December Meeting - Bring me Slow Flowers

Debra Prinzing
Bring me Slow Flowers

Award-winning author Debra Prinzing will introduce the emerging green flower movement, which is buying from local flower farmers, shortening the field-to-vase journey for fresh cut flowers.

This artisan flower trend is taking place against the backdrop of the $40 billion worldwide floriculture industry that produces "perfect" flowers - perfect-looking, perfectly scent-less, often a week old, and shipped thousands of miles from a distant continent. More and more, consumers are discovering that "freight flowers" are a poor substitute for the heady aroma and romantic beauty of a "just-cut" flower from your garden or the nearby flower farm.

Learn how sustainable growers and eco-conscious floral designers are supplying fresh, healthy, sustainably-grown blooms for their clients' celebrations and special occasions.

Debra is a Seattle and Los Angeles-based outdoor living expert who writes and lectures on gardens and home design. She has a background in textiles, journalism, landscape design and horticulture. A frequent speaker for botanical garden, horticultural society and flower show audiences, Debra is also a regular radio and television guest. She is the author of The 50 Mile Bouquet: Local, Seasonal and Sustainable Flowers, which was photographed by David Perry. Debra authored Stylish Sheds and Elegant Hideaways, a Garden Writers Association Gold Award book, and The Abundant Garden.  Her next book, Slow Flowers, will be published in 2013.

Members free; non-members $10