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New Tulip Collections with Longfield Gardens

Flirty Fleurs latest Tulip Collections with Longfield Gardens have been released! These bulb collections can now be ordered via the Longfield Gardens website just in time to plant in your garden this fall! To find all of Flirty Fleurs collections on their website type Flirty Fleurs in the search bar and you’ll find all 11 […]

Tips on Tipping with Alison Ellis

Does the wedding florist get tipped? This is a question that’s been answered before, but unfortunately no one asked florists for their opinion! Here’s the truth, most of the time florists don’t tend to be on the “must tip list”. So what should you do about it? Click to watch! Remember: Charge what you’re worth! […]

Discussing Mock-Up Policies with Alison Ellis

Have you ever been asked to do a mock-up for a wedding? If a customer asks for a mock-up it can be difficult to address if you don’t have a company policy. A “mock-up policy” will help ensure you deliver the best customer service to your customers. Do you do “free” mock-ups? Do you charge? […]

Claude Monet’s Gardens in Giverny, France

The House and Gardens of Claude Monet is the beautifully restored home of the painter Claude Monet, the founder of French Impressionist Painting. Claude Monet’s garden at Giverny is probably the most famous garden in France with over 500,000 visitors annually. Monet painted some of his most famous paintings while living at Giverny, these included […]

SEATTLE ARTIST & LOCAL FLOWER GROWERS TEAM UP ON FLORAL MURAL

A once-gray warehouse building in the Georgetown neighborhood is getting a colorful facelift. Seattle artist Josephine Rice is painting the finishing touches on a multi-hued floral mural on the South Orcas Street home of the Seattle Wholesale Growers Market Cooperative. Rice started painting the building’s 65 foot by 25 foot facade on April 15. She […]

Jason Parent Cfd Mmfd Wins the 2019 James Lowe Memorial Award

FloristWare is pleased to announce that Jason Parent Cfd Mmfd, of Fiddleheads Flowers and Vintage Chic Gifts in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, is the winner of the 2019 James Lowe Memorial Award. After one week,and more than 4,000 thousand votes for thirty-eight individual entries, the top five finishers (Jason among them) in the online design contest […]