs that will be coming this fall & getting in last orders. The Flower Friends Flower Fact this week is about tulips, so listen in to learn something new! Stay til the end for the song of the week, which you can also find on the Spotify Flower Friends Song of the Week playlist.

Subscribe to the Flower Friends pod wherever you get your podcasts, and follow along on Instagram at @flowerfriendspodcast, and with Sarah at @growgirlseattle. Thanks flower friends!