I loved talking to Marianna Rappou, an agronomist, landscape architect and author of 100 Plants to Grow in Your Dream Garden.

Marianna lives in Greece and is also a podcaster.  She teaches her listeners how to grow a beautiful garden!  In this podcast she gives great advice to encourage people who say they can't grow plants. She tells them to think of it as an adventure and to keep trying new techniques.  Marianna is right when she says that we grow with the plants we are growing. 

One day the two of us will plan a Floral Retreat in Greece.  If you're interested to learn gardening tips and floral design in Greece , we hope you will join us! It will be an incredible learning adventure.  

Follow/connect with Marianna on Instagram @mariannarappou

Missy is a micro flower farmer in the great state of Missouri, outside of St. Louis (where I was born!)   She owns a turquoise flower truck named Rosalee and is the host of the Flower Truck Friends podcast.

In this episode Missy talks about the easiest and hardest flowers to grow, her biggest gardening mistake and her children's book Lena's Zinnias. She shares what she loves about gardening and some money saving tips.  Be sure to listen!  I guarantee that you'll want to visit her farm when the episode is over!


Missy Rolfe, Owner
Honeybee Flower Boutique & our 1967 Ford truck, Rosalee
Course creator for online Flower Truck 101 course
Host of Flower Truck Friends podcast
Author, Lena's Zinnias, children's book
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Today's podcast was a great conversation about gardening basics with Gina Schley. We talked about healthy soil. She explained the difference between compost and fertilizer and described the different types of fertilizers to use on your plants depending on their life stage.  We talked about pest management tips. I am now armed and ready for a prosperous Spring season in my garden.  Gina is teaching a 4-week class followed by 7 months of live Q & A sessions and the link to sign up is below.  She will inspire you and you will be ready for anything that comes your way after her course.  Enjoy this interview with her! Get out your pen to take notes! 

Sign up for her Design & Grow Course here:  https://shegrows.mykajabi.com/design-build-website?fbclid=PAAaY9SL8aBb0wDbXO84sKlWa8DF7coP-eLImPalHS9c1cRRkQV3rTVxXcD1c_aem_AUahr5TtBarM9yH6jbTGa10UJtHtynIC5yrnHOJzoZq7uoAlh5lUvS6EuDtYkxDe60A

In this podcast I was lucky enough to interview my favorite jewelry designer of all time. Amy Blair of Sun Ah Blair jewelry sells her vibrant and unique pieces in many DC museums. From Baltimore, she grew up loving and studying art. She sketches what she sees in her travels, in nature and incorporates those colors and patterns into her designs.  

She'll be selling her pieces at the American Craft Made Show, one of the best craft shows in the country.  It'll take place at the Baltimore Convention Center March 15-17.  I will definitely be going out to meet her in person and buy more of her earrings!  What an amazing story she has about starting a successful business.  You're going to love Amy and her work!  Be sure to listen to her inspiring story.

Visit her website: https://www.sunahjewelry.com/ 
Follow her on IG: https://www.instagram.com/sunahblairjewelry/?hl=en 

In this funny episode I interview Sarah Hickner, a local businesswoman and author. Sarah shares with us the inspiration behind her first book, Finding Gideon. This episode will leave you wanting to make your biggest dreams and life goals a reality!

Be sure to visit her podcast website to contribute your story ideas or stay in touch with her. https://www.liveridelearn.com/podcast/

La Paris, owner of Brooklyn Blooms, talks about her philosophy of floral design.  She sees every flower as unique, like people, and tries to showcase each flower's personality, curves and differences in her designs.

Be sure to listen. You will be inspired to create, design and transform your backyard foliage and flowers into stunning designs. See her beautiful work at
https://brooklynblooms.com/ and follow her on Instagram. She's got as much personality as her arrangements!  

Sarah Brunner tells about her start as a flower farmer in Northern CA.  Her newest project is their new Chevy flower truck they built that will be used for pop-up bouquets and flower bars.  The Brunner Farm hosts workshops, paint nights, yoga sessions, u-pick and summer camps for kids. Sarah has an amazing amount of energy and ideas so be sure to listen and get inspired!  Learn more about the Brunner Farm and check them out on social media. https://www.brunnerfamilyfarm.com/ 

Dana has lots of knowledge about flower farming and running a mobile cut flower business. Since 2022 she has been learning to grow a cut flower garden. Now a confident grower, she does mobile pop-up sales in her cool pink GMC. She also has a u-pick garden and hosts flower yoga sessions in her yard. Dana's favorite place to have flowers is in her bathroom -they are the first thing she sees when she wakes up. Enjoy hearing about Dana as she shares her business and passion for all things flowers.  Follow her on social media if you like flowers and gardening as much as she does! And look for her pink truck if you're ever up in Ontario, Canada. 

Joan Fuller gives us insight into how we can prepare for Spring planting. Owner of Hidden Pond Farm, she offers a flower club membership to anyone in the Vienna/Falls Church area to receive monthly flowering plants and expert tips so you can grow flowers of your own! Be sure to arrange to visit her farm or join her flower club. Joan raises funds for animal sanctuaries in the area. She is an amazing teacher and can teach anyone to grow flowers. 

https://www.971hiddenpondfarm.com/

Alley Dufour teaches us about her life as a fruit farmer in Olon, Ecuador.  She talks about the benefits of growing plants as she raises a family. Her 2 year old can name all of their crops and is often seen nude and in his farming boots feeding the chickens and playing with the baby goats.  As a gardener she suggests always sticking to one goal/project at a time. 

Follow Alley and her family farm on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/fincaforestalamancay?igsh=aXpxdnoxazBtYzJl