Seed Your Future’s fifth annual plant drawing contest captured the imaginations of a record 6,050 children — a 36 percent increase from 2021 — opening their eyes to the possibilities of plants and a potential career path. Seed Your Future and Scholastic’s Plant...
Floral arranging is both an art and a science. Arrangements must not only look beautiful, but they must also be profitable. Does your shop strike the balance? At the Society of American Florists’ 1-Day Profit Blast last month in Albany, New York, Tim Farrell, AAF,...
If done correctly, delivering flowers offers customers a convenience and the business a competitive advantage and extra revenue. Is your business doing deliveries profitably? Paul Goodman, MBA, CPA, PFCI and president of Floral Finance Business Services, shared best...
The floriculture and horticulture industries are struggling to find workers. Seed Your Future is working to change that — and wants floral industry professionals to join the cause. Seed Your Future, a movement that became part of the Society of American Florists in...
Clay Atchison III wants men to step up this Valentine’s Day. “Most likely, they haven’t done a romantic thing all year long except for maybe these flowers or whatever they decide to do,” says Atchison, president of McAdams Floral in Victoria, Texas. “It’s their time...
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