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Flower Power Podcast Interview with Sarah The Market Maven
I was delighted when Sarah Jensen, the Market Maven of Washington, reached out and asked to interview me for her podcast. I first had heard of Sarah when we were co-hosts on the virtual Alaska’s Farmers Market Summit. She impressed me with her knowledge about marketing, a favorite topic of mine and was excited to get the chance to meet her in person. Something about when the interviewer’s favorite flower the dahlia, is the number one flower you grow comes to your farm makes for an incredible experience for the interviewee and the listener alike. Our interview was comfortable and cozy sitting at my dining room table. We talked about all things flowers,…
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When Slow Flowers & Farm Girl Flowers Visit Your Flower Farm
While the Peony flower put Alaska on the map in Floriculture. For over a decade Debra Prinzing of Slow Flowers and Christina Stembel of Farmgirl Flowers are leading the way in making sure American grown flowers are not forgotten and top of mind. *Slow Flowers, the voice of the slow flower movement of making the conscious choice for buying and sending flowers. *Farmgirl Flowers, Purchasing 10+ million dollars worth of American Grown flowers annually for their iconic burlap wrapped bouquet online delivery service. If you love flowers be sure to check out these two floral Queens. Combined with knowing what flowers truly mean for these two floral professional women and the fact…
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Expanding my floral knowledge
This summit was one for the books. I had so much fun. My first summit was back in 2017 which was the very first annual slow flowers summit that was offered. I knew then it wouldn’t be my last. I try to go every year for the shear fact I believe in expanding my floral knowledge as well as I love being inspired and seeking that one “ah ha” that will take me further. Giving me a piece or pieces of information to better myself as a human, as a farmer, as a floral designer. This year the two-day slow flower summit 2023 was held at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens in Seattle. The…
