Talk:Floristry

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[edit] Chartered Florists

Searching the web does not give any further information on the Chartered Florists Order. Can Eddy Mars or anyone else elaborate on this subject? Bouwhuise (talk) 15:13, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Work needed

This page is a mess and badly needs sorting out!

  • Are floristry and flower arranging the same thing? Surely not: floristry in the modern sense is a profession, while flower arranging can also be a hobby (albeit one that is often taken very seriously!).
  • The ikebana reference sits awkwardly and doesn't follow on from the first para.
  • Does "floristry" today still imply the growing of flowers as well as retailing them?
  • The original sense of florist (someone who bred and grew flowers for competition) needs to be mentioned.
  • Personal grievances (or perhaps general trade ones - but we need cites sources as proof) are being aired (about supermarkets, internet sales and the Federal Trade Commission).
  • Some awkward or confusing/misleading phraseology: "flowers, often spilling out into the street"(!) "Typically, a florist will organize flowers by season and holiday"(?) "major flower issues"(!!)

SiGarb 23:19, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

It is an book on flower arrangement from 1923. Might be worth a look.

[edit] Arrangement Vs. Arranging

Just a question.100110100 21:23, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Just made some big changes

Hope you all like it! Please add/change more if you want.

Also, I would like help with moving the bulk of the intro into the contents. I think it is far too long and drawn out, and should be divided up.

Please add more styles of floristry! Off the top of my head I could only think of descriptions for the three.

One more thing! I was thinking that it would be really great to have more photos. That one 'MUM' photo really doesn't give a good example of floral arranging. It would be neat for each style mentioned to have it's own photo. Eddie mars 18:28, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] It's coming together!

Thanks to whomever put up the 'shorten this intro' tag. I removed it because I think the intro looks pretty short after I got a good hold of it. It's funny, after seeing nigh a change to this damn page, I decided just to do it all myself. I hate to feel like a hog, but it had to be done. I even created a Gift basket page so that there wouldn't be a broken link going on. That Gift basket page is a stub, so if any of you folks feel like expanding it, that would be greatly appreciated!

Add more stuff! Let's get this ugly duckling on 'Today's Featured Article'! Eddie mars 05:49, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External link appropriateness?

The external links include "popular australian florist" (something called primrose). Is this such a large one as to merit the link on an international resource, or is it advertising? --Abought 01:30, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Hmm... which link is this I wonder. Yes, it sounds like an advertisement, but I frankly do not like clicking on links so I don't know which link is the bad one.Eddie mars 06:16, 30 August 2007 (UTC)