Fresh Flower Care, Handling, and Prep
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- Опубліковано 14 вер 2021
- Flower School LIVE takes a closer look at flower care and handling. The variety of flowers available to us today is incredible. Knowing the tips and tricks for keeping them alive as long as possible is crucial for the professional florist. Gather your friends, think up your questions, and join us for the weekly Tulip People collaboration.
Love your sense of humor 😅
You're incredibly generous in sharing your experience. Thank you 🙏💐
That is such a lovely compliment, Karen! Yes, Leanne has an excellent sense of humor and she often shares it on Flower School Live. We also enjoy bringing you new forms of inspiration for your floral designs and hope this show was helpful in keeping your flowers gorgeous. Thank you very much for watching our show today and we invite you to join us again soon. Wishing you flowers each and every day and a joyous week too!
Hi, Lilieth Edwards here in the Bahamas. I took up a course at Penn Foster that's how I know about flower school. you're doing a fabulous job. I want to start doing flowers
Hello Lilieth and welcome to the Flower School channel! We're so glad you found us through your recent course, and we hope you are enjoying our shows. We invite you to join us whenever you can, and if you happen to be looking for something specific, please let us know and we'll do our best to help you find it. The Bahamas are a beautiful place, and we imagine that you have truly lovely flowers there. Is there anything unique to your islands in terms of flowers and foliage? If so, we would love to know about it. Thank you for spending some time with us and we hope you will visit us soon. Sending you very best wishes and hope you have a splendid week!
Thank you. great tutorial. Shared with my employees. You showed me a few new tricks I can't wait to try. I've Been in the industry designing for 25 years and still learning. Like you was taught some of the old ways but have come up with a few of my own tricks I've tested of the years. Thank you again
You have tremendous experience that is so valuable, Linda, and your employees are lucky to learn from your expertise! It is true that things are constantly evolving in floral design and we have to stay abreast of the changing techniques. Thank you so much for watching our show and for sharing it with your employees too. If you are looking for other educational options for them, we have a wide variety of playlists that might be helpful too. You can find them all here: ua-cam.com/users/FlowerSchoolplaylists They are thematically organized so you can focus on a specific topic if needed. We'll be rolling out more the year progresses. We really appreciate your presence on our channel and hope that we'll see all of you again very soon. Please have a beautiful week and we wish you the very best!
thank you Leane for all great great information and for being so welcoming 🌺🌺🌺
Any time, Bahareh! We are happy to share what we know about fresh flower care and handling with you. It's the first step to having gorgeous blooms that last a long time in your floral designs. We are happy that you can join us for floral design and education, and we hope that you will continue to join us whenever you can. Please have a delightful week and hopefully it is filled with fabulous flowers of all kinds!
Thank you so much for this video! I love flower arrangements all my life! I’ve done 3 weddings, bridal showers and countless birthdays and other occasions and I’ve always just did my research and relied on imagination but I’ve never taken any flower arrangement class ever before except attend an Ikebana tutorial class. I’m doing a presentation next week to show some basic arrangements and I came across this video. I love watching you! I love the way you teach! Someday, I’ll join your class for real. This vlog gave me so much info that I never learned before and will definitely share during my presentation. Thank you again!!
This is such a lovely post, Promise Joy! It's exciting that you are doing a presentation next week and we hope that the information here proves useful for you. One thing that might also be helpful is our playlists which are thematically organized. You can find wedding floral design, tropical floral design, hand tied bouquets, and more here: www.youtube.com/@FlowerSchool/playlists If you would like to join us for Flower School Live, the show airs on Wednesdays at 3:00 pm Pacific Time here the UA-cam Flower School channel. During the Live show, you can ask questions of Leanne and the FDI teahcers while they design. If the time doesn't work for you, we'll always be here on replay too. Thank you very much for joining us and we hope to see you again soon. Wishing you all the best, and please have a lovely weekend! P.S. We look forward to having you join us for Flower School some day.
Leanne. I always enjoy your wonderful tutorials with a nice amount of friendly and humorus chat and lots of professional instruction! I am a Professional FD too and know I learn lots more from you. Thank You for your videos on UA-cam
This is such a fabulous post, Gail! Thank you very much for your kind and lovely compliment, and for watching our show. We are so happy to host you for fresh flower care and handling, and hope you walked away with some new ideas about how to keep your flowers beautiful. Your experience, skills, and expertise are very valuable in the floral design industry and this provides a wonderful opportunity to share more floral education with you. Wishing you an awesome week and we hope that you flourish in all that you do!
Thank you for these extremely useful tips, Leanne. I really love the nail polish tip for lillies, I normally keep a bottle of clear polish to seal a run my stockings 😆 Awesome video as always. Best regards from Malaysia.
We are so pleased to hear that you found Leanne's tips useful, JudithMarianne! The nail polish idea is an exceptional way to keep your lilies in check. We hope that all is well in Malaysia and are grateful that you found the time to join us for Flower School Live. Really hope that we'll see you very soon, and thank you very much for taking time to watch our show. Best regards to you too!
Oh my , God , I’m very happy that we can do this kind of stuff with my lovely Hydraza, ty to our beautiful, Georgeous teacher and the whole entire team for the great information.
You are so right, Kabita! Who knew you could revive a hydrangea this way? Leanne brought it back to life and beauty with her technique. There are so many marvelous ways to keep your flowers fresh, beautiful, and long lasting for your arrangements. We loved sharing them all with you and hope that you will join us for another Flower School Live soon. Thank you for watching our show and please take care!
