Erin benzakein

Come celebrate strong women with us as we introduce you to just a few of our favorite working women. Meet Erin Benzakein a flower gardener.

For the past few years, I’ve been interviewing and writing about a category of designer who I dub the “farmer-florist.” These include a rare group of individuals in the flower world who are equally talented in the science of growing flowers and the art of designing them. You’ll meet two of those talented people […]

My new favorite dinner-plate Dahlia 'Sherwood's Peach', getting her turn in front of the camera tonight. This epic photo was captured by…

No wonder they're so popular at weddings!

Erin Benzakein of Floret Flower Farm and "Growing Floret" discusses how she furthers her mission to get more flowers out into the world.

Join Erin Benzakein, New York Times bestselling author of A Year in Flowers for a series of free videos to learn key skills to grow an abundant cutting garden or small flower business in your backyard.

Ever since we announced that we would be releasing the breeding varieties into the world, we’ve been overwhelmed with so many excited emails, messages, and questions. Below you’ll find answers to some of the most common ones. If you have a question that is not answered here, be sure to leave it in the comments section below.

Sunflower Steve on Instagram: "There's simply no other person I know who is sharing their passion to create beautiful flowers more than Erin Benzakein. Erin's desire to create beautiful things to be shared with the world is so inspiring. From her online classes, three NY Times best-selling books, documentaries, and her independent flower breeding program, she is creating an amazingly beautiful legacy. A part of that legacy will be shared with flower lovers this Tuesday, February 6th, at…

Continuing our series on specialist plant growers, Clare Foster talks to Erin Benzakein of Floret Farm in the Skagit Valley, Washington, whose prize flower crop is 850 glorious varieties of dahlia.