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Prom 2022
Tips for ensuring your most successful prom season ever. By Nita Robertson, AIFD, CFD Prom season is around the corner and that means flowers to wear and carry. Teenagers throughout North America are planning their spring formals and proms. Dresses, tuxedos, limos,...
Prom Corsage and Boutonniere
This year, especially, prom-goers will want to make personalized statements and lasting impressions with their attire and their flowers, so be ready with plenty of beautiful ribbons and accessory options to create the perfect floral wearables for their all of their...
Picture Perfect Weddings
Meet the winners of Florists’ Review’s 23rd annual “Picture Perfect Weddings” contest. By Nita Robertson, AIFD, CFD “A picture is worth a thousand words.” For a bride and groom, photos capture memories of intangible moments from the happiest day of...
The Weddings Boom Gives Florists Choices
The pandemic has changed the way many floral designers and flower shop owners are doing business. By Jill Brooke FlowerPowerDaily.com Here’s something that florists around the world are loving: Because the pandemic has unexpectedly created so much work, florists are...
Stop Taking Email For Granted
This underutilized form of direct marketing remains one of the most cost-effective ways to keep in touch with your customers. By Art Conforti, PFCI Email marketing may seem like a dinosaur to some business owners, but this incredibly underutilized form of direct...
Contemporary Romance
This artful, modern and sophisticated flower heart design is sure to alter the mind-sets of flower-complacent consumers this Valentine’s Day. Floral design by Andrea Ancel, AIFD, CFD; FTD director of design Photos and videos by James Merri, FTD director of production...
Enter Florists’ Review’s March Best in Blooms Design Contest
Submission for the Florists' Review BEST IN BLOOMS March 2022 Contest Melrose International & Ball SB Edition Enter for your chance to be a semi-finalist and compete for the title. Win a Florist Spotlight feature in Florists' Review magazine and have...
Care and Handling 101: Roses
Making Sure Your Roses Look Their Best Rose symbolizes love, romance and passion, so it’s no surprise that red roses are the most popular flower choice for Valentine’s Day. More than half of all Valentine’s Day purchases include roses, so the longer they last, the...
American Floral Trends Forcast 2022
By Tonneli Grüetter 2022 look books from our favorite hard good producers, interior design firms, and fashion houses are an inspirational sight to behold. In every consumer category the experts agree, creative stagnation is out and change is in! Look forward to a...
Cultivating Relationships with Flower Farmers
Tips for sourcing locally grown flowers for your shop or destination event. By Tonneli Grüetter What role do local farms play in your business? Increasingly consumers are driving demand for locally grown flowers. From ready-made bouquets to event work, customers...
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Playing for Keeps
Still a customer favorite, baby’s-breath can be much more than a filler or accent flower. See how floral designer Lori McNorton utilizes baby’s-breath as a feature flower in this enchanting Valentine’s Day design. [Read more …]
Creative Edge with Hitomi Gilliam, AIFD
Another way to transition plant-loving consumers into flower-arrangement lovers is to incorporate cut plant materials — many of which will root — into floral designs. Watch as Hitomi Gilliam, AIFD, creates three spectacular contemporary floral designs utilizing stems, rosettes and leaves cut from potted plants.
Sexy Sophistication
From the creative “flower-noir” mind of John Regan,M .F. A ., Ph.D., owner of Twisted Stem Floral Design in Crystal Lake – learn how-to construct your own modern alternative to the traditional Valentine’s day dozen-roses arrangement […]
Promenade: Romantic Garden Rose Bouquet How-to
In this video, sponsored by Design Master Color Tool and based on the "Promenade" American Floral Trend, floral designer Erik Witcraft, AIFD, demonstrates how botanical materials and containers and be color enhanced to create one-of-a-kind designs. Here, he...
Dreamy Balloon Wand Design Tutorial
Help your customers celebrate the magic of occasions and holidays year-round with this clever air-filled “fairy wand” idea from burton + BURTON. To learn how, read on and watch the video!
