Best Erin Sparler Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 725: Slow Flowers returns to Sunny Meadows Flower Farm to celebrate The Flower Farmers with Steve and Gretel Adams 49:54

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https://youtu.be/RslR3txR91Q?si=yleBkHEYO26z4Ag4Next year, Gretel and Steve Adams will celebrate the 20th farming season at Sunny Meadows Flower Farm in Columbus, Ohio. Far younger than the average U.S. farmer, these first-generation flower growers have built Sunny Meadows into an impressive floral enterprise encompassing more than 30 acres, employ…

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Episode 724: When a flower farmer opens a retail design studio, with Stacey Chapman of Westwind Flowers Farm & Studio 42:43

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https://youtu.be/_tDUwuW3ZGY?si=0gpALTpIPayQcwCGIn early March, Stacey Chapman embarked on a new chapter for Westwind Flowers, opening a design studio and retail space in Gordonsville, Virginia. Adding this beautiful destination for her customers and the public means Westwind can provide more local flowers to their community on a greater scale with…

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Episode 723: Drawing from her family’s horticulture roots, Michigan-based farmer-florist Erin Webb of Florista of West Olive shares a farm tour and design demonstration 40:41

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https://youtu.be/D2d_-D2HVK8?si=VMUallUaLM2SBsumErin Webb grew up immersed in plants and horticulture, following three generations of Michigan ornamental nursey owners before her. For as long as she can remember, Erin was immersed in the business of plants. After studying business and Spanish in college, and after an initial career in corporate Ame…

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Episode 722: Ondrea Kidd of Post Falls, Idaho-based Sowing Joy Farm named Top 10 Florists to Watch in 2025 by MSN 48:25

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https://youtu.be/EiLxxVb7v9k?si=N590_MIvVkx3YabgOndrea Kidd has been recognized by MSN as one of the “Top 10 Florists to Watch in 2025”, bolstering the farm’s status as a leader in eco-friendly, heirloom floral design. The report highlighted innovators shaping the future of luxury floral design and it came as a complete surprise to this farmer-flor…

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Episode 721: Designer-Grower Annika McIntosh of Hazel Designs and a bonus tour of Bellingham’s Field to Floral Market 1:00:26

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https://youtu.be/E1exuo5iMOUA few weeks ago, I journeyed to Bellingham, a beautiful college town located close to the Washington-British Columbia border, where Annika McIntosh of Hazel Designs grows botanicals, designs gardens, and arranges flowers for everyday customers, weddings, and events. During what was a lovely morning in the garden and stud…

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Episode 720: Killing Frost Farm’s Jamie Rogers on solo flower farming in western Montana 1:09:25

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https://youtu.be/9-oJEifK-u0?si=gW8_eyURbbSIEufOGrowing specialty cut flowers for retail floral shops is a very specific niche and today’s guest, Jamie Rogers of Killing Frost Farm in Helena, Montana, has a lot to share on this topic! Jamie co-founded the business with Carly Jenkins in 2014, the “killing frost” name a tongue-in-cheek reference to e…

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Episode 719: Weddings from the Garden, with urban farmer-florist Eleanor Blackford of Bloomwood Floral

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https://youtu.be/BxZ3HiTn0UM?si=BtYeIDuXg2qjrW0nVisit an urban cutting garden with me today – and meet long-time Slow Flowers member Eleanor Blackford, a wedding florist whose studio produces designs using only what she grows on her 6,000-square-foot city lot in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood. You’ll learn more about what Eleanor grows, inspire…

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Episode 718: The Flower Farmers, with co-authors Robin Avni and Debra Prinzing; plus a bonus interview with Daniel Sparler, the book’s horticulture editor 1:00:12

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https://youtu.be/BdnRayT0M2A?si=PQVfp6yMUSJD7n42The Flower Farmers has been in the works for two years, as my co-author and the book’s creative director Robin Avni and I have poured our storytelling passion into the narratives and imagery that portray 29 North American growers. The book was released on May 6th by Abrams, and we’ve been in major cel…

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Episode 717: The future of Plant Masters, with legacy growers Leon and Carol Carrier, and their son Lee, next generation flower farmer now leading the family business 46:34

