Florist News

Yep, a website called florist news that brings florists together. People that merely pack things in boxes can meet at assemblylinenews.com.

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Wendie
I never fail - just keep practising

I am sorry you dont find us supportive, but we are florists and your venture would be proactive to our livelyhood. I am sure you can see that

as a future florist i have to agree :thumpdown to boxed flowers

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Wendie
I never fail - just keep practising

what i cannot understand is why anyone would actually want to receive a box of unconditioned roses or have i read it completely wrong. ps i dont think you understand irony, it would be ironic if we all did not know how to look after flowers and were asking a prof to, we all met on the internet and most have a website and we can occasionally pass work to each other not take it away - thats the irony of your question!! ps this site is about offering advice to each other not just us lot telling people who cant be bothered to find anything out on their own how to do it

Here here, I totally agree with you Tulips

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Life is not measured by the breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away....

Am I too late to offer advice with this post?

No, don't bother to condition any flowers, they're gonna look crappy when they arrive so don't go to any trouble. Store them somewhere warm, preferably next to a hot radiator, wilting heads and crispy foliage is so 'this year'.

Don't forget to tie them really tightly with cable ties, so the recipient can't get them undone unless she breaks either blooms and/or her nails, (and this also makes the recipient spend AGES looking for wire snips, strong scissors or pliers to cut aforementioned cable tie).

Oh, and can someone tell me why I spent years training to be a florist when all I had to do was go to wholesalers, buy blooms, shove them in a box, post them and collect the money....how stupid was I

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'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it'. Voltaire

Mardy, i like you have obviously missed a complete niche in the market without any need for triaining. heres an idea, how about we just send brides a bunch of roses, unconditioned of course, and just tell them to do them themselves and charge say.... £60 + postage and package!!

or i might just go and get a couple of lengths of copper and call myself a plumber

or a reel of electric wire - an electrician??

or a pair of scissors that are not rusty - a hairdresser! mind you i do colour my own hair so technically i am

In fact i bought a lovely pair of earrings the other day - does that make me a jeweller?? i wonder

gosh. i just dont know what to do now, defo selling the flower shop though as there are so many skilled trades i could pass my self off for....

anyone else any ideas, obviously i do not intentionally ridicule

Everyone has a right to ask questions here whether or not they have a shop. Yves didn't say she just fancied selling flowers without any training, I suspsect since she used the words care and condtioning she might have had some training.

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Sarah Creating Bespoke Wedding Flowers Cheshire