Floret started out on a tiny 2-acre plot of land and the Benzakein family long dreamed of expanding their acreage, but each attempt fell through. This is fantastic news! So happy for you all, not to mention all the folks that might not have discovered Floret and your mission otherwise. Please never lose your overall generosity and humanity. Ever since discovering the incredible team behind Growing Floret, I have been endlessly inspired by the grit, hard work, and beauty that theyre putting into the world. I was introduced to your farm through my friend, Ariella Chezar, who did a workshop on your farm. I am not a gardener, but the original 60s flower child at heart. Watched your show yesterday for the first time. more Its been too long since there has been a good gardening show (and not some silly competition). Magnolia Network shows are available to stream on discovery+, and on the Magnolia app and magnolia.com through a discovery+ subscription. So well deserved..I cant wait to watch! After just completing the course, I am in Floret withdrawal. So looking forward to the documentary! Great job keeping the secret. Let me just say I teared up numerous times. We dont really do TV either, so Im hopeful there will be some online viewing options! Uau! "For example, sweet peas will always hold a special place in my heart, as they are the flower that really launched our business." From your interview in the magazine. I am soooo happy and exited for you. Cant wait to watch it :). The rest of the episodes will be available on July 15th. "In 2001, my family and I left the hustle of city life in Seattle and moved to a small farm in Washington's Skagit Valley to pursue a slower, simpler, more intentional lifestyle that would help us connect with nature every day," she wrote on the Floretwebsite. Love what you do big thumbs up. Thats a dream come true! I began reading everything I could get my hands on when I came across your blog. This is so incredible! Well, when it comes to Growing Floret, Erin Benzakein is both fascinating and authentic, with a wholesomeness about her you don't come by very often. We feel so privileged to have been able to attend one of your 3 day hands on workshops in 2015. Your Floret magic has been so inspirational to me (Class of 2018) and my abundant gardens are a joy and a passion that was unleashed as a result of your guidance!! What you are doing in Washington is such an inspiration. I also binge watched the show starting last night and just finished it. I love your story and Im just stepping into the world of edible flowers. "I also adore dahlias, and that is the flower we're perhaps best known for," she continued. Only for the US it seems. The Magnolia team was insistent that they could find a production company that would honor our story and be able to capture the magic that were making here at Floret. I cannot wait to see the show. Cant wait to watch your show. After all my mom named me after a flower. Is there anyway we can view this in England? That's certainly a good reason to appreciate them. Looking forward to watching A Year In Flowers. Who would have thought that a small garden of sweet peas would turn into this! "It is such a tremendous honor to join Chip and Joanna's new network and have the story of our family and our farm told in such a heartfelt, authentic way," she said in a statement obtained by Deadline. Chip and Johnna are also inspirations of mine! All day long it popped in my mind that I needed to look up that calendar but I kept forgetting. Congratulations! We love your blog, your art, your seeds and you! And it feels like a natural fit that Chip and Joannas company would appreciate what you do at Floret. . God Bless all of you. Erin!!! I dont know who said Do what you love and youll never work a day in your life but you certainly proved it true! Important question for me: Is it possible to watch the show also in Germany?? However, as Erin Benzakein tells it, all of the offers and ideas were lacking in some way. I love Floret and all you have taught me to be able to live the dream of being a flower farmer. Im thankful you get to show the world and happy to get a deeper peak at what you do. Dahlias are one of my favorite flowers but they are as frustrating as a teenager. The forthcoming cable channel, Chip and Joanna Gaines' joint venture with. I am one of them. Thank for being an inspirational voice for the local flower movement. Published on March 6, 2020. So incredibly excited for you! "In fact, for years all we had was an old VHS player, and Jasper and Elora never watched regular TV unless we were at a hotel," Benzakein continued. The trailer is fabulous, I cant wait to see the rest of the story. We are so happy for you all to be recognized for