A visit to Primrose Lane Farm, an Alberta, Canada, and a conversation with flower farmer Kristen Primrose
What is it like to grow cut flowers in Zones 2-4 for only three-to-four months each year and run a successful small-scale flower farm with those constraints? Kristen Primrose does just that and I’m so excited to share our conversation and a video tour of her Southern Alberta-flower farm.
I know you’ve heard me talk about the 2024 Slow Flowers Summit, held last week, June 23-25, in Banff, Alberta, Canada. I’m recording this episode just days after returning home from the Canadian Rockies, the gorgeous, natural setting where nearly 100 of us gathered to inquire and include, be informed and inspired - and, we hope - instigate new ideas, projects, and approaches to our floral enterprises.
While on my 700+ mile drive home to Seattle, I took the somewhat out-of-the-way and incredibly scenic route to southwest Alberta, where I visited Primrose Lane Farm in Mountain View, outside Cardston, Alberta, and recorded an interview with Kristen Primrose, its resident flower farmer.
I’m so grateful to Kristen for her support - she was one of the very first Alberta floral professionals to join Slow Flowers Society as a member. Not only that, but Kristen brought a few buckets of blooms with her to the Summit in Banff, wowing the instructors and audience alike with her just-picked peonies. Thank you, Kristen!
I know you’ll love this conversation - it was a very windy day and we’ve tried to knock back the audio a bit, but that’s the deal with recording outdoors on a flower farm. Kristen is an inspiration and I’m so grateful for the in-person visit.
Thanks so much for joining me today! Please visit slowflowerspodcast.com for Episode 670 to watch the replay video of my in-person tour of Primrose Lane Farm’s fields and greenhouse area. You’ll also see a cameo of the Primrose family’s five American Quarter horses, and the stunning scenery of both Glacier National Park (US) and Waterton Lakes National Park (Canada) in the distance.