Make market bouquets as fast as my bouquet crew!

[@deborahclatworthy3885]

This technique of making a spiral bouquet is much less complicated than constantly rotating the bouquet with the addition of each element. I can’t wait to give it a try. Thank you!

[@floristsonfarms]

Yes! That method works great for larger spiral bouquets; but for a small bouquet like these I don’t think it’s efficient enough.

[@shelleythorstensen6193]

Thank you! The wrapping and the jute tying was super helpful. Your videos are really well edited too!!

[@floristsonfarms]

Thanks Shelley! 💖💖

[@tinaloitz4125]

❤ This Alberta farmer is very thankful for all the tips and tricks that you share. 😊

[@floristsonfarms]

Awe high from BC! So glad I can share so easily here!

[@resinbouquet]

These are the best informative videos I have ever seen on bouquet making! Thank you!

[@floristsonfarms]

So glad to hear they’ve been helpful!

[@melissar9254]

Marie you’re such a good teacher! Thanks for sharing more of your technique. I will be working to increase my efficiency for next year using your tips!

[@floristsonfarms]

Hooray! So glad it was helpful, thanks Melissa!

[@OregonShearwater]

Thank you! This is another video that I’ll save and refer to again and again! ❤

[@floristsonfarms]

Awesome!

[@conniegodyn6616]

Thank you so much for being such a great teacher and so generous in sharing your knowledge. Appreciate it very much🎉😊

[@floristsonfarms]

Awe thanks Connie! 💖💖

[@sharoncalatayud6410]

I can't wait to try this out- I'm so slow at making my bouquets and this simplifies the process so much!! Terrific teaching as always!! ✌🏼🌸

[@floristsonfarms]

Awesome! Hope it helps!

[@heikedeubner9073]

Beautiful bouquets, the pink dahlia is especially nice. Always looking forward to your videos!

[@floristsonfarms]

Thank you! That is a really pretty one! in the warmer months it’s not quite so vibrant, a soft blush 😄

[@Heggerud_gard]

Love this! Just wish I had some flowers to practise on! Frost took out the flowerfield 10th of sebtemberish, and I am jealous of all You that still have flowers! On the other hand I am finished digging up the dahlias and have packed them away! Only have the last carrots and leeks to dig and some garlic to plant before snow until april!

[@halloweenpartynyk552]

Really generous sharing of your talent. As a very humble home gardener and flower lover, thank you!

[@floristsonfarms]

So glad to have you here! 💖

[@daliaelkhatib5968]

My son introduced me to your channel and I immediately fell in love with your videos. Thanks for sharing this much knowledge and tricks of the trade and for all the effort you put into your videos❤

[@floristsonfarms]

Awe thanks Dalia (you have a beautiful name!). So glad you’re finding value in my videos! 💖💐

[@studiohulina]

Thank you so much for this! I really love your style of arranging! I would be interested to see the bigger bouquet wrapping as well!

[@floristsonfarms]

Okay you bet, I will try to make one before our first frost which is heading here sometime this week!

[@studiohulina]

@@floristsonfarms Thank you! Can't wait!

[@KaylaGraystitches]

I’m excited to try this technique thank you 😊

[@heritagecreationscutflowers]

This video is so helpful! I have been struggling with being so slow in making my market bouquets! You are so generous to share your wealth of knowledge. I have been following along with this series. This video is golden... I hope to put this information all together and gradually increase my speed! I now know what to think about and focus on! Thank you!

[@floristsonfarms]

Yay! I’m so glad the series has been helpful!

[@lauradevries6864]

Thank you! I have a few more blooms left and am eager to try your technique out!

[@floristsonfarms]

Awesome! I have dahlias hanging on now but not much else really!

[@jenglanville3638]

Thank you so much for sharing this video. I had been doing spiral market bouquets this summer, and always found the first couple stem placements very awkward. Interesting to see you start it with a big cross. I'm looking forward to trying this and see if I can get my speed up. I love the way you combine colours in such a natural looking way.

