Ep.5: Growing Cut Flowers in the Pacific Northwest: Tips and Inspiration from Cottage-Style Gardener Kim Robinson

Get ready to be inspired by this episode of The Backyard Bouquet Podcast to create your own cottage-style flower garden! In today’s episode, host Jennifer Gulizia chats with Kim Robinson from Shiplap and Shells, a cut-flower gardener and blogger. Kim shares her journey of transforming her backyard into a stunning cottage-style garden overlooking the Puget Sound. From building raised garden beds to adding a beautiful greenhouse, Kim's garden has been featured in numerous magazines. She offers valuable advice on starting a garden, including the importance of planning, starting small, and implementing an irrigation system. Kim also shares her love for growing geraniums and the joy of sharing her flowers with her community. Tune in to this episode for a dose of gardening therapy and to learn valuable life lessons from the beauty of nature.Learn more about Kim and Shiplap and Shells: https://shiplapandshells.com/ https://www.instagram.com/shiplapandshells/ Growing A Cut Flower Garden Series Overwintering Your GeraniumsEPISODE SHOW NOTES: https://thefloweringfarmhouse.com/2024/01/16/ep-5-kim-robinson-shiplap-and-shells/In this episode, you’ll hear about: 00:04:18 - Kim's journey from a non-gardener to a cut flower grower 00:07:04 - Planning and building the garden beds and greenhouse 00:12:08 - Features and functionality of Kim's greenhouse 00:16:26 - Starting seeds and the importance of a greenhouse 00:20:32 - Overwintering geraniums 00:26:57 - Starting seeds for the upcoming season 00:32:25 - Kim's favorite flower to grow 00:36:48 - Dealing with pests and challenges in the garden 00:40:01 - Valuable life lessons learned from working with flowers 00:46:38 - Sharing flowers with the community and donating to the community garden 00:50:01 - Advice for beginner gardeners: start slow, be patient, and use irrigation systems***Rate, Review, & Follow The Backyard Bouquet***If you enjoyed this episode, will you please consider leaving the podcast a review? Your review helps make the podcast more discoverable to others and allows me to continue creating more episodes. I'd love to know what you enjoyed most about the episode.New episodes are coming every Tuesday to help keep your garden blooming!JOIN THE BACKYARD BOUQUET COMMUNITY ON FACEBOOKhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/cutflowergardeningSign up for my newsletter: https://thefloweringfarmhouse.myflodesk.com/nlw4wua8s3The Flowering Farmhouse: Instagram | Facebook | Pinterest | Website