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Episode 737: Herbs for floral design (and the garden) with Stefani Bittner of Homestead Design Collective and Rose Loveall of Morningsun Herb Farm
https://youtu.be/celZnV8yrZg?si=pYtq6P5iOTXJOXXK Compared to the way today’s guests view the role of herb plants for the landscape, for culinary and …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 736: Meet the people, farms, and florists shaping Japan’s Slow Flowers Movement
A visit to Japan for two weeks in September was the ultimate dream come true. My husband Bruce and I, joined by three dear friends, experienced some …
7 months ago
Episode 735: The magic of dahlias with Anne Long of The Dahlia House
https://youtu.be/_S5lU5VPqk8?si=nJkFjh_vDEfP4aV5 Anne Long likes to call herself a cheerleader for dahlias and many other flowers that she wants gard…
7 months, 1 week ago
Episode 734: A visit to The Little Farm on Olga Road, with Carol Wetzel and Allan Tone, where customers are welcomed to harvest the beauty of flowers, herbs, and vegetables
https://youtu.be/XiAbthV5xU4?si=Ci5qiYKnqEG70vDS At The Little Farm on Olga Road on Orcas, Carol Wetzel and Allan Tone live in a small house and have…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 733: Field tour and design demonstration with Alicia Houston of Healer’s Harvest
https://youtu.be/_uKTLKHF5Zg?si=pu1QJXMfHrY2RnRs Alicia Houston is the founder of Healer’s Harvest, based in Poulsbo, Washington. After moving to the…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 732: Celebrating Taylor Swift’s Engagement as People Magazine’s Floral Expert with Ashley Greer of Atelier Ashley Flowers
https://youtu.be/C8G7Tn-8y6E?si=8e5f8qkEfMVU1UzE The news was impossible to ignore last Tuesday, as the Internet exploded with reports of Taylor Swif…
8 months ago
Episode 731: High Desert Dahlias on Colorado’s Front Range, with Dianne Reitan of Dianne’s Dahlias
https://youtu.be/YIqJkwH7LXY?si=Mz5TXBzwyF6f6Xuy It’s dahlia season and gardeners and growers everywhere are celebrating the endless variety and exqu…
8 months, 1 week ago
Episode 730: Meet farmer-florist Colleen Raney of Diadem Flowers as we discuss her new project, Songbird Seed Co., specializing in hard-to-find British sweet pea seeds and more
https://youtu.be/gaTn7jO3DS4?si=xEnvvGPsdI7t0di3 I truly love learning about the floral journeys that so many of our members have taken to arrive at …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 729: Jenny Jonak of Dragon Song Farm on building community, enriching a family’s lifestyle, and encouraging creative expression through flower farming
https://youtu.be/L3ykZ98zqsE?si=uJggIXWspcqsw0mo Dragon Song Farm is located in Oregon’s Willamette Valley outside Eugene. Founder Jenny Jonak’s miss…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 728: Building a Successful Floral Tourism Destination, with Lori and Jim Bochner of Bochner Farms in Indianola, Iowa
https://youtu.be/EB6eWif0mio?si=pfsFql-4xDnbwBWN The Bochner family lived in the Des Moines, Iowa, suburbs for many years, in a house surrounded by a…
9 months ago