Join Su Whale as she demonstrates how to create a luxury Christmas bouquet featuring stunning cymbidium orchids. This arrangement blends elegance, texture, and festive charm — perfect for gifting or decorating during the holiday season. Su uses Cymbidium orchids (bronze mini stems), bluey-grey eucalyptus foliage, blue spruce for festive texture, Ilex with red berries, snowy white Hypericum berries, kraft paper, cellophane and velvet ribbon. Su Whale is a florist and freelance

Su Whale says give your houseplants a Christmas makeover and watch them fly off the shelves!

Our latest range of festive products has officially launched, just in time for the festive season! Our webshop is now live with a delightful selection of Christmas items that you can order right away, ensuring you're well-prepared for the festivities ahead. Explore our high-quality artificial berries and poinsettias, available in a variety of styles from sprigs to wreaths and garlands. Choose from classic colours like red, burgundy, white, and gold. Our beloved glitter butter

Preparing for the Christmas season as a florist involves more than just stocking up on flowers. It’s about anticipating demand, creating beautiful and festive designs, and offering excellent customer service during one of the busiest times of the year. Embrace festive florals that blend traditional and contemporary styles.   My top tips: Winter Favourites: Ensure you have a good stock of traditional Christmas flowers, like poinsettias, amaryllis, roses, carnations, and holly.

Su Whale explains how to create a festive atmosphere and boost sales in your shop this Christmas.

With the focus now on the up-coming Christmas peak, here are some tips, ideas and help for potentially the busiest period of the year.

No matter how many Christmas peaks you’ve worked through, there are always lessons to be learnt. To help you survive and thrive this Christmas, we asked some experienced florists to share their top tips for trading successfully this festive season. What to consider first Decide how much business you can realistically cope with . If you have historical sales information, look back at it to remind you what sold well and what didn’t. It’s best to look back over the previous t

Viv Bradford shares her savvy tips to minimise waste and maximise profit this Christmas.

Fresh berries are perfect if you want to give seasonal arrangements a natural, festive feel, says Su Whale.

Su Whale shares 10 gorgeous Christmas wreath designs to get you inspired this season.

Follow Su Whale's guide to making environmentally friendly Christmas wreaths.

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 reflecting the major trends for Christmas 2025. 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 developme

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