All tagged Team Flower Staff

How to Lead a Team

The special guest on this episode has been a long time coming—it’s Jesse Perry, Kelly’s husband and co-founder of Team Flower! Jesse is sharing his perspective of the first wedding Kelly designed and delivered and the lessons they’ve learned together through the last five years. You’ll hear the whole story behind Philosophy Flowers and Team Flower from Jesse’s view! He’s also giving some super helpful tips for leading a team, creating a cohesive working environment, and retaining your employees/freelancers for the long haul.

How to Create Consistency in Your Brand Voice

What does security have to do with your floral business? Jesse is back with another incredibly helpful business tip! Our guest today is a very special one. It’s Amanda Johnson, our Team Flower copywriter and editor! You’ll also hear from Team Flower Member Carol-Anne Barnes. Carol-Anne has done her fair share of pop-ups, and she’s here to share a few tips on how to determine whether a pop-up is right for your business.

Tips for Your Home Studio and How to Stay Inspired

This week on the podcast, Kelly is interviewing Janine, our kindhearted Team Flower Community Builder and Content Coordinator and owner of Bundles & Blooms floral design. Janine is such an asset to the Team Flower Staff and is gifted with incredible people skills! (She may or may not have earned the title “The Awkward Reducer” on our team.) In this episode, she’s talking through the must-haves of her small in-home floral studio, from floral paintings to bundles of flowers different than event florals. Janine also discusses her onsite delivery process, how to handle when something didn’t go as planned, and shares her best story of someone receiving flowers. Kelly gives a tip for what to do when bridal party ribbons get wet, and Janine also shares her thoughts on where the floral industry can overcome weaknesses.

Website Refresh: Branding Your Blooms and Blogging

On this episode, Team Flower Social Media Coordinator Jacelyn Bolton joins Kelly to chat about her floral design experience with The Flora Club! Jacelyn is a genius with graphic design as well as floral design, so she’s giving some incredibly helpful tips for a website and branding refresh! She’s sharing her favorite flower tools (like these sakagen shears) and her go-to snacks for when she’s headed to an install or working hard in the studio. Where can flower lovers grow in mutual support and friendship? Jacelyn’s sharing her hopeful heart for the future of the floral industry.

Practicing Adaptability and Peace in Your Work with Flowers

In this episode of the Team Flower podcast, the team is back to share more flower discoveries! Amanda is chatting about our recent blog, How to Celebrate Your Work-In-Progress Garden, spoke to and inspired her in her own gardening endeavors. Jacelyn shares one of her favorite musical artists, Sleeping at Last, and gets us all talking about the Enneagram! Listen in to hear the Team Flower team’s Enneagram numbers!

Staff Picks: Our Favorite Flower and Business Books

There's nothing quite like flipping through the worn pages of your grandmother's growing books or finding inspiration in fixed botanical beauty with the turn of every page. At Team Flower, we have been exposed to a slew of flower books (and business books that help inspire sustainable flower businesses!), and we have an appreciation for the role that books play—whether it's for inspiration, teaching, or just for fun. Take a look below to see the Team Flower Staff's top picks!