The Slow Flowers Podcast is the award-winning, long-running show known as the “Voice of the Slow Flowers Movement.” Airing weekly for more than 9 years, we focus on the business of flower farming and floral design through the Slow Flowers sustainability ethos. Listen to a new episode each Wednesday, available for free download here at slowflowerspodcast.com or on iTunes, Spotify, and other podcast platforms.
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An African Pop Culture Podcast based in Bulawayo,Zimbabwe and a hub for African podcasts and podcasters.We also provide News and Important information to vulnerable groups.We are an independent audio based platform.We promote Free Speech using audio and promote access to information and promote culture and societies.
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Self-empowerment is about self-discovery and self-exploitation. To capture ones best attitude and opportunities to survive life's challenges and obstacles. Join the conversation and share! It is for this reason that "Radio Khuluma" exists. To give free speech to those who have no voice. Provide hope to those who have lost their faith. And are deprived opportunities within South Africa's economic resources and quality services from our government. Corruption has eroded the values from which o ...
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In her podcast Listen First, artist Phoebe Hunt invites her listeners into the process of songwriting by sharing the intimate voice memo from her songwriting 'dates' with friends and peers. She says: "I am an introverted extrovert and this time of isolation has taught me that I viscerally need human connection and authentic collaboration in order to continue as an artist in the world. This podcast has allowed me to create with some of my favorite artists and friends, and I hope that our pers ...
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Pretend Friends is an actual play pen and paper podcast. Currently ‘venturin in Space Kings. Starring Nick, Paul, and Josh from Continue?! as well as Kevin Cole! New episodes every Thursday.
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Episode 681: Slow Flowers goes Back to School with sustainable floral educator Sarah Berquist of Stockbridge School of Agriculture at University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
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https://youtu.be/shykxxG81v8?si=fQxmKPV-QDTjz1yoAt this time of year, I’m feeling those back-to-school vibes -- and more importantly, seeking more knowledge – so I’m happy to feature floral educator Sarah Berquist, who teaches sustainable flower farming and floral entrepreneurship to college students at the Stockbridge School of Agriculture. Join m…
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Episode 680: Let’s throw a Dahlia Festival with Lisa Dailey of Cultivation, a Slow Flowers member and horticulture consultant based in Highland, North Carolina
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https://youtu.be/OwiLNusDFHo?si=kPHMwNpLevdMkOSrLike me, so many of our Slow Flowers practitioners have careers rooted in horticulture. And today’s guest, Lisa Dailey of Highlands, North Carolina-based Cultivation, shares how she brings Slow Flowers to her community by melding landscape and cutting garden design and consultation with organic floral…
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Episode 679: The Anderson Family’s forty-one years of growing flowers, herbs, and ornamentals at The Fresh Herb Co. in Longmont, Colorado, including thousands of lilies each week – all year long!
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https://youtu.be/IqJU6_Qp0QE?si=GMjliuNJQWgkrKjMChet and Kristy Anderson are flower farming pioneers, having operated The Fresh Herb Co. for more than four decades, supplying farmers’ markets and Whole Foods shoppers in the Rocky Mountain region, selling their flowers direct to local customers, and hosting weddings and events at their beautiful far…
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Episode 678: Slow Flowers Visits France (Part 2) – a tour of Les Singulières Ferme Florale with flower farmer Coralie Vinet
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https://youtu.be/pDSIccF_SF4?si=XwzwLRt-FlclsTPqWe know that there’s been widespread embrace of the Slow Flowers Movement across the world, especially in countries that have seen their flower production move overseas. While the concept of Slow Flowers started right here, the term and philosophy have been adopted and embraced worldwide – and we defi…
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Episode 677: Slow Flowers Visits France to catch up with former Los Angeles flower farmer Tara Kolla of Mill on the Rock
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfjE0dyUdhsUrban flower farmer Tara Kolla, owner of Silver Lake Farms in Los Angeles.When she owned and operated Silver Lake Farms, Tara Kolla was one of Los Angeles’s pioneering urban flower growers. She helped change legislation to approve backyard flower farming and was a popular vendor at Hollywood Farmers’ Marke…
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Episode 676: Petal & Pitchfork’s Stacy Marshall hosts sustainable design workshop with Rachel Wardley of UK’s Tallulah Rose Flower School
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https://youtu.be/4dzbUJnM3Nw?si=UXmjbry0cAV3qUkjFarmer-florist Stacy Marshall recently opened her beautiful flower farm in historic Poulsbo, Washington, to host British sustainable design educator Rachel Wardley of Tallulah Rose Flower School. I spent a morning visiting with these two floral friends to learn about their recent collaboration to elev…
