Today, we have two guests who will bring us up to speed on some exciting floral news happening in and around the Bay Area. As many listeners may recall, there was considerable disruption in the floral marketplace last year with COVID and yet so many flower farmers and florists prevailed, ...
Stembel started Farmgirl Flowers inSan Francisco. But she didn't have a fancy storefront. In fact, she only had$49,000to her name. Instead, she arranged Farmgirl Flowers in an SF apartment—at least until herlandlordcaught wind. After a year-and-a-half, she only had$411in the bank....
Lennie and Betany are founding members of theNorth Bay Flower Collective, a group of flower farmers and floral designers in the North SF Bay Area. I love the motivation that led to the formation of the North Bay Flower Collective:To lean on each other for support and pull our resources tog...
We have reached out to farmers not just in the New England area but also on the eastern seaboard and the West Coast. We have had disappointingly little luck. All of the farmers outside of our state are not interested in selling to small businesses like ours. They all give us the same ...
Home floral designers can find Jan at the Choice Bulb stall every Saturday at the University District Farmers’ Market and every Sunday at theBallard Farmers’ Market, both in Seattle. Fresh-from-the-field, these flowers inspired me to make a summer bouquet a few years ago. I hope you enjo...
he shops at the SF Flower Market and says to the vendors: “What did you grow that you did not have to spray?” Max went on to explain: “. . . by making it really clear where my dollar will go, I feel strongly that I’m including everybody in the ‘sustainable’ conversation....