Working with Native Plants with Lee Carlton
Flower Discoveries: Low-light plants and Toddler Crafts
This week on Flower Discoveries, Jacelyn is sharing several great floral and greenery options for low-light areas. If you live in the woods or have a shady section of your yard that could use some color, this episode is for you! And Amanda came across a super-fun, easy craft for toddlers and young children that will not only encourage creativity, but also include them in your floral work ventures. Take a look at it here!
Special Guest: Lee Carlton of Goldenrod Gardens
Heather Payne Photography
Located in the North Carolina mountains, Lee has been a been a horticulturist for 23 years and has worn many hats throughout that time. She grows and selects dahlias based on color, form, and vase life specifically for floral design and then sells the tubers. She supplies local florists with dahlias and native species that she has also tested. Lee also designs, installs, and maintains several large, naturalistic gardens with a focus on native plants, including a vertical wall garden loaded with species that grow from the rocks in North Carolina. Excitingly, Lee has been working on a book about native plants of the Southeastern U.S. (even though the rules may apply anywhere) that are ideal for floral design! Follow her on Instagram @goldenrodgardens or visit her website: goldenrodgardens.net.
Today you’ll hear from Lee about the following:
Dahlias—growing them, selling them, and her personal favorites
Why you should grow or use native plants
Her top favorite native plants
Fun facts about goldenrod
How to Celebrate your Work-In-Progress Garden
We all are guilty of scrolling on social media from time to time. And we’re also all prone to compare who and where we are with what we see there. Team Flower Member Lauren Rogers can relate, and she is here to share not only why, but also how to celebrate where you are in your current growing process.