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Episode 675: Lexi Richards of British Columbia’s Twiggage & Bloom on developing corporate and public art commissions as a floral studio’s specialty niche
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https://youtu.be/921NUJkytSA?si=iOaSZycs9A2TsK1sAfter building her studio’s wedding and event portfolio, Lexi Richards knew she wanted to pursue channels that combine her floral art with commerce and civic commissions. Join me as we discuss her branding approach to attract corporate bookings and public artist-in-residency work.Lexi Richards of Twig…
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Episode 674: Floral designer Jayson Munn on living slow and seasonally, letting the garden be your aesthetic influence, and sourcing flowers close to home
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOkAV6uAmioBased in Burlington, Vermont, Jayson Munn owns Jayson Munn Design. He specializes in creating inspired arrangements for weddings, corporate events, and photo styling throughout New England, but Jayson never veers too far from his gardening influences. Join me for a heartfelt conversation with Jayson as we …
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Episode 673: Connections and collaborations to build a solid market presence in northeast Ohio, with Emily Pek of Frayed Knot Farm
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https://youtu.be/O-dQ36H_K1E?si=Z0CpuSA9D21iwMTQEmily Pek of Frayed Knot Farm recently contributed an essay to Slow Flowers Journal’s Summer 2024 issue, sharing her philosophy on the importance of community connections for sustaining a vibrant cut flower business that has served the greater Cleveland area for the past seven years. We invited Emily …
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Episode 672: Alice Blue Collective celebrates tenth anniversary of designing flowers in St. Louis, Missouri
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https://youtu.be/az7trqAVClc?si=8Ki4Fqd7yiFfmvoBTen years ago, Rebecca Bodicky combined her fine arts education with flower shop and restaurant experience to open the Alice Blue Collective, a design studio and urban micro farm in St. Louis, Missouri. Join me in conversation with Rebecca as she reflects on her floral journey and shares her approach …
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Episode 671: Learning from Tree Collectors, a conversation with Flower Confidential’s Amy Stewart about her new book that reveals “tales of arboreal obsession”
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https://youtu.be/WyNiGHbJz48?si=XFhufDuhKnwbDi0cWhat can flower people learn from tree collectors? For Amy Stewart, whose 2007 book “Flower Confidential” ignited the spark of the Slow Flowers Movement, the tree world is filled with people who are as equally fascinating and inspiring as the flower world contains. Amy and I discuss her new book, its …
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Episode 670: A visit to Primrose Lane Farm, an Alberta, Canada, and a conversation with flower farmer Kristen Primrose
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97i80tovWwUKristen Primrose of Primrose Lane FarmWhat is it like to grow cut flowers in Zones 2-4 for only three-to-four months each year and run a successful small-scale flower farm with those constraints? Kristen Primrose does just that and I’m so excited to share our conversation and a tour of her Southern Alberta…
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I had an exclusive interview with a rising musician and producer from Plumtree,Zimbabwe.#FuelTheDon
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Episode 669: Making fashion with flowers, in our 10th anniversary celebration of American Flowers Week with five creators of our 2024 botanical couture collection
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_72AIwXgzzsAmerican Flowers Week encourages flower farmers, floral designers, flower enthusiasts, and gardeners alike to promote their blooms across social media with the hashtag #americanflowersweek. The campaign debuted in 2015 as the original domestic flower promotion holiday. Our annual botanical couture collecti…
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Episode 668: Slow Flowers Summit Preview with Farmer-Florists Melanie Harrington of Dahlia May Flower Farm and Janis Harris of Harris Flower Farm
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Get ready for our inspiring conversation with Janis Harris and Melanie Harrington as these two farmer-florists bring us a preview of their upcoming presentations at the Slow Flowers Summit, taking place next week in Banff, Alberta, Canada.https://youtu.be/BB4P-L5LxHQ?si=21zkPLOb7aMxj8KiIn just a few days, I’ll be gathering with nearly 100 attendees…
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Episode 667: Slow Flowers on the Road – a Visit to Dutch Lily Days
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https://youtu.be/l4uX1eggDMM?si=_cp2nGxAZ32exO6tWe’re taking a deep dive into the world of lilies today, featuring my conversations with experts I met while attending Dutch Lily Days in Amsterdam earlier this month. Most lily bulbs are produced in Holland, but the cut flowers you can grow from them are an important opportunity for domestic farmers …
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DON DADA Exclusive on The Voice Knot Podcast
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DON DADA a Tuff Gong Distributed Artist,talks about his new hit single “Rise Up”.
