Who is the instructor of your workshops?Updated a year ago

Our workshop instructor is Felicia Alvarez, founder of Menagerie Farm & Flower specializing in garden roses, specialty flowers, French prunes, assorted stone fruits, nuts and rice. Located on over 100 acres of beautiful California farmland, she is a third generation farmer and entrepreneur who has been farming for over two decades.

Felicia’s sustainable farming practices are an all-inclusive approach to creating a healthy small scale farm. Felicia shares her passion for nature, art, science and farming with educational outreach - teaching her love of the land to both beginning & experienced gardeners and farmers from across the country. Helping others learn simple ways to bring food & flowers together in their home is her greatest joy.

She studied Crop Science & Agricultural Business at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, has been featured in the Sunset Magazine, Slow Flowers Journal, Style Me Pretty, Team Flower, the First Lady’s Luncheon to name a few and serves on the Board of Directors for Certified American Grown Flowers. Her first book, Growing Wonder: A Flower Farmer’s Guide to Roses was released in March 2022. She enjoys spending time on the farm with her husband and two young sons.

Each year, our workshops feature guest instructors and floral designers like Gabriela Salazar of La Musa de las Flores, Natalie Bowen Brookshire of Natalie Bowen Designs, and Shavonda Gardner of SG Style.