floral design

The Oscars are tonight, and I thought I'd reflect on the powerful ways two of the nominated films used flowers to help tell their stories and how they urge us to remember lessons from history.

Welcome back to another episode of The Cutflower Podcast! I'm your host, Roz Chandler, and today we're diving into the lush world of foliage. Join me as we explore the top picks for your cutting patch and unravel the beauty and versatility these green treasures bring to floral arrangements.

Summary:
In this episode, we embark on a journey through the top 15 foliage varieties for your cutting patch. From the timeless elegance of myrtle to the vibrant hues of Ninebark and the delicate charm of Snowberries, each foliage offers unique characteristics and seasonal appeal. Along the way, we uncover essential growing tips, such as the importance of planning for year-round foliage availability and the patience required for certain species to reach maturity.

Key Takeaways:

1. Abundant Growth: Cultivate more foliage than you think you'll need, replenishing your supply annually to meet demand.
2. Long-Term Investment: Be patient with species like eucalyptus, which may take years to mature but offer enduring beauty.
3. Seasonal Diversity: Select varieties like Hibernum Tinnus for their ever-changing colours and textures, providing year-round interest.
4. Speciality Species: Explore unique finds such as Myrtle, Ninebark, and Snowberries to add depth and character to your arrangements.
5. Community Engagement: Join the Cut Flower Collective Facebook group to share your favourite foliage varieties and exchange gardening insights with fellow enthusiasts.

Join me in discovering the botanical wonders that foliage brings to floral design, and let's cultivate a vibrant tapestry of greenery in our cutting patches! All the links are below. 

• A Cut Above Waitlist: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/ACutAboveWaitlist
• The Growth Club: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/thegrowthclub
• Lots of free resources on our website: www.thecutflowercollective.co.uk
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fieldgateflowers
• Facebook Groups Cut Flower Farming - Growth and Profit in your business https://www.facebook.com/groups/449543639411874
• Learn With The Cut Flower Collective https://www.facebook.com/groups/learnwiththecutflowercollective

Need a floral education program where creativity meets business?

Consider EMC- European Master Certification, a floral program developed to nurture the creative and business growth of designers worldwide.

Design visionary Tomas De Bruyne of Belgium, and business strategist Christi Lopez of Virginia, discuss with Sharon McGukin  upcoming EMC trend-setting opportunities. This blended learning concept - online courses, self study, and on-site events helps  participants expand their floral design potential.  

Learn also about ICE – the Infinite Creative Effect. And, details of the  upcoming floral event - DUOlogue in Miami.  

Listen to this podcast for details!

This week on the Leap Podcast, I'm thrilled to chat with floral designer extraordinaire Tabitha Abercrombie (she/her) from Winston & Main.

This episode is loaded with information about how to approach floral design for your wedding,  including:

• how soon you should reach out to florists
• How to best allocated your floral design budget 
• budgeting best practices including being intentional with floral placement (not every surface requires a floral piece!)
• why flowers are a reminder to be really present on your wedding day
• why its ok to want something for your wedding just because it's really pretty!
• and, Tabitha's best piece of advice is something we all need to practice in our every day lives, but it's particularly poignant for your wedding day

It was such a fun and informative episode to record, and I'm so grateful for Tabitha's friendship and transparency.

You can find Winston & Main on the web, instagram and facebook.

And, for more interviews with wedding and lifestyle pros, visit The Leap Lifestyle.

As always, thanks for listening!

Welcome, flower enthusiasts! Join me, Roz Chandler, on another delightful episode of The Cutflower Podcast. Today, I have the pleasure of hosting the talented Leigh Chappell, a floral designer, photographer, and stylist, whose journey from Wales to London brings a unique perspective to the world of flowers.

Summary:
In this episode, Leigh shares her creative evolution from a graphic designer to a florist, emphasising her love for British flowers and sustainable practices. The conversation unfolds to unveil the inception of the Strawberry Hill Sustainable Flower Festival, a remarkable event celebrating the artistry and diversity of floristry. Leigh reflects on the challenges and triumphs of promoting British flowers and fostering collaborations among growers, florists, and artisans.

Key Takeaways:

1. Artistry in British Flowers: Explore the beauty of British flowers without the need for floral foam, as Leigh sheds light on the artistic expression and sustainable practices showcased at the Strawberry Hill Flower Festival.
2. Collaboration for Growth: Discover the potential of collaborative efforts between growers and florists, addressing the distribution challenges and promoting a shift towards British-grown blooms in the floral industry.
3. Educating Florists: Recognize the importance of educating florists about the unique qualities and possibilities offered by British flowers, challenging traditional practices and fostering a mindset shift towards sustainability.

