Amanda Bowman of Amanda Bee's Floral Designs and our July & August Mayesh Design Star was our guest this week. She is once again bringing the retail perspective into our series and conversation this year. We are going to chat about her retail program, containers, flower subscriptions, software & websites for retailers, shop events & more!

Show notes & video link: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-retail-floristry-amanda-bowman

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Our newest Mayesh Design Star, Amanda Bowman of Amanda Bee's Floral Design, joined Yvonne for our latest episode. She is bringing the retail perspective into our series this year and we are excited to dive more into the topic. Learn more about her retail posey program, tips for getting started in retail, flower deliveries, florist websites & so much more!

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What is floral marketing? Hafsa Lewis of Hafsa & Co joined me live yesterday to answer that very question. We also chatted about working with other companies, brand activations, flay lays, current projects, future plans and so much more!

Show notes & video replay:

https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-floral-marketing-with-hafsa-lewis

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Our newest Mayesh Design Star, Hafsa Lewis of Hafsa & Co joined Yvonne for our latest Mornings with Mayesh. They dove into Hafsa's amazing dried floral installation at a restaurant, learned about how she works with businesses & brands as a florist, and answered your questions live!

Show notes & video replay: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-hafsa-lewis-floral-marketing

Lauren Palmer of The Wild Mother joined us to chat about their "Art is Medicine" project #SendFlowersToGreenwood. Learn more about how they are working with The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission to send flowers to Greenwood both virtually with participants creating art to share on social media and physically by providing large-scale floral installations and bouquets for descendants of massacre victims during commemorative ceremonies this month. Their work is truly inspiring!

Show notes & video replay: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-the-wild-mother-sendflowerstogreenwood

Darroch and Michael Putnam of Putnam & Putnam were Yvonne's very special guests on yesterday's Mornings with Mayesh!! They have collaborated on projects ranging from events with Dior to installations for Beyoncé and have been featured in countless magazines. The Putnams visited the show to share about their second book, Flower Color Theory - a follow-up to Flower Color Guide that features 175 different arrangements! Afterward, we dove into some of your flower questions that included: do they forage, which floral designers inspire them, when did they feel like they "made it", and so much more! Show notes & video replay: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-putnam-putnam-on-flower-color-theory

This episode featuring Gilberto Espinoza, of Dogwood & Fir, really covers a wide range of topics - everything from design principles to taxidermy and beyond! We chat about pin frogs, flower food, design details, and using triangles when designing using his Dutch still-life arrangement video as a reference. Also, we discussed Gilberto's creative way he sells designs by color, not specific flowers, along with talking about how he orders and what percentages he uses to ensures he makes a profit on his events.

Show notes & video replay: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-dutch-still-life-flowers-wedding-flowers

The Hotel Florist, Franceska McCaughan, joined Yvonne for our latest segment of Mornings with Mayesh to discuss the hotel floral industry. In this episode, learn about what a hotel florist is, how this segment of our industry has been affected by Covid, and strategies on getting your foot in the hotels' doors. This may be a whole new segment that you've never considered OR you may have been too intimidated to explore more. We are going to break it down and answer your questions.

Show notes & video replay: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-how-to-become-a-hotel-florist

The founder of Botanical Brouhaha, Amy McGee, joined Yvonne for the latest episode of Mornings with Mayesh! Amy shares about the evolution of Botanical Brouhaha, content creation, blogging, podcasting, InBloom Trust Co & more.

Show notes & video replay: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-amy-mcgee-of-botanical-brouhaha

Our second 2021 Mayesh Design Star, Gilberto Espinoza of Dogwood & Fir, joined Yvonne for our latest Mornings with Mayesh. In the first half of the show, they talked about his debut design video that launched last week, "Croquet Party Tablescape" and then they discussed starting a business during a pandemic, the importance of floral education in Gilberto's life, along with answering any other questions from the live audience.

Show notes & video replay: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-gilberto-espinoza-tablescape-design