Slow Flowers With Debra Prinzing

This year, in recognition of Slow Flowers’ annual focus on changing cultural and creative shifts in the floral industry, our Forecast hones in on seven key insights. In a year where Artificial Intelligence has become omnipresent, we find ourselves reverting to the Analog world of nature. Innovation and personal expression are being challenged by the […] The post Episode 698: Slow Flowers Floral Insights and Industry Forecast for 2025 appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

Happy New Year! We’ve pulled one of our most popular episodes of 2024 to share with you today and I know it will inspire you with new sustainability ideas for the coming wedding season! Meet Jessica Stewart, a pioneering Slow Flowers floral designer, and learn how she leads with joy when communicating her values to […] The post Episode 697: Best of 2024 (Encore) Secrets of a Sustainable Wedding Florist with Jessica Stewart of Pittsburgh’s Bramble & Blossom appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

For the past decade, I have kept an important annual ritual. Before I turn the calendar page to the New Year, I take time at the end of December to reflect back on the one that’s coming to a close. This exercise has become our recurring Slow Flowers Society “Year in Review,” a habit that […] The post Episode 696: Our 2024 Year in Review for Slow Flowers Society with Debra Prinzing appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

Back by popular demand, we’re hosting Johnny’s Seeds’ floral experts, Joy Longfellow and Hillary Alger, who will introduce some of Johnny’s Selected Seeds’ 40-plus new flower seed varieties for 2025! Hillary and Joy take us behind the scenes to learn more about the dazzling selections of floral varieties and mixes for 2025 – from the subtle to the vibrant, […] The post Episode 695 – New Cut Flower Seeds for 2025 + Flower Breeding News with Hillary Alger, Joy Longfellow, and Lindsay Wyatt of Johnny’s Selected Seeds appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

Every day for more than a decade, Mary Jo Hoffman has made a photograph of found nature – no subject too small or too ordinary. For Mary Jo, a former aeronautical engineer, this daily ritual cracked open profound revelations about the connectedness of all things, the importance of place, and her own life. She joined […] The post Episode 694 – A Conversation with Mary Jo Hoffman on her new book STILL: The Art of Noticing appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

It’s Willow Week here at the Slow Flowers Podcast and Alana Karam of Willamette Willows is my guest. Learn about the three distinct categories of willow plants and their markets – including cultivars suitable for basketry and woven garden structures, as well as the many varieties of curly willow and pussy willow loved by floral […] The post Episode 693 – The Wonderful World of Willows with Alana Karam of Willamette Willows appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

Wondering what’s NEXT in your portfolio of floral products and services? Today’s topic – the art and business of flower pressing — promises to inspire you. I’m thrilled to share our recent November Slow Flowers Meet-Up with Kate Punnett, who’s based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is a pressed flower artist dedicated to sustainability and she crafts […] The post Episode 692 – The Art and Business of Pressed Flowers with Ottawa-based Kate Punnett of The August Press appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

Hello everyone, Debra Prinzing here from the Slow Flowers Podcast. I hope you have been following along for the past few months as we have been posting Instagram live conversations with our amazing Slow Flowers WORLDWIDE Summit speakers. Today, I have a fun conversation to share and it will introduce you (or possibly re-introduce you) […] The post Episode 692 Bonus: Sarah Statham of Simply By Arrangement (Encore) appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

In her recent Slow Flowers Journal column, “The Business of Flowers,” Brooke Palmer of Jenny Creek Flowers shared how and why she embraces winter tulip production. Our conversation today explores Brooke’s considerations through the lens of her Slow Flowers sustainability ethos while also forcing thousands of tulips into bloom during the off-season. Brooke and I […] The post Episode 691 – The Case for Growing Winter Tulips with Brooke Palmer of Jenny Creek Flowers appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

Owner of Queen Bee Blooms in St. Louis, Missouri, Elizabeth Fichter is a farmer-florist who has given a lot of thought to how she can differentiate her business from the conventional alternative. In today’s episode, she will outline six important actions you can take to better discuss the value and benefits of locally grown flowers […] The post Episode 690 – Elizabeth Fichter of Queen Bee Blooms shares how to have the conversation that will change perceptions around local flowers appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.