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Valentine’s Day Contest Winners
Valentine’s Day will be celebrated on Tuesday February 14th 2023. Get inspired and create some unique designs for the upcoming holiday of love. Think outside of the box and be creative! To help inspire you for Valentine’s Day 2023, we invited floral designers to...
A Call for Entries for Florists’ Reviews Picture Perfect Wedding Contest
Florists' Review Presents our 24th Annual Picture Perfect Wedding Contest It's here! Our Annual Picture Perfect Wedding contest is here for you to submit your best wedding florals for 2022 in any or all of the categories below: • Bouquets • Reception Décor •...
Retail Forecast 2023
To weather the gathering clouds and growing turbulence in an economy that is predicted to continue to slow, retailers will have to track cash flow closely, invest selectively and hire prudently. By Phillip M. Perry After two years of frenetic activity and a...
The Most Profitable Flower Shop I Have Ever Seen
By Alex Frost As consultants to many of the top florists in the country, my colleagues at QuickFlora and I have had the privilege of seeing all types of retail flower operations over the last 20 years—the good, the bad and the ugly. One question we...
Stay Sharp
Your Guide to Floral Cutting Tools by Tonneli Grüetter SCISSORS Scissors are an excellent choice for beginning florists not yet ready to try the knife. Scissors are available in many styles and should be selected to suit the user’s dominant hand. We recommend keeping...
Valentine’s Day Profit Planner
Tips for an organized, efficient and supremely profitable holiday. By Nita Robertson, AIFD, CFD Blue Jasmine Floral It will soon be time to start (or continue, hopefully) planning for Valentine’s Day, the first big holiday of a brand-new year. In fact, Valentine’s Day...
Talking about FlowerTok
TikTok’s #flowertok provides an unmatched way to reach new flower-loving consumers while delivering more target audience, consumer trust and views than other social media apps. By Tonneli Grüetter From NYC to KC, it’s time for florists everywhere to start taking...
Got You Talking! Most Talked About Florists of 2022
The top 10 most-talked-about florists of 2022 in FR’s floral community. By Tonneli Grüetter No. 10 Yassi Taheri Yassi Taheri Floral Design Tehran, Iran yassitaheri.com @yassifloraldesign There is an undeniable joy every florist feels in seeing familiar materials used...
The Global Holiday Spirit – Cultural Holiday Calendar
Working for the religions and cultures already prevalent in your community can help increase revenues. By Andrew Joseph As a florist, you always the challenge of coming up with inventive ways to increase your revenues. There are larger displays, a more varied offering...
Test Start: Flower Business
Pop-up Stores Offer Many Options and Benefits By Jill Brooke Everyone finds their aha moment in unexpected places, and for Brenda LaManna, founder and president of Damselfly Flowers, which is headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., and currently has seven...
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Butternut Squash Tutorial * Bouquets to Art *
In this video you will learn how to make a bouquet using a butternut squash, inspired by classic art pieces by Claude Monet. This is perfect for the Holidays and a great addition to your Thanksgiving table centerpiece!
Thanksgiving Arrangement with Donald Yim
Join OASIS® Floral Designer, Donald Yim as he shows you how to create a beautiful Thanksgiving arrangement for your home
Let’s Get Horizontal
There are so many good reasons you might want to create a design with a strong horizontal line: for a spot in a client’s home, for example, or you might simply want to take advantage of the soothing, restful quality that horizontal lines bring to design. Learn More…
Autumn bouquet in glass vase how to make video
Pim van den Akker works with pine cones, wood fresh from the forest and a minimalistic glass vase from Dillewijn Zwapak, and uses them as a base for a wonderful autumn flower arrangement with some smart and interesting teqniques.
How to make a Parallel lines flower arrangement
How to make a floral design inspired by parallel lines design using floral foam in a ceramic oval container.
Delphinium ‘Trick’ is a Real Treat
Another exciting breeding breakthrough at Ball SB produces a hybrid Delphinium with small orchid-like blooms—and an unusual pale-yellow hue. Learn More…
How To Create Unique Textured Designed Centerpiece
Learn how to use a wire armature to create a rim design featuring a textural mix of floral blooms that unifies the differences beautifully.
Rustic Thanksgiving Centerpiece
There are many colors, textures and styles found in Thanksgiving Centerpieces. Everything from the classic fire colors with autumn leaves to Cornucopia styled designs, Della Robbia styled designs, even whimsical designs. In this how-to demonstration Leanne creates a rustic styled design with a primary usage of foraged materials
Design Elements and Principles
In this video how-demonstration Leanne briefly reviews the Elements and Principles of Floral Design as she creates a beautiful design in the formal linear style. Learn More…
FleurEx 2024
The British Florist Association's annual conference, held from September 28-29 at the East Midlands Conference Centre in the UK, brought together florists and industry experts for a dynamic and inspiring event. Full Article Here Source: Flora FleurEx 2024 The...
BloomNation Now Offers Full Support in Spanish
BloomNation is proud to announce that they now provide comprehensive support in the Spanish language for all stages of the florist journey—from sales and onboarding to ongoing customer success. In conjunction with the launch of their Spanish-language support, they are...
Winners of the Alexandra Farms Garden Rose Design Contest
Alexandra Farms Announces Winners of Its “2024 Garden Rose Design Contest” By Teresa Schafer It’s time to reveal the winners of Alexandra Farms’ “2024 Garden Rose Design Contest”! Again this year, we received hundreds of entries, and the judges have spoken. Four...
New Cut Flowers to be Presented at the IFTF
The Import Promotion Desk (IPD) will be presenting a wide range of cut flowers and floral rarities from Ecuador, Colombia, and Kenya at the International Floriculture Trade Fair (IFTF) from the 5th to the 7th of November 2024. Full Press release below Import Promotion...
Enter the Designs of the Decades Competition
In celebration of its 60th anniversary, the American Institute of Floral Designers (AIFD), in collaboration with the AIFD Foundation, is thrilled to announce an exciting year-long floral design competition: the "Designs of the Decades Competition." Each competition in...
FloraCraft’s Jamie Sutton Named to Chamber’s Future Five
Jamie Sutton, director of marketing and new business development at FloraCraft®, was named to the 2024 Future Five class by the Chamber Alliance of Mason County. FloraCraft’s Jamie Sutton Named to Chamber’s Future Five Sutton honored at the Chamber Alliance...
Tips to Market Flowers for Boss’s Day
Make Boss’s Day a more significant holiday for your flower business. Help your customers show their appreciation meaningfully, and watch your fall sales grow. Full Article Here. Source: Rio Roses 7 Simple Yet Effective Tips to Market Flowers for Boss’s Day September...
Anthurium Named After Hitomi Gilliam
At last week’s Hawaii Floriculture & Nursery Association Fresh Look expo, a new variety of anthurium named Hitomi Gilliam was unveiled, honoring the renowned floral designer Hitomi Gilliam AIFD. This stunning light green, tulip-shaped anthurium features a unique...
HFNA 2024 Fresh Look Expo
By Nita Robertson HFNA 2024 Fresh Look Expo: Designing with Hawaii Grown Flowers The Hawaii Floriculture & Nursery Association (HFNA) successfully concluded its highly anticipated 2024 Fresh Look Expo in Hilo, Hawaii. Set against the lush backdrop of the islands,...
