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Our August Issue

Welcome to our new edition of Florists’ Review! As always, we strive to provide our readers with the latest trends and insights in the world of floristry.

  • Instagram Star Feature
  • 2025 Holiday Trends
  • Decking the Halls for Profit
  • Seed Breading for Healthy Resistance
  • Handcrafted Paper Flowers
  • Summer Citrus Garden Tutorial
  • The Procrastinator’s Guide
  • Boost Your Brand with Canva
  • Protecting Your Floral Business
  • Holiday Sales Boosters
  • Coming Events and more!

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LATEST NEWS

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Philadelphia Flower Show Highlights

Philadelphia Flower Show Highlights

The 2025 Philadelphia Flower Show had another amazing event full of floral artistry and inspiration. Full Article Here Source: Flowerpowerdaily Philadelphia Flower Show Highlights from “Garden of Tomorrow” By Jill Brooke The 2025 Philadelphia Flower Show announced its...

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A Guide to Tulip Colors

A Guide to Tulip Colors

Spring is around the corner so no better time to dive into the world of tulips. Full Article Here Source- Mayesh A Guide To Tulip Colors: Stunning Varieties And Their Meaning Tulips are one of the most iconic flowers in the floral world, beloved for their simplicity,...

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Enter FR’s Show Your Pride Contest

Enter FR’s Show Your Pride Contest

As we begin to celebrate and recognize the contributions of LGBTQ+ community and their culture, we have decided to host a design contest to spread love through flowers.  Each June presents us with an opportunity to grow as individuals, professionals, and allies....

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“Green” Weddings

These florists inspire us to adopt more eco-friendly and sustainable practices for wedding designs. By Kat Castagnoli, AIFD As floral designers know, flowers can have a huge impact on a wedding in the best way. But did you know those same gorgeous blooms can be a...

Beyond the Bouquet

How florists are breaking the boundaries of personal flowers. By Molly Lucille Bridal bouquets have adorned wedding parties throughout human history. Ancient brides carried bundles of symbolic herbs and blooms, such as dill, considered to be an aphrodisiac; rosemary...

Managing Mother’s Day

Make the most of this lucrative holiday. By Nita Robertson, AIFD Mother’s Day is just around the corner. Are you ready for it? This special holiday is a cornerstone for the flower industry, as flowers consistently rank among the top gifts chosen to honor the mothers...

Remarkable Women in Floristry

Join Us in Celebrating International Women’s Day By Molly Lucille Every International Women’s Day, Florists’ Review honors the influential women that help form the beautiful community that is our industry. Women are the backbone of floristry, with 87 percent...

26th Annual “Picture Perfect Weddings Contest”

By Nita Robertson, AIFD Sponsored by Alexandra Farms and Fitz Design For 26 years, florists have enthusiastically shared photos of their work for our annual “Picture Perfect Weddings Contest.” Each year, we are captivated by breathtaking designs that transform...

FEATURES

International Design Stars

International Design Stars

We searched the world over to bring you some of today’s most creative and innovative floral artistsBy Kat Castagnoli, AIFD, CFD, CCF The designers you are about to meet might be from the farthest corners of the globe, but they all have one very important thing in...

Global Trends in Floristry 2021

Global Trends in Floristry 2021

These top trends in the floral industry worldwide can provide inspiration for modifying your business and staying relevant to today’s consumers. By Kat Castagnoli, AIFD, CFD, CCF When you’re in the business of creativity, staying current on the latest trends can give...

Best in Blooms May 2021

Best in Blooms May 2021

Florists’ Review is thrilled to present the winner and the other three finalists in our new “Best in Blooms” contest series. Over 75 talented floral designers from across the country submitted photos of their floral design work for our jury’s consideration in this...

Picture-Perfect Weddings of 2021

Picture-Perfect Weddings of 2021

By Kat Castagnoli, AIFD, CCF For better or worse, 2020 profoundly changed the landscape of the wedding industry. But if there's one thing last year has shown us, it's that love doesn't stop for a worldwide pandemic – and neither do florists. For over two decades,...

The Great Reset: Garden Trends Report

The Great Reset: Garden Trends Report

Celebrating 20 years of spotting trends in the green industries, Garden Media Group (GMG), a boutique marketing and public relations firm based in Kennett Square, Pa., has unveiled its “2021 Garden Trends Report, ‘The Great Reset.’” The report offers a peek into what...

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TRENDS

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Holiday Décor with Ribbon: What’s Trending

Sponsored by Reliant Ribbon Trending Uses for Ribbon in Holiday Decorating: Seasonal porch and...

A Florist’s Guide to Indian Weddings

The abundance of flowers—and business opportunities—in multi-day Indian nuptials. By Nita...

At the Altar, Down the Aisle: Ceremony Floral Trends

By Molly Lucille In the thick of wedding season, it can happen fast. We can lose ourselves during...
Servant of Flowers

Servant of Flowers

Emily Thompson is an iconoclast, an anything-but-predictable designer and artist, and owner of the NYC studio and shop that bears her name, Emily Thompson Flowers. She describes her aesthetic as

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Floral immersion

Floral immersion

Taylor Patterson is a New York-based fl oral entrepreneur whose aesthetic is lush, elegant and seasonally inspired. Patterson developed Fox Fodder Farm over the past nine years,

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On the Farm with David Beahm

On the Farm with David Beahm

On weekends when he doesn’t have an event, party maestro David Beahm escapes to Thistle Dew Farm, his rural getaway located 90 minutes outside Manhattan in Pennsylvania’s Bucks County.

