Styles floristry

Many nations have their own style arrangement of flowers. |

Ikebana

Ikebana - a Japanese style of flower design, marked for its simplicity and clean lines and colors. Often Ikebana uses branches climbing trees such as willow.

English Garden

English garden - a traditional English form of design, but it also includes many popular European trends such as the French or Dutch. These compositions are often done as a low elevation or higher compositions in vases, the axis design which vsenapravleny (360 °). Many florists that follow this style of design, do not use the tumble-weed, cloves and swamp myrtle.

High Style

High style - a form of design originating from the United States. This design often uses the motto 'Less is more'. Flowers that are popular with florists, high style, including many tropical plants, such as evergreen paradise and anthurium plants, as well as the more popular flowers like - carnations.

Flower Market

The underlying need for flower shops - is buying flowers to replenish their stocks. Flower Market, like other agricultural markets, subject to many fluctuations due to natural factors of supply and demand, as well as fashion. Science on how to buy such a way as to get a later profit - not an easy feat. In North America the largest and most famous flower auction - «UFG» (Combined producer of flowers), located in Burnaby, Canada. There are a lot of auctions and markets colors, located in Holland, for example, «VBA» («Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer»).

Placement in a flower shop

Usually shop has a large number of flowers on the street or a large plate glass, to better present the flowers. To keep the plants fresh flowers are kept in the refrigerator and placed in water, usually in glass, plastic or metal vases or other containers. Most stores have a refrigerator near the front windows with large glass doors so that customers can easily view the contents. Some stores also have another fridge, hidden from the customers, where they keep extra stock, and make up bouquets for our customers. Most stores also have the rear section, in which florists can be orders with greater secrecy.

The value of specific colors

Typically, a florist assembles color depending on the season and holiday.

Flowers have different meanings in different cultures. Holidays and events for which flowers used affect the composition florists. Poppies, for instance, used to commemorate the fallen soldiers - only to England and Commonwealth countries. The cultural significance of colors also affect the choice and use of colors. People often prefer flowers that are associated with their ethnic group or country, and different colors may have some significance luck or death or love or other basic human concepts. This flower, like a red rose could mean love, but many might find this flower indecent or simply puzzling. Significantly divergent ideas about white can lead to certain problems. White is regarded as the color of death in many Asian cultures, but also is seen as a symbol of purity and innocence in many European and American cultures. Such differences may lead to difficulties in delivery, for example, a bouquet of white lilies to different people.

World Wide Web - Internet

Internet had a significant impact on traditional florists North American market, have more than 20% e reduction in turnover in traditional sales, for example, in private flower shops since 1998. Purchases in traditional stores slowly overtaken online orders flowers from sites flower agencies. However, some independent flower shops have their own online web-shop, where customers can order flowers on-line place orders by phone, which is the most common means of receiving orders.