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How to Make a Wreath (It’s Easier Than You Think)
Here you’ll get a comprehensive step-by-step guide on making a wreath. Whether you’ve been in floral design or farming for years or are just getting started, wreath-making truly is the quintessential holiday craft to add to your repertoire.
3 Tips for Creating a Holiday Pop-Up Shop
Flowers bring joy in the same way that Santa brings cheer to small children. The best part is that we can create an excellent profit stream from special holidays by selling small (or large) bundles of blooms to our clients! Let’s dive into three tips for creating a pop-up shop for any holiday.
A New Grower's Guide to Selling Flowers at a Farmers' Market
Your comprehensive guide to selling flowers at a farmers’ market, including tips on what to grow, how to prep your market booth, and how to sell your cut flowers.
7 Simple Steps to Starting Your Floral Side Hustle
If you’re thinking about how to start a floral design business or side hustle, here are 7 steps to help you get started. Starting a floral design business is simpler than you think—sometimes, you just have to take the first step.
Gorgeous Wholesale Centerpiece Vases: Floral Designer Favorites
Here’s an incredible resource of centerpiece vases and floral arrangement containers that you can find wholesale from Accent Decor. We hope you’re inspired by this list of tried-and-tested wholesale wedding and event decor items—and how they’re used by real-life floral professionals!
Flowers and Foliage that Last Out of Water
What flowers last out of water? is one of the most frequently asked questions in the floral community. With the help of Martha White and David Martin of Free Range Farms, we’ve created some lists—but more importantly, gathered some pointers—for your reference when deciding what flowers and foliage last out of water the best for your projects.
How to Make a Flower Wall
Believe it or not, building a reusable floral backdrop is super straightforward. If you’ve never built anything before and the idea is stressing you out, don’t run yet—you can totally handle this! And we’ll give you step-by-step instructions.
How to Make Hand Dyed Silk Ribbon
Create DIY hand-dyed silk ribbon by following this simple guide with photos. Learn how to make silk ribbons with natural dye—it’s easy and affordable!
Staff Picks: Our Favorite Accent Decor Items for Special Events
Our team has rounded up a few of our Accent Decor favorites to share with you this week!
Sometimes you need a little inspiration to find an adaptable, flexible centerpiece vase or compote, your new favorite go-to votive, or refreshingly unique planters, retail giftables, and decor pieces for the perfect decorative grouping.
We hope they inspire you to break creative rules, find new fixes to old problems, and snag a new set of goodies that will work perfectly for your next event (and the next one and the one after that!).
How to Up-Sell DIY Weddings with a Private Floral Design Workshop
Chances are, you’ve received an inquiry from a couple interested in do-it-yourself (DIY) wedding flowers. If you’re a flower farm or studio florist with an events focus, you likely serve these couples—offering your clients the option to purchase a private design workshop when they book their flowers can increase your revenue and their confidence. Here’s how to up-sell this service to your clients.
How to Start (and Grow) a Flower Farm Debt-Free
Wondering how to start a flower farm? In this article, discover how to start flower farming—debt-free. Starting small allows you to get to know the nuances of plant varieties, your particular growing season, and the ins and outs from seed to sell. Discover tips for starting your flower farm, marketing yourself, and growing your business—all without the added burden of debt.
18 Gorgeous Centerpiece Vases and Event Decor Items You'll Love
Kelly shares her top wholesale vases and decor for wedding and event floral design work. These centerpiece containers and decor items easily adapt based on your clients needs and are sure to inspire your future designs.
How to Grow Anemone Flowers: A Quick (Yet Comprehensive) Guide
Anemones are one of the toughest, most productive, sweetest, earliest-blooming, and long-lasting flowers. This crop is a fantastic addition to even the smallest of cutting gardens. These beautiful blooms require a bit of knowledge and work to grow effectively, but the rewards are more than worth the effort.
When and How to Expand Your Floral Design Team
It’s a challenge to know when and how to hire the right floral design team members to keep your growth sustainable. In this article, you’ll learn three different ways to expand your team—through freelancers, part-time help, and full-time employees—as well as when it’s best to utilize these types of workers.
Your Comprehensive Guide to Hosting a Wreath-Making Workshop
Ready to host your first wreath-making workshop? In this comprehensive guide, Team Flower Member Deanna addresses how to host a workshop, the important things to consider before the event, key elements to attend to on the day of the event, and, finally, floral workshop teaching tips!
5 Tips to Rock Your Client Consultations
In this article, experienced floral designer and Team Flower Member Megan Willis shares five tips to help you navigate every floral design consultation with confidence and turn those inquiries into booked clients!
How to Grow, Harvest, and Dry Flowers for Arranging
Having a good supply of dried flowers can be a great asset to your farm or design business. It’s not only a way to make sales when fresh local flowers are long gone, but it can also help keep your customers engaged with your farm.
Here's How to Expand Your Event Floral Work Outside of Weddings
Are you a floral professional looking to diversify your income sources? Retail, nonprofit, and corporate clients can be a great opportunity to work in non-wedding event floral design. Here’s how to introduce yourself to this type of client, how to communicate with them, as well as tips and tricks to completing the design plan!
Finding New and Meaningful Floral Inspiration Through Fine Art
Floral design is an art, and flowers are our medium. Our sculptures sit not in museums, but on the tables of gathered loved ones as art for the everyday person. Other art forms are a great way to influence our designs and spark excitement about our craft once again. By opening the door for further creativity, we expand the boundaries of what floral design can be, pointing to the value and artistry that goes into floral design work.