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I had a chat with a music producer,sound designer and film score composer.
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Episode 665: Home in Bloom with Author, Educator and Floral Artist Ariella Chezar
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3j35sWAjwY&feature=youtu.beAriella Chezar’s new book – Home in Bloom – is a vivid, inspiring look at the role of flowers and plants in interior design. Through her stunning, wild work, Ariella invites us to revel in the inherent drama of nature, encouraging us to infuse our living spaces with beauty and abundance, w…
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We had rapper ,producer and beat maker ,Kowbah Touch on The Voice Knot Podcast
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Episode 664: A Triple Talent – How Sydney Garvey of Flowers by Garvey’s Gardens blends flower farming, wedding design, and owning a retail flower shop
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https://youtu.be/i9EsxmOp5Zc?si=mrruo1qHJGCKtyEhToday, we’re continuing our conversations with multi-talented Slow Flowers members who grow flowers, design for weddings and events, and operate a retail flower shop. I call them the triple threat talents, and we have lots to learn from Sydney Garvey of Flowers by Garvey’s Gardens in Grand Junction Co…
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Episode 663: Designing with Dried Flowers – a new book by Hannah Muller of Full Belly Farm and Wreath Room
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zemwACzDWBoFlowers are fleetingly beautiful, but dried floral arrangements are both lovely and lasting. In her new book, Designing with Dried Flowers, Slow Flowers member, Hannah Muller of The Wreath Room and Full Belly Farm shares her unique methods to naturally dry flowers that hold their color and delicacy – and h…
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Chipo Kay on Blogging on The Voice Knot Podcast
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We had a chat with Blogger Chipo Kay
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Episode 662: Flower farming meets the retail flower shop with Little Petal Farm
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https://youtu.be/lup-FAhWj4s?si=BAyBvf0Cfe8iEp_MGoing from flower farmer to full-service retail florist and juggling both – is it possible? Hear from Tammy Osselaer, who started Little Petal Farm in 2019 and then in 2022, opened a retail full-service flower shop as an extension of her farm. Learn how she grows all of her flowers during the farming …
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Episode 661: Spring Tune-Up for Florists, Shops, and Studios with Althea Wiles of Rose of Sharon Floral Design Studio
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https://youtu.be/NruZ1TOx0fo?si=NybN1qvv9X1LEC6xYou love floral design, but running a business is so not your thing! Longtime Slow Flowers member Althea Wiles has been there, too. She knows how many of us started out because we love flowers, but then realized there's so much more to the business than just making pretty things! Althea joined us rece…
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Episode 660: Flower Farming in Los Angeles: Meet a trio of growers behind an upcoming flower farm tour as they discuss the unique character of urban flower farming in Southern California
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https://youtu.be/VzIieyJw-bU?si=B48N4DXiiHZkyx15Meet three of the flower farmers behind the bountiful LA Flower Farm Tour, as eight woman-owned urban flower farms come together to open their gates to the public on May 4th. These growers, including three Slow Flowers member-owned farms, will welcome Los Angeles flower lovers and gardeners to wander …
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Imran Pac On The Come Up by The Voice Knot Podcast
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New Segment called #OnTheComeUp This week I interviewed #ImranPac
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Episode 659: Designer Leslie Bennett, co-author of Garden Wonderland and founder of Pine House Edible Gardens and Black Sanctuary Gardens
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https://youtu.be/WBxatSDZgjE?si=DELFNNCQoG5l4a34Leslie Bennett believes that gardens are for all. In Garden Wonderland, this celebrated landscape designer treats us to an accessible garden-making approach to create our own plant-based spaces, spaces that provide sustenance, beauty, and wonder. Her new book will inspire your own garden journey as yo…
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