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https://youtu.be/vw5w4ZwBuZU?si=YZLcTE7pJ5P5-zVPThe Carrier family has been growing cut flowers and plants for more than 40 years, raising their three children with a love for flowers, and keeping the business in the family as it transitions into the hands of the next generation. Plant Masters, the specialty cut flower farm owned by Leon and Carol …

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Episode 716: More than a side hustle, flower farming and floral design with Marly Surena-Llorens of Fenimore & Rutland 47:03

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https://youtu.be/uGRgC8rjB_U?si=ucehNezGBXce9kuXMarly Surena-Llorens was born and raised in the U.S., but her Haitian mother’s stories of tropical gardens filled with palms, crotons, and bougainvillea plants inspired her lifelong love of flowers. Yet, Marly says some of her most vivid floral impressions came from the BBC programs of her youth, when…

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Episode 715: From Farmers’ Market to Elevated Retail, with Abby Matson of Diddle and Zen and Julie Rémy of Fleuris Orchard and Blooms 1:03:14

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https://youtu.be/P3SoClolo0g?si=_2euyh84isd_Ina4It's a Red-Letter Week here at Slow Flowers, as my longtime collaborator, Robin Avni, and I celebrate the May 6th publication of The Flower Farmers, our beautiful and informative new book featuring 29 growers across North America. You’ve heard a bit from some of the experts profiled in The Flower Farm…

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Episode 714: An inspiring conversation with Frances Palmer, ceramic artist, photographer, flower gardener, and author of Life With Flowers 51:01

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https://youtu.be/2G-OjAkuVJY?si=lijpFSK8vvnkJW6LRenowned potter Frances Palmer has spent decades creating art that has enchanted designers and artists around the world. But there is another vibrant side of her creative life that she’s equally passionate about and devoted to – flower gardening and arranging. Today, join me in an engaging conversatio…

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Episode 713: Sydney Fee of Fee, Fi, Fo Farm on how her sustainable hospitality and tourism background supports her farmer-florist enterprise 55:27

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https://youtu.be/ILIsMQVb0xs?si=apa9xNGFjmMBb6gqI’m always so inspired by the paths taken by our Slow Flowers Members to create their floral endeavors and today’s guest has a fabulous back-story, which we’ll share with you today. Sydney Fee of Fee, Fi, Fo Farm is based in New York’s Finger Lakes Region, home to nearly 150 wineries and many destinat…

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Episode 712: Growing and Designing with Hellebores. Meet our Hellebore Experts, Diane Szukovathy and Dennis Westphall of Jello Mold Farm and Rizaniño “Riz” Reyes of RHR Horticulture 58:31

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https://youtu.be/02kn4dOI2tg?si=M1TUm5AjdtUwbr_zJust in time for gardening and farming season, I’m thrilled to introduce you to The Flower Farmers, my new book co-authored with longtime collaborator Robin Avni. The Flower Farmers delivers a visually compelling collection of stories and flower-growing wisdom to inspire gardeners and flower lovers al…

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Episode 711: Flower farming as a second career with environmental educator Amy Brodbeck Linhart of Humming Harvest Farm 47:40

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https://youtu.be/AMujMVQSGkM?si=2ZjthEzgpVZzdUH_It’s early in the season, but Amy Linhart already has been harvesting from her crop of 13,000 daffodils to supply her main wholesale customer, an upscale regional grocery chain in the Seattle-Tacoma region. I visited Humming Harvest Farm in late March for a tour of the fields and new high tunnel, both…

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Episode 710: Celebrating 100 years of California flower farming with Mike A. Mellano of Mellano & Co. 55:07

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https://youtu.be/00GygVX1-oY?si=RNAkJecm0tqTCNyRThe Southern California farm synonymous with breathtaking blooms and gorgeous flowers and foliage is celebrating its 100th year in business this year. Founded by Giovanni Mellano in 1925, Mellano & Company is embarking on “Blooming into a New Era,” a year-long celebration highlighting the generations …

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Episode 709: Diana Roy of Resendiz Brothers Protea Growers on welcoming the 2025 International Protea Conference to their fields 37:41

