Designers and florists if you are looking for a good "business" reason to take your staff on a field trip that will inspire their design work and creativity (not to mention yours) plus boost morale: flower farm tours are the ticket. In this episode, Ellen Frost...
Florist Buying Local
#74 Florist Buying Local: Recognizing & Saying No When It’s Not a Good Fit
Ellen Frost of Local Color Flowers shares when it may be a good idea to say no to a client. How to do it and to even get comfortable doing it. A great topic in this year of high demand that is going to continue for sure into 2022-- great lessons. Connect with...
#66: Florist Buying Local: Flower Subscriptions
In this episode, Ellen Frost of Local Color Flowers, a design studio in Baltimore, Maryland, explains how flower subscriptions were one of the first pieces of starting her business over a decade ago. She shares the styles of flowers she offers using locally sourced...
#69: The Florist & the Farmer, Ellen Frost & Laura Resnick
In this episode, Ellen (the florist) is chatting with Laura Beth Resnick (the farmer) of Butterbee Farm. Laura Beth is one of Elen's main suppliers for her Baltimore Maryland design studio. Laura Beth is answering questions along with Ellen and Laura Beth shares her...
#65: Meet Drive by Flowers and Creekside Growers
In this episode, we have combined two interviews of some pretty fabulous flower entrepreneurs: Amy Cordy of Drive By Flowers and Sue Dykstra of Creekside Growers. I came to meet these ladies by way of that they are students of our online courses. I loved learning more...
#63: Meet Becca of Locaflora Design
What an inspiring conversation! I loved learning about Becca Muller and her flower shop LocaFlora. Her shop is located in Gettysburg, PA, and sources all of the flowers, plants, and gifts locally year-round. Such an inspiring business model and journey. Becca shares...
#62: Go Inside: Growing Your Business With Local Flower Sourcing
I was so pleased when Ellen Frost of Local Color Flowers agreed to create an online course with us. Her design studio business model was exactly what I saw as a perfect match for my cut-flower growing business. I literally thought, if only my commercial customers...
#61: Florist Buying Local Podcast: The Secret Power of Local Flowers, meet Ellen Frost
I loved this conversation with Ellen of Local Color Flowers. I feel like I am even more equipped to talk about why local flowers are better all the way around. It's another important piece of the pie of building our respective businesses. Â Enjoy! Request Ellen's...
#59: Teaching Customers About Seasonality and Local Sourcing
Ellen Frost, a designer in Baltimore, MD, continues sharing her strategies of sourcing from local cut-flower growers. In this episode with Ellen Frost, she is sharing how to educate customers about seasonality and locally grown flowers. Ellen discusses this and so...
Florist Buying Local Podcast: 2022 Wedding Forecast
Ellen Frost, a designer in Baltimore, MD, continues sharing her strategies of sourcing from local cut-flower growers. In this episode with Ellen Frost she is sharing what we can expect from the 2022 wedding market. Plus, how florist sourcing local flowers and growers...