@@FlowerSchool Thank you very much , I grately appricated yours response, defenetely I ‘ll watch the show,♥️♥️🌺🌷🥰🥰
Thank you Leanne for sharing all the flowers caring and conditioning tips and your experiences. As always, I enjoyed the video, more so as Sydney is currently in lockdown.😏 We can't attend our floristry classes.😥 So watching this segment it so uplifting. We are coming close to the end of the course i feel like a tiny mini pro knowing the names of all the flowers shown in this video.😍
Thank you so much again, you are an amazing person who has inspired me to undertake the course. All the best, God bless you and the team😊❤🌷
You are most definitely a floral pro, Sarah! It's a tough time right now and so many places are dealing with changing circumstances everything single day. That makes it even more important to continue sharing floral education with you every day so that you can continue to learn, grow, and thrive in your chosen profession. Please know that we are here for you as you weather all of the changes, and we'll continue to share as much beautiful floral design with you as you want. Thank you so much for your kind words and for taking the time to watch Flower School Live. We love having you and hope to see you again very soon. Sending you peace, joy, and flowers galore!
I learnt a great deal from your school. Thank you 🙏
This is brilliant news, Cindy, and just what we want to hear! We are here to serve as a resource for your floral education and we love finding out that you are learning a lot from our shows. Thank you so much for taking the time to share Flower School Live with us, and we will be delighted to see you again whenever you are available. Sending you peace and flowers for your coming week!
You are the BEST Leanne in every area of your sessions.
That's such a lovely compliment, Ursula! Thank you for it and for watching Flower School Live with us. We really enjoy sharing floral education with you and fresh flower care, handling, and prep is the foundation of it all. We are really glad you could drop in today and hope that you found our show useful. Please join us again soon and in the meantime have a marvelous week!
Not a tribe member. Not a florist. Here to enjoy gorgeous flowers, super flower care tricks and hammer questions 🌺
Floral enthusiasts are welcome too, Sarah, and we are so glad to have you join us! Flower School Live is for everyone who loves flowers and it's a pleasure to share all of these marvelous techniques with you so you can enjoy them even more. Thank you very much for coming to visit and we hope that you will do so again very soon. Have a glorious weekend!
My beverage of choice was a glass of cold milk to eat w/ my muffin and jam! Enjoyed your class so much. Many years ago a friend brought a beautiful bouquet of fresh flowers to a social that were attending. It was a big and beautiful bouquet. After the meeting I asked her about it. I thought she surely must have spent a lot of money on it, of which she had very little. She said she got the flowers out of the dumpster behind the flower shop and took them home, and went thru the bone by one to make the flowers look lovely once again. I didn’t know what she did, but she must have known. Just some tender loving care! That was probably 35 years ago. Shocking…..but the centerpiece for the table was more than lovely. Your hydrangea reminded me of that experience!
A glass of cold milk with a muffin and jam sounds so delicious, Anne! That's a superb way to enjoy Flower School Live. Thank you for sharing that story about your friend. Sometimes you can bring flowers back to life if you treat them right and process them well. It sounds like she put a lot of effort into doing that and the reward was that big beautiful bouquet that she brought to the social. We are happy you chose to spend some time with us to learn more about fresh flower care and handling. It's the best way to insure that your flowers are always fresh and gorgeous for your floral designs. We hope that you will spend some time with us again, perhaps on the Live show, which airs on Wednesdays at 3:00 pm Pacific Time. If that time doesn't work for you, we'll always be here on replay too. Wishing you a lovely and tranquil week and hopefully more delightful muffins with jam too!
THANK YOU !!! All the way from South Africa !!!!!!!
We have so many good souls watching from South Africa, Phillip, and we are so happy to count you among them! You are most welcome and it was wonderful to have you join us for Flower School Live. Leanne's tips were out of this world and we love how they are tailored to the different blooms she used. It is always joy to have you join us and we do hope to see you soon or whenever you might have time. Please be well in all that you do!
Thank you for this channel,too much needed for my church ministry is arranging flower.
Hello Eva and welcome to Flower School Live! We are so happy that you found our channel and we invite you to join us whenever it works best for you. Our Live show airs on Wednesdays at 3:00 pm Pacific Time and if you stop by then, you can ask questions of Leanne and the FDI teachers while they design. We also have playlists that may offer some inspiration for your church designs. You can find them here: ua-cam.com/users/FlowerSchoolplaylists. Thank you so much for watching our show on fresh flower care and handling, and we look forward to seeing you soon. Please have a marvelous week and may it be filled with flowers too. P.S. If you would like a video about church flowers, here is one you might enjoy: ua-cam.com/video/krv1uBlDTCk/v-deo.html Best wishes to you!
Thank you Ma'am for explaining to improve myself by show how? To keep flowers in a proper way that flowers can be use longer as we arrange it. You are Great Ma'am.thank you frm bottom of my heart. B. Doris (Singapore)
We absolutely adore having you share floral design with us, Doris! It's wonderful here that you are using the knowledge you gained through this show on fresh flower care and handling. It's true that you if process your flowers properly, they will last a long time and be beautiful for your designs. We hope all is well with you and in Singapore, and wish you a peaceful and happy weekend in all that you do. Thank you for stopping by and we hope to see you again soon!
Love your classes
That's lovely to hear, Nurjehan! We're so glad you are learning more about fresh flower care and handling. Thank you for stopping by to watch this show and visit us on Live on replay. We hope you will join us again soon and wish you the very best in the meantime!
Good evening,I'm from Belize, 🇧🇿 I love your show,I've learn a lot.its my favorite show
Thank you very much for sharing that with us, Elizabeth, and for watching our show! We are so pleased to hear that it is your favorite and we hope that you will spend time with us frequently. Leanne shared some superb tips for keeping your flowers fresh and beautiful and we hope you can put them to good use soon. Wishing you a delightful weekend and please be well!
