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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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

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/