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 that they both wanted to visit “my” farm and attend a Dinner Tour no less was edifying for me on many levels. 

When I started flower farming commercially and hosting the first of our Dinner Tours and events I knew my flower farm had something unique to offer Alaska and my surrounding community. Having it reach a broader audience of both in state and out-of-state consumers and professionals alike fills me with so much gratitude.

 

Debra and I go way back to my early days of farming when I attended the the first Slow Flowers Summit held in Seattle and has interviewed me on her podcast. I love the motherly way she shows her appreciation for me and Christina whom I had never met before but had always wanted to until our 2023 August Dinner tour.

Here’s Christina and Deb touring our flower fields and our growing spaces and by what I can tell enjoyed themselves.

Here’s a fun shot of Debra caught in the action.

 

 

Ending on a delicious Alaska Grown note with chef Delicious Dave’s cooking.

I hope they know they are welcomed back anytime.

 

 

All Dahlia’d Up Flower Farm August 2023 Dinner Tour

Photos Alison Keener of Fire and Fern Photography

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