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https://youtu.be/JtAXk83WRGs?si=fOCKwJtSS5qZysiZLovers of Fynbos, the beautiful plants in the Proteacae family, will enjoy today’s conversation with expert protea grower and long-time Slow Flowers member Diana Roy, flower farmer and Creative Director of Resendiz Brothers Protea Growers. Along with the farm’s founder and CEO Mel Resendiz, Diana and …

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Episode 708: Reconceptualized Sympathy Flowers with Nicole Wright of The Pink Peony 55:14

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https://youtu.be/UL1__YrDzHs?si=lKHhw6SLt2EANe_aAfter years of frustration over outdated and unsustainable floral options that funeral homes offered bereaved families, floral designer Nicole Wright decided to produce an alternative resource to help the industry shift from standard practice to updated and safer options. She wrote and produced "Retur…

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Episode 707: Cassie Plummer of Vermont’s Jig-Bee Flower Farm on diversifying with open-pollinated, non-GMO treated, sustainably-grown flower seeds 41:00

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https://youtu.be/XJdj0U5NqC4?si=irqk_FX_GQ_qLe-jIf you’re interested in what flower farming’s “chapter two” might look like, today’s guest shares one version of that narrative. After 8 years of intensive urban flower farming and floral design in Philadelphia, Cassie Plummer of Jig-Bee Flower Farm pulled up roots and moved to northeastern Vermont to…

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Episode 706: Flori’s Lori Poliski on the Art of Pot-et-Fleur, A Large-Scale Design Demonstration With Plants, Cut Flowers, and Foliage 36:10

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https://youtu.be/NCf0gEPkzDk?si=8FLuZLE6FHh28WuQLori Poliski is reviving the forgotten art of Pot-et-Fleur, an iconic floral style, historically defined as “living arrangements with plants, cut flowers, and foliage.” Having originated in 17th century France and continuing through the Victorian era, Pot-et-Fleur offers today’s florists a contemporar…

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Episode 705: Growing Flowers in the Edible Garden, with Willi Galloway, author of “Grow Cook Eat” 41:27

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https://youtu.be/cq7Uf-SBTC8?si=w8z2EoJRqN1NqrfPMaster Gardener and writer Willi Galloway is a home gardener who loves to grow food and cook with the vegetables she harvests from her urban kitchen garden in Portland, Oregon. An award-winning writer and radio commentator, Willi is the author of "Grow Cook Eat, a food-lover’s guide to vegetable garde…

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Episode 704: Sweet Pea School with Marryn Mathis of The Farmhouse Flower Farm 1:09:52

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https://youtu.be/xuhf4DJpX2o?si=wyTAMBP3B1B8qw9tTake a deep breath and inhale the intoxicating fragrance of a sweet pea. Who wouldn’t want to grow this stunning annual flower – beloved for its dreamy petal hues, evocative scent, and popularity in both the cottage cutting garden and the florist’s vase? Meet Marryn Mathis, whose students and customer…

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Episode 703: The New Art of Paper Flowers with Quynh Nguyen of Pink & Posey 57:32

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https://youtu.be/Qr-Di1slgMQ?si=sHuKvg69KD_g4MIfJoin Quynh Nguyen, the paper artist behind Pink and Posey, as she shares her decade-long journey in paper artistry, from crafting her first floral arrangement to co-creating the Papertalk Podcast. Quynh is the author of The New Art of Paper Flowers – just published in late 2024. She has produced fine …

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Episode 702: Sustainable Floral Design and its History, with Per Benjamin – author, World Cup Winner, and florist for the Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies 35:24

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https://youtu.be/xo0eJsPkCKQ?si=JQMfrx44CujdC8ysLast weekend I was invited to Vancouver, British Columbia, where two floral luminaries, Hitomi Gilliam and Per Benjamin, were teaching an in-person workshop for students of their Floristic Dialog courses. I wanted to interview Per to learn more of his about-to-be-published book, Sustainable Floral Des…

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Episode 701: Meet Mother-Daughter Duo Kim Urso and Kylie Pack of Yellow Petal Farm, Nevada’s Small-Business Agriculture Award Recipients for 2024 49:36

