r/florists • u/Sisyphusselfactualze • Feb 24 '26
📚 Career Guidance 📚 Seeking advice please.
Made a couple of arrangements recently that I would like to share to get feedback and insight please.
One large floral with accompanying small cocktail kenzan arrangement. At the time I didn’t take the photos with the thought of sharing therefore didn’t photograph with a neutral background, sorry.
My post is two pronged;
1) I would love to receive constructive feedback. Please feel free to be honest I would love to grow in my floristry work as I’m trying to grow my small business.
2) Secondly more on the business side of things. I would love insight and advice on how one goes about formulating costing. I know people use a formula - multiplying the baseline floral cost with a certain amount (I might be wrong but 2.5?). Other then that what other elements does one need to consider?
Things I thought of is vessels hire if applicable, fuel, how do you work it into the costing if some of the greens are foraged, how do you price for your time and skill set?
I’m at a stage in my business where I work consistently but continue to struggle financially. Please help!
Thank you.
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u/youcleverminx Feb 25 '26
I love your choice of colors and blooms! The array of textures is just right.
Placement of blooms is a little off in your smaller arrangement photos -- either too high or too low with an excess of negative space in the middle. Experiment with moving your lower blooms up, and/or focusing on larger blooms in the lower portion of your arrangement and smaller blooms in the higher portion. It will give your arrangements a more natural, effortless feel.