Erin Benzakein

Celebrated flower farmer Erin Benzakein is a world-renowned expert on growing and arranging seasonal flowers. She is the author of Floret Farm’s Bloom to Seed, Floret Farm’s Discovering Dahlias, the New York Times bestseller Floret Farm’s A Year in Flowers, and Floret Farm’s Cut Flower Garden, winner of the American Horticultural Society Book Award. Her work has been featured across notable publications, including Martha Stewart Living, Better Homes & Gardens, Sunset Magazine, the New York Times, Magnolia Journal, and Country Living. She is the executive producer of Growing Floret, an Emmy-nominated documentary television series about the farm, which debuted on the Magnolia Network in 2021. She lives and farms in Mount Vernon, Washington, with her husband, Chris.