Have you ever thought about growing your own greenery for flower arrangements? Or perhaps how to make money growing plants at home? (Yes, you can profit off of those shrubs in your backyard as a floral designer!) Here’s how!
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9 Herbs You Should Be Growing for Flower Arranging
The herb has long been considered the humble workhorse of the garden, providing easy-to-grow, pleasing-to-the-eye plants that earn their space with contributions to the kitchen table. Their contributions, however, can go far beyond the plate. They deserve equal attention within cut flower arranging.
Video: Summer Flowers that Last Out of Water
If you’re in the floral industry, chances are you’ve asked the question, “Which flowers last out of water?” There are incredible designs that can be created without a water source: corsages, boutonnieres, aisle markers, bouquets, installations, and so many more! The best way to find an answer to this question is to do some tests yourself. I’m here to tell you about what to consider when you’re testing a flower’s durability as well as share the results of my own testing!
Video: How to Create a Small Floral Centerpiece Featuring Spirea Foliage
In this video lesson, you’ll learn how to observe floral elements for inspiration while adjusting your arrangement layers for a small floral centerpiece. Ingredients used are Spirea Foliage, Gold's Dart Ninebark, Diablo Ninebark, Polka Dot Pippa Hybrid Foxglove, Ranunculus, La Belle Epoch Tulips, Coral Bell Foliage, and Geum.
How & why to grow raspberry for foliage
While raspberries are a common garden plant and found on most rural farms, they're not a common design element in floral arrangements. This fact is what makes it a new and exciting plant! With local growers popping up everywhere, being a “shippable” product isn’t the only factor anymore, which opens the door to new and unlikely plants being usable. Soon, raspberry foliage will become an industry standard!