Florist Blogs

Kudos to Bob Sullivan of MSNBC for his well written article about online flower companies' low-ball flower prices loaded with hidden fees: Online Flower Prices Still Grow and Grow. ''If you study hidden fees and price distortions for a living, Valentine's Day is your Super Bowl. Can you name another industry where the true price of an item is ...

Bouquet and boutique are two words that are often confused.  We see in our website logs searches for ''hydrangea bridal boutique'' (or similar, choose your favorite flower), and recently a comment was left on this blog regarding a boutique being delivered.  In both these examples, people meant bouquet.  The search terms appear way ...

Last year, a press release regarding the safety of workers on flower farms was misinterpreted by the press, and reporters mistakingly claimed flowers were hazardous to consumers.  This claim became #6 on the American Council on Health and Science's ''Top 10 Unfounded Health Scares of 2007''. The ACSH concludes: There is no evidence showing ...

Miriam noticed that Google Local/Maps isn't counting her user review.  Mine don't appear in the thumbnail summaries either. Discussions about user review updates at Maps/Local's started last month at Mike Blumenthal's Understanding Google Local and Yahoo Maps and continued on to Convert Offline and Miriam's SEO Igloo. Tim of Covert Offline ...

Last month, Google swapped the 'Video' link for 'Products' and now 'Shopping' on their navigation bar and I've been curious how Google Product Search would handle the sale of fresh flower arrangements being hand-delivered by local florists. Unfortunately, Google gives two sets of conflicting - and frustrating - guidelines ...

Inspiration comes in many forms.  It may be the way one opens minds and shows you how to think a little differently or more creatively.  It may be the encouragement that you are good enough to be among the best, and should seek accreditation as such.  It may be the strength with which one faces the challenges of life--fair or ...

Our family went to see Jerry Seinfeld's Bee Movie yesterday, in part because it received good buzz for being a family-friendly film (and there have been very, very few of those the last few months) and in part because the story featured a florist as a main character. Vanessa Bloome (voice of Renee Zellweger) is a young, attractive ...

Time and again, we've stressed the importance of the ''cold chain'' in flower quality.  Most flowers in the US are moved by refrigerated truck (''reefer'') from brokers in Miami and California to local wholesalers.  The care and handling in transport are critical, and specialized carriers take it very seriously.  A recent ...

Decades of passion for quality, for excellence in floral design, for education and for the value of professional local florists was recognized with the induction of Rocky Pollitz into the the Society of American Florists' Floriculture Hall of Fame during recent ceremonies held at SAF's annual convention. Only the fourth woman honoree in ...

According to Frank Russo of California Progressive Report, 550 bills await Gov. Schwarzenegger's signature this week. The governor has until Sunday, Oct. 14 to sign or veto the legislation and we local California florists hope he finally puts the pen to AB 1282 and enacts this much needed legislation to prevent ...