Today we’re visiting with Sylvia Bustamante Gubbins, founder of Madrid Flower School in Madrid, Spain to discuss:

• what led her to flowers while working on a Master's degree in Creative Writing at NYU
• the impact of taking her first class at New York Botanical Garden
• her love of the Putnam and Putnam workshop experience
• moving from journalism to floral design through writing about florists and floral workshops
• the relationships she found in the floral industry vs. the loneliness she'd experienced working alone as a writer
• her first opportunities in freelancing
• her Instagram page Floristas del Mundo
• the decisions she had to make when relocating to Madrid
• the new Madrid Flower School facilities, master classes,  and curriculum
• the extensive World Floral Workshops List she created to assist other floral designers
• how owning a flower school will change her life
• the importance of technology in the floral industry

See more of Sylvia’s extensive body of work in the floral industry:

Madrid Flower School | Florista del Mundo | World Flower Workshops List

Facebook: Madrid Flower School | Floristas del Mundo group

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Today’s episode is brought to you by:

Mayesh Wholesale

Click here to visit Mayesh Wholesale’s useful website – filled with tools & educational content like the Flower Library treasured by designers. And stay tuned for the reveal of a brand new interactive website coming soon!

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BB Podcast Sound Engineer: Landon McGee

How to Connect with Botanical Brouhaha:

• Blog
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• BB Garden Style Workshop Series
• BB Garden Style Shop

Links mentioned in Episode Forty-Two:

• Chapel Designers
• The Met 
• Luxonomist
• Victoria Clausen Floral Events
• Sinclair & Moore
• Ponderosa & Thyme
• Hope Flower Farm
• Flower School New York
• London Flower School
• Lucia Milan
• If I Made
• Sarah Winward
• Sarita de Castro
• Holly Chapple | Egg & Pillow mechanics by Syndicate Sales
• Eco Fresh Bouquet Wrap