Signs in a flower shop that you are busy...

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Floral Designers have one thing in common and it's universally known: You know your shop is busy if you grow a few inches by the end of the day!!

Designers arrange quickly and do not always hit the garbage can until sometime during the day when I make them clean up at their feet! Stems, leaves and other discards go right onto the floor and the bigger the pile the more productive you've been.

This photo was taken at Designer Rocio's feet after she made 18 floral centerpieces this past weekend for bride and groom Alison and Drew. Roses, statice, gerbers and hydrangea stems all mingle into one big pile. Ah, perhaps composting is next?

Have you seen those movies about Flower Shop workers that have hit the movie theaters lately? The ones that show Jennifer Aniston with clean hands and little sandals on her feet? Well, in  case you were wondering if that is what it is like to design in a flower shop - the answer is no and here's your  proof!!

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Anonymous said…
Isn't that funny? that shot could have been taken at our shop!
August 9, 2010 at 2:10 PM
Secret Garden said…
Last year I went to work as a grunt in the shop my husband and I now own. I swore that I would put trash cans by each station and always keep the floor clean. Yeah right! I am the biggest offender of them all :) Glad to know we are not the only ones. My hubby says it's like working in a hair salon for flowers =)
August 13, 2010 at 8:56 PM
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