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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…
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What we do in the winter on the farm?
It’s not all seed catalogs and long naps by the fire. Yes, there’s a ton of dreaming, but for me its also a time to reflect on what worked and what didn’t to create a better plan for the following year. I look at all our sales channels and figure out ways to improve customer experience in each of those areas. From the summer Flower Shop to our Food & Flower Tours. There is also time for outside winter projects. Now let’s take a winter/ Alaska Spring walk together. We are having so much sunshine. Click lavender highlighted words right here to watch the video. You might also like what our flower fans…
