Florist or Floral Designer

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I was just wondering what you all class yourselves as. Florist or Floral Designer. And do you think you get greater respect classing yourself as a floral designer rather than a florist or is it just plan old rebranding like cleaners became domestic technicians.
 
When I worked for other people I called myself a floral designer and now with being the owner I call myself a florist because it's more all-encompassing. Though working for others I certainly did more than just design. I would say they could be interchangeable.
 
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When someone asks me what i do for a living i say "i am a florist". I know the term floral designer is used widely or seems to be in the US, but for some reason it doesnt sit well with me over here in the UK.

I think i would feel like a cleaner calling myself a domestic technician?? I am a very grounded person though.

Having said that, i dont think that it sounds bad when people on here use the term as i have got used to it.
 
I'm a florist. I do floral designs, store displays, book-keeping, I clean, deliver, process flowers etc. and even though I do floral designs I never considered myself a designer, I am an interpretor, I take the personality of the sender, receiver and flowers and create a three dimensional design. How's that.
 
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BOSS<<<< Owner!

of a retail floral and gift store... ;)

Floral Designer by trade... owner by default
 
Florist. It's just shorter, rolls off the tongue. Floral Designer to me implies that one had a degree, accreditation, formal training

Websters...
Main Entry:flo·rist Pronunciation: \ˈflȯr-ist, ˈflär-\ Function:noun Date:1623 : a person who sells or grows for sale flowers and ornamental plants
 
You can say "blossom sculptor"

I don't think anyone in all my years has ever asked me if I was one or the other. Who would ask you this kind of question?

Carol Bice
 
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HeatherTuckey said:
Florist. It's just shorter, rolls off the tongue. Floral Designer to me implies that one had a degree, accreditation, formal training

Websters...
Main Entry:flo·rist Pronunciation: \ˈflȯr-ist, ˈflär-\ Function:noun Date:1623 : a person who sells or grows for sale flowers and ornamental plants
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I do have training, and that why I say it

Actually I say professional floral designer. Sounds fancier. I like to be fancy.
 
Thanks for that. I know it may have seemed like a strange question. It's just in the UK florists are not held in high regard. We are seen as having a nice pretty little job and that maybe not very academic. which is rubbish. I went to college and studed floristry for 3 years then went on to do my intermediate florist course and studied for 2 years but didn't take the final part of the exams as I couldn't afford to do the final part of the course. I also if different countries used one term more than another. I liked Shannon's saying she calls herself as a floral designer because it sounds fancier. I think the same but do you get treated differently.
 
well, I am a force to be reckoned with, even if I worked at McDonalds.
I have a strong personality, some people get me some don't.

But I have been told a monkey can do my job....the creep.
Maybe so, but I promise my design will look better than the monkeys!
 
shannonlovesflowers said:
well, I am a force to be reckoned with, even if I worked at McDonalds.
I have a strong personality, some people get me some don't.

But I have been told a monkey can do my job....the creep.
Maybe so, but I promise my design will look better than the monkeys!
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Honey, the monkey would be holding the flowers in my design. ;) And he'd be trained to place the arrangement in the preappointed area of the aforementioned "creep".

V
 
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I say "Florist", but really its interchangable. I have a four year fine arts degree and in the US, I think people sort of think of artists as bums who just try to get grants. I dunno. But on that topic, I will be having a new sign made for our store when we move and I have decided to use the words "Chez Bloom-Flowers" not Florist. Why is that you ask? I'm convinced people think "Florist",means expensive. And the word "Flowers" means, "Well, look there's a flower shop, lets get some flowers". I hope it works anyway.
 
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I'm a florist who's never arranged a dozen roses...mof you can count on one hand the number of floral arrangements (use the term loosely) I have done.

always feels a bit weird, but then again, so does my whole life.....
 
How about Botantical Artist.
You create piece of art with botanticals.

Personally, I don't care for the word "florist".
But , then again, I'm not all that crazy about the word "floral".

Floral sounds so grocery store, or like a bedspread print.
But , I do think "florist" sounds more professional.
I like the smoothness of the word "flower".
Designer is ok, but I like artist better. IMO
 
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