Beaches, vineyards, gardens, ranches. Summer’s alfresco wedding venues can be brutal on flowers, even when the couple springs for a tent. In the latest issue of Floral Management, Floralife’s Steve Daum outlines what to do to ensure flowers look their best come the...
Tucson, Arizona florist Don Coleman, AAF, knows what phrase newly engaged couples in his community type when scouting for a florist: “Tucson wedding flowers.” To capture their attention, he created a wedding-specific website, which appears second in Google search...
Your designers are likely your most skilled (and highly compensated) workers. You need to put their time to good use. In the latest issue of Floral Management, Dan McManus, founder of the marketing and consulting firm Team Floral, shares how to set designers’ wages by...
More than 2.6 million weddings are expected this year — the most since 1984 — according to The Knot, whose research anticipates similar numbers in 2023 and 2024. But that record-breaking demand doesn’t mean every florist has every weekend booked for the foreseeable...
The past two years have seriously challenged event florists — first with mass cancellations and the (often multiple) reschedule shuffle, followed by product shortages and record-high inflation. The latter feels particularly troublesome when creating proposals for...
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