He’s back! J Schwanke, AAF, AIFD, PFCI, returned to national television earlier this month with the fourth season of his award-winning PBS show ‘J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom.’ This season the program, which promotes the benefits of incorporating flowers into...
Year after year, houseplants have a growing mass appeal. But when it comes to caring for them, many people are clueless. In the latest issue of Floral Management, contributing writer Julie Martens Forney spoke with two florists about how they set up new plant parents...
Between juggling supply chain and staffing issues and the daily logistical challenges of selling a perishable product, many floral professionals lack the time to be intentional with their marketing. Enter: automation. In the latest issue of Floral Management,...
Labor continues to be one of the floral industry’s toughest challenges. Shop owners around the country are learning to do more with fewer workers. (And even if there were ample designers to go around, hiring and training new people costs far more than incentivizing...
There have been several factors affecting the floral supply chain in the past two years, from labor shortages to extreme weather. One reason florists struggle to source plants and flowers? Supermarkets are purchasing them en masse. In the latest issue of Floral...
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