Choosing greenery for Christmas designs? Use this A-Z guide to foliage essentials that will see you through the festive season and beyond.

Karen Barnes is an expert at identifying and interpreting key seasonal trends and translating them into commercial opportunities for florists. Watch how Karen creates a beautiful Christmas Swag. Using magnolia, spruce, cotton, gold cones and of course a Christmas bow and twinkling lights. With over 35 years’ experience, Karen Barnes is one of the UK’s leading consultants to the floral industry and an expert in product development, future trends & colours, and floral photogr

Running a festive wreath workshop can be great fun and very rewarding, the key to success is to be organised and prepared. So how to go about it? Here are some answers to commonly asked questions.

Su Whale is a florist and freelance writer with over twenty-five years' experience in the floristry industry. Su created a fantastic Christmas door wreath for the Floristry Trade Club; watch and learn as she explains how to make your very own. With insight into current trends, design technique and handy tips for construction. Watch how Su creates a beautiful Christmas door wreath reflecting the major trends for Christmas 2025, using moss, spruce, conifer and a selection of ru

Leading floral industry consultant

Learn how to approach risk management with confidence. Discover types of business risks, why risk management is important, and steps for reducing risk. With increasing liability claims, being able to identify and reduce risks can help to safeguard your financial stability. Preventing claims can keep your premiums reasonable and also enables your business to avoid significant costs and downtime from dealing with accidents. Legal and insurance experts at the Federation of Small

And it’s never too early to start planning!

Cyber attacks are growing and becoming ever more sophisticated. 74% of large organisations and 42% of small organisations report a breach or attack in the last year. The British Retail Consortium recently held a day long briefing with the National Cyber Security Centre and will follow up by continuing their regular series of online briefings, starting with a meeting on cyber culture and on ransomware developments in November. Phishing remains the most prevalent type of cyber

Autumn is one of my favourite seasons. It’s the colour palette that really sells the season to me, and the wonderful textures that are created by nature. Autumn evokes feelings of comfort, nostalgia and beauty all at the same time. After the brightness of Summer, we often welcome the slower rhythm of Autumn – staying in, lighting candles and keeping warm. It is also the season for harvest festivals, Halloween, Bonfire Night, Thanksgiving and Diwali, to name but a few. These f

It won’t be long before your customers' thoughts turn to Christmas.

A wonderful opportunity to create a seasonal themed shop display to celebrate this atmospheric time of year and plants are perfect for this.

No matter how fit and healthy we are, it is inevitable that at some point in our lives we will fall ill and need medical care. And when illness does strike it is to the NHS that most people will turn in seeking a diagnosis, treatment and recovery.

Taking a stall or stand at a Christmas Fair is a great way to get your festive floral products in front of a wide audience. But before you commit your time and money to a fair, make sure its right for you and your business. Start by asking the following questions: Is the market in a good location, easy to find and well known in the area? If the same event was held last year, what was the footfall and does this sound enough?

It’s not just trees that glow at this time of year, some garden shrubs are capable of doing the same, and for me, Cotinus, or Smoke Tree....

Looking for a fast, eye-catching bouquet idea to boost your Halloween sales? In this short video, Su Whale shares a simple yet impactful...