all you have done and think you are with a fantastic group to help you along on this next adventure. Click here It will be interesting to watch and see if Benzakein and her family follow a similar trajectory as the Gaines did. Well done! click here I am so excited for you, Erin!!! "Soon, word got out about our abundant plot, and people I didn't yet know began asking if they could order our flowers," she wrote on the Floret website. We celebrate Erin, her husband and children, and the entire Floret Team for taking a love for flowers and infusing that love into millions of budding minds and hearts via Magnolia Network. AMAZING!!! Thank you for sharing your wonderful story with us. Talk about high praise! CongratulationsSo excited to see you all getting down on the farm! One of the most anticipated shows to premiere on the network isGrowing Floret, which features flower farmer Erin Benzakein and her family business, the Floret Farm. Congratulations!!!! That gets so old, sigh. Thats awesome! Praise God for these blessings! The Fixer Upper alums have picked up Growing Floret, a new series . This is fantastic news. The Farmer & the {Florist} Interview: Susan McLeary, Friday Favorites (16) - Finding Silver Pennies, Now Streaming: The Ever-Expanding Universe of Chip and Joanna Gaines - The Ringer, New to Floret? OMG! I have been watching your business grow through your website and books for the past few years. Kudos to you and your team! What an amazing platform to be a part of. Floret is a flower farm and seed company specializing in unique and heirloom flowers. seems slow to catch on here.. too rural in my area maybe? I commend you for your perseverance and passion, your sense of community, and for the beauty you bring to us who found you. Congratulations Erin, family, and the Floret Team. If you need to manage your Magnolia Journal subscription, I am just so, so happy for you and Chris. I look forward to watching this next phase of your adventure. Thus the Floret Farm was born! Cant wait to watch it! Planting up my floret seeds and saved seeds from last years harvest has been the light at the end of the winter tunnel for me! We all know their is a huge audience for this but for some reason television programmers were slow to recognize the opportunity. Still trying to spread flower joy and love here!!! I am so on love with this concept of my two favorite passions coming together. How exciting!!! "It took us almost 20 years to get where we are,"Erin explained in the Growing Floret trailer. Blue Chalk, is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, with offices and production facilities in Portland, Oregon, and operates around the world. Im not a florist / grower but came across your story a few years ago from my love of nature, gardening and plants. Your hard work has paid off and added beauty to the world. The Benzakein clan is assisted by what they call their "extended family," which includes everyone from a creative director to a greenhouse manager to a seed production manager. Sharing this with the world will be fantastic. Cannot wait to see this show and explore your farm with you!.. We have been following you for several years now. Team Floret! If you're going to have your own reality show, you have to have both a personality and a story that can carry it, lest you crash and burn after only one season. Magnolia Network In The Art of Vintage, vintage dealer and designer Katie Saro creates one-of-a-kind spaces for her clients and shares her unique styling and design tips while transforming her. The Benzakeins are expanding their two-acre farm exponentially, to a whopping 20 acre operation. evident. After nearly a year of secrecy, I am so excited to finally be able to share the incredible news that weve been filming a documentary series about our farm for Chip and Joanna Gainess upcoming Magnolia network! Congratulations! I love your gardens and sure wish I lived closer to your area of country. This is the perfect pairingtwo of my biggest inspirations-Magnolia & Floret-so thrilled! To that end, Floret Farm is located in a rural part of Washington state, where Benzakein and her family have lived for decades. I cant wait to have the beauty of flowers around me again! How. I shared your trailer with all my plant and flower loving friends immediately. Cant wait to see the show. Could you possibly get anymore wholesome? :). August 4, 11:09 am For one, there's Erin's husband, Chris Benzakein, who's listed as "the heart of the operation" on the Floret website. to subscribe. What an exciting next chapter for you and so well deserved. There is a saying For such a time as this youve travelled the bumpy road and beauty has blossomed from it. What a fantastic fit, you are all perfect for