Garden People: Hannah Brannan, Gather Flora
Today we welcome Hannah Brannan of Gather Flora in the San Francisco Bay Area. Guided by the Slow Flower movement, Hannah created the Gather Flora web platform to connect local florists with regional growers. The site streamlines hundreds of orders between consumers and farmers, allowing for clear visibility into the seasonality, origins, and cultivations of each bloom. Her passion for flowers is the driving force behind the site, and her appreciation of the demands placed on farmers and florists is evident in everything Gather Flora does. Please contact them if you are interested in learning more about this kind of coordination in your region. I can’t wait to see how it grows!
L I S T E N
S H O W N O T E S
The Flower & the B (now closed) (insta)
Sarah Reyes (owner, Wildflower and Fern and Unfurled)
San Francisco Flower Mart, manager Jeanne Bose, (read about the SFFM’s relocation)
Kelly Brown, Do Right Flower Farm (the Gather Flora Hub in Santa Cruz, CA)
Susan Kegley, Bees N Blooms Susan Kegley (the Gather Flora Hub in Petaluma, CA)
Seth Gowans, Side Kick Flowers
Sharla Flock, Sharla Flock Designs
Heidi Herrmann, Strong Arm Farm
Erin Benzakein, Floret Flowers
Debra Prinzing, Slow Flower Society
Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers (ASCFG)
Pilar Zuniga, Gorgeous and Green
Uprising Seeds (white cloud larkspur)
CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)
P L A N T L I S T
Lucospermum (Leucospermum spp.)
Button chrysanthemums (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
Coral Amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus)
Caper Flower (Capparis spinosa)
Echium (Echium candicans)
Seaside Buckwheat (Eriogonum latifolium)
California Bush Anenome (Carpenteria californica)
California Lilacs (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus)
Lime Tree (Citrus aurantiifolia)
Bell Tree Dahlia (Dahlia imperialis)
Lunaria, honesty (Lunaria annua)
White Cloud Larkspur (Consolida regalis)
African Foxglove (Ceratotheca triloba)
Mallows (Malva ssp.)
Coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria)
Thistle (Cirsium ssp.)
Begonia (Begonia ssp.)
Chrysanthemums (Chrysanthemum ssp.)
Amaranth (Amaranthus ssp.)
Marigolds (Tagetes ssp.)
Statice (Limonium sinuatum)
Poppy pods (Papaver orientale)
Orach (Atriplex hortensis)
Larkspur (Delphinium consolida)
Craspedia, Billy balls (Craspedia globosa)
Xeranthemum (Xeranthemum annuum)
Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens)
Elaeagnus (Elaeagnus pungens)
Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus ssp.)
Olive tree (Olea europaea)
Lobelia (Lobelia cardinalis)
