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Today we are speaking with Laurie Mackenzie, Flower Farmer, Florist, Wedding Planner and owner of Dragon Heart Flower Farm in Chimacum Washington. Where we will discuss how flowers add joy, love and beauty to our lives!
Location: Dragon Heart Farm, Chimacum WA
Record date: 4/23/2016
Release date: 10/15/26
Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa
Edited: https://www.studiosymbiotic.com/
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1 Oct 2026
S2 E19: Do You Have Plant Blindness
Location: Pocket Beach, Seattle, WA unceded lands of the Coast Salish Peoples, specifically the Duwamish, Suquamish, Stillaguamish, and Muckleshoot People.
Record date: 4/20/2026
Release date: 10/1/26
Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa
Edited: https://www.studiosymbiotic.com/
Episode Description:
Amber and Natasha take a walk in an area shared by humans and plants to explore the topic of Plant Blindness, our inability to recognize or underappreciation of plants around us on an everyday basis. They discuss some of the interesting reasons why this is and how this becomes a problem for humans, environments, and the plants themselves. They draw a correlation to Nature Deficit Disorder and start to find ways we can become more conscious of plants. They offer entry ways and invitations to address individual plant blindness and ways to make living with plants in a more connected manner.
Keywords:
Plant Blindness
Trees
Nature Deficit Disorder
Plants are important
Biodiversity
Native Plants
Plant guides
Botanical gardens
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Episode Resources Links:
https://therevelator.org/all-the-plants-we-cannot-see/
https://www.wearepugetsound.org/places/myrtle-edwards
https://www.madrona.org/news/coast-salish-stories
https://www.communitycommons.org/entities/db5f4e4b-fec5-4276-9d4a-95757d93e237
https://kessiworld.com/coast-salish-people/
“In some Native languages the term for plants translates to “those who take care of us.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
16 Sept 2026
S2 E18: Bee Lines are Not Linear
Location: Farm in Chimacum WA, part of the Jefferson Land Trust
Record date: 4/26/2026
Release date: 9/15/2026
Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa
Edited: https://www.studiosymbiotic.com/
Episode Description:
From a farm in Washington State within the Jefferson Land Trust, Natasha Morisawa and Amber Martin discuss bees as a metaphor for managing living with uncertainty and changing times. They ponder questions:
Like a beeline back to the hive, what can we return to when fear and confusion show up?
How can identifying values help us bring meaning to our lives?
What can you take with you into the unknown?
How can thinking and actively living collectively play a role in living in modernity?
What is mutualism and how might it be helpful?
Keywords:
Collectivism
Bees
Mutualism
Values
Meaning making
Purpose
Modernity
Nature as Metaphor
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Episode Resources Links:
https://www.thegoodproject.org/value-sort
Jefferson Land Trust
The Port Gamble S’Klallams
https://jamestowntribe.org/
https://www.chroniclebooks.com/products/the-live-your-values-deck
https://www.disneyplus.com/explore/articles/secrets-of-the-bees-national-geographic
https://drjennyshields.com/values-card-sort/
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YouTube views
115
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
3 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 24 / 100
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Social presence
0
YouTube
66
Engagement
32
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