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
Episode 14: Marco Groot Loves Elvis and Flowers
Today we’re sitting down with Marco Groot, CEO of Hilverda De Boer USA to discuss:
- his childhood growing up in Holland and the role flower farming played in his formative years
- why he has a life-siz…
Episode 13: Laetitia Mayor May be the MacGyver of the Flower World
Today we’re sitting down with Laetitia Mayor, owner of Florésie based in Blanzy-lès-Fismes in Northern France to discuss:
- her path from being an engineer in Switzerland to being a floral designer in…
Episode 12: Fiona Pickles — Naturally Wild
Today we’re sitting down with Fiona Pickles, owner of Firenza Floral Design based in West Yorkshire in the UK to discuss:
- her unique talent related to event delivery
- how she utilizes interns and fre…
Episode 11: Maxine Owens Knows How to Slow Down, Step Back, and Refuel
Today we’re sitting down with Maxine Owens, owner of Max Owens Design in Dallas, Texas to discuss:
- how her background in retail and science prepared her for opening a flower business
- her thoughts on…
Episode 10: Francoise Weeks Has a Mantra You Can Live By
Today we’re sitting down with Françoise Weeks, owner of Françoise Weeks European Floral Design in Portland, Oregon to discuss:
- her transition from substitute teacher and medical lab technician to fl…
Episode 9: Nancy Teasley — Designer, Farmer, Romantic
oday we’re sitting down with Nancy Teasley, owner of Oak & the Owl and Ella Rose Farmin Fallbrook, California to discuss:
- what (and who) compelled her to jump into flower farming
- the challenges of o…
Episode 8: Holly Chapple Loves Her Flower Friends
Today we’re sitting down with Holly Chapple, owner of Holly Chapple Flowers in Leesburg, Virginia to discuss:
- the man who taught her to design and modeled for her a strong work ethic
- her thoughts on…
Episode 7: Denise Fasanello — Flowering in the City
Today we’re sitting down with Denise Fasanello, owner of Denise Fasanello Flowers in Brooklyn, NY to discuss:
- The challenges of creating flowers for events in NYC
- Her ‘winter life’ as a ceramicist
- F…
Episode 6: Jennifer Ederer — Always Building Magic
Today we’re sitting down with Jennifer Ederer of Modern Day Events & Floral in Grand Rapids, Michigan to discuss:
- the unconventional career path that ultimately led her to open a floral and event de…
Episode 5: Gretchen O'Neil is Full of Ideas
Today we’re sitting down with Gretchen O’Neil (pictured above right) of Petals, ink. & Grassdale Flower Farm to discuss:
- how she finally recognized the constant pull of the floral industry on her ca…
Episode 4: Kiana Underwood of Tulipina Believes Flowers Should Make You Happy
Today we’re sitting down with Kiana Underwood (pictured above left) of Tulipina to discuss:
- how her childhood in Iran laid the foundation for her love of flowers
- the importance of travel as inspirat…
Episode 3: Chloe Milligan's Secret Weapon is Being Herself
Today we’re sitting down with Chloe Milligan (pictured above right) of MUD Urban Flowersto discuss:
- The story behind the creation of MUD with her business partner Nick Priestly (owner of Mood Flower…
Ep. 2: Susan McLeary — Curious, Vulnerable, Tenacious
Today we’re sitting down with Susan McLeary (pictured above left) of Passionflower to discuss:
- her expertise in creating living jewelry
- how her work began to get published
- the motivation behind her …
Episode 1: Meet Amy McGee & Maria Maxit
Meet co-hosts Amy McGee of Botanical Brouhaha and Maria Maxit of Maxit Flower Design and hear their flower journey stories and how it led to the creation of the Botanical Brouhaha Podcast
How to Co…