The Flower Podcast

My guest is Sandra Sigman, award winning floral designer, owner of Les Fleurs, and author. She has recently launched her first book, French Blooms which is a beautiful book displaying the design principles she learned from her favorite Parisian florist. Get ready to be transported to a world of elegance and creativity as we dive into the story behind this French inspired floral journey.

Sandra moved to France in her early 20's working as a professional ice skater and fell in love with Paris. The daughter of a floral designer and influenced by her childhood love of flowers, she came back to the states and founded Les Fleurs, a French inspired flower shop.

We're excited to have Sandra share her journey into the world of flowers and many of the lessons that has brought her success in her business. Following her passions, love of flowers, and willingness to never give up she has grown her brand and grown her community of clients that appreciate her love of France.

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Ready to talk Dahlias? This week my guest is Kristine Albrecht of Santa Cruz Dahlias. Known for her award winning dahlia hybrids and her book, Dahlia Breeding for the farmer florist and the home gardener, Kristine is sharing her flower journey along with numerous tips and insights on her hybridizing process, cover crops, soil testing and more. She is the president of the Monterey Bay Dahlia Society and travels with her blooms to local and national dahlia shows and today we get to step into the world of dahlias with Kristine. So get your notebooks ready, we're talking dahlias, now on The Flower Podcast.

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My guest today is Jen Vazquez, Founder and CPO, Chief Pinterest Officer, of Jen Vazquez Media. Jen worked as a Division Director for a Fortune 500 company and continued on to create her wedding photography business and then, Pinterest arrived on the scene. Her world changed because of Pinterest and today, some refer to her as the Pinterest queen, she started Jen Vazquez Media where she helps others market their business using this visual platform.

Pinterest is a social media platform where users can discover, share, and save ideas for various interests and projects. With a visually appealing interface, Pinterest allows users to browse through millions of images and videos, create personalized boards, and connect with others who share similar ideas and interests but how do we use this great platform to market our business.

Jen shares in this episode many tips and techniques to help grow your business using Pinterest. You might want to grab some paper or take notes on your phone. Flowers and Pinterest go hand in hand reaching clients for your flowers, weddings, and events.

Learn more about Jen and all of her links to her websites, podcast, and social places in addition to all of our past guests by visiting TheFlowerPodcast.com

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This weeks guest is Daniel Schavey Co-Founder of Petal Pickers Flower Co., began in 2017, as a small farm operation specializing in growing fresh and fragrant, often heirloom, varieties of specialty cut flowers. They supply fresh seasonal cut flowers, distinctive bouquets, and botanicals to retail establishments and floral studios in the greater Greenville, SC area.

It was great to connect with Daniel and chat about many topics surrounding flower farming and his journey with flowers, especially growing flowers. Our conversation covers the importance of on-line learning, connecting with your customers, building relationships with other farmers in your area, and a ton more.

Courses mentioned by Daniel:

Floret

The Gardeners Workshop

The Tulip Workshop

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Our guest this week considers herself self-made and having bootstrapped her business with no funding from anyone, she got very creative. Well it was with that attitude, fortitude, and $200 that started out as a daily delivery service based out of her small apartment and grew into a bicoastal, floral studio. She hustled and eventually was doing events and speaking gigs all over the country! Carly Cylinder, owner of Flour LA, Inc a florist that conducts business in LA, NYC, and Nashville now. Her first book The Flower Chef was published in March 2016 and named Best Books by Amazon. She is the host of The Flower Kitchen on Bluprint (NBC Universal). Vogue named Carly and Flour LA as one of the best flower classes in the country and she is here today to discuss business, changing your thinking, and her key to success and this week she's on The Flower Podcast.

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This week our guest is David Beahm and we're talking all about the wow factor and making dreams into realities. David is an expert at transforming venues both in the United States and throughout the globe. His destinations collection features some of the most luxurious and exclusive properties in the world, setting the stage for any event a client can imagine. He truly makes a client's dream a reality. It is a motivating lesson about putting yourself out there, blocking out the negative self talk, and having the courage to simply do it. You really must give it a go. It's all about taking an experience to the next level, and this week it's a David Beahm Experience.

