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Technique
The professional craft behind the arrangements.
The professional craft behind the arrangements.
- Florist Hand Care — the injury-prevention guide nobody teaches
- Focal Centres — the maths that make a bouquet look more expensive
- How to Level Up as a Florist in 90 Days — the concrete plan
- Technical Greenery — the invisible skeleton of a commercial bouquet
- The Anemone Tie — how to stop anemones opening mid-bouquet
- The Florist's Moodboard — how we brief bespoke work
- The Lacy Bird Style — what modern commercial floristry actually looks like
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The Anemone Tie — how to stop anemones opening mid-bouquet
A 30-second fix for the classic anemone problem — flowers that fully open, invert, and lose their shape before you finish assembling the bouquet. Step-by-step with the paper-wrap trick.
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Florist Hand Care — the injury-prevention guide nobody teaches
Working florists spend eight hours a day cutting, dunking hands in cold water, and handling thorns. This is the concrete protocol we use to keep our team's hands functional across a full career.
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The Florist's Moodboard — how we brief bespoke work
An eight-step moodboard workflow for florists handling custom orders — how to gather references, align expectations, and eliminate the fight over 'this isn't what I ordered.'
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Focal Centres — the maths that make a bouquet look more expensive
How professional florists use the rule of thirds and the golden ratio to make budget bouquets read as premium. A working guide to focal centres in commercial floristry.
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How to Level Up as a Florist in 90 Days — the concrete plan
A three-month structured practice plan for florists who feel plateaued — deliberate practice, colour discipline, weekly builds, and the two habits that actually move the needle.
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The Lacy Bird Style — what modern commercial floristry actually looks like
An articulation of the design language of our studio — colour theory, movement, focal hierarchy, and the deliberate choice to build airy, gestural arrangements instead of dense round bouquets.
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Technical Greenery — the invisible skeleton of a commercial bouquet
Why we build every commercial bouquet on a foundation of cheap, hidden greenery — and which species we buy for the job. Pistacia, ruscus, salal, boxwood, blueberry branch compared.
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Colour Theory for Florists: The Four Schemes That Sell, and Why Green Isn't a Colour
Working colour theory for floristry — monochrome, analogous, complementary and the accent scheme, tonal value over hue, why foliage reads as neutral, and testing at retail distance.
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Installation Rigging for Florists: Weight, Anchors, and the Physics Nobody Photographs
How floral installations actually stay up — weight math per metre, ceiling and truss anchor rules, wind loads on arches, the safety factors professionals use, and when to hire a rigger.