Expand Your Growing Space with Kristin Ryzebol

Kristin Ryzebol really meant it when she named her business Neighborhood Flower Co. because she has expanded her growing space to her neighbor's yards and community spaces! Brilliant!

Kristin runs a small urban flower farm in Seattle, Washington where she has a flower stand and sells mixed bouquets. We chat about how she got hooked on local flowers when she was doing event design, and how her business grew organically from dabbling in gardening to using her Canadian charm to expand her growing space into the whole neighborhood! She tells us how she approached her neighbors to see if she could grow on some of their space, and how she set that up with them.

Then we blame Lisa Mason-Ziegler for our failed December lisianthus trial (lol!), talk about soil tests, Kristin's no-till dahlias, getting the most out of a small space, hot tips like getting your plant support done right the first time and skipping direct seeding, and how Kristin balances parenting & gardening. Follow along with Kristin @neighborhood.flower.co.

In the intro Sarah answers a listener question about soil and fertilizer recommendations, and turns Flower Facts into a trivia game with a question at the start and the answer at the end. Song of the week is I do by Cardi B. and SZA.

Subscribe to the Flower Friends pod wherever you get your podcasts, and follow along on Instagram at @flowerfriendspodcast, and with Sarah at @growgirlseattle.