My Knowledge Base

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Reference materials are important in our learning.  These are the materials I've referenced and collected in my knowledge base, and I would like to share them with you.

 

1. Looking after fresh cut flowers

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After you've purchased bouquets from us, I would recommend you to remove the wrapper and place the bouquet in a vase with fresh water.  You should add the flower food provided (a blue sachet) into the fresh water for the flowers to last longer. An additional step (if you have floral scissors or a clean pair of sharp scissors) would be to trim the flower stems shorter by 1cm to 2cm (depending on how much allowance the bouquet has) to allow the flower stalks to better absorb water.

Here's some references I've made:

a. Conditioning Cut Flowers

b. How to make cut flowers last longer

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2. How to make cut flowers open faster? (added 11 May 2019)

 

I was conditioning my fresh cut flowers for Mother's Day.  Bought peony, carnations and lilies.  They were all in buds when I bought them from the wholesaler.  Just needed them to bloom a little faster in time for arrangements.  Here's what I've learnt and it worked: 

a. Peony

b. Carnations

c. Lilies

d. Tulips

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3. Learning more about Flowers

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a. Matthiola vs Delphinium

b. Tulips (added 18 Apr 2019)

c. Meaning of Flowers

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4. Continuous learning

 

For inspiration and improvement in skills, I like to reference master florists' work.  It is definitely endless learning ... . Here are some sites I frequent.

a. Floos.org

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5. Sites that provide floral magazines subscription and sale of floral books.

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a. Fleur Creatif

b. Fusion Flowers

c. Book Depository