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Florist Design Secrets

10 Florist Design Secrets

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by Admin on Oct 6, 2015 in Florist Ecommerce, Florist Resources, Opening a Flower Shop |
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Everyone has a secret tip or technique that works in their flower shop to make them more effective. Here are ten secret tips that you can start using today! Have some of your own? Share yours in the comments section.

10 Florist Design Secrets
1. Keeping hydrangeas hydrated while in floral foam. The key to hydrangea freshness is to dip the stem in Alum powder (available in the spice section at the grocery store). Dip right after cutting the stem and before inserting it into the fully saturated floral foam. This also works well on keeping gerbera stems lasting longer in floral foam.
2. Don’t use the usual suspects all the time. When it comes to greenery for your designs, try something besides the usual. And try to manipulate this unusual greenery, such as, folding aspidistra leaves and/or using steel grass to create heart shapes to change-up the design and give them a distinct look. This also go

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The Path


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Photo taken by contributor Hank Shaw, a writer and amateur photographer who has had several family members who have struggled with serious depression. He lost a brother to suicide in 1984.

About this photo: “This photo was taken in Rochester, NY. It captures the fact that life is a path through beauty and danger.”

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Layers Of Our Mind


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Photo taken by contributor Jacque who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and ADHD. She is a graphic designer, wife, and mother to two boys. She is learning to draw from God’s strength to get her through every day. She has also found art and music to be great healers and outlets for the soul.

About this photo: “I love the visual metaphor presented in this photograph of a staircase down a steep rock face. Sometimes we have to venture down through the layers and layers of our mind to be able to move upwards to freedom. In many cases, looking back shows us just how far we’ve come.”

Find more from Jacque at her blog.

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Special Place 1


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Photo taken by contributor Matt Williams from Portsmouth, UK. In his late teens and early twenties he learned that he was living with bipolar disorder. He felt lost and in many ways just existing rather than really living life. He has since stabilized, and discovered things that are good for him, such as creativity, and what he should avoid. His bipolar has led him to experience periods of immense joy and at other times wondering why the world is so crazy. Mostly, he treasures those close to him who have supported him and shown him that the world is really worth sticking around for. The capacity to love and be loved is at the centre of this.

About this photo: “Special Place 1. Summer 2015. West Sussex South England, UK. Sometimes it is important to get out of the city if you live in one.  Things are not all bricks and mortar and nature or country life can have distinct advantages…

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