Leigh Chappell Resources:

• Website: https://www.leighchappellflowers.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/leigh.chappell.flowers/

Thank you for joining us on this blooming journey. Stay tuned for more captivating stories and insights in the world of flowers. Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and share The Cutflower Podcast for your regular dose of floral inspiration.

• A Cut Above Waitlist: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/ACutAboveWaitlist
• The Growth Club: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/thegrowthclub
• Lots of free resources on our website: www.thecutflowercollective.co.uk
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fieldgateflowers
• Facebook Groups Cut Flower Farming - Growth and Profit in your business https://www.facebook.com/groups/449543639411874
• Learn With The Cut Flower Collective https://www.facebook.com/groups/learnwiththecutflowercollective

Welcome to The Cutflower Podcast! 🌸

In this delightful episode, your host Roz engages in a lively conversation with Jenny Williams, a passionate gardener and guest extraordinaire. Join them as they delve into the world of gardening, podcasts, dreams, and more.

Roz and Jenny explore a myriad of topics, from the use of AI in crafting Instagram posts to the challenges of maintaining restraint in the face of creative ideas. They share insights into the profound impact captions can have on social media engagement, drawing from personal experiences and light bulb moments.

Jenny opens up about her biggest challenge – the struggle with restraint, a force that keeps her buzzing ideas in check. The discussion seamlessly transitions to the evolution of Jenny's garden, a metaphorical fourth child nurtured over the years. They touch upon the emotional pride that comes with seeing their hard work bloom and resonate with others.

As avid readers, they discuss their preferences, with Jenny favoring magazines and occasional book indulgences. The conversation takes an unexpected turn as they share their childhood dreams, both revealing a surprising desire to be air hostesses.

Key Takeaways:

1. Caption Magic: Captions can be the secret sauce for engaging content on social media, turning personal moments into compelling narratives.

2. Garden as a Teacher: The garden, for Jenny, is not just a collection of plants but a living, breathing teacher, guiding them to slow down and savor the journey.

3. Dreams Evolve: Childhood dreams of becoming air hostesses reflect the whimsy of youth, contrasting with the fulfilled and content lives they lead today.

4. Favourite Flowers by Season: Hellebores for hope in winter, diva roses, and practical yet beautiful dahlias – Jenny's favorites change with the seasons.

5. Water Feature Project: The anticipation of a water feature project in Jenny's garden promises excitement, cobbles, and the soothing sound of water.

Join Roz and Jenny in this episode filled with laughter, wisdom, and a shared love for the simple joys found in gardens and dreams. Don't miss the parting promise of attending the grand opening of Jenny's water feature – a symbol of beauty, patience, and the joy of gardening.

Connect with Jenny:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelaundrygarden/
Website: https://thelaundryretreatnorthwales.co.uk

New Catalogue Out Now, Oct 23,
https://plantsofdistinction.co.uk  use the code CUTFLOWER30 for 30% off your order.

• A Cut Above Waitlist: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/ACutAboveWaitlist
• The Growth Club: https://fieldgateflowers.kartra.com/page/thegrowthclub
• Lots of free resources on our website: www.thecutflowercollective.co.uk
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fieldgateflowers
• Facebook Groups Cut Flower Farming - Growth and Profit in your business https://www.facebook.com/groups/449543639411874
• Learn With The Cut Flower Collective https://www.facebook.com/groups/learnwiththecutflowercollective

Winter is coming rather quickly this year, so we have to start now if we even want to succeed for next year. How do like to hide the from the seasonal depression? Stick around and we'll tell you on this episode of A Blooming Good Time!   

My guest today is Lucy Hunter, and she happens to be very lucky, I think, to have that last name because it’s so fitting to her personality.  She is, first and foremost, a landscape designer, and she’s also a floral designer, or an artist who uses flowers, really, and it seems she does all of this by hunting in nature for her inspiration, seeking out the beauty in imperfection that mother nature does so well.  Today we’re talking about her second book, called The Flower Hunter, and it’s a wonderful conversation about life and creativity and self reflection and creating an environment that perfectly suits who you are.  You’ll learn as much about design principles as you will about how to follow beauty through its lifespan. 
https://www.slowstylehome.com/episodes/lucy-hunter

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“Life sprang […] from the lotus.” In this first episode of Season 3, I delve into a flower that’s closely tied to divinity and many Eastern faiths: the lotus flower. It’s an integral part of many creation stories, whether Hinduism, Buddhism, or the imagery of ancient Egypt. 

