Slow Flowers on Toxic Free Talk Radio
October 7th, 2014
It was a blast today to meet another Debra – Debra Lynn Dadd – aka “The Queen of Green,” the leading voice in toxic-free living and host of “Toxic Free Talk Radio.”
I joined her today on the air for a lively hour discussing what’s “green” and “not green” about the floral industry. You can listen to the entire interview here.
FLA-Grown – yes, it’s good to know the source of your flowers and greens!
Debra is based in Clearwater, Florida, so I wanted to send her something locally-grown for her vase. A huge thanks to Erik Hagstrom, of Albin Hagstrom & Sons,, a Florida-based foliage farm located just north of Orlando, for getting in on the act.
A member of Slowflowers.com, he offered to send some of his farm’s gorgeous and lush greenery to Debra.
Something awesome happened, and it was completely unscripted: The box from Albin Hagstrom arrived during our on-air interview and Debra went a little bonkers (in a good way) raving about the goodies she received.
That was the perfect way to demonstrate what American grown is all about.
Here’s how Debra arranged the foliage after we wrapped up the interview:
A 100% Florida-Grown Bouquet
And here are the American-grown, Florida-grown botanicals she received – thanks Erik Hagstrom and everyone at Albin Hagstrom & Sons:
Magnolia and varietgated Leyland cypress wreath.
Greenery grown in Florida!
More greenery . . .
Even more . . .
PS, Albin Hagstrom & Sons is also a charter member of the Certified American Grown labeling program – so proud to be associated with this All-American flower farm!