All tagged sustainability
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.
Join Ash Wheelhouse of Film & Foliage as she joins us on the podcast all the way from Newcastle, Australia. Her story with flowers is such a fun (and relatable) one. Hear about her technique and what it takes to remain a sustainable business.
Discover crucial regenerative farming practices for flower farmers and hobby growers alike. If you’re a farmer-florist or even a home gardener, learn how you can help combat climate change in your regular growing practices.
Ingrid Carozzi of Tin Can Studios is here with us on the podcast this week talking about her new book, Flowers by Design. She’s also sharing some helpful sustainable practices, including handling waste, recycling vases, and installation mechanics.
Making the change to being truly sustainable can seem overwhelming. There are a lot of options you have to think through: biodegradable, compostable, recycled, and home compostable. Learn what each of these labels mean when it comes to considering the floral supplies you use!
There has been a visible shift to sustainable floral design over the past decade—which has left many experienced designers who were classically trained with floral foam to become overwhelmed with anxiety. Don’t fret! In this article, learn some steps and ideas that can help make the transition easier.
Flower frogs (also called kenzans or pin frogs) are a floral arranger’s best friend. They’re reusable, durable, eco-friendly, and lend themselves to helping you create gorgeous, lush garden-style floral designs—in addition to exquisite, minimalist floral creations. Here’s how to use them, where to buy them, and more!
Discover 9 was to incorporate sustainable practices into your floral business. Not only are these environmentally-minded changes beneficial to our planet, but they will help set your blooms apart!
Here's how to talk with wedding clients about carefully and thoughtfully repurposing bouquets and ceremony flowers for receptions.
Looking for ways to repurpose flowers in your floral business? Use those floral arrangement scraps for something good and beautiful—and expand your floral business offerings at the same time!
Steve and Mandy O’Shea of 3 Porch Farm join us on the podcast to talk about practicing sustainability as flower farmers.
The special guest on this podcast episode is Pilar Zuniga of Gorgeous and Green! Pilar Zuniga is the owner and lead designer of Gorgeous and Green, a floral design business (and retail boutique for many years). She started G&G back in 2008, after leaving a directing job at a local nonprofit, when she was seeking an outlet for her creativity. The idea for the business took root when planning for her own wedding; she realized at the time that there were not a lot of eco-friendly options for planning weddings, especially when it came to flowers. The main tenet of her business has always been to be eco-friendly and sustainable in as many ways as possible, while staying true to beautiful design. The business has always been a green-certified business, and she goes above and beyond the green certifications to keep the health of the environment and community in mind.
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.
In this episode of the Team Flower podcast, we’ve gathered as a team to share a few of our recent flower discoveries! You’ll also hear from Amy McGhee at Botanical Brouhaha. She’s talking about the importance of being a champion for others in the floral industry and how you can do so as well. Lastly, Team Flower Member Jalisca Thomason is sharing about how to practice sustainable floral designs for destination weddings.
After a long and winding road, I find myself an adult—a professional studio florist, an organic micro flower farmer, and a professor of Forestry and Range Management in the Central Valley of California. You might say that I have a bias toward sustainability, and I try whenever possible to keep my impact on the earth as light as I can. However, I also have to balance my affinity for eco-conscious floral design with the ability to provide high end, high impact design for my bridal clients, whatever the conditions.
On this episode of the Team Flower Podcast, Kelly is joined by Mandy Hornick of Blue Ridge Blooms to talk about how sustainable flower farming can impact the flowers and the community.
Regardless of your role in the floral industry, it's no secret that the work you do includes manual labor. Lifting buckets, picking up heavy boxes, getting on your hands and knees, climbing up ladders, spending hours in the field harvesting—all of this and more is done daily in the floral industry! Manual labor is hard work, and for it to be sustainable for many years, you need to make sure you're doing a few things for your body.
On this episode of the Team Flower Podcast, we’re talking with Ingrid of Tin Can Studios. She is deeply passionate about sustainability in the floral industry and is sharing the various ways in which she practices this concept in her work. Ingrid is well-versed in creating large installations without flower foam, and she’s sharing a few practical tips for how others can do so as well. We’re talking about everything from water tubes to watermelons—you’ll be surprised at how creative you can be in sustainable mechanics!
My name is Hannah Hunt, and I am the owner of and designer for Golden Thistle Design in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. I love wedding floral design, but once I opened my business and started designing full-time, I became concerned about the impact of the industry upon both the environment and my health.