I just got to put my coffee cup in here for the coffee club. We may be a day late to the party but at least we're alert.☕ Thank you again for sharing another fascinating hour.
Here are a couple of coffee cups for you too, Michael! ☕☕ You are never late to the party and we are always so happy to have you join us for Flower School Live. Today was a real education in how to care for flowers and Leanne shared so much good information with all of you. We hope you find it useful as you explore the world of flowers. Thank you for being a loyal viewer each week and sharing coffee and flowers with us. Hope all is well with you and please take good care in all that you do!
Patty here in Bedford VA thank you for all the helpful advice and techniques. I'm new to a floral department... Have always had the creativity and love any wildlife including nature and all her beauty 😊
Hello Patty and welcome to Flower School Live! Congratulations on your new position in the floral department and we hope you enjoy every minute of the work you do. We are so happy that you found our channel and would love to have you join us as often as you can. Our Live show airs on Wednesdays at 3:00 pm Pacific Time and if you drop by then, you can ask questions of Leanne and the teachers while they design. Thank you so much for watching our show, and we look forward to seeing you soon. Please have a magnificent week and may it be filled with flowers of all kinds. P.S. We have a series of floral playlists that might be useful to you as you do your work and you can find them here: ua-cam.com/users/FlowerSchoolplaylists All the best to you!
@@FlowerSchool thank you for your response 😊
You are amazing ❤
Sending you loads hugs ❤
You're the best, Anna! Thank you for such a kind and marvelous compliment. We love to share floral design with you and are so glad you take the time to watch our shows. We hope you will stop by whenever you can and we wish you the very best in all that you do in the meantime!
So many times I've gotten arrangements (I'm from a large family, I've had major loss this year) with the things you showed us NOT DONE! Now, I know how to make things last longer when they come home...I have alum, I have bleach, I have flower food...OH< and the florist didn't send any packets the last few years...so I can make my own 'live' flowers last longer...wish I'd known this in March...my husband's flowers looked wilted when I got them and went downhill from there. Blessings!
We are always so glad to have you join us, Christie, and it was wonderful to host you again for this special Flower School Live! It's lovely to hear that you are finding all of this information useful in keeping the flowers you receive fresh and beautiful as well as those that you grow in your own yard. Even though the flowers may have been processed differently, you know how to keep them blooming longer and better with these techniques. You have shared with us before about how difficult this year has been, and we want you to know that we will always be here for you whenever you wish to drop in and enjoy floral design with us. Please take care and we hope that flowers are bringing you a bit of peace and hope during these challenging times. Wishing you brighter times ahead!
Love all your advice
We are delighted to hear this, Elvia! There is nothing we love more than sharing flowers and floral design with you, and we are so glad that you are finding it useful. Thank you very much for spending some time with us to learn more about fresh flower care and handling. It's true that if you process your flowers correctly, they are more likely to be fresh and beautiful for your arrangements. We hope that you will join us again soon, and we look forward to hosting you whenever you can stop by and visit. Wishing you the very best in all that you do, and hope you have a wonderful week!
hi from Australia love your work x
Hello Helen and welcome to Flower School Live! We are so pleased that you found our channel and we invite you to join us as often as you can. Our Live show airs on Wednesdays at 3:00 pm Pacific Time (which would probably be Thursday mornings for you) and if you stop by then, you can ask questions of Leanne and the FDI teachers while they design. Thank you so much for watching our show, and we look forward to seeing you then. Please have a beautiful week and may it be filled with flowers! P.S. Hope all is well you and with Australia as you move into the autumn season.
Thank for your classes.
You are most welcome, Olena! We are so glad you enjoyed this special Flower School Live on fresh flower care and handling. It is such an interesting and useful show in terms of preparing your flowers for floral designing. Thank you so much for taking time to join us today and we hope that you are having a lovely New Year so far. Please take care and sending very best wishes to you for all that you do!
Love your class ❤
That is superb news, Annie! We're delighted to hear that you enjoyed this special Live all about fresh flower care and handling. We hope it proves useful for you in your work with floral design as care and handling are the first steps to insure that your flowers are always beautiful for your arrangements. Thank you for your kind praise and for taking the time to watch the show. We hope you will visit us again soon and wish you all the best in the meantime!
Love from Albuquerque New Mexico I use hammer when I have to do flowers when I don’t want to lol love you
Sometimes we all want to hammer something, Rockn Roses! Hopefully we don't have to do it often. Thank you very much for joining us for Flower School Live and the show on fresh flower care and handling. It's a great way to learn what kind of care our flowers need and want to thrive and be beautiful. We hope that you will join us again soon and in the meantime, please have a wonderful weekend whatever you do!
Brilliant!❤
This is definitely one of our favorite Lives, L! Fresh flower care and handling is the key to successful floral design, and this show gives you the tips and techniques to insure that your flowers are always fresh and beautiful. Thanks so much for taking time to watch our show, and we hope you will visit us again whenever you can. Best wishes to you and please have a splendid week with gorgeous flowers!
Hello im new here.. I learn more to this. Watching from uae..
Hello Rachelle and welcome to Flower School Live! We are so delighted that you found our channel and we hope you will join us often. Our Live show airs on Wednesdays at 3:00 pm Pacific Time and if you join us then, you can ask questions of Leanne and the teachers while they design. Thank you so much for watching our show, and we look forward to seeing you soon. Please have a charming week that comes with the joy of flowers!
Always fun and good metod, thanks Mom
We're happy to hear that, Lenny! Fresh flower care and handling is such an important part of floral design so that our flowers always look fresh and beautiful for our arrangements. We appreciate you stopping by to watch the show, and hope that you will visit us again soon. Best wishes to you and thank you for spending time with us on Live!
