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How-to Guides
Step-by-step technique guides from our working florists.
Step-by-step technique guides from our working florists.
- Flower Frog — how to use one (and why to switch to them)
- Flower Vases: How to Choose the Right One for Any Bouquet
- How to Arrange Flowers in a Vase — the working method
- How to Build a DIY Flower Arch — the working guide
- How to Make a Bridal Bouquet — the working florist's method
- How to Make a Centerpiece — a working florist's guide
- How to Make a Hand-Tied Bouquet: Spiral Technique Step by Step
- How to Wrap a Bouquet — a florist's guide
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How to Arrange Flowers in a Vase — the working method
The professional method for arranging flowers in a vase, from stem prep to final composition. Real technique from a working florist studio, not Pinterest theory.
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How to Make a Hand-Tied Bouquet: Spiral Technique Step by Step
The spiral technique working florists use to build hand-tied bouquets of any size in under 15 minutes. Step-by-step, with mechanics that keep the bouquet stable in water and out.
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How to Make a Centerpiece — a working florist's guide
Step-by-step: how to build a compote-style flower centerpiece. Mechanics, palette, timing — the technique we teach in our floral design course.
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How to Build a DIY Flower Arch — the working guide
Real-world DIY flower arch build from a wedding studio. Structural framework, flower selection, budget, timing, and the pitfalls that trip up first-timers.
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How to Make a Bridal Bouquet — the working florist's method
A step-by-step method for a round, hand-tied bridal bouquet — flower selection, spiral construction, ribbon finish. Written by a working wedding studio.
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How to Wrap a Bouquet — a florist's guide
The wrapping styles working florists actually use — kraft, tissue, silk ribbon, linen — with step-by-step instructions for each and pointers on which suits which occasion.
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Flower Frog — how to use one (and why to switch to them)
Pin frogs, glass frogs, wire frogs — how to use each type, when they're the right choice, and why they're replacing floral foam.
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Floral Tape and Wire: Gauges, Types, and the Three Techniques That Matter
Stem-wrap tape vs clear anchor tape, wire gauges 18-30 explained, and the pierce, hook and hairpin methods florists use for boutonnieres, corsages and taped vase grids.
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Flower Baskets: How Florists Build Them, and When the Format Wins
The flower basket format explained — mechanics with liner and foam-free options, proportions, which occasions it beats a bouquet, costs, and care once it arrives.
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Flower Pressing: Book, Iron or Microwave — What Works for Which Flower
How to press flowers three ways — the classic book press (2-4 weeks), the iron shortcut, and the microwave press — plus which flowers press best and how to frame them.
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Flower Vases: How to Choose the Right One for Any Bouquet
Vase shapes explained by a working florist — which vase fits a hand-tied bouquet, tulips, hydrangeas or one stem, the water-line rule, and the five vases that cover 95% of flowers.
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Flower Wrapping Paper: Types, Sizes, and What Florists Actually Use
Kraft, Korean matte film, tissue, cellophane — what each wrapping paper does, standard sheet sizes, how many sheets per bouquet, and when to skip paper entirely.