Ep. 91: Hannah Brannan (Gather Flora)

Today we’re visiting with Hannah Brannan, owner of California-based Gather Flora — a platform for farmers, florists, grocers, and resellers that provides the tools you need to connect your business to flower sales in a streamlined, local, and even more sustainable way. Join us as we talk with Hannah about: finding inspiration in her grandmother's Texas garden incorporating her non-profit translation and software skill sets into her floral career striving to make global impact a part of her business how the Gather Flora software works the significance of having a physical location in the San Francisco Flower Market the values that guide her decision making process at Gather Flora how she learned to do only what her company does best while finding industry peers who can handle the rest the impact of a tool like Gather Flora on US flower farms Gather Flora's expansion into the LA Flower District LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 91: This Humble Abode Do Right Flower Farm Jello Mold Farm Seattle Wholesale Growers Market Max Gill Design Bewilder Floral San Francisco Flower Market The Southern California Flower Market | Los Angeles  Delphi Flowers  Pepperwood Flower Farm  Golden Heron The Flower & The B Wildflower & Fern Slow Flowers | Debra Prinzing FIND GATHER FLORA HERE: Website | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok | Linkedin Today's Episode is brought to you by: Madrid Flower School Want to study floral design in Europe? Madrid Flower School offers contemporary and traditional styles and techniques with 10 instructors. Check out the professional program which also includes photography, styling, and business essentials. Offered in both Spanish and English. Co-Hosts: Amy McGee (Botanical Brouhaha) and Maggie Bailey (Bramble & Bee) BB Podcast Sound Engineer: Grayson McGee Music & Voiceovers: Landon McGee

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Do you own a flower business or dream of starting one? Are you looking for practical floral design tips? Ever wonder how other florists run their businesses? Or maybe you’re a farmer florist building a flower farm and floral design business at the same time? You’ve landed in the right place! At the BB Podcast, we serve floral designers, farmer florists, flower shop owners, and aspiring florists by diving into practical tips and insider information from real working florists, floral educators, flower growers, and floral industry vendors to help you find the tools you need to start, run, and grow your flower business. We like to mix it up! Do you prefer hearing real-life stories or diving into specific flower business topics? Either way, we’ve got you covered. Listen to our storytelling episodes featuring floral professionals sharing the details of starting and running their flower businesses. So many stories just waiting for you to dig in and learn from those who are doing what you want to do! Browse our topic-specific interviews where you can expect everything from conversations on marketing, staffing, and floral software to pain points like finding your mojo or listening to your intuition in business. Amy McGee, Botanical Brouhaha founder, brings years of relationship building with floral designers, farmer florists, and floral professionals to the table and invites you to pull up a chair for the conversations where you’ll learn and be inspired by the nitty gritty transparency of the questions she asks. The BB Podcast is co-hosted by Natalie Gill, owner of Native Poppy.