Contrary to popular belief, heirloom roses are a hale and hearty collection of high-petal count blooms that are a great addition to the cut flower garden.
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Growing Garden Roses as a Summer-Long Staple for Floral Design
If you’re wondering about the steps, tips, and tricks to growing garden roses that are robust and healthy for cut flower use and floral design work, look no further!
Navigating Fires as a Farmer with Menagerie Flower
Menagerie Farm & Flower is a farm and nursery specializing in garden roses, specialty flowers, French prunes, assorted stone fruits, nuts, and rice all on over 100 acres of California farmland. They supply both the retail and wholesale marketplaces. Felicia is the founder of Menagerie, and in addition to farming, she shares her two decades of experience and passion with both beginning and experienced gardeners and farmers from across the country with online 1:1 coaching and in-person farm courses.
Rose Story Farm: Finding Inspiration from Julia Child
Danielle Hahn of Rose Story Farm (@rosestoryfarm) is joining us on this episode of the Team Flower Podcast! Rose Story Farm is located in a small rural farming community on California’s Central Coast. After starting in 1998 with 1000 rose bushes, the 15-acre farm has grown to be home to 30,000 bushes of over 300 varieties! Currently, the premiere boutique garden rose grower Rose Story Farm supplies floral designers nationwide with thousands of stems a week of consciously produced domestic garden roses that value scent, beauty, and the land and people that produce them.
Experimenting with Roses with Flirty Fleurs
Alicia Schwede of Flirty Fleurs joins Kelly on this episode of the Team Flower Podcast. Alicia is sharing her journey from being unsure about pursuing a floral career to her leap of faith into the industry! She’s also chatting about her new book, “Bella Bouquets“, the purpose behind it, and how you could benefit from it.
Video: Peach Summer Roses for Flower Arrangements
In this video, I’m introducing you to a handful of summertime roses (though much of the information applies in every season!). Not only am I discussing the varieties, how they last, and what their attributes are, but I’m also covering where to source these blooms from. The more you know about various varieties of flowers, the better informed you’ll be when/if you need to make substitutions. As you make decisions about ordering roses, remember they need time to open and develop (some more than others), so be sure to take that into consideration!
Video: Practicing Creative Play with a Peach Rose Arrangement
In this video, I’m designing a tall, full peach-toned arrangement in the lovely Rosie Pot from Accent Decor. I’m using chicken wire as my mechanics for this centerpiece. As you watch, you’ll notice how I experiment with the placement pattern of my various ingredients—all while keeping my ultimate goal in mind.
The Tournament of Roses with Laura Farber
On this episode of the Team Flower Podcast, we’re talking with Laura Farber, President of the Tournament of Roses. You’ll learn about the history of the Rose Parade and how it’s grown in 131 years from horse-drawn carriages to present day floral-covered mechanical floats. Laura is sharing so many fun facts about the Rose Bowl, its years during World War II, and why the parade is never held on a Sunday.
Video: How to Wire Rose Buds
In this video, Kelly demonstrates two different ways to wire rose buds. These methods can be used in boutonniere's, corsages, and flower crowns and are excellent skills to add to you repertoire!
Best Roses for Floral Design
Today, you can find roses in numerous shades of oranges, pinks, yellows, reds, purples, whites, and countless colors in between! But with so many options, how do we even begin to choose?! To help with this, we reached out to Laurel Munro from Mint Floral Co. as well as Team Flower members and other industry experts.