Let’s wade in together to take a closer look at a flower that not only offers spiritual guidance but informs one country’s rich culture and even the creative process.

Gathered: Storied Botanicals is a monthly podcast with room and the will to grow. It was written, recorded, and produced by Allison B. Young. Music is composed and performed by Raven Bauer Durham. Sound effects by Pixabay. You can subscribe to the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you like to listen. Head over to gathered-storiedbotanicals.com to learn more. Thank you for your support!

Works Cited:
Binh, Khanah, Linh, Kim. “Lotus Blossom: The Soul of the Vietnamese Culture.” Nhan Dan News, July 2019. https://en.nhandan.vn/megastory/lotus2019/.

 
Binney, Ruth. Plant Lore and Legend. Dover Publications, 2019.

 “Lotus as a cut flower.” Pond Megastore, 2023, https://pondmegastore.com/pages/can-i-purchase-cut-lotus-flowers-for-an-event-i-am-planning#:~:text=Lotus%20are%20not%20available%20as%20a%20cut%20flower%20due%20to,the%20stem%20to%20the%20flower.


For full transcript and bibliography, head over here.

Introducing Gathered: Storied Botanicals

Gathered: Storied Botanicals is a monthly podcast—with room and the will to grow. In each episode, I delve into the world of flowers weaving my experiences as a floral designer and writer with a flower’s depth and significance. By putting each bloom under a historic, scientific, literary, folkloric, or artistic lens we can better see this fascinating world as fertile ground for teaching us how we relate to and understand the world around us.

If you’re looking for a chance to discover and explore this fertile ground or if you need a brief escape Gathered: Storied Botanicals can be your proverbial campfire to gather’ round. 

To learn more about words, flowers, and art head over to gathered-storiedbotanicals.com 

Beth Chatto was the amazing gardener who said "Right plant, right place." meaning there is a prefect plant for each circumstance, you just need to do the research. Well you can also think of this when your creating a garden, what is it that the landscape is already telling you? Is it dry and sandy? Or maybe wet and shady? All of these things can drastically  change the kind of garden that you'll want to create, but we can walk you through it. This episode Emma and Beth talk about the different gardens we've had to make on the farm and how to be creative with the space your given.

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RIZ REYES

An early curiosity about fruits and flowers turned a young boy from the Philippines into an award-winning garden designer, floral designer, avid plantsman, and book author in the Pacific Northwest. Riz Reyes immigrated to the United States with his family in 1989 and settled in Shoreline, Washington. He grew up watching television to help learn English and discovered public television in his early years; on top of Sesame Street and Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, he discovered the art of Bob Ross, the culinary prowess of Julia Child, and most influential was the gardening series, The Victory Garden.

He collected plant catalogs and familiarized himself with the gardening section of his local public library and grew fond of different types of plants. He set his sights on pursuing horticulture as a future profession. Riz earned a BS in Environmental Horticulture & Urban Forestry from the University of Washington (UW) and worked as a horticulturist for the UW Botanic Garden’s Center for Urban Horticulture from 2007–2015. 

In 2013 he designed his first full show garden at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show in Seattle, WA. Riz came away with a gold medal, the Golden Palette Award for the Best Use of Color and Plant materials, the American Horticultural Society Environmental Award, and the prestigious Founder’s Cup as the Best Show Garden. Riz was also a featured panel speaker for the first annual Slow Flowers Summit where he contributed to a discussion on the lack of diversity and people of color in the horticulture and floral industries. 

He is currently the gardens manager for the brew pub and hospitality company McMenamin’s Anderson School in Bothell, WA and maintains RHR Horticulture, his own horticultural enterprise where he designs gardens and cut flowers and also teaches and lectures for professional organizations. Riz also authored GROW: A Family Guide to Plants and How to Grow Them, which was illustrated by Sara Boccaccini Meadows. Riz volunteers with the UW Farm spearheading their cut flower program. Other hobbies include caring for a personal collection of rare and unusual plants in his apartment, dancing, figure skating, music, food, and spending time with family and friends.

You can find him online at his website rhrhorticulture.com and on Instagram @rhrhorticulture.

