Are you a flower store owner or employee, or simply a flower-lover?  Whether you’re in the business of selling blooms or just raising them, don’t miss Els Tenunissen when she takes the Home Depot stage at the show on Thursday, Jan. 29.

Thursday is Gardener to Gardener Day, and Els, who is a renowned Dutch floral arranger, can help you become a better floral designer, no matter what your level of expertise.  She’s designed flowers for Royal Wedding of the Crown Prince of Holland, the United Nations, and even the 61st Academy Awards ceremonies.

Plan to attend Els’ demonstration at 3 P.M., and bring your notebook, so you can catch her expert advice and design tips!

cheers,

Lynn

Els Tenunissen, Dutch floral designer and speaker

spring workshop schedule for Faith Flowers

After all this dull, gray winter, don’t you long for a blast of color?  You’ll find it at the flower show when you meet Laura Iarocci and Victoria Denson, of Faith Flowers, and see their floral arranging demo on opening day, Wed., Jan. 28.

Laura and Victoria will appear at 1 P.M. on the Home Depot Stage, where they’ll discuss “Color, Color, Color!” You’ll learn how to make your own bright floral displays as they share tips for finding the best places to buy flower arranging supplies and  the freshest, boldest blossoms in town.

You can see a schedule of spring workshops for Faith Flowers above.  Although our blog space is rather limited (meaning, we wish we could provide a magnifying glass so you could read this lovely brochure), you can find out more, and get a easy-to-read printed schedule, when you visit Victoria and Laura at the show.

Until then, enjoy the brilliant colors in the flowers shown above.   Come see the real thing on Wednesday!

cheers,

Lynn

What's this? Come to the flower show to find out!

Okay, class: what do foam, frogs, and pearls have in common?  I should be fair and tell you that the kind of pearls I’m talking about aren’t the freshwater ones that grow in oysters (so lovely when strung on silken cords and worn around the neck–hint, hint, Santa).

I’m talking about Water Pearls, floral foam, and metal frogs.

Water Pearls are little balls or cubes of special, moisture-absorbing material.  They’re used to keep cut flowers fresh and moist. Floral foam is simply a block or cake of foam that can be used to hold floral stems upright.  Metal “frogs” do the same thing.

These items are all used in flower arranging–but they’re just a few of the tools that are available to help you create beautiful, fresh-cut arrangements.  There are also products like clay, flower floaters, tapes, glues, pins, pruners, bases, stands, mini-lights, and more.  I haven’t even touched on vases, urns, bowls, and other containers.

Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, isn't just about sticking some flowers into a vase.

If you’re yearning to learn how to use these nifty devices, don’t miss Karin Guzy’s appearance at the Southeastern Flower Show on Friday, Jan. 30.  She’ll tell you all about “Flower Arranging Tools” in her demonstration.

Why settle for a few floppy posies hanging over the edge of an empty jam jar?    Come learn from Karin!

cheers,

Lynn