Botanical Brouhaha Podcast
Do you own a flower business or dream of starting one? Are you looking for practical floral design tips? Ever wonder how other florists run their businesses? Or maybe you’re a farmer florist building a flower farm and floral design business at the same time? You’ve landed in the right place!
At the BB Podcast, we serve floral designers, farmer florists, flower shop owners, and aspiring florists by diving into practical tips and insider information from real working florists, floral educators, flower growers, and floral industry vendors to help you find the tools you need to start, run, and grow your flower business.
We like to mix it up! Do you prefer hearing real-life stories or diving into specific flower business topics? Either way, we’ve got you covered.
Listen to our storytelling episodes featuring floral professionals sharing the details of starting and running their flower businesses. So many stories just waiting for you to dig in and learn from those who are doing what you want to do!
Browse our topic-specific interviews where you can expect everything from conversations on marketing, staffing, and floral software to pain points like finding your mojo or listening to your intuition in business.
Amy McGee, Botanical Brouhaha founder, brings years of relationship building with floral designers, farmer florists, and floral professionals to the table and invites you to pull up a chair for the conversations where you’ll learn and be inspired by the nitty gritty transparency of the questions she asks.
The BB Podcast is co-hosted by Natalie Gill, owner of Native Poppy.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 57 minutes
- Episodes
- 174
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Ep. 88: Twyla Reimer (Remi + Gold)
Today we’re visiting with Twyla Reimer, owner of Remi + Gold in Austin, Texas. From a slight obsession with TLC wedding shows to working behind the scenes on events along the Las Vegas strip, floweri…
BB+ (Ep 20) Jesse Camargo on Freelancing
TODAY’S GUEST: Jesse Camargo | Flo.ReaL | IG: @jesse.flo.real
TOPIC: Becoming a Floral Freelancer
Join us in this episode as we talk about:
- landing his first freelancing job
- negotiating freelance wo…
Ep. 87: Hannah Bonham Blackwell (Southside Blooms)
Today we’re visiting with Hannah Bonham Blackwell of Southside Blooms in the Englewood community of Chicago, Illinois. Southside Blooms, which is a project of Chicago Eco House (a 501c3 nonprofit wit…
BB+ (Ep. 19) Corrine Heck + Parie Donaldson on Details Flower Software
TODAY’S GUESTS: Corrine Heck (CEO) + Parie Donaldson (Certified Design Associate) Details Flowers Software
TOPIC: Do More and Earn More with the Help of Details Flowers Software
Ep. 86: Paulina Nieliwocki (Blue Jasmine Floral)
Today we’re visiting with Paulina Nieliwocki, owner of Blue Jasmine Floral in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey. Paulina was a high school language arts teacher and translator looking for a new adventure …
Ep. 85: Sarah Diligent (Floribunda Rose)
Today we’re visiting with Sarah Diligent, owner of Floribunda Rose in Hampshire, England. Sarah describes herself as a Flowerist, author, and teacher. She believes deeply in the value of British flo…
Natalie Gill Joins the Circle
Natalie's mission to work hard and be nice resonates with me, so it’s no surprise that she’s made several gues…
BB+ (Ep. 18) LuAnn Dickson on EveryStem
TODAY’S GUEST: LuAnn Dickson
TOPIC: Pricing & Ordering Flowers for Profitability
LuAnn Dickson was the owner and lead designer of Verbena Floral Design in Austin, TX from 2006 to 2018 before she vent…
Ep. 84: Holley Simmons (She Loves Me)
Today we’re visiting with Holley Simmons, owner of She Loves Me in Washington, D.C. Holly's background is in journalism and she worked as a Food Reporter for The Washington Post before finding her w…
Ep. 83: Kelly Shore (Petals by the Shore & The Floral Source)
Today we’re visiting with Kelly Shore, owner of Petals by the Shore and The Floral Source in Damascus, Maryland. Kelly is a dedicated advocate for American grown flowers. Join us as we talk about:
- w…
BB+ (Ep. 17) Julie Tobi on Building a Flower Business You Enjoy
TODAY’S GUEST: JULIE TOBI
TOPIC: Building a Flower Business You Enjoy
Julie Tobi of J Eliza Creative is a career and life coach for creative entrepreneurs and deep feeling souls, with a focus on int…
Ep. 82: Anna Potter (Swallows & Damsons)
Today we’re visiting with Anna Potter, owner of Swallows & Damsons in Sheffield, UK. Join us as we talk about:
- why she had an instant connection with floristry
- her experience buying an existing flow…
Ep. 81: Alyssa Lytle (Color Theory Design Co.)
Today we’re visiting with Alyssa Lytle, owner of Color Theory Design Co. located in the Portland, Oregon. Join us as we talk about:
- finding the courage to veer off the obvious and accepted paths to …
Ep. 80: Lauren Palmer + Leah Palmer (The Wild Mother)
Today we’re visiting with Lauren Palmer & Leah Palmer, owners of The Wild Mother located in the Arts District, Downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Kickapoo, Osage, Wichita, & Comanche land. We're gra…
Ep. 79: Linda D'Arco (Little Farmhouse Flowers)
Today we’re visiting with Linda D'Arco of Little Farmhouse Flowers in Jay, New York to chat about:
- transitioning to the floral profession from "teacher by day, farmer by night"
- logistics of starting…
BB+ (Ep. 16) Deanna Kitchen on the Growing Kindness Project
TODAY’S GUEST: Deanna Kitchen
TOPIC: Growing Kindness Project
The Growing Kindness Project started when Deanna Kitchen, an aspiring flower farmer, accidentally planted more dahlias than she could mar…
Ep. 78: Joey Azout (Alexandra Farms)
Today we’re visiting with Joey Azout of Alexandra Farms (Bogotá, Colombia) to chat about:
- how he managed to start a successful garden rose farm
- why he chose to grow garden roses in spite of the chal…
Ep. 77: Susan Stremlau (Marion Moss Floral Design)
Today we’re visiting with Susan Stremlau, owner of Marion Moss Floral Design in Petaluma, California to chat about:
- growing a flower business from a side gig to a full-time career
- the catalyst behin…
Ep. 76: LaParis Phillips (Brooklyn Blooms)
Today we’re visiting with LaParis Phillips, owner of Brooklyn Blooms in Brooklyn, New York, to chat about:
- her early days learning floristry in a Missouri flower shop
- following her dream of living i…
Ep. 75: Akiko Kovacs (Floraison)
Today we’re visiting with Akiko Kovacs, owner of Floraison in Paris, France, to chat about:
- the experience that reminded her of the fragility of life and pushed her to follow her dream without delay …