Becky Feasby's guest appearances

Becky Feasby

Slow Flowers Podcast

The Flower Podcast

The Sustainable Flowers Podcast

Max Gill

Tobey Nelson

Heather Henson

Jim Martin

Susan McLeary

Robbie Honey

Nancy Teasley

Holly Chapple

Francoise Weeks

Hitomi Gilliam

Christin Geall

Gwen Sayers

Paul Sayers

Amy Brown

Leah Penniman

OwlTail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O53UX2DNEF0Today I have invited Becky Feasby of Prairie Girl Flowers and Instagram's #SustainabilitySunday to return the Slow Flowers Podcast to talk about a project she is spearheading to evaluate the floral industry's relationship with invasive plant species -- both growing and designing with problem plants harmful to the environment, to local economies, and to the larger community.Becky Feasby, Prairie Girl FlowersThis past December, Becky convened an Invasive Species Roundtable to discuss and determine Best Practices in the Floral Industry. The expert panel included Doug Tallamy, professor of entomology and wildlife ecology at the University of Delaware; Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed, a botanist and native plant expert with the ACLA Native Plants Society in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and Nicola Dixon, State Priority Weeds Coordinator for Australia's Department of Primary Industries.Those invited as educators and floral industry participants included florists and growers who are both part of the Sustainable Floristry Network and Slow Flowers Society members. I was so happy to join the session ~ and I learned so much from the discussion. I learned that even the best of intentions from those of us who think our practices are good for the planet can yield damaging results.Sustainability Sunday posts from @prairiegirlflowers As an outcome from that session, Becky has worked with Rita Feldmann, founder of the Sustainable Floristry Network, to produce a report to introduce the topic of invasive plants to florists, farmers and wholesale sellers. She has shared a preview of that report with me, as well as several lists of "Dirty Dozen" plants found in the floral marketplace in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Europe, and Australia, drawing input from some of the round table experts.It's such a timely topic, and if you follow Becky's @prairiegirlflowers feed on Instagram, you've already read some of her posts about invasive species in the floral trade. I asked Becky to join me today to share about her research and help us understand what each of us can be doing to eradicate invasives from our own design work, farms, and gardens.As she mentioned, the fact sheet and Dirty Dozen lists will be available soon via prairiegirlflowers and we'll share those links when that happens.LISTEN to past episodes with Becky Feasby:Episode 561: Becky Feasby of Prairie Girl Flowers and IG’s Sustainability SundayEpisode 400: Slow Flowers in Calgary with Becky Feasby of Prairie Girl FlowersThank you to our SponsorsThis show is brought to you by Slowflowers.com, the free, online directory to more than 850 florists, shops, and studios who design with local, seasonal and sustainable flowers and to the farms that grow those blooms. It’s the conscious choice for buying and sending flowers.Thank you to our lead sponsor, Farmgirl Flowers. Farmgirl Flowers delivers iconic burlap-wrapped bouquets and lush, abundant arrangements to customers across the U.S., supporting U.S. flower farms by purchasing more than $10 million dollars of U.S.-grown fresh and seasonal flowers and foliage annually. Discover more at farmgirlflowers.com.Thank you to Details Flowers Software, a platform specifically designed to help florists and designers do more and earn more. With an elegant and easy-to-use system--Details is here to improve profitability, productivity, and organization for floral businesses of all shapes and sizes. Grow your bottom line through professional proposals and confident pricing with Details' all-in-one platform. All friends of the Slow Flowers Podcast will receive a 7-day free trial of Details Flowers Software. Learn more at detailsflowers.com.Thank you to CalFlowers, the leading floral trade association in California, providing valuable transportation and other benefits to flower growers and the entire floral supply chain in California and 48 other states.