The Flower Podcast

Our guest this week is Amy Marella, owner of The Hidden Garden in LA, California. She started her business in 1999 and this week she shares her story about starting her business and grown it to what it is today.

We talk about hiring the right people to support the business, growing several revenue streams, the importance of networking, flower guarantees, and so much more.

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This week on The Flower Podcast, we're chatting with Sarah Daken and Tom Precht, Founders of Grateful Gardeners. Disenchanted with their corporate careers, Sarah and Tom desired to go back to the basics and to be stewards of the environment and have committed themselves to farming beautiful flowers through sustainable practices.

Learn more about Sarah and Tom and all of our past guests on TheFlowerPodcast.com

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FlowerSchool NY

With over thirty years of experience in the retail floral market and floral education field and now utilizing his experience to provide education and instructional design programs, Jackie Lacey, AAF, AIFD, PFCI, CFD discusses the benefits of becoming certified through AIFD and floral education, the state of the floral industry and adapting your business, being profitable, and much more.

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We're excited to share our interview with Pamela and Frank Arnosky. They bought their farm in 1989 and began growing cut flowers in 1993 in the Texas Hill Country. They have been sharing their story and experience with flower farmers for almost 30 years.

We discuss why it's so important to practice good post harvest methods, growing flowers year round, and so much more!

Learn more about The Arnosky's and all of our guests on TheFlowerPodcast.com.

Subscribe to The Flower Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Gaana, Amazon Music, Audible, and more. It's free and we want to help encourage you in your flower journey.

Many of our episodes are on YouTube with extra contentfrom out sponsors and guests. Visit The Flower Podcast Youtube Channel for additional resources.

You can also visit TheFlowerPodcast.com to visit The Flower Podcast Blog!! We create special content for our flower family. Full of inspiration and tips!

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How to find your style! Our guest this week is Jean-Pascal Lemire and he founded his floral company in the fall of 2010 in Montreal, CA. He was recognized for his talent and breathtaking designs. In 2017 he moved to Southern California and started Jean-Pascal Florist, where he now creates beautiful designs for the upscale Los Angeles area. I was excited to see the opening of his new store when I was in California last month and this week Jean-Pascal is on The Flower Podcast.

Jean-Pascal discusses:

-People have different learning styles.

-It's good to work for different florists for experience.

-Social Media is important, but not everything.

….and so much more.

Learn more about Jean-Pascal and all of our guests on TheFlowerPodcast.com.

Subscribe to The Flower Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Gaana, Amazon Music, Audible, and more. It's free and we want to help encourage you in your flower journey.

Many of our episodes are on YouTube with extra content from out sponsors and guests. Visit The Flower Podcast Youtube Channel for additional resources.

You can also visit TheFlowerPodcast.com to visit The Flower Podcast Blog!! We create special content for our flower family. Full of inspiration and tips!

Thanks to our Sponsors!

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Scott Shepherd celebrates our Third Anniversary with The Flower Podcast. Finding ways to educate, encourage, and inspire the floral community is still the driving desire of Scott. As Season 7 starts, we hope to find new ways to connect with our listening audience and help you grow your business.

This week Scott shares a little about how the podcast started and how his vision grew to help floral artists and farmers through sharing the stories of others around the world.

Subscribe to The Flower Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Gaana, Amazon Music, Audible, and more. It's free and we want to help encourage you in your flower journey.

Many of our episodes are on YouTube with extra content from out sponsors and guests. Visit The Flower Podcast Youtube Channel for additional resources.

You can also visit TheFlowerPodcast.com to learn more and see images from all of our guests. Including The Flower Podcast Blog!! We create special content for our flower family. Full of inspiration and tips!

Thanks to our Sponsors!

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In celebration of American Flowers Week, we're replaying our episode from last year with Martha Lojewski, manager with the Alaska Peony Cooperative. Peony season is beginning this week with tens of thousands of stems being harvested over the course of the next month and a half. I can't wait to dive into my chat with Martha Lojewski. This remote part of our country is the last haven for this majestic flower once the regular season comes to an end towards the end of June.

If you're a flower farmer or you just plain love peonies I think you're going to enjoy this weeks episode on The Flower Podcast! You can learn more about Martha and all of our other guests at TheFlowerPodcast.com !

Visit our YouTube Channel to see all of last years videos with the Alaska Peony Cooperative!

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We're chatting with Canaan Marshall this week on The Flower Podcast! Canaan has been featured in Southern Living, Modern Luxury, and Flower Magazine, and today he shares how he began his floral journey and his latest adventure on HBO Max's new season of Full Bloom.

Learn more about Canaan and all of our past guests at TheFlowerPodcast.com.

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Recently, Scott had the opportunity to participate in a conversation with Hitomi Gilliam, AIFD, for her Patreon Group. Hitomi has been featured on The Flower Podcast twice so this isn't a chat about her floral journey, but it is great dialogue between Scott and Hitomi discussing numerous topics relevant to the floral industry. it was great having Hitomi interview Scott because the chat is so rich in 'real talk'. Hitomi is an amazing educator and brilliant visionary in floral design.

Invest in yourself through education from the very best. Hitomi's Patreon Group is filled with great, creative content and instruction and a wonderful source of virtual meet-ups, videos, workshops and much more. With memberships perfect for any budget, be sure to explore the options to Hitomi's Patreon.

Also, you can find the links to Hitomi's episodes on the The Flower Podcast and her Patreon Page.

Links:

Hitomi Podcast Episode Guest Page

Hitomi Patreon Page

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Also Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform. We are available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Ghana, and many more!

The Flower Podcast Sponsors:

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Florabundance

FlowerSchool NY / LA

I am loving Clubhouse and the great conversations with floral professionals and flower farmers.

This week on The Flower Podcast, this episode is a recording of my Clubhouse chat with Sarah Daken and Tom Precht, Founders of Grateful Gardeners. Disenchanted with their coorporate careers, Sarah and Tom desired to go back to the basics and to be stewards of the environment and have committed themselves to farming beautiful flowers through sustainable practices.

Learn more about Sarah and Tom and their passion for flowers at theflowerpodcast.com and be sure to follow them @gratefulgardeners.

Never miss content of The Flower Podcast! Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for access to all of our Zoom chats, tutorials, IG Lives, and video extras.

Also Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform. We are available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Ghana, and many more!

Visit our webpage theflowerpodcast.com

Thank you to all of our sponsors!

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FlowerSchool NY/LA

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Florabundance, Inc.