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FLORIST SPOTLIGHT

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West Van Florist Home & Garden

West Van Florist Home & Garden

Lara Mathias-Santos is the design manager at West Van Florist Home & Garden in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. This is her success story. Read on […]

Delivering the Farmgirl Flowers Brand Everywhere

Delivering the Farmgirl Flowers Brand Everywhere

Writer Jane DeMarco takes us on a visit with Christina Stembel, owner of FarmGirl Flowers. to learn how she went from bicycle couriers in San Francisco to a nation-wide flower delivery empire – and how she got us all to ask the question: “What’s in your wallet!?” FULL VIDEO INTERVIEW […]

Bloomers

Bloomers

Building a reputation along with store inventory is key to maintaining clients and shop success. Learn how Bloomers in San Francisco did just that. […]

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DESIGN TUTORIALS

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Lush Natural Garden Arch

Lush Natural Garden Arch

The luxuriant look of untamed growth captured in a sustainably designed floral structure Floral design, photography and text by Paulina Nieliwocki Blue Jasmine Floral, Berkeley Heights, N.J. Presented by Danziger Inspired by the enchanting beauty of Danziger’s new ‘Enchanté™’...

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How to Create a “Prom Bar”

How to Create a “Prom Bar”

Entice greater sales with an alluring and interactive display of prom-flower accessories. Floral design, photos and text by Nita Robertson, AIFD, CFD Teenagers throughout North America are planning now for their spring formals and proms, and that means lots of orders...

Wearable Flowers for Prom

Wearable Flowers for Prom

A quick-and-easy coordinating trio of designs to boost your prom sales and profits. Floral design, photos and text by Nita Robertson, AIFD, CFD Presented by Reliant Ribbon To really boost your prom flower sales this year, excite your customers by showing them creative...

Women’s Day Brunch

Women’s Day Brunch

A colorful tablescape for a gathering of women celebrating women. Floral design, photos, video and text by Paulina Nieliwocki, Blue Jasmine Floral, Berkeley Heights, N.J. Presented by Sun Valley Floral Farms Arcata, Calif. The vibrant rainbow-like hues of the...

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BUSINESS AND MARKETING

Breaking the Glass Ceiling of Corporate Flower Contracts

Breaking the Glass Ceiling of Corporate Flower Contracts

By Tonneli Grüetter Within the flower industry, corporate floral services represent a lucrative and stable specialty. Flower businesses offering these services cater to the specific needs of businesses and organizations, offering finely orchestrated designs that enhance...

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Getting the Brand Together

Getting the Brand Together

Discover the dos and don’ts of how to establish, grow and promote your brand. By Andrew Joseph If we told you there was a way you could establish and grow a relationship between your brand (company) and consumers, how much would you pay? Well, you don’t have to pay...

A Glimpse into the Life of a Farmer-Florist

A Glimpse into the Life of a Farmer-Florist

By Nita Robertson, AIFD, CFD Andrea Gagnon LynnVale Studios Gainesville, Va. Main Website:  lynnvale.com Founded in 2002, LynnVale Studios is dedicated to cultivating creativity through floriculture and fine art. This beautiful and bucolic...

Are You a Great Manager?

Are You a Great Manager?

Tips for becoming a more productive and effective manager. By Phillip M. Perry Great management skills are more important than ever in today’s tight labor market. Businesses large and small need to take steps to retain top-performing people and attract new ones....

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CREATIVITY AND EDUCATION

Proflora 2023

Proflora 2023

Highlights from Colombia’s international cut flower trade show By Nita Robertson, AIFD, CFD Started in 1991, Proflora is a biennial international trade show for the cut flower industry organized by Asocolflores, the Association of Colombian Flower Exporters, to promote the...

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In Season Chrysanthemum

In Season Chrysanthemum

Cover Photo design by Lea Romanowski, CAFA, CAFD, AIFD, CFD, CFEJ, from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. By Nita Robertson, AIFD, CFD BOTANICAL NAME • Chrysanthemum × morifolium (formerly Dendranthema × grandiflorum)...

Enter FR’s Latest Best in Blooms Design Contest

Enter FR’s Latest Best in Blooms Design Contest

Submission for the Florists' Review BEST IN BLOOMS November 2022 Contest Sponsored by Smithers Oasis and Alexandra Farms Enter our next round of Best in Blooms Design Contest today! Enter for your chance to win a Florist Spotlight feature in Florists'...

Florists’ 2023 Trends Report: Sneak Peek Webinar September 21st

Florists’ 2023 Trends Report: Sneak Peek Webinar September 21st

Join us on Wednesday, Sept. 21st at 2:30 pm EST for a Free Webinar Florists’ 2023 Trends Report: Sneak Peek Webinar Presented by BloomNation and Florists' Review  Join us for an invite-only sneak peek of the Florists’ 2023 Trends Report compiled by BloomNation....

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