one another. Thank you a million times over for paving the way!! The. "We care deeply about the environment and are committed to conducting our business in harmony with nature," the Benzakeins wrote on their website. Congratulations! For press inquiries, interview requests, and publicity inquiries please contact[emailprotected]. Well done. Click here for more information and contact your television provider to subscribe. Much deserved! I especially liked your openness, honesty, and vulnerability. And the time lapse photography from frost to death of the flower was a totally wow moment. Blue Chalk's Magnolia Network series "Growing Floret" has been renewed for a second season! Unlike every other interaction, this was one that made it clear that they were genuinely interested in what we were up to here at Floret. How incredibly exciting!!! YAY! Your work is beautiful and inspiring. Cant wait to watch your show. Im so happy to hear that you guys are teaming up to provide genuine, real, and inspirational programming to share with the world. If you dont have a TV plan then I guess you cant watch it. In fact, I first heard of Floret in Magnolia Journal and have been bitten by the bug ever since. Excellent job. If you are in Canada and would like to stream Magnolia Network shows As we learn more, well definitely keep everyone posted. Thank you.. Congratulations What a wonderful adventure you all have been on! The show was beautifully done, everything was gorgeous! In. This is fabulous. Sign up to learn more about new resources, workshop registration, and product availability. It. Sweet peas and lots of hard work! Erin must decide if becoming a leading dahlia supplier is right for Floret. What an exciting adventure!! Please stay tuned and follow @magnolia for the latest Magnolia news, Television is not something thats been a big part of our lives. I knew nothing about growing cut flowers when I set out to be a flower farmer. So, I resorted to YouTube, Instagram and Facebook to feed my garden inspiration. Been wondering when a flower show was going to make an appearance. The first day they arrived, we all were a bundle of nerves. Growing Floret, which will debut when the Magnolia Network launches in October, will follow Floret Flower Farm founder Erin Benzakein as she and her team attempt to transform a problematic 20-acre . The two-acre Floret Farm is exactly where viewers will be introduced to Erin and Chris Benzakein in Growing Floret. June Sweeny, Wilmington NC, [] follows a Washington-based flower farm run byyepa telegenic married couple (they, too, were personally recruited by Magnolia), or The Lost Kitchen, which is focused on an acclaimed restaurant in rural Maine. My husband and I are getting ready to renovate and build a residence in a 93 year old elementary school house with some acreage. I love how your integrity shines through on everything you and your wonderful Floret family does! Im in New Zealand and I watch Chip and Jo and love their Fixer Upper programme, and I follow Floret and look forward to my emails, what a fantastic fit, I am so excited for you and cant wait to see it here in NZ!! Bummer, the DIY Network GO App is not available for any Apple products in Canada and not for Amazon Fire TV either. Wahoo!! Will we be able to watch this in Australia? Within minutes of watching the first episode I was struck by how down-to-earth and genuine Joanna and Chip seemed, and was surprised and delighted to finally find something we could watch together as a family. Im so thankful for your willingness to share all that you know. Im so excited for this series. Created for Magnolia Network, Growing Floret "Growing Floret," is a four-episode series that follows Erin Benzakein, the founder of Floret Flower Farm, and her husband Chris, on a year-long quest to bring more flowers into the world by expanding their flower farm. Read on to discover the untold truth of Growing Floret. I just got your new book and it is beautiful! YAY! Congratulations Erin and Floret team. Chip and Joanna Gaines and Discovery Inc. have delayed Magnolia Network from its scheduled Oct. 4 launch, saying there have been COVID-19-related production delays . Found it very interesting. WOW! Elora has been dubbed the animal caretaker of the farm, which includes caring for cats, chickens, and, as the Floret website notes, "many, many tanks of local pond creatures." Some years they are beautiful some years theyre not. He also taught himself photography, and "he can literally fix anything" around the farm. Do. "Unlike every other interaction, this was one that made it clear that they were genuinely interested in what we were up to here at Floret," Erin continued. My heart fluttered. My two worlds just merged and Im even