Anna and Brian of Meristem Floral are a husband and wife floral design team specializing in large-scale weddings and events. They’re here with us on the podcast talking through the process of creating a floral design studio and so much more!
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How to Easily Create Large Event Floral Showpieces with Serenity
Large-scale floral design is more popular than ever for weddings, events, and even photoshoot stylings. Here, learn about a floral mechanic that can help you build and transport large floral pieces more easily!
Employee Retention, Customer Service, and Self Care with The Flower Guy Bron
As a master of the art of floristry, floral designer Bron Hansboro of The Flower Guy Bron provides bespoke design and styling experiences for events of all types. Hear from Bron as he shares his knowledge and wisdom on a variety of topics—including employee retention, customer service, and more!
How to Make Large, Tall Floral Arrangements
They’re the floral arrangements in every luxe wedding photo. You know the ones: gorgeously tall floral centerpieces. In this article, floral designer Gerry Rogers takes the mystery out of the set up, supplies, and steps needed to create these stunning pieces.
Try These Foam-Free Floral Mechanics for a Wedding Arbor
Are you looking for ways to create a wedding arbor without floral foam? This article gives you a supply list and step by step guide to designing a wedding arbor foam-free!
Progressing as an Industry with Schaffer Designs (Part 2)
Kelly is back with Bill Schaffer of Shaffer Designs for round two! Bill is walking us through one of their largest designs from last fall. There were over 35,000 stems of flowers (and a couple of hiccups along the way)! He’s chatting about how to direct a team amongst the craze of a large event. Bill is also sharing his heart regarding the floral industry and what he believes is the key for the industry to continue to progress.
Creating a Foam-Free Floating Wedding Arbor
Large floral installations can be intimidating, especially when it comes to the mechanics behind them. In this article, you’ll learn how to build a base structure for your floating arbor and the mechanics behind a foam-free floral design. This step by step guide to creating a foam-free floating wedding arbor shows you large installations can be more straightforward that you might imagine!
How to Create a Pampas Grass Hanging Installation
Like it or not, pampas grass is the Queen of Boho right now. From fresh feathery, ostrich-like stalks to dried, fluffy shedding-like-crazy stems, couples planning their wedding are into this look.
Video: How to Make a Double-Sided Garland
Ready to learn how to make a garland? Check out the video below. This video is an excerpt from the Team Flower Arbors and Ceremony class. In it, I’ll demonstrate how to create a lush, full garland using only one ingredient. The techniques you’ll learn can be used in a variety of circumstances—from decorating a railing to creating a table-runner.
Your Quick Guide to Creating Floral Ceiling Installations
Who doesn’t love that dreamy look of hanging event and wedding flowers from the ceiling? I love creating floral arrangements for the ceiling. They’re so beautiful and can completely transform a space. They also tend to be creatively challenging! In this article, I’ll cover tips and steps to creating simple and elegant (and reusable!) floral ceiling installations.
Floating Floral Arbor Installation: A How-To
When we first decided we wanted to incorporate one of these into our weddings we were VERY intimidated. There were so many questions! What would we use? How would we get it to stay level if it’s asymmetrical? How would it be strong enough to not cave in the middle?
Video: How to Make a Chuppah
Our friend Fuschia of Fuschia Moss Floral Design is here to help show us how to make a chuppah. See how we used a bale of Southern smilax and late summer forsythia foliage to create a base and a very small amount of Oasis and chicken wire to provide support and nourishment for the flowers.
How to Create a Circular Flower Installation
Becky shows the process to create different circular flower installations for your next event. She outlines how to plan to use the structures, support and integrate them. From a hanging piece to a ceremony backdrop, you’ll learn tips for your next installations.
Video Quick Tip: Flower Installation Prep
Limited on event install time and need to attach flowers to something on site? This tip will make it possible for you to prep in advance and save time on wedding day! Watch as Kelly explains how she came across this idea, and how she's practicing using the yardstick to solve her installation time obstacle.