Homer, Alaska-based flower farmers Beth Van Sandt and Kurt Weichhand of Scenic Place Peonies know a thing or two about promoting their luxurious peonies. They have hosted ongoing farm tours, workshops, photo…
Beatrix Farrand: Garden Artist and Landscape Architect I, for one, was unfamiliar with this brilliant woman. I’ve been to the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, Dumbarton Oaks and the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden…
A Slow Flowers Florist Promotes her Ideals by Seeing Patterns and Collecting Seasonal Design Ingredients from the Cutting Garden As I enter my fifth year as a wedding floral designer, I am…
Gather Flora plans an expansion into Los Angeles Gather Floral is an online marketplace that connects florists with farmers by region in order to deliver the same volume, selection, and convenience of…
I met Amy Stewart on a Saturday morning Santa Cruz, California. I was working at my little flower shop on Pacific Avenue, and I had just finished setting up the display out…
In our image-driven world, wedding clients often come to us with a photo that they’ve fallen in love with. When you’re committed to using locally-grown flowers, designing from an inspiration photo comes…
Awesome Engagement! For the past several years, Slow Flowers Society has surveyed its membership to seek input and responses to a wide array of topics affecting the Slow Flowers community. The insights…
The Nature Conservancy’s Deborah Barber shares advice for designing with native plants Enjoying native flowers – in the vase Be prepared for surprises. You may be the only person who has ever…
I’m going to go out on a limb here—or more specifically—a branch from my peach tree dotted with tiny spring blossoms and declare that buying oneself flowers is a radical act of…
Debra Prinzing, founder of Slow Flowers Society, shares a Vision and Message Here we are in 2021, and it’s amazing to realize that 10 years ago, I had only just “discovered” the…