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https://youtu.be/7SxS3vDHrQo?si=EkE5x41RdrS5V0qnShowcasing floral agriculture as a valuable farm crop in an area surrounded by ranches and alfalfa farms, Kim and Kylie operate Yellow Petal Flower Farm in Fallon, Nevada. Let's hear how they created a multi-generational, woman-led flower farm and floral design business serving Reno, Lake Tahoe, and t…

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Episode 725: Slow Flowers returns to Sunny Meadows Flower Farm to celebrate The Flower Farmers with Steve and Gretel Adams 49:54

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Episode 724: When a flower farmer opens a retail design studio, with Stacey Chapman of Westwind Flowers Farm & Studio 42:43

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Episode 723: Drawing from her family’s horticulture roots, Michigan-based farmer-florist Erin Webb of Florista of West Olive shares a farm tour and design demonstration 40:41

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Episode 722: Ondrea Kidd of Post Falls, Idaho-based Sowing Joy Farm named Top 10 Florists to Watch in 2025 by MSN 48:25

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Episode 721: Designer-Grower Annika McIntosh of Hazel Designs and a bonus tour of Bellingham’s Field to Floral Market 1:00:26

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Episode 720: Killing Frost Farm’s Jamie Rogers on solo flower farming in western Montana 1:09:25

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Episode 719: Weddings from the Garden, with urban farmer-florist Eleanor Blackford of Bloomwood Floral

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Episode 718: The Flower Farmers, with co-authors Robin Avni and Debra Prinzing; plus a bonus interview with Daniel Sparler, the book’s horticulture editor 1:00:12

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Episode 717: The future of Plant Masters, with legacy growers Leon and Carol Carrier, and their son Lee, next generation flower farmer now leading the family business 46:34

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Episode 716: More than a side hustle, flower farming and floral design with Marly Surena-Llorens of Fenimore & Rutland 47:03

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Episode 715: From Farmers’ Market to Elevated Retail, with Abby Matson of Diddle and Zen and Julie Rémy of Fleuris Orchard and Blooms 1:03:14

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Episode 714: An inspiring conversation with Frances Palmer, ceramic artist, photographer, flower gardener, and author of Life With Flowers 51:01

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Episode 713: Sydney Fee of Fee, Fi, Fo Farm on how her sustainable hospitality and tourism background supports her farmer-florist enterprise 55:27

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Episode 712: Growing and Designing with Hellebores. Meet our Hellebore Experts, Diane Szukovathy and Dennis Westphall of Jello Mold Farm and Rizaniño “Riz” Reyes of RHR Horticulture 58:31

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Episode 711: Flower farming as a second career with environmental educator Amy Brodbeck Linhart of Humming Harvest Farm 47:40

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Episode 710: Celebrating 100 years of California flower farming with Mike A. Mellano of Mellano & Co. 55:07

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Episode 709: Diana Roy of Resendiz Brothers Protea Growers on welcoming the 2025 International Protea Conference to their fields 37:41

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Episode 708: Reconceptualized Sympathy Flowers with Nicole Wright of The Pink Peony 55:14

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Episode 707: Cassie Plummer of Vermont’s Jig-Bee Flower Farm on diversifying with open-pollinated, non-GMO treated, sustainably-grown flower seeds 41:00

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Episode 706: Flori’s Lori Poliski on the Art of Pot-et-Fleur, A Large-Scale Design Demonstration With Plants, Cut Flowers, and Foliage 36:10

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Episode 705: Growing Flowers in the Edible Garden, with Willi Galloway, author of “Grow Cook Eat” 41:27

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Episode 704: Sweet Pea School with Marryn Mathis of The Farmhouse Flower Farm 1:09:52

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Episode 703: The New Art of Paper Flowers with Quynh Nguyen of Pink & Posey 57:32

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Episode 702: Sustainable Floral Design and its History, with Per Benjamin – author, World Cup Winner, and florist for the Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies 35:24

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Episode 701: Meet Mother-Daughter Duo Kim Urso and Kylie Pack of Yellow Petal Farm, Nevada’s Small-Business Agriculture Award Recipients for 2024 49:36

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