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floral design Archives - Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing

Debra Prinzing

The Voice of the Slow Flowers Movement

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Episode 738: Meet Melissa Olson of Penflora Designs,...

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2025/10/15

At Penflora, sustainable floristry meets thoughtful design. Founder Melissa Olson recently hosted me for a book-signing event at her Bay Area shop where we celebrated the publication of The Flower Farmers and enjoyed her beautiful floral design demonstration. It was one stop during a full weekend of floral, garden, and book events and you’ll love […]The post Episode 738: Meet Melissa Olson of Penflora Designs, a Bay Area floral studio and lifestyle shop reflecting her love of nature, the

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Episode 734: A visit to The Little Farm on Olga Road,...

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2025/09/17

At The Little Farm on Olga Road on Orcas, Carol Wetzel and Allan Tone live in a small house and have devoted much of the surrounding three acres to growing a food-herb-and-flower farm and seasonal plant nursery to serve their neighbors and island visitors, including destination wedding clients. The Little Farm is a Big Endeavor […]The post 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,

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Episode 726: Navigating weddings as a farmer-florist...

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2025/07/23

Based in Kingston, Massachusetts, on Boston’s South Shore, farmer-florist Julie Raymond grows cut flowers for her clients’ wedding florals. After an initial career in social service, Julie’s graduate work in horticulture and landscape design now informs her philosophy. She says: “That background in science and design is rooted in everything I do and has inspired […]The post Episode 726: Navigating weddings as a farmer-florist with Julie Raymond of Bittersweet Gardens appeared first on Slow

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Episode 714: An inspiring conversation with Frances...

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2025/04/30

Renowned potter Frances Palmer has spent decades creating art that has enchanted designers and artists around the world. But there is another vibrant side of her creative life that she’s equally passionate about and devoted to – flower gardening and arranging. Today, join me in an engaging conversation with artist and passionate gardener Frances Palmer […]The post Episode 714: An inspiring conversation with Frances Palmer, ceramic artist, photographer, flower gardener, and author of Life With

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Episode 704: Sweet Pea School with Marryn Mathis of...

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2025/02/19

Take a deep breath and inhale the intoxicating fragrance of a sweet pea. Who wouldn’t want to grow this stunning annual flower – beloved for its dreamy petal hues, evocative scent, and popularity in both the cottage cutting garden and the florist’s vase? Meet Marryn Mathis, whose students and customers call the Sweet Pea Queen, […]The post Episode 704: Sweet Pea School with Marryn Mathis of The Farmhouse Flower Farm appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

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Episode 702: Sustainable Floral Design and its...

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2025/02/05

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

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Episode 700: How Sue Dykstra and Kelly Lewis of...

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2025/01/22

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

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Episode 693 – The Wonderful World of Willows with...

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2024/12/04

It’s Willow Week here at the Slow Flowers Podcast and Alana Karam of Willamette Willows is my guest. Learn about the three distinct categories of willow plants and their markets – including cultivars suitable for basketry and woven garden structures, as well as the many varieties of curly willow and pussy willow loved by floral […]The post Episode 693 – The Wonderful World of Willows with Alana Karam of Willamette Willows appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

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Episode 689 – Marigold and Mint Botanicals’ Izzie...

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2024/11/06

Marigold and Mint is a brand quite familiar to Seattle’s local floral aficionados. It was originally a flower farm and tiny shop owned by Katherine Anderson, who later opened The London Plane, a beautiful café & floral shop. During that time, Katherine teamed up with Illustrator/florist Isvald Klingels and designer Christian Petersen to create Marigold […]The post Episode 689 – Marigold and Mint Botanicals’ Izzie Klingels on flowers as an artist’s medium appeared first on Slow Flowers

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Episode 680: Let’s throw a Dahlia Festival with Lisa...

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2024/09/06

Like me, so many of our Slow Flowers practitioners have careers rooted in horticulture. And today’s guest, Lisa Dailey of Highlands, North Carolina-based Cultivation, shares how she brings Slow Flowers to her community by melding landscape and cutting garden design and consultation with organic floral design. It all comes together for Lisa and her colleagues […]The post Episode 680: Let’s throw a Dahlia Festival with Lisa Dailey of Cultivation, a Slow Flowers member and horticulture

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Episode 676: Petal & Pitchfork’s Stacy Marshall hosts...

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2024/08/14

Farmer-florist Stacy Marshall recently opened her beautiful flower farm in historic Poulsbo, Washington, to host British sustainable design educator Rachel Wardley of Tallulah Rose Flower School. I spent a morning visiting with these two floral friends to learn about their recent collaboration to elevate local flowers, seasonal flowers, and sustainable practices. Stacy Marshall says she […]The post Episode 676: Petal & Pitchfork’s Stacy Marshall hosts sustainable design workshop with

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Episode 667: Slow Flowers on the Road – a Visit to...

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2024/06/12

We’re taking a deep dive into the world of lilies today, featuring my conversations with experts I met while attending Dutch Lily Days in Amsterdam earlier this month. Most lily bulbs are produced in Holland, but the cut flowers you can grow from them are an important opportunity for domestic farmers and florists to offer […]The post Episode 667: Slow Flowers on the Road – a Visit to Dutch Lily Days appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

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