THE PLANTASTIC PODCAST

The Plantastic Podcast is a monthly podcast created by Dr. Jared Barnes.  He's been gardening since he was five years old and now is an award-winning professor of horticulture at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX.  To say hi and find the show notes, visit theplantasticpodcast.com.  

You can learn more about how Dr. Jared cultivates plants, minds, and life at meristemhorticulture.com.  He also shares thoughts and cutting-edge plant research each week in his newsletter PlantEd, and you can sign up at meristemhorticulture.com/subscribe.  Until next time, #keepgrowing!

Tune into our chat with Alyson Brown founder of  Folk. Having nearly two decades of experience working across many aspects of brand building, her specialties really shine in art direction, brand development, photography, content creation, and more. She is also the author of The Flower-Infused Cocktail:  Flowers With A Twist .

Our Sponsor this season is also our first episode's guest, Tidy Books! If you have ever felt stress, procrastination or dread over your finances, you are not alone. So many photographers, artists, and creatives would describe themselves as "not a numbers person." And let's face it, you've got better things to do than filing receipts and figuring out Quickbooks. That's why Tidy Books provides monthly bookkeeping services to help you be as hands off as you want to be with your finances but still see the big picture of your business at any time of the year.  If this sounds intriguing to you, contact Tanya for a free consultation and 50% off of your 1st month of bookkeeping with the code Tidy50. 

Katie Dos Santos, founder of Petalled and marketing professional in New York City, often marveled at the artistically crafted centerpieces she’d order for the events she planned. Still, it was never more than a passing appreciation and a resignation to buy bouquets, not make them. As she prioritized her health and worked to get better, Katie realized that bits of beauty felt essential to her wellness. The idea for Petalled was more like an awakening that happened, literally, in her bed as she worked to recover. Katie assembled her A-Team of floral artists that could craft stunning displays and explain their process.

Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.

This newly-released flower trend podcast with Sharon McGukin AIFD, AAF, PFCI interviews enterprising guests who dare to do things differently. They share innovative flower tips, design techniques, personal growth plans, marketing and business ideas.  Brought to you  by Smithers-Oasis, this podcast encourages people who are passionate about petals to listen, learn, grow. "And, that's  How We Bloom!"

Episode 12 of Season 3 is upon us as Colah B Tawkin reflect on some lessons from Black History Month 2021. 

We’re joined by floral and wood designer, John Pendleton from Chicago. Colah and John unpacked quite a bit on topics like:

🪵Masculinity in the floral design world.

🌷His love for sawdust and creating boutonnières.  

💐Musings on the vision and six figure flower budget of the Roc Nation brunch. 

☠️The silent and rusty G in HGTV.

🎥Some of John’s favorite scenes of Black folks with flowers like Black is King.

😒The whitewashed floral supply chain. 

👧🏾Engaging Black youth in floristry and much more!

Shout outs: the legend, Marsha P. Johnson and 

Maurice Harris @bloomandplume
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Poppy Founder Cameron Hardesty values design and has built her business using technology and placing value on design to give customers a much, much better experience. 

Scott and Cameron discuss creativity, design and focusing on customer expectations. Poppy is a direct-to-consumer e-commerce startup aimed at making flowers affordable, easy, and fun. Through their farm partnerships and network of florists, Poppy works to empower women throughout the floral supply chain, from seed to ceremony—or living room.

Dive deeper into the episode here: https://bit.ly/3qB6d6W

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Jess and Evan tell the saga of how they rescued a cat off the street, then they chat with Tina of Petal & Ink!

So thrilled to be sharing the chat I had with EarthSpeak founders today. Natalie Ross she is the founder, podcast host and awareness activator and Shawna Cason, Co-founder, brand alchemist and medicine woman. This the first ever podcast interview the 2 of them have ever done together and the first podcast I’ve ever hosted with 2 guests at once. Was so fun to hear their stories and discuss building a supportive collective without hierarchy. They discuss the ease of working together and how trusting people to thrive in their zone of genius allows for smoother collaborations. I also loved our chat about podcasting and how our passions and business take on their own energy and how to tuning into what your projects want can have unexpected positive outcomes. This is a quick dive into how everything is alive and everything is about relationships.

Ooh and in the spirit of connecting more with others I am hosting a giveaway. Never done this before but offering a piece of pottery to a special someone! It’s a cup I made this wild year of 2020 and perfect for a little sip of water, wine, tea or to hold some flowers on your altar.

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