What’s coming up during American Flowers Week
25 Thursday Jun 2020
Written by Debra Prinzing in American Flowers Week 2020, Botanical Couture, Botanical Installations, Floral Design, News & Events, Promotional Ideas, Slow Flowers Summit
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Big Flower Friend, Botanical Couture, Debra Prinzing, Emily Saeger, Filoli Cutting Garden, Filoli Historic House & Garden, Kelly Shore, Kim Herning, Lisa Waud, Lisa Waud Botanical Artist, live-stream floral demonstration, Live-stream garden tour, LORA Bloom, New Events Calendar, Niesha Blancas, Northern Lights Peonies, Petals by the Shore, Tammy Myers, The Floral Source
We have live and virtual events, installations, interviews and demonstrations for you to enjoy!
For the sixth annual American Flowers Week, we have all sorts of free programming to share with you. Here’s a quick recap of what’s to come, beginning with Day One, Sunday, June 28th. Check the Calendar Tab in the menu above, and follow #americanflowersweek for more news and inspiration in real time!
DAY ONE: Sunday, June 28th
Join our Facebook LIVE interview with Kim Herning of Northern Lights Peonies in Fairbanks, Alaska, creator of one of our American Flowers Week botanical couture looks for 2020!
Join Debra Prinzing on the Slow Flowers Facebook Page during her LIVE interview to meet Kim, see her flowers, her peony fields, and more.
Kim will also share the incredible mechanics that she employed to design a peony frock with thousands of her stems.
Save the Date! We’ll announce the time to join us soon. We will also share the playback video of the interview.
DAY TWO: Monday, June 29th
Join our Instagram LIVE tour of Filoli Historic House & Garden and enjoy a floral design demonstration from the Filoli Cutting Garden.
Slow Flowers social media manager Niesha Blancas of Fetching Social will be LIVE at Filoli, location of our upcoming Slow Flowers Summit, rescheduled for June 28-30, 2021. Her special guest is Emily Saeger, Filoli’s lead horticulturist and manager of the cutting garden.
We can’t be at Filoli in person next week, but thanks to Niesha and Emily, you’ll get a flavor of what’s in store for next year’s Slow Flowers Summit.
Emily has promised to design an arrangement on the live-stream, showing us the amazing selection of flowers, foliages, herbs and other botanical ingredients that flourish at Filoli.
Save the Date! We’ll announce the time to join us soon. We will also share the playback video of the interview.
DAY THREE: Tuesday, June 30th (1 p.m. Pacific)
Join Debra Prinzing on a Facebook LIVE interview with Slow Flowers member Tammy Myers, of LORA Bloom, an online platform for local floral delivery with an eco-friendly mission.
Learn how Tammy and several of the florists involved in LORA Bloom have created buzz around their studios and shops with an American Flowers Week Sale.
A portion of the sale of their beautiful summer arrangements will go directly to @solid_ground_wa in Seattle. Solid Ground works to end poverty and undo racism and other oppressions that are root causes of poverty.
Debra has invited Tammy and the Slow Flowers florists in the LORA Bloom network to join her on a Zoom conversation that will stream live to the Slow Flowers Facebook Page. See their floral arrangements and hear their stories!
Save the Date! We’ll announce the time to join us soon. We will also share the playback video of the interview.
DAY FOUR: Wednesday, July 1st
Join Debra Prinzing on an Instagram LIVE interview with Kelly Shore of Petals by the Shore and The Floral Source, as they “unpack” the special American Grown at Home Box that Kelly has curated for American Flowers Week.
For American Flowers Week 2020, Kelly’s special Red-White-And-Blue Floral Box features an assortment of blooms and foliage from CamFlor and also red charm peonies from Alaska Perfect Peony.
Kelly and Debra will connect in IG Live to open their floral boxes and talk about the varieties of US-grown blooms. After the big reveal, they will take a break to design with the stems . . . and then return later in the day to show each other (and YOU) what they have created with these beautiful flowers.
Save the Date! We’ll announce the time to join us soon. We will also share the playback video of the interview.
DAY FIVE: Thursday, July 2nd
We’ll be following along with Detroit botanical artist, Lisa Waud, as she creates the final floral installation in her six-week series “Big Flower Friend.”
Slow Flowers is sponsoring this final, July 2nd installation for American Flowers Week, in support of Lisa’s artistic endeavor to promote Michigan flower farms and raise awareness in her community around racial justice.
Lisa has promised to give us a behind-the-scenes peek at her beautiful installation, which we will share via Instagram.
Save the Date! We’ll announce the time to join us soon. We will also share the playback video of the interview.
MORE TO COME: We’ll be posting more details soon. If you have an installation or event, please be sure to list it in our Calendar via this link:
