Slowflowers.com Announces the Inaugural Slow Flowers Summit A forum for ideas, creativity and inspiration on July 2, 2017 Seattle, WA, June 20, 2017 – Slowflowers.com, the comprehensive online resource that connects
consumers with local, seasonal and sustainable flowers, today announced details of the inaugural SLOW FLOWERS SUMMIT, a one-day conference set for Sunday, July 2, 2017, coinciding with the third annual American Flowers Week (June 28-July 4, 2017). Called a "TED Talk for Flower Lovers," the SUMMIT is a one-day lecture series for creative professionals, thought leaders and pioneering voices in the progressive American-grown floral community, Prinzing says. "The SLOW FLOWERS SUMMIT will stimulate curiosity as our presenters inquire, inform, include, instigate and inspire. They will examine conventional assumptions and explore conscious and ethical practices in the floral industry." The SUMMIT will be held at Surf Incubator, a downtown Seattle center for co-working and entrepreneurial startups, located in the Wells Fargo Building, 999 Third Ave. Prinzing developed the SUMMIT as an alternative to conventional floral conferences, a new "live" component to the virtual American Flowers Week campaign. AFW devotes a week of activity via regional events and social media platforms to promote domestic flowers, raise consumer awareness and unite America’s flower farmers with the U.S. floral industry. Slow Flowers Summit/p. 2 The SUMMIT marks the 10-year anniversary of Flower Confidential with a keynote presentation by New York Times bestselling author AMY STEWART. Published in 2007, Flower Confidential is an around-theworld, behind-the-scenes look at the flower industry and how it has sought -- for better and worse -- to achieve perfection. Stewart's presentation: WHERE WE'VE COME FROM; WHERE WE'RE HEADING, will address the many issues that have defined and redefined the American floral landscape in the past decade. Other SUMMIT speakers include: CHANTAL AIDA GORDON, author, editor, designer and co-founder of THE HORTICULT blog, will moderate a panel asking: WHERE'S THE DIVERSITY IN FLORAL DESIGN + HORTICULTURE? Gordon will be joined by LESLIE BENNETT of Pine House Edible Gardens; RIZ REYES of RHR Horticulture; floral artist NICOLE CORDIER WAHLQUIST of Grace Flowers Hawaii, and others. "Now, more than ever, issues of