

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 31, 20252 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 26, 20251 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 26, 20251 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 21, 20252 min read


Miniature Roses featuring Floristry Tips from Su Whale
Petite and delicate, Miniature roses are perfect tiny replicas of their garden cousins and, it could be said, no Mother’s Day plant display is complete without them. Occasionally referred to as the China rose as they originate from the East and are a descendant of the old Chinese rose Rosa chinensis. Although only small in stature, their development over the past sixty years or so has been extensive, and there are over seventy varieties of miniature rose listed, available i

Su Whale
Mar 14, 20252 min read


Watch Karen Barnes Discuss the Latest Trends with a Spring Inspired Hand Tied
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 Spring arrangement reflecting the major trends for the season, using 'Miss Piggy' rose, astrantia, gerbera, lisianthus, choisya and siergras (chasmanthium).

Karen Barnes
Mar 10, 20251 min read


Watch Karen Barnes Create a Spring Trends Inspired Arrangement
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 Spring arrangement reflecting the major trends for the season, using mimosa, roses, gerbera, prunus and palm leaves.

Karen Barnes
Feb 28, 20251 min read


Bare Essentials Foliage featuring Floristry Tips From Su Whale
Make the most of striking structural branches when foliage is at a premium. Su Whale offers inspiration.

Su Whale
Feb 24, 20252 min read


Hellebore featuring Floristry Tips From Su Whale
The much-loved hellebore is one of our earliest flowering plants

Su Whale
Feb 17, 20252 min read


Social Media Marketing: Week 2 - Branding Your Channels
Week two in our series of easy-to-follow vlogs which will take you through the basics of using social media marketing to promote...

Avocado Social
Feb 13, 20251 min read


Delightful Daffodils - Fragrant Narcissus featuring Floristry Tips from Su Whale
Su Whale explains how to care for and condition narcissi for cheerful spring displays.

Su Whale
Feb 11, 20254 min read


Anthurium featuring Floristry Tips From Su Whale
With over 600 varieties there are unlimited possibilities.

Su Whale
Jan 10, 20252 min read


Brassica featuring Floristry Tips from Su Whale
If cabbages make you think of school dinners, think again! For this versatile vegetable, otherwise known in floristry as the ornamental...

Su Whale
Jan 3, 20252 min read


Sustainable Wreath by Judith Blacklock in conjunction with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
Judith Blacklock is the author of 18 bestselling books . She is a Fellow of the Institute of Horticulture, for whom she designed a...

Jonathon Downes
Dec 16, 20241 min read


Watch Karen Barnes Bring a Christmas Table Centre to Life
Karen Barnes is an expert at identifying and interpreting key seasonal trends and translating them into commercial opportunities for florists.

Karen Barnes
Dec 5, 20241 min read



