For the love of flowers

Delivery to hospital

It is very important when taking orders for delivery to hospitals that all details are accurately recorded. Mrs E. Jones, Countess of Chester Hospital, will NOT do; the full name and address must be given.


It is also necessary to make sure you have the customer’s telephone number in case there are any problems. The patient may have been discharged and returned home to an area outside the shop’s delivery range.

To ensure that you have all this information to hand is a very important part of the florist’s training — just as important, in fact, as being able to make a carnation buttonhole or a hand tied bunch of flowers. A certain amount of practical training of this type will take place in college, but it is also essential for senior staff in the workplace to make sure that junior members of staff recognize the importance of such practicalities. Individual shops will have their own particular procedures, and training must be an ongoing and continuous process. Sending flowers Elwick to a hospital is not as straight forward as one may first think.

Speeding up flowering process

Spring-flowering shrubs have already formed their flower buds as they enter dormancy. Trees and shrubs such as hazel (catkins), forsythia, lilac, cherry, almond, and cytisus (broom) can he encouraged to flower much earlier. A florist who has a ready supply of such materials can make good use of this technique.

The shrub material requires a lengthy period of cold before the buds will open, so it is not practical to cut before January. (In Germany, where the cold weather can start in December, it was an old tradition to use blossoming branches as a Christmas decoration.) The stems are placed into buckets of warm water with a cut flower food. It can take three weeks before the buds start to open, but the later in the season the shrubs are cut, the faster the buds will open.


If they are needed fully open, tight flower buds can be encouraged by the same method. Warm water, prepared with flower rood, good light, and a warm room temperature will speed development to the required stage. This is a good technique to use if you have to get flowers delivered Hobart quickly and flowering stock is low.

When to send flowers to your girl?

I recommend sending some fresh blooms at least once a month, just to keep things ticking along nicely. It doesn't cost a lot, but the rewards can be substantial, especially in the bedroom. The best time to send flowers is . . well anytime as long as it's something she isn't expecting. The key is surprise, surprise for her, for her workmates and for you. Just make sure that you place your order in plenty of time so it's not a huge surprise for your florist when you organise the flower delivery Mawson.

Christmas Display

Christmas is a magical time, and as florists we must capture that magic in our displays. Garlands, swags and door wreaths are still top of the Christmas shopping list. Why not update garlands with tartan bows, and swags with paper ribbons? Add fruit, nuts and gourds to door wreaths. Use exciting golds, greens, silver and blues as well as the traditional red.


Shop displays are often disappointing, reflecting an unplanned presentation of goods. Time is given to more demanding areas of work, resulting in what should be an advertisement, working 24 hours a day for the business, doing exactly the opposite. Display is an art form in three dimensions, with ideas used to attract customers to enter and buy or place a flower delivery Waitara order. Window displays have to be composed like a picture and, it is advisable to confine the objects displayed within a narrower space than the window frame itself. Novelty always stops people in their tracks, so why not use an accessory, such as a fireplace to attract attention?

The majority of goods need to be at eye level or below, as it is easier to look down than up. Good lighting is also important but it has to be discreet as the public should see the well-lit display not the lights.

Wiring methods

Small flower heads need to be supported and controlled when used in the traditional construction of corsages, buttonholes and headdresses. It would be convenient if there were just one basic wiring method, but unfortunately this is not so. The modern florist handles a wide range of flowers requiring individual wiring methods, such as:

Singapore orchids


Handling the orchid with care, as petals are easily cracked or damaged, remove the flowers Gore head from the main stem, leaving only a small portion of stem. Insert a length of silver wire through the base of the flower, leaving one end longer than the other; bring the wire ends together, twisting the short end around both the stem and the longer end of wire, which is brought down to form an artificial stem. Neatly tape this stem.

Hyacinths

Bend a silver wire in half, twisting it to make a small loop. Gently remove a flower head, leaving a short stem. Insert the wire down and through the flower head, so the loop is hidden in the flower head. Complete as above.

Carnation spray

Leaving a small portion of stem, remove an individual flower from the spray. Make a small hook at the top of the wire and insert the wire through the head of the flower, pulling it carefully so that the hook is hidden in the flower centre. Start taping at the base of the stem.


Rose

Remove most of the stem; insert a stub wire up into the stem, pushing it securely into the seed box, then tape.

Which flowers should I send?

Check out the guide below if you're unsure what flowers to send the next time you contact your florist.

When you've done the unthinkable, and the only way out of it is to send some flowers. Maybe you've forgotten an important date or been caught playing away from home, whatever you've done, these are the flowers to get you back onside.

• Geraniums – I've been a little bit stupid and I promise to be more thoughtful in the future. These can form part of a flower delivery Ealing that express your remorse.
  
  



• Yellow Gerberas – I've not been trying hard enough lately to show you how much I love you, but you can rest assured that things are going to change.



• Orange Gerberas – These beautiful big orange blooms are the perfect metaphor for sunshine. Send these flowers to express to someone that they are the sunshine of your life, and without them there would be only darkness in your life