About Floristry
Floristry is a wide word that covers a bunch of aspects of flowers as they relate to business, specifically, flowers that are grown for business purposes, as in trading and buying and selling.
Floristry includes cultivating flowers, harvesting flowers, and shipping flowers (from farm to distribution center). It includes handling and caring for flowers, designing arrangements, and composing arrangements. It includes marketing,displaying, and merchandising. It includes flower delivery. You’ve got wholesale florists, who are the people that get tons of flowers from growers and then sell them in bulk to smaller businesses and other professionals in the trade. Then you’ve got retail florists who are the people that sell flowers singly or in bunches or in arrangements to the average Joe like you or me.
The main consumers of cut flowers are retail florist shops and online stores, as well as gas stations, convenience stores, and grocery stores. The words floral design and floristry are often used interchangeably; i.e. used to mean the same thing. Floral design is all about making floral arrangements in different kinds of containers (vases, boxes, baskets, bowls, buckets, etc) for different sorts of occasions. It also includes making bouquets and collections out of other organic materials like moss, sticks, herbs, grasses, and the like.
A florist is usually the person that does all this at the retail level, like in a shop or for an online company. In addition to creating floral arrangements like those just described, a florist also usually is able to make wreaths, corsages, boutonnieres, permanent arrangements, and other related products. Floristry is different from floristics, which is the study of plant species in different geographic zones and how they are distributed and related. Floristry is also different from horticulture, which has more to do with understanding about how flowers grow, what nutrients they need, optimum growing conditions, pest management, disease control, etc.
Education, both formal and informal, is another significant segment of the floristry industry. Established floristry designers and artists impart their craft to students interested in floral design as hobby or career. Courses are generally available through community colleges, private post-secondary vocational schools, and professional florist trade associations.
The floristry industry also includes education, both formal and informal. A student can learn floristry as an apprentice or understudy by working with an established florist or artist. Floristry can also be learned through courses taught at local colleges, vocational schools, and professional florist associations.
Flowers are used in many corporate, business and social event settings, resulting in constant demand for the products and services of those in the floristry business. Arrangements at this level take the form of centerpieces, stage sets, and entryway decorations. Flowers are also regularly used in church settings for weddings, funerals, special services, and special events. These are often arranged by church volunteers, some of whom are florists by trade.
Floristry includes cultivating flowers, harvesting flowers, and shipping flowers (from farm to distribution center). It includes handling and caring for flowers, designing arrangements, and composing arrangements. It includes marketing,displaying, and merchandising. It includes flower delivery. You’ve got wholesale florists, who are the people that get tons of flowers from growers and then sell them in bulk to smaller businesses and other professionals in the trade. Then you’ve got retail florists who are the people that sell flowers singly or in bunches or in arrangements to the average Joe like you or me.
The main consumers of cut flowers are retail florist shops and online stores, as well as gas stations, convenience stores, and grocery stores. The words floral design and floristry are often used interchangeably; i.e. used to mean the same thing. Floral design is all about making floral arrangements in different kinds of containers (vases, boxes, baskets, bowls, buckets, etc) for different sorts of occasions. It also includes making bouquets and collections out of other organic materials like moss, sticks, herbs, grasses, and the like.
A florist is usually the person that does all this at the retail level, like in a shop or for an online company. In addition to creating floral arrangements like those just described, a florist also usually is able to make wreaths, corsages, boutonnieres, permanent arrangements, and other related products. Floristry is different from floristics, which is the study of plant species in different geographic zones and how they are distributed and related. Floristry is also different from horticulture, which has more to do with understanding about how flowers grow, what nutrients they need, optimum growing conditions, pest management, disease control, etc.
Education, both formal and informal, is another significant segment of the floristry industry. Established floristry designers and artists impart their craft to students interested in floral design as hobby or career. Courses are generally available through community colleges, private post-secondary vocational schools, and professional florist trade associations.
The floristry industry also includes education, both formal and informal. A student can learn floristry as an apprentice or understudy by working with an established florist or artist. Floristry can also be learned through courses taught at local colleges, vocational schools, and professional florist associations.
Flowers are used in many corporate, business and social event settings, resulting in constant demand for the products and services of those in the floristry business. Arrangements at this level take the form of centerpieces, stage sets, and entryway decorations. Flowers are also regularly used in church settings for weddings, funerals, special services, and special events. These are often arranged by church volunteers, some of whom are florists by trade.