Learn more about David and all of our past guests by visiting TheFlowerPodcast.com

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A conversation about flower farming wouldn't be complete without discussing pricing. Having a pricing structure is vital not only for profit success but as we have discussed many times over the years, pricing can be a major source of stress but with proper structure in place, pricing doesn't have to be a dreaded part of your flower farm.

This is part 2 of my chat with Kimby Decker of Millsap Farm but now we are joined by Amelia Ihlo, Founder of Rooted Farmers to discuss their approach to pricing and how it has evolved over the years. Amelia will also share a little about the new pricing tool and its functions and why they saw a need for it in the flower market. I know these aren't always the most fun conversations, but I love Amelia's helpful attitude and her continuous efforts to make our flower lives more efficient and certainly easier to source and sell flowers.

You can listen to Episode 207 with Kimby by visiting her guest page.

Rooted Farmers has a special offer for our listeners. This year, they are offering $75.00 off any plan you choose. Simply Use the code: TFP23 and enjoy the savings and the flowers. Go to Rooted Farmers and choose the plan that works for you.

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Learn more about all of our past guests by visiting TheFlowerPodcast.com

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I'm still amazed at how flowers are being used in so many inventive ways! Flowers can be used to create beautiful and one-of-a-kind pieces in everything from fashion and design to art and decor and even edibles. It's exciting to see how one natural element can be used in different ways, and my guest today is known for creating lavish floral designs that look like they were lifted from a classical painting, but with a unique difference...handmade sugar flowers that truly look like real ones.

Natasja Sadi, a well-known floral artist, designs flower arrangements and sculpts sugar flowers from her studio in Amsterdam. She travels the world teaching floral design and sugar flower artistry, and she is now sharing her floral journey on the flower podcast. So let's get started and learn how a quest to pursue nature and a birthday cake sparked her interest in sugar flowers

Learn more about Natasja and all of our past guests by visiting TheFlowerPodcast.com

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If you're looking for a flower farmer in your area try LocalFlowers.org!!

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The Gardeners Workshop

The shift from growing vegetables to flowers, or even just adding flowers to your farm's inventory, may appear to be an insurmountable challenge; however, flowers may prove to be an invaluable asset to your growing business.

My guest for this week is going to share with us her experience with expanding the farm to include flowers, as well as what this expansion has meant for the company's sales and their connection to the community.

Kimby Decker, the farm manager at Millsap Farm located close to Springfield, Missouri, is talking about her experience growing flowers on the farm and the natural progression of those flowers into the market. We also have chat about a wonderful addition on the farm, the Pizza Club. The farm's mission is to grow food and flowers that connect people to community and creation. On this week's episode of the flower podcast, yes, we will be discussing flowers, farming, and pizza.

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Today my guest is Emily von Trapp and her business is von Trapp Flowers located it Waitsfield Vermont. Emily is the third generation to grow and cultivate on her family's land and has been selling sustainably grown flowers in Central Vermont for over 25 years. I have to admit that I was amazed at the amount of flowers she produces and I'm thrilled to have Emily this week on The Flower Podcast.

Emily von Trapp is a year round flower farmer and this year she will sustainably grows over 175,000 specialty winter tulips, in addition to many varieties of annual and perennial cut flowers in Waitsfield, Vermont. The daughter of a horticulturist and self-taught master gardener, she grew up surrounded by her parents' gorgeous gardens and blooms at the von Trapp Greenhouse. She has been selling sustainably grown seasonal flowers in the form of Market Bouquets to markets in Central Vermont for over 25 years. Emily sells her flowers to 15 markets and shops throughout Central Vermont and also through a Winter Tulip Bouquet CSA.

Learn more about Emily, von Trapp Flowers, and all of our past guests by visiting TheFlowerPodcast.com

Visit LocalFlowers.org to find flower farmers and ASCFG members in your area.

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