Hi! I'm new with ur video. I'm very interested about flower arrangements and everything bcoz is 1 of my dreams to have a flower shop of my own. Thank u for all the info. Keep up the good work!👍❤️
Hello Rose74Cims and welcome to Flower School Live! We are so happy that you found our channel, and we invite you to join us as often as you can. Our Live show airs on Wednesdays at 3:00 pm Pacific Time and if you stop by then, you can ask questions of Leanne and the FDI teachers while they design. If that time doesn't work for you, we'll always be here on replay too. Thank you so much for watching our show, and we look forward to seeing you soon. Hope your week is lovely and filled with flowers too! P.S. If you want to learn more about the floral industry, you might enjoy our playlist about the business side of floral design, which you can find here: ua-cam.com/play/PLJbJF6YZAYyLFYFYDMFU-OYGtk9zleFhb.html
I have watched this video so many times! I love it! In order to save time for when there is an upcoming wedding, would you fill one full bucket of water & flower food then pour it into the multiple buckets that is needed when the flowers arrive?
We're so pleased to hear that you are finding this Live useful, KC! Proper care and handling of flowers is essential and it insures you will have fresh beautiful blooms for your floral designs. You could do what you suggested, but we find it easiest to fill several buckets with clean water and put flower food in each one just before the flowers arrive. That way you are ready to go and you can process the materials quickly and easily, and let them hydrate. Thank you for spending time with us to learn more, and we hope you will stop by again soon. Wishing you well and hope you have a fantastic week!
Good afternoon 😃,I like your shirt,so colorful . Yellow and orange like 🌻.btw thank you for the tips
Thank you for your kind compliment about Leanne's shirt, Ananta Fiore! She has a unique and lovely style to what she wears and what she designs with flowers. We're so glad you found her tips and techniques useful and hope that they do a good job of keeping your flowers fresh and beautiful. Wishing you an abundance of flowers in the coming week and please be well!
@@FlowerSchool thankyou
Hi I'm Shireen from Mauritius... thank you for the helpful tips🙏🏻
Hello Shireen and welcome to Flower School Live! We are so please that you found our channel and hope you will join us as often as you can. Our Live show airs on Wednesdays at 3:00 pm Pacific Time and if you drop by then, you can ask questions of Leanne and the teachers while they design. Thank you so much for watching our show, and we look forward to seeing you soon. May you have a peaceful week and Happy Valentine's Day to you! P.S. We have heard lovely things about Mauritius and hope to visit it one of these days.
Sizga raxmat qiziqarli malumotlar uchun
You are most welcome, Feruza! We are delighted to have you visit with us for fresh flower care and handling. Thank you for stopping by and for your kind post. We hope you have a wonderful week and wish you the very best in all that you do!
Thankyou Leeann for all the knowledge you shared... learnt some good techniques...
That's wonderful news, Amber! We are glad you learned some new things from this special Flower School Live. Flower care and handling are the first steps to having fresh and beautiful flowers all of the time. We are so happy to have you join us to learn more about these important techniques tailored to different kinds of blooms. It is always a pleasure to have you join us for any of our shows and we hope that we'll see you anytime you have free. Wishing you a most peaceful and prosperous week with flowers of all kinds!
The wholesaler I use recommended using the bleach in the bucket method for Limonium as well! (Got some that stunk up the box/my car beyond belief... Had to put it in the bathroom with the fan running at my office it was so bad!)
That's a marvelous story, MesmrEwe! Yes, it does have a unique odor that isn't always appealing. Bleach in the bucket is an interesting way to address that and we hope it works well for you. Thank you very much for taking the time to share flower care and handling tips with us and for watching our show. We are delighted to host you here and hope that you will join us again soon when you have free time. Wishing you all the best and please have a splendid week as you work with flowers!
Thanks 👍🌻🌻🌻
Any time, Bich! You are most welcome to join us any Wednesday for Flower School Live or on replay on any day that works for you. We love your emojis and they really capture what we want to share with all of you. Thanks for spending time with us learning about fresh flower care, handling and preparation. It's a happy day when you can join us and we look forward to having you with us again soon!
sandbag idea was so near--you are so smart
We agree with you, Kent! The sandbag idea that Leanne presented in the latest Tulip Tuesday Tips was a winner. It is a perfect way for floral designers to anchor their designs safely and stylishly. We are so glad you could join us for fresh flower care, handling, and prep, and we hope enjoyed all of the tips that were shared. We are delighted to have you join us whenever you can and wish you a glorious week working with flowers. Thank you for your kind words and for being here today!
Hello this is Andrea… thank you so very much for sharing… I have learned so much. BTW, what flowers are best to be kept in the cooler vs. Outside at room temperature? (Room temperature with ac) example I was told that Lisianthus does not like the cooler…. Thanks in advance, Andrea.
That's a superb question, Andrea! Tropical flowers are generally not happy in the cooler because it is too chilly for them. Most other flowers do well in the cooler because it keeps them fresh until you need them. Just make sure the temperature isn't too low so that you don't freeze your flowers. Lisianthus prefers a slightly higher temperature but you can place it in the cooler when needed. We hope this an enlightening hour for you in regards to fresh flower care and handling. Thanks so much for joining us today and we look forward to seeing you soon. Have a splendid week whatever you choose to do!
Hello there! Kareena From Sunbury OHIO!!🌷
Hello Kareena and welcome to Flower School Live! We are so pleased that you found our channel and we invite you to join us whenever possible. Our Live show airs on Wednesdays at 3:00 pm Pacific Time and if you drop by then, you can ask questions of Leanne and the teachers while they design. Thank you so much for taking time to watch our show, and we hope to see you again soon. Wishing you all the best, and hope all is well in Sunbury!
