What does a Floral Designer do?
Floral designers arrange flowers in vase arrangements, bouquets, corsages and boutonnieres, funeral wreaths, and fruit baskets. Floral designers work with a large variety of flowers and greenery. They may create custom-designed orchid bouquets and boutonnieres for a wedding. They may present long-stemmed red roses in a beautiful box for Valentine's Day. They could make an arrangement of daisies and lilies to brighten someone's hospital stay.
Floral designers are not only responsible for arranging the flowers, but they also grow, purchase, and care for the flowers. If they do not grow their own flowers, floral designers purchase fresh flowers each morning from a wholesale florist. The floral designers then treat and preen the flowers. Most flower stems are shortened and placed in cold water. Other flowers such as chrysanthemums are placed in boiling water for thirty seconds before they are put into cold water. Floral designers remove excess leaves and damaged blossoms from flowers like roses.
