Sinopsis
Gardens, Flowers and Floral Design
Episodios
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Episode 738: Meet Melissa Olson of Penflora Designs, a Bay Area floral studio and lifestyle shop reflecting her love of nature, the garden, and local blooms
15/10/2025 Duración: 54minAt Penflora, sustainable floristry meets thoughtful design. Founder Melissa Olson recently hosted me for a book-signing event at her Bay Area shop where we celebrated the publication of The Flower Farmers and enjoyed her beautiful floral design demonstration. It was one stop during a full weekend of floral, garden, and book events and you’ll love […] The post Episode 738: Meet Melissa Olson of Penflora Designs, a Bay Area floral studio and lifestyle shop reflecting her love of nature, the garden, and local blooms appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.
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Episode 737: Herbs for floral design (and the garden) with Stefani Bittner of Homestead Design Collective and Rose Loveall of Morningsun Herb Farm
09/10/2025 Duración: 01h10minCompared to the way today’s guests view the role of herb plants for the landscape, for culinary and medicinal purposes, and especially for floral design, I feel like the herb repertoire in the Slow Flowers Cutting Garden is in need of a major makeover. Learning from herb-lover and edible landscape designer Stefani Bittner of Homestead […] The post Episode 737: Herbs for floral design (and the garden) with Stefani Bittner of Homestead Design Collective and Rose Loveall of Morningsun Herb Farm appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.
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Episode 736: Meet the people, farms, and florists shaping Japan’s Slow Flowers Movement
02/10/2025 Duración: 56minA visit to Japan for two weeks in September was the ultimate dream come true. My husband Bruce and I, joined by three dear friends, experienced some of the country’s incomparable beauty, culture, history, and tradition during our time in Kyoto and Tokyo. We watched World Class athletes compete in Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium at the […] The post Episode 736: Meet the people, farms, and florists shaping Japan’s Slow Flowers Movement appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.
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Episode 735: The magic of dahlias with Anne Long of The Dahlia House
24/09/2025 Duración: 27minAnne Long likes to call herself a cheerleader for dahlias and many other flowers that she wants gardeners and growers to experience. “I love ridiculously gorgeous flowers that look like they are out of a high-end magazine,” she proclaims. “And I want my neighbor to have them on her kitchen table.” At the peak of dahlia season […] The post Episode 735: The magic of dahlias with Anne Long of The Dahlia House appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.
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Episode 734: A visit to The Little Farm on Olga Road, with Carol Wetzel and Allan Tone, where customers are welcomed to harvest the beauty of flowers, herbs, and vegetables
17/09/2025 Duración: 42minAt The Little Farm on Olga Road on Orcas, Carol Wetzel and Allan Tone live in a small house and have devoted much of the surrounding three acres to growing a food-herb-and-flower farm and seasonal plant nursery to serve their neighbors and island visitors, including destination wedding clients. The Little Farm is a Big Endeavor […] The post Episode 734: A visit to The Little Farm on Olga Road, with Carol Wetzel and Allan Tone, where customers are welcomed to harvest the beauty of flowers, herbs, and vegetables appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.
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Episode 733: Field tour and design demonstration with Alicia Houston of Healer’s Harvest
10/09/2025 Duración: 42minAlicia Houston is the founder of Healer’s Harvest, based in Poulsbo, Washington. After moving to the Pacific Northwest from San Diego to care for her grandfather, a long-time veggie grower and farmers’ market seller, Alicia found her own passion for flower farming. Her lifelong interest in medicinal plants led her to take courses, attend workshops, […] The post Episode 733: Field tour and design demonstration with Alicia Houston of Healer’s Harvest appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.
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Episode 732: Celebrating Taylor Swift’s Engagement as People Magazine’s Floral Expert with Ashley Greer of Atelier Ashley Flowers
03/09/2025 Duración: 56minThe news was impossible to ignore last Tuesday, as the Internet exploded with reports of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement. For flower people like us, seeing the enchanted garden setting with a lush display of roses, hydrangea, delphinium, lilies, and masses of greenery – well, it was all too wonderful. Whether you’re a devoted […] The post Episode 732: Celebrating Taylor Swift’s Engagement as People Magazine’s Floral Expert with Ashley Greer of Atelier Ashley Flowers appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.
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Episode 730: Meet farmer-florist Colleen Raney of Diadem Flowers as we discuss her new project, Songbird Seed Co., specializing in hard-to-find British sweet pea seeds and more
20/08/2025 Duración: 01h15minI truly love learning about the floral journeys that so many of our members have taken to arrive at a life immersed in flower growing, floral design, or both. For Colleen Raney, the path began when she and her husband were professional musicians. Colleen’s decades-long career as a celebrated Irish singer took her around the […] The post Episode 730: Meet farmer-florist Colleen Raney of Diadem Flowers as we discuss her new project, Songbird Seed Co., specializing in hard-to-find British sweet pea seeds and more appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.
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Episode 729: Jenny Jonak of Dragon Song Farm on building community, enriching a family’s lifestyle, and encouraging creative expression through flower farming
13/08/2025 Duración: 01h01minDragon Song Farm is located in Oregon’s Willamette Valley outside Eugene. Founder Jenny Jonak’s mission is to bring a sense of floral magic to her customers and community while promoting sustainable, earth-friendly growing practices. By using regenerative farming techniques, Dragon Song ensures that their flowers are grown in harmony with nature, restoring and enriching the […] The post Episode 729: Jenny Jonak of Dragon Song Farm on building community, enriching a family’s lifestyle, and encouraging creative expression through flower farming appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.
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Episode 728: Building a Successful Floral Tourism Destination, with Lori and Jim Bochner of Bochner Farms in Indianola, Iowa
06/08/2025 Duración: 52minThe Bochner family lived in the Des Moines, Iowa, suburbs for many years, in a house surrounded by a beautiful flower garden. As gardeners with other careers, Lori and Jim never dreamed of packing up everything, moving to rural Iowa, and growing thousands of flowers on a farm. Today, they consider Bochner Farms an “unplanned accident” […] The post Episode 728: Building a Successful Floral Tourism Destination, with Lori and Jim Bochner of Bochner Farms in Indianola, Iowa appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.