A podcast about regenerative flower farming
The No-Till Flowers Podcast
The No-Till Flowers Podcast explores the art and science of regenerative flower farming. Hosted by Jennie Love, listeners dive into expert interviews and practical insights to cultivate thriving farms and gardens while nurturing the earth.
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Recent Episodes
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Jan. 21, 2026
Episode 48: The Power of Photoperiod for Better Flower Production with Dr. Alicain Carlson
We as growers can get quite fixated on soil and water and fertility. But there's another factor that is so absolutely critical to plants and flower production and that is light, or more precisely photoperiod. We all know that light is the foundation of photosynthesis. What we can sometimes forget is how critical the number of hours of light and dark are to triggering a plant to switch from vegetative growth to flowering. We drill into that in this episode with Dr. Alicain Carlson from Syngenta F
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Dec. 28, 2025
Episode 47: The Power of Cover Crop Mixes with Keith Berns of Green Cover Seed
For anyone focused on building soil health and long-term productivity, cover crops are the most powerful tool available. Research shows that cover crop mixes—rather than single-species plantings—offer greater benefits to the soil ecosystem. When thoughtfully designed, a diverse cover crop mix acts like a self-balancing team, with each species performing a specific ecological role. In this episode, Keith Berns, one of the founders of Green Cover Seed in Nebraska, walks us through the value and de
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Dec. 3, 2025
Episode 46: Overwintering Dahlias in the Ground, Zones 5 and Warmer
Host Jennie Love walks listeners through a clear and concise discussion on how and why to overwinter dahlias in the ground. Save time, money and sanity with no-dig dahlias. Cold is not the enemey to successfully perennializing your dahlias. Moisture is. Tune in to learn more! Mentioned in the episode: Black Dog Flower Farm Dahlia Blog Post Part 1 Black Dog Flower Farm Dahlia Blog Post Part 2 Cornelia Macnamara Flowers in Chicago Metal cages used to support dahlias WANT TO LEARN MORE? Join the
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March 3, 2025
10 Late Season Flower Crops for November Sales with Dave Dowling
Dave Dowling is back for this episode. He's a fan favorite and if you haven't already listened to the Everything Tulips episode and Everything Ranunculus episode here, be sure to go back to grab those. Dave is well-known in the flower farmer sphere for his wealth of knowledge and decades of experience in farming and sales. I asked Dave back so he could help me hash out what flowers are viable crops for November sales. I've heard more and more growers talking about skipping summer production in
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Feb. 4, 2025
How Farmers Can Improve Plant Health with Endophytic Microbes: A Conversation with Dr. James White
I've long followed the fascinating research of Dr. James White of Rutgers University in New Jersey. He is a plant pathologist with a PhD in mycology. His specialty is "symbiosis research", particularly the impact of endophytic microbes in plant development and behavior. The nerdiest among you will rejoice at a science-rich episode in which Dr. White helps us understand how bacteria and fungus enter a plant as endophytes to help plants defend against stress, diseases and pests as well as provide
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Jan. 21, 2025
Regenerative Flower Farming with Jennie Love: A Replay from The Flower Podcast
In today's episode, we are replaying an interview that originally aired on The Flower Podcast, where host Scott Shepherd interviewed yours truly, Jennie Love, about regenerative flower farming. This seemed like a great conversation to include in the archives here on No-Till Flowers. Deep gratitude to Scott for sharing it with us! Be sure to follow The Flower Podcast for more great flora-focused conversations. And there are new fresh episodes coming soon! A few guests got hit with the flu and i
About the Host
Jennie Love
In 2008, Jennie launched Love 'n Fresh Flowers, an urban flower farm located in Philadelphia. She grew up on a 5th generation family dairy farm in central Pennsylvania and had trained as a professional horticulturalist at Longwood Gardens, but there were a lot of lessons yet to be learned in the flower fields. She began podcasting in 2020 at the invitation of Jesse Frost of No-Till Growers. Since then she's used the podcast as a way of getting her own burning questions answered and connecting growers and researchers around the globe.
She is the founder of the Regenerative Flower Farmers Network, a community of growers dedicated to healing the earth one stem at a time. She is also a past president of the international Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers.
Jennie has led hundreds of workshops over the years, including regularly sold-out courses at her farm and classes for Longwood Gardens and the Barnes Foundation. She also frequently presents for floriculture and farming conferences, garden clubs, trade associations, and other organizations. A passionate farmer and artist, Jennie found her natural niche as a farmer-florist for wedding and event design for 15 years and became recognized leader of the local flower movement. Her work has been featured in the New York Times and Martha Stewart Weddings, among other notable publications.
Jennie is also the founder and leader of the Philadelphia Floral Guild, a wholesale flower collective launched in 2022 serving more than 300 florists in the mid-Atlantic region. Through the Guild she hosts another flower podcast called Floral Guild Radio.