The Marigold Gardens with Caitlin Mathes, the American Flowers Week Botanical Couture Series, Part One (video interview)
17 Wednesday Jun 2026
Written by Debra Prinzing in American Flowers Week 2026, Botanical Couture, Floral Design, News & Events, Promotional Ideas, Resources for Farmers & Florists
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American Flowers Week, American Flowers Week 2026, Botanical Couture, Caitlin Mathes, Floral Fashions, Ithaca New York flower farm, Marigold dress, Marigold flower farmer, New York-grown flowers, Tagetes sp., The Marigold Gardens
In the runup to our American Flowers Week’s annual Botanical Couture collection, we welcome Caitlin Mathes to the Slow Flowers Podcast. A longtime Slow Flowers Member based in New York’s Finger Lakes Region, Caitlin has been cultivating the Tagetes species, also known as the marigold, since 2019. Her passion led to establishing The Marigold Gardens as a singular flower farm, specializing in more than 40 marigold varieties. When planning this year’s American Flowers Week floral fashions, we asked Caitlin if she would like to create a marigold garment – and she joined in the fun, growing, designing, fabricating, and modeling her playful look. Join me as we learn more about Caitlin’s floral enterprise, her love affair with marigolds, and her charming, Medieval-inspired garment fashioned with a multitude of colorful and uniquely-formed varieties. You, too, will fall in love with marigolds because Caitlin’s passion is contagious!
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