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Send us Fan Mail Peonies these days are grown in many different places, one of those places being Chile.  This week we sit down with Mia (María Inés) Engler, co-owner of Patagonia Sun peony farms in Chile!  Mia's peony farm, Pilauco had a good reputation in Chile among the peony world, for achieving good prices. Bernardita Montes, daughter of Aurelio Montes of the world-renowned Montes Wines,...

Send us Fan Mail We're thrilled to announce another fresh episode with another industry legend!  4th-generation flower grower, Lane DeVries, who's dedicated his life to flowers as a grower, breeder, educator, marketer, author, and even minister.  Lane is the CEO and Co-Founder of Sun Valley Farms.  With Lane's leadership and passion, SV has grown to become one of, if not THE largest...

Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year!!! We had a lot to celebrate in this special holiday episode as we are ringing in the new year with our very special guest, Juanita Coloma.  Juanita is a long-time member of the Jet Fresh family. Her current titles are Farm Director and Director of International Business for Jet Fresh Flowers and Jet Fresh Flower Growers.  Some of her many duties are to manage the E...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Holidays Fatties!!! In this special holiday episode, we tried to keep the conversation holiday related with topics like holiday market conditions, top holiday flowers, favorite holiday snacks and movies, but somewhere along the way, we ended up discussing conspiracy theories and "chemtrails." Eventually, we get back in the holiday spirit and play a few holiday-them...

Send us Fan Mail Our last guest, Barry Gottlieb gave us some very useful and helpful tips on meditation!  So we thought we should share it with you all as its own separate clip.  We hope you enjoy it.

Send us Fan Mail We are so excited to share this week's special episode, as it may be our favorite yet! Barry Gottlieb or as we now call him, Barry "GOATlieb," is an industry legend who has a respected career of over 30 years in the industry.  On top of that he success mentor, radio/podcast/webcast host, public speaker, business builder, sales expert, and author of 4 books including...

Send us Fan Mail ***PLEASE NOTE*** We experienced some technical difficulties this week and we lost the first 5 minutes of this week's episode.  But, other than that it is still a great episode with a great guest! This week, Fernando was sick so Mike, Ryan, and Joel hosted this episode with our very special guest, Marco Beltran of Coxflor Farms in Mexico!  Coxflor is a well-known family-owned...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of #2FatGuysTalkingFlowers the Fat Guys sat down with Alice Givens & Robin Daniels of Flower General/Carlstedt's.  Flower General is a well-known wholesale florist selling fresh flowers, floral supplies, silks, dried flowers, plants and much more to florists, DIYers, event planners, and wedding designers. Listen in as we learn how this dynamic...

Send us Fan Mail Can you believe its already been 1 year since we started this podcast journey with you all?! Well, we can't believe it either!  But alas, here we are with our 1 year anniversary special episode!   Listen in as we have fun and celebrate this major milestone for us.  We get a few surprise special guest visits, discuss our favorite episodes and guests so far, take a look at the...

Send us Fan Mail The Fat Guys strapped on their heels for today’s episode with our NY friend, Stephanie Evans aka “Wholesale In Heels,” who is the voice behind the camera of Bill Doran Albany’s marketing presence.  Listen in as Stephanie takes us through her story on how she got started in the biz, her ups and downs in her journey through different opportunities, her background in makeup and fashi...

Send us Fan Mail We’re a week behind with this episode, you can blame Las Vegas & Hurricane Nicole. (Not Ryan or Joel) In this special episode of 2 Fat Guys Talking Flowers, we sit down with a long-time family friend and colleague, Juan Carlos Sanchez of Presh Tech S.A.S.  A unique company from Colombia who are one of the leading producers of preserved flowers, including their Vermeille brand...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of 2 Fat Guys Talking Flowers, we have 2 special guests joining us, Arielle & Ralph DeBoer of Rosa Flora!  This fun husband and wife duo are the owners of Rosa Flora in Ontario, Canada. Where their expert team grows large gerbera, mini gerbera, snapdragons, lisianthus, and stephanotis under millions of square feet of high-tech greenhouses.  Founded...

Send us Fan Mail We're back from Ecuador and ready to tell you all about our trip!  Fern, Mike & Ryan went to Ecuador for the biennial Flor Ecuador show in Quito, held Oct. 5-7, where our farm, Jet Fresh Flower Growers participated in the trade show displays for the first time.  We also hosted the first international #HippyPsychedelicRose Love-In at our farm.  In this episode, there was n...

