The first annual Team Flower Conference has come and gone, but the memories made are ones that will last a lifetime. Over 100 flower friends from 32 states and 8 countries gathered together at the Reunion Resort in Orlando, Florida to grow, to connect, and to celebrate loving the world through flowers.
In this episode, Antonio answers various questions about everything from planting snaps in the winter to profitable farming investments and much, much more! Learn about best practices, challenges growers face in the industry, and the top five best cut flowers.
In an era of the industry in which practically any cut flower can be shipped from any corner of the world, our vocabulary for the botanical materials we use is becoming ginormous, and the sheer amount of information about each flower we use in a given project can be overwhelming! That's where tools like Sierra Flower Finder can help solidify vocabulary and serve as a handy resource for looking up specs on flowers when you have questions about how they perform after cutting.
We all know the power of building strong connections with other creative minds - it is food for our flower souls! They support us when we are discouraged and cheer us on when we succeed.
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.
Why do flowers accompany happy moments as well as sad? Why are they a part of once-in-a-lifetime events, but also everyday moments? What is it about a flower that can cover the full range of emotions from happy to sad, span generations, and even hold time in place?
I have a love/hate relationship with these little lovelies. Everyone loves the striking green lines that Bells of Ireland add to an arrangement. Their fresh color is indeed a refreshing component to many color palettes, but have you ever tried to grow them? They aren't particularly hard to grow, but they undoubtedly produce patience. They are quite picky, and they are slow to germinate - somewhere around three weeks or slower!
It’s really easy to get bogged down, and the result is that we forget to celebrate our successes. We’re always looking and thinking ahead to the next wedding, the next event, the next field to weed, the next prospective client meeting that we want to book, and the next accountant meeting. While I don’t think this is a bad thing, it means that we frequently forget to stop and smell the roses — literally!
In this podcast, we chat with Team Flower member Lori Tran of Wild Green Yonder about being constantly surrounded by creative limitations.
In this episode, we chat with Team Flower member Mandy Hess about her business, MJM Designs, and how she uses her love of flowers to pour into her community.
There are countless ways to convey the beauty of flowers in the form of art and design, and Team Flower has gathered together a few different floral artists who create beautiful handiwork featuring the blooms we all cherish so much! These talented ladies have used their love for flowers & their own artistic gifts to capture the exquisite essence of each sweet blossom. Each is unique in what they create, and ALL are inspiring in their own way.
This garden arrangement tutorial was recently featured in Flower Magazine. I'm happy to bring this feature to you — celebrating the present moment with flowers! See, garden flowers are just around for short spurts in time. Peonies are amazing in May, usually making a grand flush across the country around Mother's Day (or if you live in the mountains like me, mid June). Foxgloves wave their tiny bells and forget-me-nots rise from creek bed in front of our home in the summer. Poppies pop and surrender in what seems like an instant.
We're inviting you to explore the flowers & gardens of England with Kelly. Click here to accept your invitation and join before it's too late.
Excellent isn’t a word we use much today. Let’s bring it back. Let’s develop eyes to see it. Let’s cut through the cloud of this lens called perfectionism and recognize the excellent work being done around us every day. Let’s call it out in others. Let’s call it out in ourselves. Let’s focus our attention on the excellent and praiseworthy things. Life is too short to do it any other way…
In this episode of the Team Flower Podcast, Australian based florist Jardine Hansen shares what it was like and what she learned from moving her flower business to a new place. Kelly and Jardine also talked about looking for a wave of personal creative inspiration, plants in Tasmania, the importance of bees and much more.
Enjoy the thoughtful work of the July workshop attendees and reach out with a handshake to meet new friends (see the credits at the end). Every one of the faces behind these photos is kind and someone you want to know!
Enjoy the thoughtful work of the June workshop attendees and reach out with a handshake to meet new friends (see the credits at the end). Every one of the faces behind these photos is kind and someone you want to know!
In this replay of a Mayesh Live Chat webinar, Kelly walks through the Instagram strategy for @teamflower! You'll learn specific websites, tips and an overall mindset for when you use Instagram.
One of the most humbling careers you could ever pursue is farming. No matter how much you do to make everything go the way you planned, there will always be something that is out of your control — but that makes success so much sweeter.
Learn about the latest research on flower vase life to maximize your blooms. Learn about optimal water temperature, speed of transfer and a leaf/thorn fact you probably didn't know.
