Welcome to the final Slow Flowers Podcast Episode of 2017. The Slow Flowers Community and listenership of this program have grown to be larger than ever, with more than 265,000 total downloads since launching in July 2013. That’s amazing news and I’m thrilled to share it with you. Every single week this year; in fact, […]

For the past two years, I’ve shared special Holiday Music episodes, which seems festive and fitting for this season when we all need a break from work and responsibilities. In 2015, musician-songwriter-flower farmer Dennis Westphall of Jello Mold Farm in Mt. Vernon, Washington, was my guest for Episode 225. And in 2016, Ellen Zachos, vocalist, […]

As more people ask “where is my food grown” and increasingly “where are my flowers grown?” issues of access to available land where food and flowers can be produced are increasingly important — especially in urban areas. My guest today, Brian Sellers-Petersen, is working at the heart of food justice and turning underused land into […]

Today, you will hear from two guests: Sue Nevler, an incredibly active gardening friend from the Pacific Northwest and national public horticulture scene who will share about the Solstice Garden Gatherings on December 21st, and Stow, Massachusetts-based Barbara Rietscha of Stow Greenhouses, which has rebranded as Field & Vase in Boston — yet another flower […]

We’re coming to a close of the year and lately, I’ve been focused on the upcoming 2018 Slow Flowers’ Floral Insights & Industry Forecast, which I will release on January 3rd, with episode 330 of this podcast. For the first time, our annual Floral Insights will also be published in Florists’ Review — and you […]

Last month I traveled to Portland for a wonderful day hosted by Mayesh Wholesale, one of a series of design workshops featuring their 2017 Design Star, Christy Hulsey. Christy is the owner and creative director of Colonial House of Flowers in Statesboro, Georgia, outside Savannah, and she was selected by Mayesh to be this year’s […]

Today we catch up with past guest of this Podcast, Kasey Cronquist of the Certified American Grown Program, which also produces the Field to Vase Dinner Tour, now in its third year. Full disclosure, as you heard at the top of this show, Certified American Grown is a Slow Flowers sponsor and in the past […]

As many of you know, my journalistic background includes working as a home and garden writer for the past two decades. During that journey, I invested many years — the past 15 in fact — in the Garden Writers Association, including two years serving as its president. Many of my closest professional and personal friendships […]

I’m so happy today to feature my recent interview with Janet Foss of J. Foss Garden Flowers, based in Onalaska, Washington, a community located halfway between Seattle and Portland. Janet Foss has spent more than 30 years in flower farming, but her passion began when she was 10 years old. “I remember asking for my […]

Whenever I travel, even for pleasure, I’m likely to add three things to my itinerary: First, I visit Slow Flowers’ members to see their places of business — flower farms, floral studios and retail florists locations. Next, I team up with one or more of those generous folks to schedule a Slow Flowers meet-up. And […]