BB Podcast Episode 83: Kelly Shore
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Today we’re visiting with Kelly Shore, owner of Petals by the Shore and The Floral Source in Damascus, Maryland. Kelly is a dedicated advocate for American grown flowers. Join us as we talk about:
- why she set and later raised a minimum spend for her wedding/event clients
- the importance of setting boundaries in business
- the trip to Alaska that impacted her and led to a new business venture
- how her clients have helped guide her business path
- the relationship that ignited her passion for local grown flowers
- the projects she conducted to test her local grown business model
- learning to design by palette rather than specific flower variety
- running a local-grown wedding and event floral business
- the challenges and rewards of sourcing locally
- how she curates boxes of American Grown flowers to drop ship to designers
- the advantage of ordering local flowers for floral stem bars and pop up shops
- understanding the higher price of local grown flowers
Petals by the Shore | Manda Weaver Photography | Flowers grown by & sourced from: Grateful Gardeners | Cut Flowers by Clear Ridge | Two Boots Farm | Hillen Homestead | Plant Masters | M and M Plants | Peterkort Roses | Mellano and Company
LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 83:
- Bed of Roses (movie)
- Maxit Flower Design
- AIFD
- Chapel Designers
- Holly Chapple
- Michael’s
- Panera Bread
- Dave Dowling
- Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers (ASCFG)
- Ocean View Flowers
Petals by the Shore | Manda Weaver Photography | Marriage and Mimosas | Legends Romona Keveza | Rosewood Farms
Botanicals grown by: Plant Masters | M and M Plants | Resendiz Brothers | California Pajarosa Floral | Bloomia
LEARN MORE HERE:
Petals by the Shore: Website | Instagram | Facebook
The Floral Source: Website | Instagram | Facebook
A Year of American Grown Bouquets Project – The Flower Calendar
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Co-Hosts: Amy McGee (Botanical Brouhaha) and Maggie Bailey (Bramble & Bee)
BB Podcast Sound Engineer: Grayson McGee
Music & Voiceovers: Landon McGee
If you enjoyed this chat with Kelly, you might also enjoy our podcast interview with Ellen Frost. Click here to listen.
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That was so great to listen to! And I’m so proud of you for only using flowers from the USA!! There is no way I could of done that for my brides!