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TJ McGrath joins us on this episode of the Team Flower Podcast. We’re chatting about sustainability, as this is a major passion point for TJ. He’s giving us a broad definition of what sustainable floristry is and all of the aspects it includes. There is much that goes into a sustainable floral business, and TJ is giving many practical examples of how you could take steps to make your floral business more sustainable as well.
Discover helpful tips for anyone who is or aspires to be a freelance floral designer. Learn how to market yourself, how to build up your resume, the importance of knowing how much time it takes you to create arrangements, and what you should charge. Also in this episode, hear from floral designer Tobey Nelson as she and Kelly talk sustainability in your floral business.
Flower farmers: Native plants offer a number of additional advantages over ornamentals and annual cuts—including energy and conservation, increase in pollinators, and simplifying your space. This article dives into the staying power of native perennials and the benefits of adding them to your farm.
One event professional gives insight into the challenges that arise from a lack of local flower farms in her home country of Botswana and how the floral community in her region can solve difficulties together.
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.
In this podcast episode, you’ll hear from Kate Stoner, the owner of Cold Water Flowers in Greencastle, Pennsylvania. Kate is an expert dahlia-grower. You’ll hear about her choosing process as well as a few tips on how to make choices (whether that be about which flowers to grow or which projects to take on). She’s also chatting about a few tips for small businesses.
Are you wondering if you can grow a substantial amount of flowers in an urban environment? Growing a cutting garden—and even running a micro flower farm—while city-living is not only possible, but beautiful. Get helpful tips and fresh ideas from an experienced urban flower farmer in this article.
If you’re thinking about making the transition to designing with locally grown flowers (but have no idea how to start or how to have that conversation with your clients!), don’t fret! With a little extra time and knowledge, you will be on your way to supporting American grown flower farmers. Below, there are three simple steps you can take in making this shift.
There are lots of ways to go about having a pop-up. In this article, you'll see what an experience looks like at a main street shop vs. a large chain store. We’ll also discuss two vital things when planning your floral pop-up
Many floral designers are beginning to dabble in growing their own flowers as much as they can. The feeling of growing, cultivating, harvesting, and eventually arranging with stems that you produced yourself is a transcendent experience that you can enjoy by planting these easy-to-grow, beautiful perennials in whatever garden you might have available.
Every year, American Grown Flowers hosts a multitude of Field to Vase dinners across the United States. These events are held at beautiful farms that place seasonal, local, and sustainable American-grown flowers at the center of each table and serve locally grown food, beer and wine prepared by a farm-to-table chef. The focus of the dinner tour is on the flowers, the farms, and the guests, which makes for quite a magical experience!
In this episode of the Team Flower Podcast, we are joined by Maggie Smith of Pine State Flowers. Pine State Flowers is the only flower shop in North Carolina to exclusively source locally grown flowers.
Certified American Grown Flowers represents a unified and diverse coalition of U.S. flower farms, including small and large entities in multiple states across the country. Certified American grown flower farms participate in an independent, third-party supply-chain audit to verify both origin and assembly of the flowers they produce.
