Girl Flower Podcast

This week we are in conversation with Caroline Redpath, founder of Fleur Provocateur and her daughter Antonia who mostly manages the business and logistical moving parts of the business "Fleur Provocateur is a wedding and event florist based on the Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire border. Specialising in sustainable designs and taking pride with high-quality and fun service. Caroline leads a small team of floral fairies, we love large-scale design with colour and impact. Teamwork is key, we...

Featherstone’s English Flower Co. is a flower farm and florist, growing a wonderful range of British flowers and foliage in a three-acre field in the rolling Hampshire hills, and offering a fullfloristry service, events and workshops from a breath-taking fifteenth century tithe barn. Co-founders Jess Roberts and Katie Stone have brought together a wealth of professional knowledge and years of experience in floriculture to create their dream business, growing handpicked flowers for reta...

This week we chat to Marianne & Camila, founders of Wolves Lane Flower Company who grow & create with their beautiful sustainable blooms in a 40 metre glasshouse in North London We hear all about their beginnings and what drove them to begin their business successful partnership and how they have grown their wonderful business into what it is today Such an insightful and inspiring conversation The VERY exciting news this week is that these lovely ladies have written a book and...

This week we are in conversation with Lauren and Rachel, founders of Sweet Root Village, based in Alexandria, Virginia, USA Sweet Root Village services include custom floral design for weddings and events, as well as an A La Carte Menu-pre designed collections for clients to buy directly through their website, Brand activation and floral education-Courses, guides, subscriptions and mentorships We hear about how Sweet Root Village began and how it grew organically into what it is today...

This week we are in conversation with Hannah walker, founder of Bride and Bloom Hannah is a wedding and event florist based in Worcester We chat about Hannah's journey into flowers after a successful career in fashion, retraining as a florist at The Covent Garden Academy of Flowers and then re-locating to Worcester This move then saw her discover her local community of growers & Flowers From The Farm Hannah uses only British grown flowers in her work now and we discuss the importance o...

Today we are in conversation with Caroline Oleron of Cherfold flowers. Caroline is a wedding and event florist and a purveyor and seller of beautiful things Carolines beautiful studio is situated in an old coal yard in Hambledon, filled to brim with other creative businesses We find out about Carolines beginnings and her journey into flowers Caroline started growing flowers in her garden, selling them at her garden gate and then to local shops until someone asked her to create their wedding ...

This week we are in conversation with Paula Rooney, founder of Paula Rooney Floral design Paula is a wedding and events florist based in Hampshire We find out all about Paulas beginnings and her journey into flowers, her breakthrough moment, her team and her business ethos We hear about the effect of the pandemic, chat about the wonderful work she does with Four Seasons, Ten Trinity and we learn about the highs and lows of destination weddings Paula tells us all about her busin...

Today we are in conversation with Sarah Harper of Sarah Harper Floral Design. Sarah's studio is in North Oxfordshire and she creates wedding & event flowers, holds both 1:1 workshops for florists and also for those who love flowers and provides local flower deliveries for clients in her area We find out all about Sarahs's beginnings, from her first Chelsea Gold medal to starting her own business and how she has navigated the pandemic Sarah is very clear on the direction of h...

Today we are in conversation with Milli Proust of Milli Proust Flowers Milli is a Florist/Grower based in West Sussex. Milli grows her beautiful flowers for a selection of weddings, events & commissions. She also sells her own seeds throughout the year and holds a series of seasonal workshops. Keep your eyes peeled for some new products available to buy through her webshop in 2022 We hear about Milli's journey into flowers, how covid pushed her to drive her business f...

Today we are chatting with Karen Barnes, founder of Karen Barnes floral industry consultancy. Karen is a wedding and events florist and teacher, works in product development & trend prediction for various global companies in the industry and is an international competition judge She also is a two-time RHS Chelsea Flower Show gold medal winner We find out about Karens beginnings and how the many facets of her business work We chat about her product development/trend prediction role...

This week we had the pleasure of being invited to Tallulah Rose Flower School to visit Rachel and 7 of her ladies who were undertaking the penultimate day of their 2 week career change course Jess took this trip solo (AGAIN) because Vic's son had more time off school unfortunately with a viral infection This episode see's us both chat about Jess' wonderful day up at Leven's Hall to see the course in action, what the day involved and we hear from 4 of the students on the course about their fu...

This week we are in conversation with Emma Spowage, founder of Passion Flowers by Emma Spowage Emma is a florist/Grower based in Essex, she also holds workshops for both flower lovers and florists We hear about Emma's journey into flowers and how she has been inspired by nature since she was a little girl and how she learnt to grow from taking her grandparents lead as a child We find out about the importance of sustainability to Emma and her business, we chat photography, working with ...

Today we are in conversation with Charlie Quartley, founder of The Flower Fairies Charlie is a studio based florist in North Oxfordshire who works in weddings and events and teaches/mentors both aspiring and current florists to reach their full potential This episode is an absolute must listen, Charlie was completely wonderful and offers so much candid information and advice to everyone who is in the flower industry We hear about her beginnings, what drove her into a career in flowers, how ...