If you are a wanna be florist or just someone who loves arranging flowers, you know how important it is to have the right floristry tool kit, so here is a guide to whats in a florists essential tool kit. Having the right tool will help you to create your stunning bouquets and arrangements.
Do you love to add some colour and beauty to your home or office with floral arrangements? Creating your own arrangements is such a fun and rewarding activity that allows you to express your creativity and add your personal touch and style to any space that you choose.
Creating floral arrangements is a great way to add colour and beauty to your home, office or to celebrate any special occasions such as weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, babies or even to give to friends and family just because!
Flowers always put a smile on people’s faces and bring cheer to dull spaces. The good news is everyone can create beautiful displays and arrangement even with little creativity, all you need is some basic knowledge of floral design, the want to create, some pretty flowers and of course some essential floristry tools!
Here is a list of some essential Floristry tools that will help you to create your beautiful arrangements to impress your friends and family or even just yourself….
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What in a Florists essential tool kit?
Florist scissors
Carbon blade florist scissors are a must have tool for any florist. These scissors are designed specifically for cutting flowers and plants, that have small to medium non woody stems. You do need to look after these scissors but, If you look after these scissors properly, they will last a long time. To care for your carbon blade scissors you should wipe them clean after you have finished using and also wipe them over with home cooking oil to stop them from rusting.
Pruners
A good pair of pruners in your floristry kit is a must as these will help you with those tough woody stems and cut through these with no problem. Pruners are an essential tool for creating large-scale arrangements and for trimming trees and shrubs too.
Florist knife
A Florist’s knife is small knife used to cut and condition stems and foliage for your arrangements, you must ensure the blade is sharp so you do not cause any damage to your stems. They’re an essential tool for creating precise cuts and trimming leaves and stems. Don’t use your florist knife for cutting through your florist foam as this is a sure way to blunt the bade of your florist knife.
Flower food
Flower food is essential in any florist tool kit as this will help lengthen the life of your blooms and keep them bright by adding a special type of nutrient solution that helps keep your flowers fresh and hydrated. I use flower food when I have prepped my stems either to pop into a vase or ready for an arrangement. If you placing your flowers into a vase, you can add this to the water in the vase.
If you are creating a wreath or foam block arrangement you should place the flower food into a bucket or wherever you are keeping your stems in or if you are using a foam block soak the block in this prior to use. Tip – When cutting your stems cut these at an angel as it makes them easier to work with in a foam arrangement, but it also allows the stems to absorb more flower food too!
Floral foam
Floral foam is a type of foam that absorbs water and it holds the flowers in place. It’s an essential tool for creating arrangements, as it provides a stable base for your flowers and you can create a variety of shapes and designs with floristry foam. If you want to learn more about floristry foams and the different types, click here.
Floral foam adhesive
Floral foam adhesive is a special type of glue that is used to attach floral foam to a container. It’s an essential tool for creating stable arrangements that won’t tip over.
Pot tape / Anchor Tape
Pot tape can be used as an alternative to floral adhesive, you use this by placing strips horizontally and vertically across your foam and securing to your pot / container. The number of strips of the tape that you place will depend on the size of your arrangement.
Floral tape
Floral tape is a self-adhesive tape that is used to secure flowers and greenery to wire stems. It’s an essential tool for creating corsages, boutonnieres, and lots of other small arrangements.
Wire cutters
Wire cutters are essential for cutting wire stems and floral wire. They allow you to cut wire cleanly and precisely, which is important for creating secure arrangements. Making sure you use wire cutters rather than your floristry scissors will also stop you from blunting these too!
Floral wire
Floral wire is used to support and shape flowers and greenery. Wire available in a variety of gauges and strengths, and it’s an essential tool for creating large arrangements. Depending on the types of arrangements you create, will determine if you need floristry wire and the type you need. Click here to read more about the different types of floristry wire and their uses.
Twine
One of the mostly used items in floristry is twine. Twine is commonly used for creating wreath arrangements as you use this to secure your moss to the wreath ring. Twine also comes in handy to use to for lots of different floristry and gardening tasks, so it’s always good to keep a roll of twine as part of your essential floristry kit.
Water tubes
Water tubes are small plastic tubes that are filled with water and used to keep individual flowers hydrated. These are essential when creating corsages and boutonnieres, and they can also be used to keep flowers fresh during transport. Water tubes are not necessarily essential though it depends on what sort of arrangements you will be creating.
Mossing pins
Mossing pins are perfect for securing various items that you might want to include within your mossed arrangement. They are pushed into the moss and hide within your design. It depends on the type of arrangement you will be creating if these are essential or not.
Thorne Stripper
Thorne strippers are great if you are working with roses as they quickly and painlessly remove the thrones from roses. If you aren’t going to be working with roses this won’t need to form part of your essential kit.
Leaf shine
Actually Leaf shine is not essential, but it’s a nice to have. Leaf shine is great if you are working with leafy foliage’s as this can help to restore their natural lustre. Leaf shine can help to prevent any potential pests and also prevent the build up of dust on arrangements.
Final Word
In conclusion, with these tools, you’ll be able to create stunning arrangements that will brighten up any room. Floristry is a beautiful and relaxing hobby that requires a few simple tools to create stunning arrangements. A floristry toolkit complete with the essentials will help you create beautiful and long lasting arrangements. Hope you have fun creating arrangements that will impress your friends and family and bring joy to their lives.
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