All tagged self-care

Escaping Perfectionism with Studio Mondine

Escaping Perfectionism with Studio Mondine

Kelly Perry
Podcast

Amanda Luu is the co-founder of Studio Mondine, a San Francisco based design studio with an emphasis on design, education, and community building. As a self-professed minimalist, Amanda seeks to explore simple yet striking flowers in her work. The Studio Mondine aesthetic can best be described as a negotiation between the wild, overgrown English garden with the intentional, precise Japanese ikebana. Studio Mondine's artful work has been featured in multiple online and printed publications, including Vogue, Martha Stewart Weddings, The New York Times, In Full Flower, Style Me Pretty, Once Wed, and Harper’s Bazaar. 

Navigating Fires as a Farmer with Menagerie Flower

Navigating Fires as a Farmer with Menagerie Flower

Kelly Perry
Podcast

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.

How to Practice Compassion Toward Yourself and Your Clients

How to Practice Compassion Toward Yourself and Your Clients

Catalina Jimenez
Articles

Compassion is a regenerative emotion, which means it can rejuvenate your body and erase limiting beliefs. By incorporating compassion in your life, you'll likely be led to make wiser decisions and build healthy, long-lasting relationships. As you can imagine, this can have a significant impact on your work environment—whether you're a flower farmer, a shop owner, or an event florist.

How to Celebrate Your Work-In-Progress Garden (Even If It Isn’t “Insta-Ready”)

How to Celebrate Your Work-In-Progress Garden (Even If It Isn’t “Insta-Ready”)

Lauren Rogers
Articles

I’ve spent five years with my humble backyard city garden. Growing your own flowers for market and learning how to start a garden is messy business. After clearing construction rubble, fighting (and resigning myself to) cracking clay soil, trying with minimal success to encourage grass to grow, and quite a few mishaps along the way I’ve probably forgotten about, my garden has been picture-perfect about 2% of the time.