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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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Flowery Vintage Tablescapes
One of the highlights of my summers as a flower farmer is seeing a long table loaded with Flowers, Food, and Friends. I got my first taste in 2015 when I hosted 8 or so of my friends to see if the events would take off. And boy did they ever. To date, we’ve held 13 Sold-Out -Field to Vase, Alaska Grown Dinner Tours here on the farm. What started small on the deck of my home, graduated to the yard with various gathered tables and a couple of purple market umbrellas, to the famous magical extended tablescapes laden with flowers, beautiful place settings with vintage dishes, embroidered monogram napkins, and fun ribboned…
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Misty’s “More Flowers” Forecast for 2021
Happy New Year! Not the best picture but this is me saying no more 2020…LOL Seriously though, I predict it’s gonna be an even bigger year for buying local anything, including flowers. I also see more of the good that was created last year carry over to 2021. The chaos aka “The great pause” has created a space of opportunity for creatives to go all out, to make millions, if not billions. Have a book idea, product, or service? Now’s the time to seize the day. Further, I believe we will want more of anything that makes us feel less stressed, uplifted yet grounded, and “normal.” This means beautifying our work and living…
