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10 years in flowers celebration highlights
Our 10 years in flowers celebration all summer was up and down, round and round during the worst weather flower season we’ve ever had. Alaskans are kiddingly calling it “8 days of Summer’. May we had wind, June hardly ever saw 50 degrees. August and September, rain, cold and more rain. We only had a handful of temps in the 70’s. Then early hard frost. I’m calling it the summer I lived in rubber boots which did my ankles no favor. I’m so thankful at least our two dinner tours the sun came out which was so nice. But hey, I’ll take a mild sunny October any day. It totally made for easy…
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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…