Hardware cloth comes in 1/4" to 1/2" squares that are much more sturdy than chicken wire, and can be cut to the size of any container. Works well for regular or mini sizes of gerberas!
That's a brilliant idea, Sunshine! Hardware cloth is an excellent choice for an armature in floral design. Thank you very much for sharing it with us, particularly the part about using it for Gerbera daisies. We're so glad you took some time to watch Flower School Live, and we hope that you will join us again soon when you find the time. Wishing you a most delightful weekend and some special time enjoying flowers!
If you don’t have a rack to suspend your gerberas in order to get the stem straight you can easily replace it with chicken wire on top of the water bucket instead!
That's a brilliant suggestion, Mozar, and we are so grateful for it! Thank you for sharing that and for taking the time to watch our latest Flower School Live about fresh flower care and handling. You are absolutely right in that the goal is to use gravity to help straighten the stems of the Gerbera daisies. Your idea is another excellent way to achieve that with materials that you already may have on hand. We're so happy you could spend time with us today and hope that we'll see you again often in the coming weeks. Have a marvelous and magical week and all the best to you!
A really good session Leanne. Just 1 question & it might be a silly one but... Do you clean & bleach a brand new bought bucket? Thanks a heap, & loved the session as usual.
That's an interesting question, Jannie! You can, but a good wash with soap and water is probably sufficient if the bucket hasn't been used for anything else. We are so glad that you found these ideas for processing different kinds of blooms helpful. We love having you join us whenever you can and hope to see you on Live one of these days when it works for you. Best wishes to you and hope your week is happy and bright!
I really enjoy you on UA-cam. I’m just getting involved with flowers at church, though I especially like working with greenery. My question concerns the prepping of them all, greenery and flowers. I have used a little Listerine in my water and everything seems to last a long time. What are your thoughts about that?
That's an excellent question, Phyllis! Many new designers use home remedies to keep their flowers fresh longer, but we prefer commercial flower food because it is specially designed to do just that. The primary ingredients in it include a sugar which provides nourishment for the cut flowers, a biocide which inhibits the growth of fungi and bacteria, and an acidifier, which lowers the pH of the water. It's a proven way to insure that your flowers will always be fresh and beautiful. We do have it available on our website here: www.floraldesigninstitute.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_17&products_id=209
Thank you very much for watching our show on fresh flower care and handling. We have a playlist that might be of interest to you as well about flower care and handling and you can find it here: ua-cam.com/play/PLJbJF6YZAYyJ_9ifJEvd-jBqhmUm97PVz.html Leanne also created a video about church flowers that might interest you too: ua-cam.com/video/krv1uBlDTCk/v-deo.html We are so happy that you could join us and we hope that we'll see you as often as possible. Please consider us a resource as you create gorgeous arrangements for your place of worship. All the best to you and please have a lovely week!
I was always told that daffodils were in the low water in the vase, family because they will drink themselves into transparency.
That's an interesting piece of information, James! Thank you for sharing it with us and for watching our show. That hasn't been our experience, but it is definitely something to consider with daffodils being soft stemmed flowers. We appreciate you stopping by to say hello and we hope to see you again soon, perhaps on Live today. Wishing you all the best and hope you have a truly lovely week working with flowers!
Do you but water when you put leather in a sealed tub after dipping in pinky sparkle
That's an interesting question, Diana! As Leanne mentioned on the show, she dips the leather fern in Pixie Sparkle and lets it dry. Then she places it into a plastic bag or a plastic tote that is air tight and places it into the cooler. This method seems to keep the ferns fresh for a longer time. The best way to find out if it works for you is to experiment with a small amount and keep a journal about how it goes. Thanks so much for stopping by to watch our show. We are delighted to have you join us and hope that we'll see you again soon. Wishing you all the best and please have a wonderful week!
Do I put the alum on the hydrangea before designing and after being in the water?
That's an excellent question, Rosette! We usually give the hydrangeas a fresh cut, dip them in Quick Dip, then in alum, and then we place them into the water to hydrate. Hydrangeas are very thirsty flowers and want to drink water as much as possible to be beautiful and fresh. Thank you so much for taking the time to enjoy Flower School Live with us. We hope it was a good experience for you, and we invite you to join us again soon or whenever you can stop by to visit. Hope your week is a delightful one and comes with flowers of all kinds!
Please, when you give tips for a particular flower, could you add the name to the video descriptions? Thank you.
That's an excellent suggestion, and we'll try to do that in the future, GM! One thing that might help is to turn on UA-cam subtitles and closed captioning for the video, and you can do that by clicking on the gear in the lower left side of the video window. Here are the steps to do it and we hope this helps:
On the UA-cam video screen:
Click on Settings (the gear in lower right corner) ⚙️
Click “Subtitles/CC”
Click “English (auto-generated)”
Thank you very much for taking the time to watch our show on fresh flower care and handling, and we look forward to having you join us again soon. Wishing you the very best as you continue to work with flowers!
Hi. What tips do you recommend for people that is starting to sell flowers.
Thank you.
That's an interesting question and a big one, Joaquin! There are so many aspects to it, but probably the best place to start is with your floral education. There is so much to learn about flowers and floral design and we can help you do that. Are you starting your own business or working for someone else? The business side of the floral industry is very important and we have a playlist all about that topic: ua-cam.com/play/PLJbJF6YZAYyLFYFYDMFU-OYGtk9zleFhb.html Another aspect is learning about the flowers themselves, and this video you watched is a good place to start. We also have a playlist about flower care and handling which you can find here: ua-cam.com/play/PLJbJF6YZAYyJ_9ifJEvd-jBqhmUm97PVz.html We hope all of this information helps and we wish you the best of luck with your floral journey. Wishing you all the best and please have a marvelous week!