Send us Fan Mail We are back with another fresh episode with another great industry friend! Chip Cox, president and founder of Floral Trade Distributors.  Which is one of the leading and go-to logistic companies on the west coast for the commercial cut flower industry. Now spanning across the US, Canada and Mexico, provides various floral shipping services to a wide range of customers all across t...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode is a little late (due to the Ecuador flower show) but it's loaded with great stories and interesting facts about our good friend north of the border, Karl Vahrmeyer Jr. of Green Park Nurseries in Ontario, Canada!  Karl is a kind, hard-working family man with an amazing family-run outdoor farm in Canada.  You have definitely seen some of Karl's fa...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode is slightly longer than our already-long episodes.  But we promise it's worth it!  We sat down with Steve Dionne, AAF Executive Director at CalFlowers & Managing Director at Wafex USA.  Steve has a long, well-respected history in the industry and has a wealth of knowledge to share with our "Fatties."  Most recently, Steve has spearheaded...

Send us Fan Mail We're back with another fresh episode featuring 2 more industry legends, Marty McCall and his wife, Michelle Morgan, AIFD. Marty, a lifelong flower pro with flowers in his family, brings a breadth of knowledge and experience in the floral industry, but most importantly, a steadfast dedication to enriching his community with the charm of gorgeous fresh flowers and exceptional...

Send us Fan Mail We know we're a week late. We apologize, but we have 2 episodes this week to make up for it. If you've listened to the podcast, you've probably heard Mike talking about AFIF in some way or another.  Some would go as far as to say Mike is AFIF's biggest supporter.  In this special episode, we get into all things AFIF with Christine Boldt, Executive Vice Presiden...

Send us Fan Mail We know we're a week late. We apologize, but we have 2 episodes this week to make up for it. We packed up the gear and drove north to Orlando to record this week's episode.  We went live at the SAF (Society of American Florists) annual convention, inside the Outstanding Varieties Competition showroom, as we had a lot to discuss about the show, and a lot of friends and &q...

Send us Fan Mail The Fat Guys are sitting down with another life-long flower pro and industry legend this week in the form of Albert Vink!  Albert has been in the industry since a young age and after a quick 10-year hiatus, he is back in the biz, selling beautiful USA-grown flowers for Castle Hayne Farms.  Castle Hayne Farms is a grower and shipper of premium fresh-cut Carolina-grown flowers locat...

Send us Fan Mail For this week’s episode, we recorded 2 collaborative, back-to-back, special-edition episodes with our new friends from The Flower Clique!   You can find the first episode on their podcast, The Business and Pleasure of Flowers (which you can listen to right here The Jet Fresh Guys: How Their Business Took Flight, Building Great Work Culture, & Creating Loyal Employees ) After w...

Send us Fan Mail We were eager to get this week's guest on the podcast ever since he submitted a formal request through our 2FatGuys@JetFreshFlowers.com email address a few weeks ago!   Author, educator, flower expert, and so much more, Dr. James M. DelPrince AIFD, PFCI! Dr. DelPrince, or Jim, is a well-respected professor of Floral Design and Interior Plantscaping Design at Mississippi State...

Send us Fan Mail The Fat Guys are very excited about this week's guest. Nicole Palazzo, 5th generation in the floral industry, Marketing Director for City Line Florist in Connecticut, President of the SAF Next Gen Committee, and most importantly the official President of the "2 Fat Guys Talking Flowers" Fan Club!  Nicole was in town for the Society of American Florists' first N...

Send us Fan Mail The Fat Guys are back together all under the same roof!  Except, this week, we're not in the studio, aka the "Cone of Silence," aka the tiny little meeting room in our office.  No, this week we are on-site at the first (hopefully annual) Society of American Florists'  Next Gen Live event in Miami!  Joined on the podcast by SAF's CEO, Kate Penn, the Fat Guy...

Send us Fan Mail The Fat Guys are back with another fresh episode with another industry legend. Or in today's case, legends in the form of Ana & Mark Dubner!  Mark established himself as a legend in the industry during his tenure as the Sales Manager of Esmeralda Farms for more than 30 years and is now the managing partner for Stellar Bouquet.  Ana who's held various jobs in the indu...