The Flower Podcast21 Aug 2023

Growing Roses for Your Local Florists: Lauren Uhlig of Florxeight

Meet our guest of the week, Lauren Uhlig of FlorxEight!

Join us as we dive into her incredible journey as a full-time architect turned passionate rose enthusiast. Since planting her first roses in 2017, her urban Maryland backyard is now blooming with nearly 200 rose plants. Sharing the love with local florists, Lauren is also fostering a sense of community around her favorite flowers and inspiring others to embrace the joy of growing roses. I hope you are encouraged by Lauren's journey into roses and although it's not a large space or full time career (yet!), if you love flowers find something that will grow in your area and give it a go!

Lauren will soon be launching her online course, Ready, Set, Roses. If you are a beginner thinking about growing roses or an avid grower looking to add roses to your farm, Lauren's course will cover from the basics of roses, planning and planting your roses, to pre and post harvest care and maintenance, Visit our guest page at theflowerpodcast.com and follow the link. Lauren is offering 20% off for the first 50 people.

And don't forget is the perfect time to plant your roses so they can get established before winter and have earlier blooms next spring! Visit www.HeirloomRoses.com and take 20% any rose order today with code FLOWERS20 now through October 31, 2023. It's time to start growing roses the way nature intended, on their own healthy root systems at HeirloomRoses.com .

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