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Growing Cut Flowers

Let's Grow, Girls

Join Flower Friends Nicole and Sarah on their journey to growing beautiful blooms! Interviewing experts, discussing their own successes and failures, and revealing the mysteries behind incredible cut flowers

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  • 77 episodes
  • Updated Aug 30, 2024

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  • Aug 13, 2021 · 1 hr 3 min

    Larkspur and Lupins with Sophie from Chatsworth House

    This week’s episode is with Sophie, the head gardener of the cutting garden at Chatsworth House. We talk all things Chatsworth before getting stuck into the real flower chat about how to grow Larkspur and Lupins!

  • Jul 9, 2021 · 1 hr 8 min

    Soil Blocking & Cool Flowers with Lisa Mason Ziegler

    This week we talk to the gardening legend that is Lisa Mason Ziegler from The Gardener’s Workshop. We talk all about growing successfully in soil blocks and the technique of growing cool flowers which Lisa is known for.

  • Jun 25, 2021 · 50 min

    Statice + Subscriptions with Heather from Petal Pink Flower Farm

    In this week’s episode (the second of the second) we are joined by the lovely Heather of Petal Pink Flowers. We talk all about statice, a flower that we are predicted a big comeback for, and why/how to run a subscription flower service for your customers. There’s some farm animal chat in there too as usual!

  • Jun 18, 2021 · 57 min

    Growing in Containers with Claus Dalby

    Season 4 of Let’s Grow, Girls is back with a bang and we’ve got Danish gardener, photographer, broadcaster and publisher, Claus Dalby! Claus tells us all about his garden inspiration, his love of colour and talks about some of his favourite plants. Not only do we cover our usual cut flower chat, but Claus also chats to us about growing in his garden “rooms”, his spectacular container displays and definitely adds a few more plants to our ever growing lists! Remember to come find us on Instagram @letsgrowgirlspodcast and also our Facebook group where you can ask us any questions about the episode. We also have a new Patreon account where you can subscribe to get access to exclusive content. Links to all of these are on our website www.letsgrowgirls.co.uk or via our Instagram bio. Thanks!

  • Apr 24, 2021 · 1 hr 3 min

    Beginner Cut Flowers + Gardening Style with Lauren McDermott | Garden Notes

    Are you a beginner gardener? Just starting out with your cut flower journey? Well this is the episode for you. We chat to new-grower, Lauren McDermott, about her first foray into the cut flower world! We talk about all the seeds and tubers she’s got ready for her first summer of blooms. And we couldn’t have Lauren on the podcast without talking style and getting some tips on what she wears in the garden.

  • Apr 16, 2021 · 52 min

    Dahlia Planting, Seeds, and Chicken Chat with Charlie from The Home Gardener | Garden Notes

    Another week of Garden Notes! This week we are joined by Charlie from @The_Home_Gardener on Instagram to hear how she's been getting on in her garden. Find her here: Instagram | Website Let’s Grow, Girls is the cut flower podcast is a weekly dose of upbeat, friendly flower growing expertise! For those who grow a few flowers in their garden, to those who want to know how to start a flower farm. Subscribe to be notified of our weekly episodes. If you have questions or want to see what other listeners are growing, join our Facebook group here! And join our family as a patron (oooh, aaaah!) - more info to be found here: https://www.patreon.com/letsgrowgirls

  • Apr 9, 2021 · 1 hr 10 min

    Sweet Peas, Spring Bulbs, and Flower Muscles with Marryn from The Farmhouse Flower Farm | Garden Notes

    Marryn, an honorary Grow Girl is back and she has been promoted to Director of Enabling!! Marryn joins us for our garden notes series to tell us what's happening in her garden this week.... but mostly to give us list of 100 new things we need to buy. Oops!! You can find Marryn here: Website | Insta Let’s Grow, Girls is the cut flower podcast is a weekly dose of upbeat, friendly flower growing expertise! For those who grow a few flowers in their garden, to those who want to know how to start a flower farm. Subscribe to be notified of our weekly episodes. If you have questions or want to see what other listeners are growing, join our Facebook group here! And join our family as a patron (oooh, aaaah!) - more info to be found here: https://www.patreon.com/letsgrowgirls