[@floristsonfarms]

I hope this technique helps you! The first stems are always a bit awkward, trust the process and don’t overthink those ones. If you use the spiral you can always make adjustments! 🤍

[@ibrahimshaaban5940]

Supporting from Mr.V’s class. This is so cool!

[@floristsonfarms]

Amazing! Thank you!

[@joykraumann2249]

So much information in this video, thank you so much. ❤

[@floristsonfarms]

You are most welcome Joy! 🧡🧡

[@sallyloosli4379]

Wow the best I've seen!!!! Thank you!!!

[@floristsonfarms]

Awe that is high praise, thank you! So glad I can bring my techniques and experience to all of you through this platform!

[@SuzanneCerrone]

Amazing! Thank you. So thorough, and beautiful bouquets

[@floristsonfarms]

Thank you! Glad it’s helpful!

[@ambersimpson75]

Thank you for sharing the organization tip, it looks very helpful ❣️❣️❣️

[@floristsonfarms]

Hope it makes a difference! 💖💖

[@ambersimpson75]

It should when the time comes 💗💗💗

[@jordonsflowerfarm]

Such good information, as always! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!!

[@floristsonfarms]

So glad to be able to help! 💖

[@butterflyhillct]

Bouquet making probably took me 3 times longer than necessary because my table was not organized and I felt like I just kept making circles grabbing at flowers. Next year I will definitely work on the "recipe" method so I know exactly what I have to grab. Thank you for the lesson, it was very useful!

[@floristsonfarms]

Yay! It’s alllll about finding efficient workflows! 🙌🏻

[@mdorn6592]

Thank you. I always learn so much from you. Great stuff!

[@floristsonfarms]

Yay! That makes me happy to hear! Thanks for being here!

[@citymousestudio]

Great video thanks Marie.

[@floristsonfarms]

Glad it was helpful!

[@clairegill7891]

Another brilliant video! This was so helpful! Making bouquets is hard for me, (I’m still learning) I either end crushing and snapping stems especially working with Tulips!🌷🙄 or the bouquet looks too tight and squashed up together!😩 I’m all fingers and thumbs and then the stems drop down so I have to pull them up again. I guess it’s practice! Looking forward to your next video already! 😍 keep them coming! 🌸💕

[@floristsonfarms]

Yay! It IS practice as well as using the right techniques! I really hope this one is a true help for you!

[@lyndseyclaire2133]

This is very helpful! Thank you!!

[@floristsonfarms]

So glad to hear that! 💖💖

[@gardening4luv]

Thank you!!!🌸

[@patsyden6276]

Looks like parchment paper. Great video, thank you for sharing.

[@floristsonfarms]

It’s not, more like a coated freezer paper, and I wish I could find a product link for you but it was a one-off purchase. But parchment paper would be pretty, that’s an intriguing thought!

[@charleyatdownrightcreative7237]

I use parchment paper for my small market bouquets! I buy the half sheet rectangles, I think 15x19 maybe? It works well. It doesn't absorb water. It is a lot thinner and will get crinkled pretty quickly from customers picking their favorite bouquet. It's also significantly cheaper for a small scale grower. It works. However, I really like the look of kraft paper instead, bc of the thickness and larger size makes the bouquet feel larger. For next year I'll probably be getting Coated kraft.

[@CarrieK156]

Thank you Marie for your generosity. Your videos/ instruction are always clear, enjoyable, and useful. Thank you!

[@rosemarybushea3447]

Great detailed video!

[@floristsonfarms]

Awesome, glad it was helpful! 🤍

[@valerieoster8049]

So so helpful! Thank you!!

[@floristsonfarms]

Wonderful! I’m so glad to hear this, thanks Valerie!

[@wandahuntoon8529]

You are so good, Thank you so much

[@floristsonfarms]

You are so very welcome!

[@netamel]

Thank you for the video! Do you also have a video about where you get your supplies from? Wrapping paper, paper stand, etc.

