Episode 568: The 50 Mile Bouquet Series — Peterkort Roses with siblings Sandra Peterkort Laubenthal and Norman Peterkort

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My Q&A Interview with Norman Peterkort and Sandra Peterkort Laubenthal




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Peterkort Roses Greenhouse Tour







Happy 9th Anniversary to the Slow Flowers Podcast!



This week, we are celebrating our 9th anniversary of the Slow Flowers Podcast. Yes, folks, as the first-ever flower podcast and the longest-running flower podcast series, with 469 episodes, we are committed to delivering fantastic episodes to you each week -- all free for your education and enlightenment.



You can find me in the recording studio every week! (c) Mary Grace Long Photography



It's truly amazing to look back on how this show has become the voice of the Slow Flowers movement since our first episode #100, broadcast on July 23, 2013. We've brought you inside the Slow Flowers Movement, up close and personal, with hundreds of inspiring and intimate conversations with individuals who are deeply immersed in growing specialty cut flowers and designing with them. These are advocates who care deeply about a sustainable, safe, and local supply of seasonal floral ingredients -- and they share their stories with heart and passion.



One year ago, to mark the 8th anniversary, we added a video component to the Slow Flowers Podcast, so you have a chance to watch the conversations as well as listen to them -- including seeing videos of flower farm tours and floral studio tours. We hope you value this content, created specifically for our Slow Flowers Community. It's such a privilege to be your host as I share new episodes, week in and week out, can you believe it -- for 9 entire years! As we enter our 10th year, this means we'll be making a big splash by sharing more people and their flowers with you!







Opening spread of "The Last Rose Farm in Oregon," from The 50 Mile Bouquet (St. Lynn's Press, 2012)



In another milestone of celebration, I'm devoting 2022 to a year-long series that revisits a book I wrote ten years ago -- The 50 Mile Bouquet.



Today's guests, siblings Norman Peterkort and Sandra Peterkort Laubenthal, are featured in the pages of this pioneering book, published by St. Lynn's Press with photography by David Perry. The chapter about Peterkort Roses is titled "The Last Rose Farm in Oregon" and we're bringing you both a reflection and a look ahead.



Second spread: "The Last Rose Farm in Oregon," from The 50 Mile Bouquet (St. Lynn's Press, 2012)



I have visited Norman and Sandra on several occasions, but this week, I made a point of traveling to their greenhouses outside of Portland, Oregon, to film our conversation. Learn what's been happening at this unique and resilient flower farm over the past decade, and gain new insights on diversification and innovations they have implemented.



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Of Note: Last week's episode included a visit to the Seattle Wholesale Growers Market, a farmer-owned cooperative. As you heard us discuss, Peterkort Roses is not only a founding member farm of SWGMC, their family was also a founding member of the Oregon Flower Growers Association, which opened in 1942 as a farmer-owned wholesale hub. Pretty amazing history for one boutique specialty cut flower farm! Shop for Peterkort Roses at the Seattle Wholesale Growers Market. And if you're in Portland, you can often catch Sandra and her roses in their stall at the Oregon Flower Growers Association.







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