Like I'm not really sure. No one in my family knows about this. My mom and grandma can barely keep a plant alive! LOL But do I study Botany? Like what should I do? I have every intention on going to the University. Is that what I study? And if I want to open my own shop do I have to study Buisiness? Please help. I'd really love to do this.
If I want to be a Florist and wish to own my own Flower Shop what are some things I have to do?
If you plan on opening/owning your own shop, obviously you need to acquire some money - it's not a cheap business. I've worked for about 7 years in the business, as a designer (but not owned a shop) Best to either go to school for it - usually less than a year) but if you choose that route, add in some business courses that will also help you run the business. You can also apprentice with a local shop and learn it from the ground up. In a lot of ways this to me would be the best route as long as the florist you apprentice under has a good grasp of design and is up to date on the current styles of the day. Learn the basics - try it out as a job to make sure you will like it and then learn every darned thing you can. Develop your own style - or I should say learn to give your floral designs your own touch. One thing, floral design is not all simple nor do you stand around taking your time, designing each arrangement. The holidays are BUSY!! You will also more than likely be doing some funeral work too - weddings are fun but can be a pain in the you know what when the bride changes her mind a 100 times LOL Not only that, you will be cleaning the flowers as they come in, getting them into buckets of water, tossing out the dead (and sometimes incredibly stinky) ones and sweeping up after the mess you make as you design. I think one of the hardest things is to have someone come in and want an arrangement immediately and they're outside tapping their toes waiting for the arrangement and you have to rush thru the arrangement and still do a great job. or to take orders for the family of someone that is deceased - for the funeral.
Basically go to your local florist and get a job there - learn more about it and see if it is truly what you want to do. There's really a lot more than just putting flowers in a vase to being a florist LOL Then if you like it - learn learn learn and save save save - then open your own shop!!
Reply:First of all you need to know about Business %26amp; having a flair for floral design helps-so have you got natural flair?, because this is half the battle!,now if you are in it for the money then this is the wrong reason to become a florist as you will be competing with supermarkets, flower stalls , freelancers, %26amp; of course other florist shops.
If you can afford to buy a business that is already making a coin then do it, setting up from scratch can be a financial nightmare.
Im sure that if you offered some of your time -Voulentry to a well known florist shop for the experiance, maybe a few hours a week then that would be worth more than money %26amp; also give you some contacts in the industry plus they may give you a reference which would help out big time when you apply for a position in a shop at some stage.
I was gifted earlier on in my life with the flair but never took advantage of it %26amp; the people around me saw my talent but never incoraged me when I needed it the most.
So now im a Garden manager dont get me wrong I love my vocation, but if I had the chance all over again I would have gone to florist school %26amp; worked for some big names in the business %26amp; then travelled the world %26amp; echted my name in floral history.
Good luck I hope you succed!
Reply:You can get an degree in botany and an MBA ...ORRR..you can work at a florist shop and pay really close attention and ask plenty of questions and learn the business for a few years, maybe while taking some night classes in business. That second one is the cheaper - and to be honest - more accurate way to do it, because if you want to run a business, you should be able to work it!
Reply:go to the gardens of wildrow wilsons latest home and pick only one pink gardenia and bring it to your home and care for it. If it dies within 362 minutes then you have failed. If it survives take the living gardenia to your designated shop and sell it, you will soon be a millinaire
best of luck
M-DUB
Reply:find a good place to open your business and the acquire the money to open the business and to buy the flowers
Reply:find a talking bee and he'll tell u
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