A playlist of the best cut flower podcasts that I listen to weekly. Made to inform and inspire your own flower beds, cutting gardens, or full blown flower farms. Let’s dig in.
1. The Backyard Bouquet
The Backyard Bouquet Podcast is your fertile ground for heartfelt journeys shared by flower farmers and backyard gardeners. Each episode is like a vibrant garden, cultivating wisdom and joy through flowers. Dig in here.
Why I like it: This is my new favorite cut flower podcast and gardening companion. I personally learn the most through hearing other people’s stories. It the perfect blend of stories from the heart with wisdom and knowledge woven in. It paints a beautiful and realistic picture of what it’s like to live a life devoted to flowers.
Episode pick: Erin Benzakein of Floret: How Seeds Hold The Past, Present, & Future
2. The Dirt on Flowers
Meet Shannon and Lyndsay, two friends sharing the real dirt on flower farming. Join us here every week to talk about business, growing techniques, and the real-life behind the scenes of what it takes to run a profitable flower farm. Dig in here.
Why I like it: Lindsay and Shannon are oh so entertaining and relatable to listen to. It’s like an intimate conversation between two lady boss flower farmers that you also want to have a drink with. They do a mix of interviewing other flower folks and chatting about their own flower farms and business experience. They just started Friday bonus episodes, “uncut” candid catch-ups about what’s going on in the field, business, and brain right now. (Loving these.)
Episode Pick: 10 Flowers to Grow in Your First Year
3. The Flower Podcast
Welcome to The Flower Podcast with your host Scott Shepherd! I love flowers and am excited to share the stories of florists, flower farmers, educators, business owners and so much more. In these episodes, you’ll learn about the amazing world of flowers, floral design, growing advice, helpful business advice and gain insights into the beauty and challenges of the floral industry. Dig in here.
Why I like it: This has become one of my go-to cut flower podcasts and all round garden listens. Scott combines the power of storytelling with crunchy info, hard earned knowledge, and a whole lot of flower talk. It is very flower business and industry savvy while still being accessible and inspiring for a home gardener.
Episode pick: Flowering Without Fear: The Florista, Meg Hutchinson
4. Slow Flowers Podcast
The Slow Flowers Podcast is the award-winning show known as the “Voice of the Slow Flowers Movement.” Launched in 2013 as the original flower podcast, we’ve devoted more than 10 years to covering the business of flower farming, floral design, and 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. Dig in here.
Why I like it:
A diverse range of content, all grounded in the slow flowers movement. From sweet pea schools, to sustainable flower farms, to the art of paper flowers, it’s always a surprise and delight to discover what’s on the weekly show. Debra Prinzing’s voice also happens to be very grounding, which makes it an enjoyable listen.
Episode pick: The New Art of Paper Flowers with Quynh Nguyen of Pink & Posey
5. The No-Till Flowers Podcast
A show about regenerative flower farming. Hosted by Jennie Love of Love ‘n Fresh Flowers, a flower farm in Philadelphia. Jennie first started using no-till systems in 2018 out of desperation and with only a little hurried research. Since then, she’s been consuming as much information as possible and experimenting a lot at her farm over the past three growing seasons to see what’s working and what’s not. Dig in here.
Why I like it: Jennie is an old-school no till expert and an absolute well-spring of knowledge. She gets into the nitty gritty of the why behind the what. She also has great advice and tips for organic ways to grow the healthiest plants possible, and has in depth conversations with flower and garden folks who know what they’re talking about. If you want to go deep on how and why things grow, this is your show.
Episode pick: Organic Fertilizers, the Crucial Role of Calcium, Orchard Establishment and Much More with Bryant Mason
6. Mornings with Mayesh
Each month, Yvonne Ashton and her flower friends get together to chat about flowers and floral design, answering your questions, discussing top social media news, and interviewing special guests to help keep you inspired! If you are a floral professional be sure to subscribe to this podcast. Dig in here.
Why I like it: This one’s probably the most business focused flower podcast of the bunch, mostly aimed at florists. Although I am not a florist myself, I find the business advice and flower industry knowledge super informative and inspiring. After all, there is nothing like hearing some solid behind-the-scenes of running and starting your own flower business to get me motivated to grow.
Episode pick: The Business of Floral Brand Collaborations
7. Grow, Cook, Eat Arrange
Welcome to grow, cook, eat, arrange, the weekly podcast from gardener, writer, teacher, and cook, Sarah Raven. Since the publication of her first book, The Cutting Garden, two decades ago, Sarah has led the way by introducing a new kind of productive gardening which places emphasis on intense colour, sophistication, and achievability. With special guests from across garden design, floristry, food, ecology, conservation, and more, this podcast is brimming with top tips and helpful hints to help you create your most productive garden ever. Dig in here.
Why I like it: Relaxing British goodness. A blend of flowers, gardening, and living. A shorter podcast than the rest, this is the perfect listen to accompany a a 20 minute garden task. Since this one isn’t totally flower focused, it has a softer, more inspirational lifestyle feel.
Episode pick: Talking Biodynamics and Biodiversity in Growing Cut Flowers with Alfie Nickerson
8. Botanical Brouhaha
At the BB Podcast, we serve floral designers, farmer florists, flower shop owners, and aspiring florists by diving into practical tips and insider information. In 2008, Amy McGee decided to take a one-year hiatus from her wedding and event floral design business to focus on time with family, and as a result of wanting to stay connected to the floral industry, she launched Botanical Brouhaha the following year. Dig in here.
Why I like it: I am late to the party on this one, and it is one of the best new cut flower podcast discoveries this gardening season. You know when something just seems to blend together all of things you’re about? That is this show. A lot of botanicals and business with a dash of woo on the side. I feel so seen, met, expanded, all of the things. Highly recommend!
Episode pick: The Importance of Self Care in Creative Work
