american flowers week ~ June 28 to July 4 ~ Celebrating American Grown Flowers in all 50 States

In partnership with BLOOM Imprint

This year marks our sixth Botanical Couture collection for American Flowers Week. With 25 looks created to date, and recovering from the challenges of 2020 and the global pandemic, we are thrilled to share one dozen new wearable fashions showcased in the 2021 collection!

In conjunction with the campaign, Slow Flowers Society and its publishing partner, BLOOM Imprint, released a special digital issue of Slow Flowers Journal, available for free download. The publication features this year’s inventive and innovative botanical couture collection of one dozen wearable floral ensembles designed with iconic American-grown botanicals.

What is the point of this Botanical Couture series? Is it frivolous? Yes! Is it strategic? Yes!

By presenting flowers as fashion, photographed with editorial styling to tell a story, the American Flowers Week campaign shines a light on the talented growers and designers who are part of the Slow Flowers Movement. Moreover, it changes what we think of flowers. No longer just a perishable item to capture a sentiment in time, perhaps the flowers, foliage, foraged botanicals, and natural elements you see in these pages will shift and expand your thinking. With flowers transformed as art or sculpture, as fashion and beauty, as a symbol of the human desire to connect with nature, there is much more to each bloom than one might imagine.

Production of the Botanical Couture Special Edition of Slow Flowers Journal features the talents of:

Editorial Director, Debra Prinzing, Slow Flowers Society
Design + Picture Editor, Robin Avni, BLOOM Imprint
Copy Editor: Judith H. Dern
Image Editor: Heather Marino
Cover Photography: Niesha Blancas + Ana Quinata
Cover Model: Jada Cruz