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O53UX2DNEF0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O53UX2DNEF0</a> Today I have invited Becky Feasby of Prairie Girl Flowers and Instagram's #SustainabilitySunday to return the Slow Flowers Podcast to talk about a project she is spearheading to evaluate the floral industry's relationship with invasive plant species -- both growing and designing with problem plants harmful to the environment, to local economies, and to the larger community. Becky Feasby, Prairie Girl Flowers This past December, Becky convened an Invasive Species Roundtable to discuss and determine Best Practices in the Floral Industry. The expert panel included Doug Tallamy, professor of entomology and wildlife ecology at the University of Delaware; Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed, a botanist and native plant expert with the ACLA Native Plants Society in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and Nicola Dixon, State Priority Weeds Coordinator for Australia's Department of Primary Industries. Those invited as educators and floral industry participants included florists and growers who are both part of the Sustainable Floristry Network and Slow Flowers Society members. I was so happy to join the session ~ and I learned so much from the discussion. I learned that even the best of intentions from those of us who think our practices are good for the planet can yield damaging results. Sustainability Sunday posts from @prairiegirlflowers As an outcome from that session, Becky has worked with Rita Feldmann, founder of the Sustainable Floristry Network, to produce a report to introduce the topic of invasive plants to florists, farmers and wholesale sellers. She has shared a preview of that report with me, as well as several lists of "Dirty Dozen" plants found in the floral marketplace in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Europe, and Australia, drawing input from some of the round table experts. It's such a timely topic, and if you follow Becky's @prairiegirlflowers feed on Instagram, you've already read some of her posts about invasive species in the floral trade. I asked Becky to join me today to share about her research and help us understand what each of us can be doing to eradicate invasives from our own design work, farms, and gardens. As she mentioned, the fact sheet and Dirty Dozen lists will be available soon via prairiegirlflowers and we'll share those links when that happens. LISTEN to past episodes with Becky Feasby: Episode 561: Becky Feasby of Prairie Girl Flowers and IG’s Sustainability Sunday Episode 400: Slow Flowers in Calgary with Becky Feasby of Prairie Girl Flowers Thank you to our Sponsors This show is brought to you by <a href="http://Slowflowers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slowflowers.com</a>, the free, online directory to more than 850 florists, shops, and studios who design with local, seasonal and sustainable flowers and to the farms that grow those blooms. It’s the conscious choice for buying and sending flowers. Thank you to our lead sponsor, Farmgirl Flowers. Farmgirl Flowers delivers iconic burlap-wrapped bouquets and lush, abundant arrangements to customers across the U.S., supporting U.S. flower farms by purchasing more than $10 million dollars of U.S.-grown fresh and seasonal flowers and foliage annually. Discover more at <a href="http://farmgirlflowers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">farmgirlflowers.com</a>. Thank you to Details Flowers Software, a platform specifically designed to help florists and designers do more and earn more. With an elegant and easy-to-use system--Details is here to improve profitability, productivity, and organization for floral businesses of all shapes and sizes. Grow your bottom line through professional proposals and confident pricing with Details' all-in-one platform. All friends of the Slow Flowers Podcast will receive a 7-day free trial of Details Flowers Software. Learn more at <a href="http://detailsflowers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">detailsflowers.com</a>. Thank you to CalFlowers, the leading floral trade association in California, providing valuable transportation and other benefits to flower growers and the entire floral supply chain in California and 48 other states.

