

Floristry at RHS Wentworth Woodhouse
After twenty-five years of flower shows at Tatton Park, the RHS have finally gone ‘on-tour,’ with this year’s traditional northern show...

Su Whale
Jul 183 min read


Watch Karen Barnes' Summer Trends 2025: Wicker Basket Arrangement
Karen Barnes is an expert at identifying and interpreting key seasonal trends and translating them into commercial opportunities for...

Karen Barnes
Jul 111 min read


Herbs, this Season’s ‘Must Have’ Featuring Floristry Tips From Su Whale
Fresh, seasonal herbs can be fabulous additions to bridal bouquets and wedding flowers. Su Whale suggests some of the best.

Su Whale
Jul 42 min read


Watch Karen Barnes' Summer Trends 2025: Bamboo Design
Karen Barnes is an expert at identifying and interpreting key seasonal trends and translating them into commercial opportunities for...

Karen Barnes
Jun 271 min read


Dealing with the Heat: Conditioning Flowers
Su Whale offers some timely tips for flower care and conditioning in the warmer summer months.

Su Whale
Jun 202 min read


Ravishing Ranunculus featuring Floristry Tips from Su Whale
One of the joys of spring, Ranunculus are an absolute delight. Su Whale explains how to make the most of them.

Su Whale
May 153 min read


Amazing Anemones featuring Floristry Tips from Su Whale
One of the most beautiful and delicate of spring flowers, the Poppy Anemone is a seasonal favourite.

Su Whale
Apr 282 min read


Viburnum - a Versatile Spring Foliage featuring Floristry Tips from Su Whale
Both evergreen and deciduous, Viburnum is a popular shrub for landscaping and is also used extensively in floristry. It’s in the spring though that one of the prettiest of the group takes centre stage, and that is Viburnum opulus, also called the Guelder Rose or Snowball tree. V. opulus is unmistakable with its large, nodding, spherical heads, made up of lots of tiny, lime green flowers. A deciduous plant, in its natural habitat it can grow up to 5m, although florists reco

Su Whale
Apr 252 min read


Muscari featuring Floristry Tips from Su Whale
Lucky spring visitors to The Netherlands' Keukenhof Gardens are not just greeted by acres of glorious Tulips, interspersed between their banks of bright colours run rivers of blue created by thousands and thousands of flowering Muscari. Grape Hyacinth, as it’s commonly known, is a diminutive flower with tiny florets, packed tightly together to form a compact cone of blue or occasionally white. It’s not dissimilar in shape to a Hyacinth, however the two are not related. Far s

Su Whale
Apr 152 min read


Watch Karen Barnes Showcase the Latest Trends with the Pantone Colour of the Year: Mocha Mousse
Karen Barnes is an expert at identifying and interpreting key seasonal trends and translating them into commercial opportunities for...

Karen Barnes
Apr 91 min read


Quick and Simple Easter Design Inspiration Featuring Floristry Tips From Su Whale
Make the most of seasonal flowers and foliage.

Su Whale
Apr 42 min read


Lovely Longiflorum featuring Floristry Tips from Su Whale
Longiflorum lilies are at their best right now. Su Whale explains how to care for them to get the best from their scent, colour and form.

Su Whale
Mar 312 min read


Watch Karen Barnes Discuss the Latest Trends with the Pantone Colour of the Year
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 Pantone inspired arrangement reflecting the major trends for the season, Floral Pathways. Using 'Apricot Stocks', hyacinths, 'Royal Salsa' calla lillies, and decrotive grasses, siergras (chasmanthium).

Karen Barnes
Mar 261 min read


“That’s not what I wanted!” - Managing complaints
Catherine Jane Kirk shares her knowledge and expertise on the art of managing customer complaints...

Catherine Jane Kirk
Mar 261 min read


Phalaenopsis – Everyone’s Favourite Orchid featuring Floristry Tips from Su Whale
Su Whale praises this perennial favourite and suggests how best to display and sell Phalaenopsis.

Su Whale
Mar 212 min read