  • Apr 9, 2021 · 50 min

    100% Dahlia Chat with Philippa from Justdahlias | Garden Notes

    Dahlias dahlias dahlias! This week we are joined by a UK dahlia legend, Phillippa from Justdahlias in Cheshire who grows to sell cut flowers for floristry. She also dries her dahlias to sell year round. You can find her here: Instagram | Website

  • Mar 26, 2021 · 54 min

    Roses, Direct Sowing and Kamikaze Irises with Lizzie from The Rose Press Garden | Garden Notes

    We're back for season 3! This season, Garden Notes, will be a more laidback look into what is happening in our gardens each week: featuring a guest who can tell us about their garden or cut flower patch too. This week we are joined by Lizzie from The Rose Press Garden, an exciting new seed shop aiming to make gardening products that are for a younger audience. She tells us how she started gardening, what she's direct sowing this week and lots more! Find Lizzie: Shop | Instagram Let’s Grow, Girls is the cut flower podcast is a weekly dose of upbeat, friendly flower growing expertise! For those who grow a few flowers in their garden, to those who want to know how to start a flower farm. Subscribe to be notified of our weekly episodes. If you have questions or want to see what other listeners are growing, join our Facebook group here! Love the show? Help us keep producing this flowery content and support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/letsgrowgirls)

  • Mar 12, 2021 · 39 min

    Perfect Chrysanthemums with Sarah Raven

    Mums the word! It’s the season 2 finale and have we ever got a good episode for you! The flower that has us the most flummoxed is one that seems to have most of you stumped too, the chrysanthemum. So when we wanted to learn more, who better to call upon but the one and only, Sarah Raven. Not only does Sarah gives us her tips and tricks for growing the perfect "xanths" but she also tells us about growing at her garden Perch Hill and reveals her favourite dahlia and tulip varieties. So if you only listen to one thing this week, make it our season 2 finale. Sarah's Instagram handles: @sarahravensgarden @sarahravenperchhill Sarah Raven's website/shop: https://www.sarahraven.com/ Let’s Grow, Girls is the cut flower podcast is a weekly dose of upbeat, friendly flower growing expertise! For those who grow a few flowers in their garden, to those who want to know how to start a flower farm. Subscribe to be notified of our weekly episodes. If you have questions or want to see what other listeners are growing, join our Facebook group here!

  • Mar 5, 2021 · 51 min

    Foliage and Filler Flower Faves with Brenna from Three Brothers Blooms

    We get asked for foliage and filler recommendations all the time, so in this week’s episode we chat to Brenna from Three Brothers Blooms, a beautiful flower that she runs from her home in the Washington state, in the United States, to hear about some of her favourites. From phlox to pansies, you’ll be adding to your seed list like there’s no tomorrow! Brenna has the most amazing taste in flowers and we couldn’t get enough of her suggestions!

  • Feb 26, 2021 · 1 hr 6 min

    Growing Organic Flowers with Jo + Wendy from Organic Blooms

    You wanted to us to talk soil and your wish is our command! In today’s episode we have Jo and Wendy from Organic Blooms, an organic cut flower farm based in Bristol, U.K. Jo and Wendy were one of the first flower farms in the U.K. to achieve organic certification by the Soil Association so they know a thing or two about growing flowers organically. We talk about the complexities of becoming certified organic and how you can apply some of these practices in your home garden or your allotment, not to mention our usual flower filled chat as we find out some of Jo and Wendy’s favourite blooms at the farm and talk about companion planting.

  • Feb 19, 2021 · 57 min

    Snapdragon Secrets with Gemma from Green Rabbit Flowers

    If you don't already have snapdragons on the list for your cut flower patch this year - that's about to change!! We are so excited to welcome Gemma from Green Rabbit Flowers who has been growing for only a few years but had found success in her local area with beautiful colour combinations and amazing snapdragons. Today she's spilling her secrets to growing show stopping snapdragons (seriously, check out her insta if you don't believe us!) - autumn sowing, when to pinch, how to propagate and more! Green Rabbit Flowers: Instagram | Facebook | Website Let’s Grow, Girls is the cut flower podcast is a weekly dose of upbeat, friendly flower growing expertise! For those who grow a few flowers in their garden, to those who want to know how to start a flower farm. Subscribe to be notified of our weekly episodes. If you have questions or want to see what other listeners are growing, join our Facebook group here!