Episode 600: Becky Feasby of Prairie Girl Flowers on Florists, Invasive Species, and Protecting the Natural World

https://youtu.be/Amp0vRk3U1wBecky Feasby of Prairie Girl Flowers, with Magic (left) and Larry (right) in her Calgary, Alberta, cutting gardenThe urgency to reverse climate change and better care for the future of our planet are top of mind issues for many floral professionals. If you're listening or watching today, you're probably here because you want to know more about the Slow Flowers Movement -- and we schedule our topics and guests with values of seasonality, sustainability and social equity in mind. We know from our members feedback and surveys that you, too, want to make mindful decisions about your own role in creating a better floral marketplace.A best-of grid from Becky Feasby's #sustainabilitysunday posts on Instagram @prairiegirlflowersToday's guest has been a valuable resource throughout my own quest to become better educated, including understanding the scientific facts and academic research around sustainable and non-sustainable practices in the floral marketplace. I recently visited Becky Feasby, owner of Calgary, Alberta-based Prairie Girl Flowers, and the two of us spent much of our 72 hours together in conversation about our shared passion for making the floral industry a safer and more sustainable one. Those conversations are captured in today's show and I'm excited to share it with you.Becky, on location at the 2019 Sustainable Flowers Workshop, teaching a large-scale, foam free, design mechanic (c) Ian Gregory, &amp;ReverieBecky writes that ethical and sustainable floristry involves looking at not only how and where we source our flowers, but also considering the waste generated by designs and packaging.  She maintains that like other agricultural crops, we need to examine not only the carbon footprint of our flowers, but also the use of pesticides, water pollution, exploitation in the supply chain, and waste.  Sustainable floristry means using local and seasonal flowers; for her, it also means not importing flowers from overseas; never using single use plastics for packaging or floral foam in designs; and supporting local growers and creatives to give back to the community.Foam-free seasonal floral design by Becky Feasby of Prairie Girl FlowersBecky is a past guest of this podcast, Episode 400 (May 2019). Listen here.Follow Becky and Prairie Girl Flowers on Instagram for her popular weekly series #sustainabilitysundayLearn more about the upcoming Sustainable Flowers Project, a three-day workshop, which she is co-producing with TJ McGrath of TJ McGrath Design.  If you're heading to the Slow Flowers Summit, just a few weeks away on June 26-28th in New York, be sure to meet Becky and TJ there in person to learn more about their workshop. I'm hoping to be there in September, too! News of the Week: You're Invited to our Slow Flowers Member Virtual Meet-UpDaniel Bartush (left) and Shannon Algiere (right) of Stone Barns CenterLater this week on Friday, June 10th (at 9 am Pacific/Noon Eastern), you're invited to join the Slow Flowers Member (Virtual) Meet-up. Join Shannon Algiere, our special guest, as she introduces the famed Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, our Slow Flowers Summit host and venue for Day Two and Day Three.Shannon is Arts &amp; Ecology Director at Stone Barns Center. She brings over 25 years of experience in holistic farm design, crops production, garden and greenhouse management and farm-based education. She and Philippe Gouze will open our June 27th (Monday) session with a presentation entitled THE FLOWERS OF STONE BARNS CENTER &amp; BLUE HILL. At the Meet-Up Shannon and Stone Barns Center Greenhouse Manager, Daniel Bartush will give us a preview of the floral program at Stone Barns Center and the programs of the Arts &amp; Ecology Lab. You must pre-register to join us. I'll share the registration link in today's show notes for Episode 561 at slowflowerspodcast.com.Click here to preregister for the June 10th Member Meet-up

