My guest this week is Ryan O’Neil, creator of Curate. You’ve heard me speak of Curate as a new sponsor of The Flower Podcast and I am glad to finally chat with Ryan about why he created Curate and how this florist software can be a powerful tool for your business and not only florist but event planners, caterers, and venue management. Today we talk about the importance of transparency and creating systems to help the workflow in your business.

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Our guest this week is Charlotte Smith and she teaches farmers the skills they need to make money on their farms and live calm, balanced lives through mindset coaching. Going against what most of us have been taught, Charlotte coaches in 13 countries to build successful profitable farms while also getting out from feeling overwhelmed, stressed and anxious.

In 2016, Charlotte was named one of the Top 25 Most Influential Women in the World in Food and Agriculture by the non-profit, Food Tank and she is giving us a little dose of her coaching today on The Flower Podcast.  

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Adam and Jenn O’Neal cultivate farm fresh flowers at PepperHarrow, their 20-acre farm in Winterset, Iowa. Their farm is described as an idyllic setting, sitting on a beautiful plateau above the Middle River Valley, nestled among the historic covered bridges and gorgeous rolling hills of Madison County.

Jenn and Adam are decade long cut-flower farmers, co-authors, and recognized speakers on cut-flower gardening, and they are sharing all about their small farm with a big dream today on The Flower Podcast.

Our conversation includes:

- The value of creating living spaces for photographers

- Agritourism can provide additional sources of revenue

- Growing your business slowly and deliberately

- The importance of keeping workshops and classes small

- And so. Much more!!

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This week we were planning on airing our conversation with Jenn and Adam O'Neal of PepperHarrow Farm in Winterset, Iowa. Saturday a tornado hit their farm destroying all of the structures and greenhouses, except their home. Their family is safe thankfully, but it will take some time to rebuild eventhing that they've created. We will share their interview sometime in the future, but for now you can use the link below for donations to their business as they pick up the pieces and rebuild.

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Today’s episode is all about Flower Business with Alison Ellis. In case you aren’t familiar with Alison, she is the founder of realflowerbusiness.com, creator of Flower Math, and author of Falling Into Flowers, A step-by-step guide to today’s modern wedding business. She’s a floral designer and educator who teaches florists around the world how to increase their income and find more freedom in their small business with honest, actionable strategies and step-by-step courses. She is no stranger to talking business for florists and we’re excited to have her on The Flower Podcast.

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This week I am excited to share a roundtable discussion with not only the founder of Rooted Farmers, but with a flower farmer and a florist so in essence we have a view from every angle. I’m excited to welcome Rhea Calpeno of Photosynthesis Floral Design and Lillian Calhoun of Calhoun Flower Farms. We really dive into each side of using the Rooted Farmers network and the benefits of using the online marketplace.  

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Our guest this week is Felicia Alvarez of Menagerie Farm and Flower. She shares her love of fragrant garden roses through her sustainable farming practices, her specialty farm nursery, and helping others through online learning and in person workshops through the Menagerie Academy. Today’s episode is packed full of growing tips , how-to’s and why’s from Felicia.

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Here's the link for our episode last year with Adrienne Ryser.

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This week we’re talking about having fun and an efficient flower farm on The Flower Podcast. My guest shares successful flower farming in a relatively small space. It’s not always about the acreage but about efficiency, productive crops, and having fun while growing. Canadian Antonio Valente shares how his love of flowers as a child grew into his now thriving flower business on the same ground that his father and grandfather grew their vegetables on.  I believe we sometimes get lost in the grand plans and forget about the practical and simple approach to growing.

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Semia Dunne is the founder and President of Semia Floral Studio located in Providence, Rhode Island. She opened her studio in 2000 and has specialized in wedding and large event floral design for the past 21 years. In 2013 she was named as one of the top 62 floral designers in the Martha Stewart Wedding Magazine. Her inspiration comes from nature and her love of growing flowers that began as a child with her mother. In 2017 she opened her sister company, The Floral Reserve, which is a floral wholesale company that serves the floral trade as well as local flower farmers.

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Our guest this week is Jessica Aguilera and she is an advocate for supporting locally grown flowers in Australia. An entrepreneur specializing in events, marketing and styling, creating the Newcastle Food and Flower’s Market, and The School of Floral Design in Newcastle, my guest has a passion for mentoring and sharing her knowledge, empowering her students, and the vision for Australia’s vibrant floral industry. Now she’s also connecting florists and farmers in the industry from the ground up with her latest initiative called The Flower Farm Collective. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app and listen to all of our previous episodes!

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