Debra Prinzing

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 Debra Prinzing is a Seattle-based writer, speaker and leading advocate for American Grown Flowers. Through her many Slow Flowers-branded projects, she has convened a national conversation that stimulates consumers and professionals alike to make conscious choices about their floral purchases.

Debra is the producer of SlowFlowers.com, the online directory to American grown farms, florists, shops and studios who supply domestic and local flowers. Each Wednesday, approximately 2,500 listeners tune into Debra's "Slow Flowers Podcast," available for free downloads at her web site, debraprinzing.com, or on iTunes and via other podcast services.

This week's guest is Debra Prinzing, author and creator of Slow Flowers and the American Flowers Week. Debra is based in Seattle and is known for writing, speaking, and producing her many Slow Flowers Brands. She hosts a weekly podcast called Slow Flowers and produces the Slow Flowers Journal for Florists Review.


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She is the creator of American Flowers Week, launched during the July 4th week in 2015 with more than 5.0 million social media impressions in 2017. 

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Debra is the 2018 recipient of the American Horticultural Society's "Great American Gardeners"' Frances Jones Poetker Award, which recognizes significant contributions to floral design in publications, on the platform, and to the public. She is a 2016 inductee to the Garden Writers Association Hall of Fame and the author of 10 books, including Slow Flowers and The 50 Mile Bouquet.

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Debra is a Florists' Review Contributing Editor for which she produces the "Slow Flowers Journal" section.
In 2016, the Seattle Wholesale Growers Market, a farm-to-florist cooperative, honored Debra with the first Growers Choice Award for her "outstanding contributions to revitalizing the local floral community." 

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