Flora Culture with Christin Geall of Cultivated by Christin
From Cultivating Place by Jennifer Jewell / Cultivating Place
May 7, 2026 · 59 min
About this episode
This episode features a conversation with Christin Geall about the cultural significance of flowers and her book Flora Culture.
This week on Cultivating Place, we continue with our flower theme as we celebrate May, looking toward the most floral of celebrations, Mother’s Day in the US. We discuss not us as gardeners growing flowers, but rather, how flowers shape our world, our cultures, our economies, our thinking and outlooks. We're in conversation with Christin Geall, author of Cultivated: Elements of Floral Style. Her newest title is Flora Culture: How Flowers Shape our World. It’s a revealing and thought-provoking cultural compendium. Listen in! Cultivating Place now has a donate button! We thank you for listening over the years, and we hope you'll continue to support Cultivating Place. We can't thank you enough for making it possible for this young program to grow and engage in even more conversations like these. The show is available as a podcast on SoundCloud and iTunes. To read more and for many more photos, please visit www.cultivatingplace.com.
People in this episode
Host: Jennifer Jewell
Guest: Christin Geall
Topics covered
- flowers
- gardening
- cultural impact
- Mother's Day
- economics of flowers
- floral design
Keywords
- flowers
- cultural significance
- gardening
- Mother's Day
- floral design
- economy
- Christin Geall
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Cultivated by Christin
Books & works: Cultivated: Elements of Floral Style, Flora Culture: How Flowers Shape our World
Places: US
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