Hanging with my flower sisters – Robyn, Crystal, and Amy!
Musings of a Florist :: visit flirty fleurs on Tuesdays and read a variety of musings by me – Alicia Schwede, editor of the blog.
I’ll be sharing some thoughts of what I’ve learned, what I would do differently, and what I’m thankful for on this flower filled journey I’ve been on since 1998.
Emergency Plan
I’ve had this conversation with quite a few of my peers over the years. What will you do if you have weddings/events booked and an emergency situation arises?
By emergency I mean something big- being hospitalized, an emergency out of state, broken leg/arm, etc.
Who can step in to execute an event should this happen? Do you have a group of likeminded peers/florist friends who can help? Where are your files kept and does someone know how to access the files?
It’s scary stuff, yet so many Florists are one-woman or one-man shows and having an emergency plan in place is imperative.
Once while I was living in Colorado my father was hospitalized in California- it was a scary situation and all I wanted to do was fly home and be with my family. It was September 2012 and at that time I did not have employees. Chad and our friend Steve helped me execute one wedding install on a Saturday afternoon and I left straight from that wedding to the airport. I had a wedding booked for the following Saturday in Vail… I called on my friends, Juanita who was mentioned in the last post, Robyn of @barerootflora , Amy of @flowerhousedenver , and Chuck of @chuckgrahamfd all pitched in to help me get through the next week, flowers processed and designed, heck Robyn & Juanita met with my client who was picking up a few plants! They got me through that week – thank goodness I had them to have my back.
Oh and believe me – I’d do the same for them!
So give it some thought – what is your emergency plan?
I was a high end floral designer for 20 years and now am in another line of work. But because of my passion for flowers I do weddings for my friends’ kids. A couple years ago I fell and broke my wrist while processing flowers for one of these weddings. I got it wrapped up (I thought it was sprained🤪) and continued to work on the flowers for the next 2 days. That included one of the largest hand tied/spiraled bride bouquets of my career. The show must go on!! Then came the painful truth that my wrist was indeed broken.
Oh gosh, Mary! That sounds so painful, yet I’m not the least bit surprised you powered through the work!!!
I was a high end floral designer for 20 years and now am in another line of work. But because of my passion for flowers I do weddings for my friends’ kids. A couple years ago I fell and broke my wrist while processing flowers for one of these weddings. I got it wrapped up (I thought it was sprained🤪) and continued to work on the flowers for the next 2 days. That included one of the largest hand tied/spiraled bride bouquets of my career. The show must go on!! Then came the painful truth that my wrist was indeed broken.
Oh gosh, Mary! That sounds so painful, yet I’m not the least bit surprised you powered through the work!!!