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The Florists's Review is a monthly trade magazine for the retail and wholesale flower industries. It was founded in 1897 and is read in the United States and in over 80 other countries. [1] The magazine is based in Topeka, Kansas and is published by Florists' Review Enterprises, Inc. [2] The sister publication of the magazine is Super Floral Retailing . [3]
Floristry is the production, commerce, and trade in flowers. It encompasses flower care and handling, floral design and arrangement, merchandising, production, display and flower delivery. Wholesale florists sell bulk flowers and related supplies to professionals in the trade. Retail florists offer fresh flowers and related products and services to consumers. The first flower shop in the United States opened prior to 1851.
Floral design or flower arrangement is the art of using plant material and flowers to create an eye-catching and balanced composition or display. Evidence of refined floral design is found as far back as the culture of ancient Egypt. Floral designs, called arrangements, incorporate the five elements and seven principles of floral design.
GamesTM was a UK-based, multi-format video games magazine, covering console, handheld, PC and Arcade games. The first issue was released in December 2002 and the magazine was still being published monthly in English and German up until the last edition was published on 1 November 2018.
FTD LLC (FTD), also known as Florists' Transworld Delivery, is a floral wire service, retailer, and wholesaler based in Downers Grove, Illinois, in the United States. FTD was founded as Florists' Telegraph Delivery in 1910, to help customers send flowers remotely on the same day by using florists in the FTD network who are near the intended recipient. It was based in Detroit, Michigan and then moved to Southfield, Michigan prior to its move to Downers Grove. It originated as a retailers' cooperative and began a process of demutualization in 1994. It operates two main businesses: The Consumer Business sells flowers and gift items through its websites and The Floral Business sells computer services, software and even fresh cut flowers to FTD and Interflora affiliated florists.
Flower delivery is a service in floristry. In many cases it is conducted through websites which allow consumers to browse online catalogues of flowers. They are often delivered to a third party, the recipient of the gift. Historically, these were coordinated through telegraphs and later telephones before the advent of the World Wide Web.
The Cape Floral Region is a floristic region located near the southern tip of South Africa. It is the only floristic region of the Cape Floristic Kingdom, and includes only one floristic province, known as the Cape Floristic Province.
Teleflora is a floral wire service company which brokers orders to local florists for delivery. It has been a subsidiary of The Wonderful Company since 1979.
The floral industry is focused on the production, distribution and sale of flowers for human enjoyment. As in many countries, the floral industry began in the late 19th century in the United Kingdom, where flowers were grown on a large scale on vast estates. The industry continues to diversify from the production of cut flowers to the production and sale of plants and flowers in many different forms. The global floral industry market size is estimated to be worth US$ 50040 million in 2022 and is forecast to increase to US$ 58030 million by 2028 with a compound annual growth rate of 2.5% during the review period.
FloristWare is an order-taking and Point of Sale (POS)/Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system for retail florists.
Bloomex is a national Canadian floral company offering various floral and gift arrangements throughout Canada, Australia and the United States via its online order system. The company, headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, is privately held by its founder and president, Dimitri Lokhonia.
The Flower District of Downtown Los Angeles is a six block floral marketplace, consisting of nearly 200 wholesale flower dealers, located within the LA Fashion District. What started almost 100 years ago as a small flower mart near Santa Monica, California, has grown into the United States' largest wholesale flower district in its current downtown location. The Market is open very early in the morning, Monday - Saturday, and closes in the early afternoon. Every commercially available cut flower can be purchased there.
The British Florist Association is the industry trade group that represents the British flower retail trade.
The Texas State Florists' Association (TSFA) was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. Since its inception, the TSFA has grown into a professional trade association that covers many branches of the floral industry. Its membership base includes a diverse assortment of people in the floral industry, and it is involved in professional services and marketing in support of floral interests, state legislation, and the provision of educational opportunities. It represents the Texas floral industry, and has members in ten additional states. The organization hosts an annual convention, the first of which occurred in 1914. The TSFA sponsors the Texas Certified Florists Program, and publishes a monthly magazine named The Bloomin' Texan.
Eric Buterbaugh is an American florist and perfumer.
The Society of American Florists (SAF) is a national US Trade Association representing floristry in the United States (US). Retailers, growers, wholesalers, importers, manufacturers, suppliers, educators, students and allied organizations are members.
Ming Veevers-Carter is a florist who represented New Covent Garden Market at the 2016 Chelsea Flower Show. She designed a floral portrait of the Queen which was the centrepiece of 10,000 flowers and foliage stems in a display called "Behind Every Great Florist". Photographs of this with the Queen appeared in the press, and the display won a gold medal and the Royal Horticultural Society's New Design award.
Patricia Easterbrook Roberts was an Australian-born floral designer, author, and landscape designer who worked in Australia, England and the United States.
Theodosia Burr Shepherd was an American botanist, horticulturist and pioneer in plant breeding. Called the "Flower Wizard of California," and "The Pioneer Seed-grower," Shepherd was the first woman in California, and possibly the first woman in the United States, to hybridize flowers.
Nicolai Bergmann is a Tokyo-based Danish flower artist and designer best known for his flower boxes, a technique that started a trend in Japan.
Winston Flowers is a third-generation, family-owned and -operated floral retailer. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the company has four Massachusetts retail shops—Boston, Massachusetts; Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts; and Wellesley, Massachusetts—and one in Greenwich, Connecticut. The company's design studios in Boston's South End and Long Island City, New York offer daily delivery to Greater Boston, New York City, Fairfield County, and Westchester County, with the capacity to fulfill orders across the continental US through a network of partners.
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