[@floristsonfarms]

You are so welcome! I don’t; but the answer is: local wholesalers, domestic wholesalers, retail stores, thrift stores, and Amazon! For florists of my scale, all of the above can work and it’s not necessarily wholesale where I find the better prices 😄

[@wandahuntoon8529]

Thanks!

[@floristsonfarms]

Thank you so much, Wanda! 💖

[@aimeesgardens]

You make such beautiful bouquets! I would love to hear how you decide on recipes. I always struggle with knowing what colors look good together and end up over stuffing, and it ends up like a jumbled mess. Im definitely going to try your x method building bouquets. It looks so much easier and prettier than what i end up doing

[@floristsonfarms]

Thanks! I think the recipes video will help you 😄

[@noellegunderson7831]

What specific dahlia is that? Thank you for sharing your expert advice and tricks of the trade.

[@floristsonfarms]

Snoho Sonia!

[@Marina.mimi133]

Where do you buy your wrapping paper? Thank you for the detail explanations!!!

[@floristsonfarms]

Sometimes wholesale, sometimes retail like butcher supply stores or Amazon, it depends on who has the best price 😄

[@EvelynM-vlogs]

Hope the atmospheric river didn't hit you too hard. It was definitely an indoor day today. Except, of course, this morning and evening when I set up and took down my flower wagon flowers. Got totally soaked doing that.

[@floristsonfarms]

It must be travelling from you to me because we had some overnight but yesterday daytime was pretty casual! Although I think them calling it ‘atmospheric river’ sets up an expectation of a massive rain event, rather than just ‘raining like cats and dogs’ like it does and always has here 😂. Your flower season must be winding to a close pretty quickly? I’m seeing some 3 degree forecasts for Mon/Tuesday which can translate to frost on our farm. We shall see!

[@EvelynM-vlogs]

@@floristsonfarms Maybe it missed you. The radio was calling for us to get a category 3 atmospheric river, I had never heard of the categories, so I googled it. It is based on the amount of rain dumped and the duration of the rain. The 5 categories are based on the amount of potential damage. A category three means there will be some road flooding and river swelling. It is a way to let people know what to expect. We get far more rain than Vaancouver or Victoria by nature, and I would say this pineapple express was definitely an intense diluge and also very prolonged. It started before we woke and was still going strong at the end of the day - windy too. My poor dahlias looked absolutely drenched and exhausted this morning. I still get the odd cosmos or snapdragon but mainly I am relying on the dahlias at this time of year. Mon and Tues are forecast for 1deg, but we are pretty close to sea level and those temps are for our airport which is more inland and a higher elevation. So, like you, I wait and see.

[@Rootcraft_UK]

Please can you say why it is healthy for the stems to have a spiral, rather than a criss-crossing?

[@floristsonfarms]

Oh yes absolutely! Criss crossing can result in broken, bruised, and damaged stems. It also doesn’t as easily allow us to make adjustments like stem insertions and raise and lower stems as needed. 🙂

[@sallyazzato3481]

For a $20 price point, with the goal of still an elevated look, would you just use less stems, but still several varieties, or go more with a tonal, straight bunch

[@floristsonfarms]

For a mixed bouquet, there’d have to still be some variety. A straight bunch is just as you say: a bunch, not a bouquet 🙂

[@DeanaNewell-s5f]

Why did you pick the Zinnia as your focal point? What determines that decision?

[@floristsonfarms]

Great question! Zinnias (more especially the brighter ones rather than a muted version of Queen Lime Red) tend to draw the eye, so since I wasn’t using a singular large dahlia; but two smaller identical ones, I opted to space those two dahlias out and plop the zinnia more central to help grab the eye.

[@maryrogers5269]

can u use ur talents to make christmas wreaths swags and arrangements?

[@floristsonfarms]

Yes! It’s always possible to set up an efficient work flower for all of the things we do! Working in batches, working one ingredient at a time on several arrangements simultaneously, etc!

[@epifaniosoi5702]

Are your tomatillo greens from a tomatillo tomato plant? Or has it another name?

[@floristsonfarms]

They are actual Tomatillos, not a type of a Tomato 😄