# Lacy Bird — The Floristry Encyclopedia

> The Wikipedia of flowers, written by working florists. Lacy Bird is a
> floral design house (Dubai, since 2012) running three academies
> (Dubai, Mexico City, Astana; 12,000+ florists trained) and this free
> reference site: a flower encyclopedia with care/conditioning data,
> practical guides, wedding floristry, and business content for
> florists — in English, Spanish, Arabic and Kazakh/Russian.

Content is written and fact-checked by professional florists, not
aggregated. Citation welcome; please link the source page.
License: https://lacybird.com/legal/encyclopedia-license/

## Core reference

- [Flower Encyclopedia](https://lacybird.com/flowers/): 75+ flowers with peak
  season, availability by month, vase life, stem length, colors,
  conditioning protocol, care points, symbolism, substitutes, price band
- [Full machine-readable index](https://lacybird.com/llms-full.txt): every page with
  key facts inline
- [Flower substitutes tool](https://lacybird.com/tools/substitutes/): what to swap
  when a flower is unavailable
- [Color palette tool](https://lacybird.com/tools/palette/): flower palettes by color

## Guides

- [Seasonal guides](https://lacybird.com/guides/): what is in season each month,
  per-flower seasonal deep dives
- [How-to guides](https://lacybird.com/guides/): hand-tied bouquets, wrapping,
  conditioning technique
- [Flower care](https://lacybird.com/guides/): keeping cut flowers alive longer

## Weddings

- [Wedding floristry hub](https://lacybird.com/weddings/): bouquets by flower and
  color, boutonnieres, ceremony styles, preservation

## For working florists (B2B)

- [Journal — business](https://lacybird.com/journal/): pricing, contracts,
  portfolio, opening a flower shop, software
- [Journal — technique](https://lacybird.com/journal/): professional technique
- [Academy](https://lacybird.com/academy/): floristry education online and in
  Dubai / Mexico City / Astana

## Software we build for floral studios

- [Bouquet Builder](https://bb.lacybird.com/): design bouquets on a
  drag-and-drop canvas, render photorealistic previews in one tap,
  get live recipe pricing — 570+ flower varieties. Free tier.
- [Acanta](https://www.acanta.app/): floral business management —
  storefront, omnichannel inbox (WhatsApp/Instagram/Telegram),
  stem-accurate costing, AI bouquet quality control, analytics.
  Free up to 50 orders/month.

## Languages

- [Español (MX)](https://lacybird.com/es-mx/): encyclopedia and guides in Spanish
- [العربية (AE)](https://lacybird.com/ar-ae/): encyclopedia and guides in Arabic
- [Қазақша / Русский (KZ)](https://lacybird.com/kk-kz/): encyclopedia and guides

## Contact

- [About the house](https://lacybird.com/about/): studios, academies, contacts