Slow Flowers With Debra Prinzing

Join Quynh Nguyen, the paper artist behind Pink and Posey, as she shares her decade-long journey in paper artistry, from crafting her first floral arrangement to co-creating the Papertalk Podcast. Quynh is the author of The New Art of Paper Flowers – just published in late 2024. She has produced fine art paper floral installations […] The post Episode 703: The New Art of Paper Flowers with Quynh Nguyen of Pink & Posey appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

Last weekend I was invited to Vancouver, British Columbia, where two floral luminaries, Hitomi Gilliam and Per Benjamin, were teaching an in-person workshop for students of their Floristic Dialog courses. I wanted to interview Per to learn more of his about-to-be-published book, Sustainable Floral Design – A Sustainable Future found in History. This beautiful new […] The post Episode 702: Sustainable Floral Design and its History, with Per Benjamin – author, World Cup Winner, and florist for the Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

Showcasing floral agriculture as a valuable farm crop in an area surrounded by ranches and alfalfa farms, Kim and Kylie operate Yellow Petal Flower Farm in Fallon, Nevada. Let’s hear how they created a multi-generational, woman-led flower farm and floral design business serving Reno, Lake Tahoe, and the surrounding region. The Nevada Department of Agriculture, […] The post Episode 701: Meet Mother-Daughter Duo Kim Urso and Kylie Pack of Yellow Petal Farm, Nevada’s Small-Business Agriculture Award Recipients for 2024 appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

Experienced plantswoman Sue Dykstra has operated nurseries for decades. She opened Creekside Growers in 2001, expanding the Middleville, Michigan business from a small plantstand to a full-service garden center with 65,000-square-feet of covered greenhouses. Over the past several years, Sue and manager Kelly Lewis have transitioned the nursery to a cut flower farm with indoor […] The post Episode 700: How Sue Dykstra and Kelly Lewis of Michigan’s Creekside Growers transitioned a 25-year-old retail plant nursery into a cut flower farm with year-round production appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

Yes, you can grow gorgeous cut flowers in Alaska. Just ask Misty Vanderweele, anAlaska native who founded All Dahlia’d Up in 2013, a boutique flower farm in Palmer. There is a magical effect on the intense color palettes and robust health of Misty’s blooms, as the short growing season is balanced by up to 22 […] The post Episode 699: Building a Flower Farm Centered Around Floral Tourism with Misty Vanderweele of All Dahlia’d Up Flower Farm in Palmer, Alaska appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

This year, in recognition of Slow Flowers’ annual focus on changing cultural and creative shifts in the floral industry, our Forecast hones in on seven key insights. In a year where Artificial Intelligence has become omnipresent, we find ourselves reverting to the Analog world of nature. Innovation and personal expression are being challenged by the […] The post Episode 698: Slow Flowers Floral Insights and Industry Forecast for 2025 appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

Happy New Year! We’ve pulled one of our most popular episodes of 2024 to share with you today and I know it will inspire you with new sustainability ideas for the coming wedding season! Meet Jessica Stewart, a pioneering Slow Flowers floral designer, and learn how she leads with joy when communicating her values to […] The post Episode 697: Best of 2024 (Encore) Secrets of a Sustainable Wedding Florist with Jessica Stewart of Pittsburgh’s Bramble & Blossom appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

For the past decade, I have kept an important annual ritual. Before I turn the calendar page to the New Year, I take time at the end of December to reflect back on the one that’s coming to a close. This exercise has become our recurring Slow Flowers Society “Year in Review,” a habit that […] The post Episode 696: Our 2024 Year in Review for Slow Flowers Society with Debra Prinzing appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

Back by popular demand, we’re hosting Johnny’s Seeds’ floral experts, Joy Longfellow and Hillary Alger, who will introduce some of Johnny’s Selected Seeds’ 40-plus new flower seed varieties for 2025! Hillary and Joy take us behind the scenes to learn more about the dazzling selections of floral varieties and mixes for 2025 – from the subtle to the vibrant, […] The post Episode 695 – New Cut Flower Seeds for 2025 + Flower Breeding News with Hillary Alger, Joy Longfellow, and Lindsay Wyatt of Johnny’s Selected Seeds appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

Every day for more than a decade, Mary Jo Hoffman has made a photograph of found nature – no subject too small or too ordinary. For Mary Jo, a former aeronautical engineer, this daily ritual cracked open profound revelations about the connectedness of all things, the importance of place, and her own life. She joined […] The post Episode 694 – A Conversation with Mary Jo Hoffman on her new book STILL: The Art of Noticing appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.