The hammer is used for flowers with wood stems like Lilac. If I’m not wrong.
Wow! No more hammer for Lilac. 👍
You are not alone in thinking that, Hazel! Many people gave us the same answer during the Live show. There was a time when people hammered their flowers, but no longer. You don't need to do that to any of your stems. It was a good guess though and we appreciate you taking the time to share it with us. Thank you so much for watching Leanne share all of these tips and techniques. We are so glad to have you and hope that you will join us again soon. Wishing you peace, joy, and flowers in abundance!
Exactly, Hazel! You got it right. You don't need to hammer anything anymore, but it was a common perception for many years. So glad you spent time with us today and hope that you will again soon. Please take care!
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Hearts are a perfect way to describe this show, Flower Tips! So many excellent ideas for keeping your flowers fresh and beautiful. We're so glad you watched our show and we are delighted that you are spending so much time with us each and every day. Have a glorious weekend and may the joy of flowers fill your life!
Thanks 🙏
You are most welcome, Cynthia! You were a terrific addition to today's audience and it was great to see you there. Wishing you peace, joy, and flowers every single day until the end of the year!
Hi. Can you use Pixie Sparkle to preserve wreath making greenery?
That's an interesting question, Elizabeth! You could use it, but something like Crowning Glory is probably better because it is an anti-transpirant that helps keep moisture locked into the greenery so it stays fresh and beautiful. Thank you very much for taking time to watch our show on fresh flower care and handling. We are so glad you could stop by to visit with us and hope that we will see you often in the New Year. Wishing you all the best and please have a wonderful holiday season!
Good night,I don't want to miss any of your show how often do you go live ? 🇧🇿❤️
That's an excellent question, Elizabeth! Flower School Live airs on Wednesdays at 3:00 pm Pacific Time and if you join us then, you can ask questions of Leanne and the teachers while they design. We are so happy you could join us for this show and would love to see you again if possible. If you are interested in any of our past shows, you can find them here on the Flower School Live playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLJbJF6YZAYyJpthmKPclVAEhGtD_hGW7h.html Thank you so much for taking time to watch our show, and we wish all the best!
thanks so much! is the boiling water at room temp or hot, or what's the process,
You are most welcome, Plantmaniac! If you are asking about dahlias, the water should be very hot, nearly boiling for the dahlias to process properly. It's best to experiment on your own to find the perfect temperature and time for your dahlias to set and be beautiful. Thanks so much for watching our show today and we hope you enjoyed it all. Look forward to seeing you again soon for more delightful floral design with Leanne. Best wishes for the coming week!
Are the flowers hydrating in the coolers or just on the tables over nite
That's an excellent question, Tom! Generally in the cooler, depending on the type of bloom, but sometimes they are hydrating outside of it, especially if they are tropical flowers. We hope you enjoyed this Flower School Live that focused on fresh flower care, handling, and prep, and took away some ideas for how to keep your own flowers fresh and beautiful. Thanks so much for stopping by to watch our show and we look forward to seeing you again soon. Have a splendid week with flowers!
What else can u use for quick dip if u do not have any
That's an excellent question, Rockn Roses! If you don't have Quick Dip, then clean water, flower food, and time for your flowers to hydrate well is your best formula. You can use alum, a pickling spice, on hydrangeas and that will help them to drink more so they will be fresh and beautiful. Hope this information helps and thank you very much for watching our show. We look forward to sharing more fabulous floral design with you very soon!
Can we use hair spray for the Lily nodule?
That's a great question, Simone! Yes, that should work. We lean towards heavy duty hair spray like Aqua Net for these projects as it holds well. Thank you very much for sharing this special Flower School Live with us and we hope you took home some tips and techniques for your fresh flower care and handling. We are happy to have you with us and look forward to seeing you again soon. Wishing you well and please enjoy flowers whenever you can!
Where do you buy the Rose Cleaning Gloves?
That's an excellent question, Mission Gardens! We have them available on our website in three sizes and you can find them here: www.floraldesigninstitute.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=5_26 Just scroll down to the middle of the page. Thank you very much for stopping by to watch our Flower School Live on fresh flower care and handling. We hope you will join us again soon, and wish you the very best in all that you do!
Para aplastar los tallos de algunas flores o cuando clavas un clavo en algún material de madera
¡Esa es una excelente idea, Soniamanita! Hay tantas formas diferentes de manipular las flores y queremos asegurarnos de que las procesamos bien para que estén frescas y hermosas para nuestros diseños florales. Gracias por pasar un tiempo con nosotros para aprender más y esperamos volver a verle pronto. ¡le deseamos lo mejor para su semana y esperamos que todo vaya bien para Ud. también!
Good experience
That's excellent news, Samanta! We are happy to hear that you have had a good experience with this Flower School Live show about fresh flower care and handling. It's a marvelous way to learn how to care for different kinds of blooms so that they will be fresh and beautiful for your designs. We appreciate your presence here on our channel and hope you will join us again soon. Thank you for stopping by and please have a marvelous week!
Which flower food do you recommend?
Thank you 😊😊😊🌹🌹💐💐💐
That's an excellent question, Joaquin! We recommend this flower food which you can find at a wholesaler or on our website: www.floraldesigninstitute.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_17&products_id=209 It will help extend the vase life of your cut flowers, and keep them fresh and beautiful for your designs. Thanks very much for watching our show our fresh flower care and handling. We are delighted to host you here on our channel and hope you will join us again soon. All the best to you and we love those emojis you posted!
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Can I quick dip if I am making foam arrangements?
That's an excellent question, Souraya! Yes, you can use Quick Dip when working in foam, and it's a great way to help keep your flowers beautiful. Thank you for taking some time to learn more about fresh flower care and handling. We appreciate you watching our Live show, and hope that you will visit us again soon. Wishing you a peaceful week and hope that working with flowers goes well for you!
