The British Florists Association Taking to the Floral Main Stage to wow the crowds with their breath-taking innovative work by International and National designers. Watch wedding work Sunday morning with Solomon and Mark and their contemporary designs in the afternoon. The Circus with Martin Groen will be wowing us in the lunchtime slot. BFA / IoPF Members Non Members … Read more
BFA FleurEx The Only Florist Trade Show of 2019. THE FLOWER CIRCUS comes to FleurEx The Flower Circus has travelled the globe and now comes to BFA FleurEx 2019 Prepare yourself for a demonstration like you’ve never seen before! Headed up by the world renowned Dutch Master Florist Martin Groen. You can be guaranteed of … Read more
IOPF Inspiration day for Students and members Saturday 26th October Itinerary IOPF Members £10 Non IOPF Members £15.00 By request we are holding our first ever seminar for IOPF members on Saturday 26th October, mainly aimed at Students. Throughout the day there will be interesting talks from British and Dutch growers. A Mini demo and … Read more
We have 3 fabulous designers for our ever popular masterclasses. Tracy – a RHS Chelsea Gold medal winning florist, designer and stylist who has worked in and around the flower industry for over 20 years. She has a distinctive sculptural style and spent a lovely summer working as a sculptors assistant to develop those skills. Tracy served … Read more
Hundreds of commercial florists, floristry students and industry suppliers will be coming together at BFA FleurEx on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th October 2019 on the look-out for new products, innovative floral design ideas, new wholesale flower and sundries suppliers and to network. Make sure you’re one of them! Entry to FleurEx is FREE for … Read more
Icing on the cake! Elizabeth Newcombe has received a Medallion of Excellence for her work Worldskillskazan2019 . A very respectable 5th place! Well deserved Lizzie! Chairman Brian said ”For Elizabeth to gain a Certificate of Excellence in the World Skills in Kazan Russia is a great achievement. She has done our Industry proud. For floristry to … Read more
The 2020 Flower agenda has been selected. As always, the product list for 2020 have been drawn up in close collaboration with the product specialists at Royal FloraHolland. Flower Agenda 2020: January: RoseFebruary:  ChrysanthemumMarch:  TulipApril:  GerberaMay:  AlstroemeriaJune:  LilyJuly: Summer flowers (Gladiolus, Snapdragon, Sunflower)August: DahliaSeptember:  HydrangeaOctober: LisianthusNovember:  Orchids (Cymbidium, Phalaenopsis, Vanda)December:  Amaryllis 2020 will be the last year that the Flower Council of Holland will publish the … Read more
The EFS 19 is over but what a fantastic time we had. Gorgeous designs made by our 3 designers, Niina Minkkenin-Westerlund from Finland, Alex Segura from Spain and Roman Steinhauer from Russia. Over 20 florists each day were treated to all 3 designers work and took away with them some inspirational ideas as well as … Read more
Who wouldn’t want to be the best in the country? Register your entry into the FleurEx competitions to start your journey. Don’t forget to read your terms and conditions of entry which can be found here. https://www.britishfloristassociation.org/fleurex-19/competition-rules-and-conditions-of-entry/ All competition winners will receive a Trophy and prize money of £100 – 1st place, £50.00- 2nd place, … Read more
New technology for florists – makes it easy to gain reviews We love anything that makes life easier, so it’s a big thumbs up to the new Direct2Florist manager app. Available now and free to all Direct2Florist members, not just in the UK but worldwide. Picture this – a customer orders flowers whilst having their … Read more
