Nothing says Christmas like evergreens, which also provide florists with a foundation for holiday décor hardy enough to last the season — indoors or out. What happens when the annual harvest of mountain-grown noble fir, balsam fir, white pine, cedar, and other staples...
Having a robust and competitive online presence is more important than ever. That’s why the Society of American Florists devoted an entire day to the topic (Wednesday, July 29) during its Reinvention Summit. In five separate presentations, followed by...
How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way consumers think about buying flowers? A recent poll, commissioned by the Society of American Florists and the Floral Marketing Research Fund, offers some insight into that thorny question. Its findings, along some...
You already have a well-established routine for disinfecting buckets, tools and work surfaces, right? All for the sake of reducing shrink and providing customers with the best-looking, longest-lasting fresh flowers possible. Now, you need an additional level of...
From the first days of the pandemic, Tim Farrell, AIFD, AAF, PFCI, of Farrell’s Florist in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, has been making vases of surplus flowers to give to essential workers, such as those in the health-care professions. More recently, he came up with an...
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