@@FlowerSchool Thank you for your reply, your videos and tips are much appreciated, every time I have a question about flowers I check your channel and I always have an answer. You are the best 🥰
This is such a wonderful post, Souraya! So sorry we didn't see it earlier. UA-cam seems to be playing hide and see with our posts. We are delighted to help in any way that we can, and we'll be happy to help you find something you are looking for if it doesn't pop up right away. All the best you and please take care!
Would Crowing Glory work in place of Bleach?
What an interesting question, Mary! Leanne used a couple of drops of bleach for the kale to keep the bacteria down. Crowning Glory really serves a different purpose as it is an anti-transpirant and is intended to lock in the moisture of the flowers so they look fresh and beautiful. We have a good description of it on our website here: www.floraldesigninstitute.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_17&products_id=211 If you aren't comfortable using a drop or two of bleach, then stick with the recommended amount of flower food instead. Thank you so much for spending time with us learning about fresh flower care and handling. There is so much we can do to keep our flowers gorgeous and long-lasting, and all of these tips help us to work more effectively. Sending kind regards, please take care, and hope to see you soon!
Where do I find Pixy Sparkle?
That's an excellent question, Mary! You may be able to find Pixie Sparkle through your local wholesaler or purchase it on-line. We are so glad you could join us for Leanne's terrific tips on fresh flower care and handling, and we hope to see you again soon for more Flower School Live. Thanks for being here and hope your weekend is both peaceful and calm!
does the boiling water trick works with roses?
That's an excellent question, Jane! We do not use boiling water for roses at all. They want cool water mixed with flower food and a quiet place to hydrate for a period of time so they can be fresh and beautiful. Dahlias are a different story though and respond well to very hot water. We appreciate you spending time with us today and we invite you to join us again soon. Wishing you all the best and thank you for being here for Flower School Live!
What wholesaler do you recommend?
That's an excellent question, LizzyB BEE! We use quite a few, many of which are based at the Portland Flower Market. There may be some in your local area that would make excellent connections for you. Thank you very much for spending some time with us and watching our show on fresh flower care and handling. We hope you will join us again soon, and we look forward to seeing you again whenever you have the time. P.S. We do have a playlist on care and handling of flowers too: ua-cam.com/video/rcQjk2fweZQ/v-deo.html Wishing you all the best and please take care!
Why is Dahlia not dipped on the water before putting on boing water? You did it with hydrangea.
That's an excellent question, Ortencia! Dahlias and hydrangeas are very different flowers and have to be handled differently. Hydrangeas are thirsty flowers and need a lot of water to be fresh and beautiful. Leanne's technique was used to revive one when it was a bit worn out. Dahlias have stems that are like straws (they are hollow) and the hot water helps them to pull water up into the stem. That's why Leanne showed so many different techniques yesterday - different flowers want different treatments. Thank you very much for watching our show today. We hope you enjoyed it and will join us again soon. All the best to you!
How do u make flower food for bouquets?
Hello Saine and welcome to Flower School Live! We don't actually make flower food; rather we use commercial flower food because it is perfectly formulated to help your flowers last and be beautiful. We have it available on our website here: www.floraldesigninstitute.com/products/fresh-flower-food-individual-pack-10-ounce-tub The primary ingredients in flower food are: a sugar (which provides nourishment for the cut flowers), a biocide (which inhibits the growth of fungi and bacteria), and an acidifier (which lowers the pH of the water). There are recipes you can google on the internet, but we always recommend flower food as the best way to keep your flowers fresh and gorgeous. Thank you for stopping by to watch our show and we hope to see you again soon. Wishing you all the best and please have a splendid week!
Love your videos!
Question- you don't use boiling water for flowers like poppies, honeywart, etc?
Thanks in advance! :)
That's an excellent question, Nic! Generally we use hot water just for dahlias (and sometimes to revive hydrangeas). For most other flowers we use cool clean water and flower food to insure that the flowers are fresh and beautiful. Thank you very much for taking the time to watch our show on fresh flower care and handling. We also offer quite a few tips and techniques through our Tulip Tuesday Tips, which you can find here: ua-cam.com/play/PLJbJF6YZAYyIu416FxxucQV9lMrcr7Sqb.html We are so glad you could join us and hope that we'll see you again soon. Wishing you a marvelous week and please enjoy working with flowers!
@@FlowerSchool thank you so much for the response! I'm saving up so I can start taking your courses! It's something I've wanted to do for awhile now, I just can't wait until it's possible!! ☺️
Hello Nic - If this is any help, we do have a payment plan which lets you get started on your courses right away. You can begin with an investment of $825 and then pay as you go. The link is here if you want more information: www.floraldesigninstitute.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=48_54&products_id=1143&fbclid=IwAR045-m-qgDQmMi8H50a9phMJHyefxk71D6uZ_dPxGANjIxp10OdbhGHYIY Whenever you are ready to join us, we'll be so glad to see you. Let us know if we can help in any way and sending you best wishes in every way possible!
To smash the end of a hydrangea to drink water and last longer
Once upon a time, but we don't do that anymore, Julie! Now we give the hydrangea a fresh cut and dip it in alum (a pickling spice) to get it to drink more water. It really works well and hydrangeas stay fresh and beautiful. Thank you for stopping by to watch our show on fresh flower care and handling. We all know that if you process your flowers well, they will last much longer. We appreciate you watching Live and hope you will visit us again soon whenever you can. Best wishes to you and please have a delightful Easter weekend!