<a href="https://youtu.be/Amp0vRk3U1w" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Amp0vRk3U1w</a> Becky Feasby of Prairie Girl Flowers, with Magic (left) and Larry (right) in her Calgary, Alberta, cutting garden The urgency to reverse climate change and better care for the future of our planet are top of mind issues for many floral professionals. If you're listening or watching today, you're probably here because you want to know more about the Slow Flowers Movement -- and we schedule our topics and guests with values of seasonality, sustainability and social equity in mind. We know from our members feedback and surveys that you, too, want to make mindful decisions about your own role in creating a better floral marketplace. A best-of grid from Becky Feasby's #sustainabilitysunday posts on Instagram @prairiegirlflowers Today's guest has been a valuable resource throughout my own quest to become better educated, including understanding the scientific facts and academic research around sustainable and non-sustainable practices in the floral marketplace. I recently visited Becky Feasby, owner of Calgary, Alberta-based Prairie Girl Flowers, and the two of us spent much of our 72 hours together in conversation about our shared passion for making the floral industry a safer and more sustainable one. Those conversations are captured in today's show and I'm excited to share it with you. Becky, on location at the 2019 Sustainable Flowers Workshop, teaching a large-scale, foam free, design mechanic (c) Ian Gregory, &amp;Reverie Becky writes that ethical and sustainable floristry involves looking at not only how and where we source our flowers, but also considering the waste generated by designs and packaging.  She maintains that like other agricultural crops, we need to examine not only the carbon footprint of our flowers, but also the use of pesticides, water pollution, exploitation in the supply chain, and waste.  Sustainable floristry means using local and seasonal flowers; for her, it also means not importing flowers from overseas; never using single use plastics for packaging or floral foam in designs; and supporting local growers and creatives to give back to the community. Foam-free seasonal floral design by Becky Feasby of Prairie Girl Flowers Becky is a past guest of this podcast, Episode 400 (May 2019). Listen here.Follow Becky and Prairie Girl Flowers on Instagram for her popular weekly series #sustainabilitysundayLearn more about the upcoming Sustainable Flowers Project, a three-day workshop, which she is co-producing with TJ McGrath of TJ McGrath Design. If you're heading to the Slow Flowers Summit, just a few weeks away on June 26-28th in New York, be sure to meet Becky and TJ there in person to learn more about their workshop. I'm hoping to be there in September, too!  News of the Week: You're Invited to our Slow Flowers Member Virtual Meet-Up Daniel Bartush (left) and Shannon Algiere (right) of Stone Barns Center Later this week on Friday, June 10th (at 9 am Pacific/Noon Eastern), you're invited to join the Slow Flowers Member (Virtual) Meet-up. Join Shannon Algiere, our special guest, as she introduces the famed Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, our Slow Flowers Summit host and venue for Day Two and Day Three. Shannon is Arts &amp; Ecology Director at Stone Barns Center. She brings over 25 years of experience in holistic farm design, crops production, garden and greenhouse management and farm-based education. She and Philippe Gouze will open our June 27th (Monday) session with a presentation entitled THE FLOWERS OF STONE BARNS CENTER &amp; BLUE HILL. At the Meet-Up Shannon and Stone Barns Center Greenhouse Manager, Daniel Bartush will give us a preview of the floral program at Stone Barns Center and the programs of the Arts &amp; Ecology Lab. You must pre-register to join us. I'll share the registration link in today's show notes for Episode 561 at <a href="http://slowflowerspodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">slowflowerspodcast.com</a>. Click here to preregister for the June 10th Member Meet-up

Episode 561: Becky Feasby of Prairie Girl Flowers and IG’s Sustainability Sunday

Linda D'Arco

This week we are having a great discussion with two Sustainable Floristry Network Ambassadors, and leaders in raising awareness around all these un-natural and wholly environmentally unfriendly modifications to florals: Becky Feasby of https://www.prairiegirlflowers.com/ right here in Alberta and Linda D'Arco of Little Farmhouse Flowers in New York https://www.littlefarmhouseflowers.com/. If you haven't yet, you must read Linda's thoughtful articles on bleached florals and spray painted florals.    Our theme music was composed and performed by Heather's son Callum and audio editing was completed by the uber talented Laura Eccleston.

This week we are having a great discussion with two Sustainable Floristry Network Ambassadors, and leaders in raising awareness around all these un-natural and wholly environmentally unfriendly modifications to florals: Becky Feasby of <a href="https://www.prairiegirlflowers.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.prairiegirlflowers.com/</a> right here in Alberta and Linda D'Arco of Little Farmhouse Flowers in New York <a href="https://www.littlefarmhouseflowers.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.littlefarmhouseflowers.com/.</a> If you haven't yet, you must read Linda's thoughtful articles on <a href="https://www.littlefarmhouseflowers.com/blog/2018/12/5/bleached-the-cost-of-altered-floral-materials" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">bleached florals</a> and <a href="https://www.littlefarmhouseflowers.com/blog/2019/11/20/sprayed-the-cost-of-altered-floral-materials-part-2" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">spray painted florals. </a> Our theme music was composed and performed by Heather's son Callum and audio editing was completed by the uber talented Laura Eccleston.

Bleached, painted, dyed, glittered, flocked florals: An interview with Becky Feasby and Linda D'Arco