Speaking

Dee Hall Goodwin is a nationally recognized speaker, horticulturist, and floral designer whose work sits at the intersection of floriculture, ecology, and public life. She speaks to how flowers, land, and community shape one another, and how sustainable growing, native plants, and civic gardens can serve as tools for environmental care, cultural memory, and collective repair.

Her presentations combine lived experience, field-based practice, and institutional work across botanical gardens, universities, national conferences, and grassroots programs. Dee is known for delivering talks that are grounded, practical, and deeply resonant, connecting history, climate, plants, and people without abstraction or pretense.

She is available for keynotes, workshops, panels, and institutional programs.

Core Speaking Areas

Rather than publishing fixed curriculum or outlines, Dee works within several core thematic areas and tailors each engagement to the audience, scale, and setting.

Primary areas include:

  • Sustainable and foam-free floriculture

  • Native plants in ornamental and community landscapes

  • Public gardens as sites of memory, access, and belonging

  • Community-based flower farming and seasonal local supply chains

  • Equity, visibility, and labor in American floriculture

  • Environmental education through design and growing

Custom lectures and workshops are developed in conversation with the host organization.Ideal for: Floral industry conferences, agricultural conferences, diversity and inclusion initiatives, botanical gardens, universities, flower farming organizations

Formats & Program Types

  • Keynote addresses

  • University lectures

  • Garden club presentations

  • Half-day and full-day workshops

  • Multi-day intensives

  • Panels and fireside conversations

  • Institutional residencies and seasonal series

    Programs range from 45 minutes to multi-day engagements.

Selected Speaking & Institutional Work

  • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

  • Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers (ASCFG)

  • Slow Flowers Society

  • Garden Club of America

  • Norfolk Botanical Garden

  • Northwest Flower & Garden Festival (Featured Speaker, 2026)

  • Slow Flowers Worldwide Summit (Co-Host through her her organization, Black Flower Farmers, 2026)

Booking Information

Speaking fees vary based on format, location, and program scope.
Dee is available for:

  • In-person engagements

  • Virtual lectures

  • Multi-day workshops

  • Conference programming

  • University partnerships

To inquire about availability and fees, please contact:

dee@mermaidcityflowers.com

(757) 895-0723

For press and media inquiries, please visit the Contact page.

Detailed program outlines, learning objectives, and workshop curricula are shared directly with hosting organizations during the booking process.