Bonjour de France 🇫🇷
Bonjour, Marjorie, and welcome to Flower School Live! We love everything about France, especially the gorgeous flowers on display everywhere you go. It's marvelous that you could join us for fresh flower care and handling, and we hope you enjoyed the tips and techniques that Leanne shared. Thank you very much for stopping by today and we invite you to join us again whenever you are free. Wishing you an extraordinary week filled with lovely flowers!
Merci
Can we use boiling water technique for Sunflowers?
That's an interesting question, BM4U! Generally they don't need it as clean water and flower food will help your sunflowers stay fresh for a long time. We hope you found these tips and techniques informative and we hope you will join us again soon whenever you are free to do so. Please have a week filled with joy and flowers!
@@FlowerSchool Thankyou so much!
What's in quick dip?
That's an excellent question, Saine! Quick Dip is hydrating solution which is designed increase the uptake of water by fresh flowers. While we don't have a list of the exact ingredients, you can reach out to the Smithers OASIS company to get a product safety sheet which may list the ingredients. Thank you very much for taking the time to watch our show. We would love to host you again soon, and hope you will join us whenever you can. Cheers to you and hope you have a lovely week working with flowers!
Woody stems🙂
Woody stems can be a challenge, Kareena! It's interesting to learn about all of the different kinds of care for flowers and foliage. If you're interested, we do have a playlist for each and you can find them here: ua-cam.com/play/PLJbJF6YZAYyJ_9ifJEvd-jBqhmUm97PVz.html and ua-cam.com/play/PLJbJF6YZAYyIyf5OqRoK41vvGG0lJMcZ3.html. We're very happy that you've decided to join us at Flower School Live and we hope that we'll see you very soon for more marvelous floral design with Leanne and the FDI teachers. Wishing you a joyous week in every way!
Hi Leanne, do you have tips for processing tulips for a shop situation? Leave in the cooler? Leave the plastic on? Cut stems?
That's an excellent question, Debbi! We do have a couple of videos that may be helpful to you with processing tulips. You can find them here: ua-cam.com/video/y2ITKczIaP4/v-deo.html and ua-cam.com/video/zJ7zKW5fCsw/v-deo.html You can search for other videos about tulips as well on our channel. Just use the search tool on the front page and put it the word, "Tulips" for more options. Thank you very much for spending some time with us and for watching our show on fresh flower care and handling. We hope to see you again soon and wish you the very best in all that you do!
What is the name of the pink roses?
That's an excellent question, Tara! The roses are called Avant Garde and they are such a gorgeous color. It was so enlightening to learn about all of the ways to care for flowers and how different they can be depending on the bloom. So glad you could share today's show with us and we look forward to seeing you again soon. Have a magical week with flowers!
@@FlowerSchool thank you!
Princess Love
That's a good suggestion, Cynthia! All of those flowers were so beautiful today and Leanne really showed us how to keep them fresh and beautiful for designing. It was a joy to have you on the Live broadcast and we hope that you will join us next Wednesday too if it works for you. Best wishes to you in all that you do!
hello everyone
Hello Summer! How are you doing today? We are so glad you could join us for this Flower School Live on fresh flower care and handling, and we hope it proves helpful to you. Thank you very much for spending some time with us and we hope you will join us again whenever you can. We look forward to seeing you soon and wish you a peaceful weekend!
Ms. Leann you have a pretty top on. You should wear more color and not just all black.
That's a lovely compliment, Kent! Thank you very much for it and for joining us for Flower School Live. Black is Leanne's floral design uniform because it is classic and doesn't compete with the beautiful blooms she is sharing on the show. Still we love it when she wears something beautiful and colorful, and she always finds stylish accessories as well. It's marvelous that you could spend some time with us and we do hope you will drop in again soon. Cheers to you and please do take care in these unusual times!
Hello 👋
It was so lovely to see you on Flower School Live today, Cynthia! We hope you enjoyed all of Leanne's tips for flower care and handling. You are watching a lot of our shows and we really appreciate that. Thank you so much for spending time with us today and we hope that we'll see you as often as possible. Have a marvelous weekend and please take care!
Buon giorno.. potreste tradurre in italiano? Grazie
Buon Giorno, Giovanna! Grazie per aver dedicato del tempo per guardare i nostri video. I nostri programmi sono in inglese, ma puoi attivare i sottotitoli in UA-cam per l'italiano. Ecco le istruzioni in inglese. Puoi seguirli così come sono o anche tradurli:
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Non vediamo l'ora di rivederti presto e ti auguriamo il meglio!
I’m a first timer ol
Hello Rockn Roses and welcome to Flower School Live! We are so happy that you found our channel and we invite you to join us as often as you can. Our Live show airs on Wednesdays at 3:00 pm Pacific Time and if you visit us then, you can ask questions of Leanne and the teachers while they design. Thank you so much for watching our show, and we look forward to seeing you soon. Please have a marvelous week full of flowers and peace!
You use the hammer when the stem is woody
We are glad you took the time to watch our show, Ingrid! In the earlier days of floral design, that was one technique that was used, but these days woody stems are handled a little differently. It is interesting to see how different flowers and foliage require different kinds of care and handling. Thank you very much for stopping by and we hope that you will join us again for more opportunities to keep our flowers and foliage fresh and beautiful. Wishing you all the best and please take care!
6 minutes PLUS & still no info on fresh flowers!!!!!!!
Thank you for your feedback, Eleanor! We hope you enjoyed Leanne's useful and important tips and techniques for flower care and handling, and we look forward to seeing you again soon. Have a lovely week!
Chrysanthemums
We love chrysanthemums, Ellen! They are a favorite autumn flower for floral designs, and we want them to be fresh and beautiful for our arrangements. Thank you for stopping by to watch this splendid Live all about fresh flower care and handling. We hope it proved useful for you, and we wish you the very best in all that you do!