more excited for FLORET! Best of luck and I cannot wait to tune in! Trying to pre order book but doesnt allow, When should we expect more episodes to air on discovery +? However, as Erin Benzakein tells it, all of the offers and ideas were lacking in some way. Hi there! Indeed, growing and selling flowers sounds a lot more pleasant! Congratulations! After that, the Benzakiens expanded their operation to two acres, replete with a large design studio. I do hope we can get to see it in Ireland too xx. "I had never intended to sell flowers, but I loved gifting them and sharing their beauty.". Thankyou for that! By Joseph Neese and Isabel Garcia Published: Mar 11, 2020 Getty Images It's still a long. I hope working with them will help you grow without losing the purity that Floret Farm represents. I am SO excited. CHIP AND JOANNA GAINES' MAGNOLIA NETWORK TO LAUNCH IN OCTOBER. Since their founding, Blue Chalk has garnered more than 125 awards for clients such as Time Inc., Carnegie Corporation of New York, the higher education division of Pearson, the Food Network, The New Yorker, TIME, Morgan Stanley, and Nike. I love it and I really hope they arent the only ones I get to watch. I cant wait to watch you on the Magnolia Network! SO happy for you all! Way to go Team Floret! Each episode is centered around a specific season and explores what it takes to grow a heart-centered, creative business. You have inspired me to increase my tiny back yard garden and Ill be planting two new raised beds this spring. Great job to everyone involved. So well deserved. The family was so disinterested in television that all they had at home was outdated technology. We are so excited to tell more of their story as they take the courageous steps to expand their flower farm and grow their business. Congratulations & thank you for all of your work making people aware of locally grown flowers and flower farmers. Really enjoyed the telling of your story! Each episode is centered around a specific season and explores what it takes to grow a heart-centered, creative business. Congratulations Erin and Chris! No drama, well except when Chip found mold, or termites or a crack in the ceiling! cant wait either. Naturally, Benzakein is thrilled about the opportunity. Such incredible news for all involved, including all of us flower farms around the globe. Thanks! For more details visit the Magnolia Network website. Theyre small town family vibe is what people long for and seems to be going away in our culture. This new television network is part of Chip and Jos joint-venture with Discovery, Inc. rogramming will center on home and gardening, food, design, lifestyle, and most importantly, community. But Im excited!! Blessings to you all on your exciting journey. That is awesome I told my husband that you are my Joanna Gaines for Flowers! Im so happy for you and your team Erin! Holy cow! We are thrilled to have been chosen to be a part of this groundbreaking new television network. Well another chapter has opened up for you. Erin, how do you stay focused with all of this going on? Such exciting news. Now, they're risking everything to add and rehabilitate 24 new acres and expand the business. Im telling them that most of what I know about flower farming, I learned from you. To see this joint venture come to fruition is a delight. I am over the moon thrilled to see your show on Magnolia network and I cant stop thinking about it! If there's one thing that Growing Floret's Erin Benzakein knows inside and out, it's flowers. @rustic_valley_view_farmhouse. Erin and team, We are so happy for you and your family ! Thats SO exciting! When Erin and Chris Benzakein first moved toSkagit Valley in Washington state, it was a bit of an adjustment. When the dream becomes reality we think Oh no can I handle this!! ..Always learning, always growing, always blooming! June 11, 2021 7:30am. I cannot WAIT to see the show once its being broadcasted. What a great fit. My husband and I watched Fixer Upper and enjoyed them immensely. Erin reflects on a challenging year and embraces Floret's new farm design. Cheers to your dreams becoming realities and sorting through and doing projects that keep you true to yourself, your family and team! Congratulations Erin + Team! While we are only accessible within the U.S. and U.S. territories "I knew then and there that I had found my calling, and I wanted to devote my life to making other people's lives more beautiful with flowers," she continued. My dad was a passionate gardener, after his 9-5 job. sounds great! Good job and way to create something meaningful for yall though thats not surprising because of your integrity to your genuine process! Heres hoping . 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