Lavender Rose Vertical Design FlowerBox Design How-to Video
In this Florists’ Review How-To Video sponsored by Royal Flowers Group, Erik Witcraft, AIFD, is back again with another great idea incorporating a lavender cube FlowerBox container. Using lavender roses placed with floral foam, and scrumptious nandina foliage and vibrant blue sea holly, he creates a top-to-down eye-catching design with colorful impact! Watch the video to learn how you can create your own display!
Romantic Red Rose Winter FlowerBox How-to
Florists’ Review presents the How-To video series: How to construct your very own Romantic Red Rose Winter FlowerBox. Presented by floral designer Erik Witcraft, AIFD, and sponsored by Royal Flowers, this video will allow anyone to easily create an easy to make grab-and-go’s to sell in your shop or elegant but inexpensive table decorations for weddings or parties. Watch the video to learn more!
Reflective Winter Ornament Design Tutorial
In this Florists’ Review How-To video, floral designer Erik Witcraft, AIFD shows you how to make a beautiful Reflective Winter Ornament Design using large acrylic ornamental balls, a glass mirror – oh yes, and some florals – all to create that WOW factor for your customers and clients. Watch the video sponsored by Royal Flowers Group, and learn how you can easily create your own Reflective Winter Ornament Design.
Northern Lights Floral Design How-to
This Florists’ Review how-to video presentation—sponsored by Royal Flowers Group—features floral designer Sharrai Morgan-Faulkner, AIFD and her calm and bright Northern Lights featuring tips on foliage manipulation. Featuring leaf-folding techniques, a Smithers-OASIS...
How to Maximize Harvested Cut Flowers From Your Garden
Harvested cut flowers from your garden adds a personal touch to your floral designs. This article provides valuable advice tailored for farmer florists. Full Article Below: Source True Client Pro Blog How To Maximize Harvested Cut Flowers Vase Life To have Harvested...
Elevating Petals and Pastries
The Art of Upselling a Moment Ideas for safely decorating wedding cakes and cake tables in keeping with today’s trends and modern consumers’ tastes By Molly Lucille Wedding trends in the flower industry are always evolving, and a delightful revolution is taking place...
“Chelsea in Bloom” Will Have Food Theme for 2024
From Monday May 20th to Sunday May 26th, 2024, Chelsea in Bloom will blossom with extraordinary eye-popping creations from the best European floral artists, all inspired by culinary favorites seen at home as well as in film, literature and every day life. Full Article...
Strategic Alliance to Boost Flower Bulb Sales
The Garden Media Group and Royal Anthos have solidified their ongoing partnership by entering into a three-year strategic alliance to boost flower bulb sales across the United States significantly. Source Garden Media Group and Royal Anthos Renew Strategic Alliance to...
WFFSA Names Kari Stringfellow as New Executive Vice President
The Wholesale Florist & Florist Supplier Association (WFFSA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Kari Stringfellow as its new Executive Vice President, following in the footsteps of the former Executive Vice President, Molly Alton Mullins. Source: WFFSA...
How to Elevate Floral Palettes with the Power of Yellow
Vibrant yellow is one of the more dominant spring colors that can trip up a lot of florists, this article explains how to use it to help you elevate your palettes. Full Article Below Source: The Floral Coach Hello, Yellow: How to Elevate Floral Palettes with the Power...
Trends in Wedding Bouquets for 2024
By Nita Robertson, AIFD With each passing wedding season, fresh trends in bridal bouquets emerge and existing styles evolve, and for 2024, bouquets will encompass various styles, shapes and color palettes, harmonizing with not only the seasons but also diverse wedding...
New Tulip Variety “Baptized” in NYC
Consul General of The Kingdom of the Netherlands in New York, Ahmed Dadou, presented an exclusive New York tulip variety to the City of New York at Union Square Park. Full Article at Flowerpowerdaily New Tulip Variety “Baptized” in NYC By Jill Brooke At what will...
David Austin Launches Three New Wedding Roses
Bessie, Hettie and Millicent are the newest wedding roses in the David Austin collection. Full press Release Below- Source David Austin Introducing Three New Iconic Roses David Austin's lifelong love affair with the classic Old Rose has led him to create many...

































