What does $200 get in your shop?

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Just curious to see how different shops would fill an order request for a fresh flower arrangement at $200 value.
 
Large glass vase... 18 roses, 7 stems of oriental lilies, 5 hydrangea - seeded euc, baby euc... some wax and calicenia heather... some alstro to fill in.. ..

If I have a say so.. all in PINK!
 
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Large glass vase, stem of dendroibum orchids, dozen roses, 3 oriental lilies, 3 birds, 3 ginger, seeded eucalyptus, curly willow, flax leaves, bupluruem and mini coin.
 
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depends on what the customer wanted....and the occasion..

knee jerk reaction would be a vase, probably worth some extra money, like art glass...with hydrangea, at least 3 types of greens nicer like, seeded euch, myrtle, and monstera, red ginger, some roses, snaps, gerberas, anthurium, dendrobs or cybidium orchids, sunflowers, copper beech and kale...

Of course this would be completely different in winter or spring...or tomorrow for that matter..
 
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Here today, it could be as simple as 3 stems of Chocolate Cymbidiums in a shallow ceramic, with Cypress Grass and other assorted foliage's to a large vase with Hydrangia, pink and white Oriental lilies, Delphinium, Gerbs and Euflorisa roses...

Or since it's homecoming (again) it could be a bout made out of 3 $50.00 bills and a few $20's... ;)
 
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I like the idea of the stems of cymbidium orchids in a shallow container.

We usually do similiar to what everyone else is saying, but I sometimes feel like I am just "stuffing" a vase to get it to value...especially since I am not a fan of large arrangements and tend to do more low, lush. This morning we sent one out with green hydrangea, yellow roses, gloriosa lily, red ginger, variegated red/green leaves folded and tucked, hypericum, trachillium and bells cut down short and tucked in between. Also added some hanging red amaranthus. Used an upgraded green ceramic footed container.
 
Either a massive tropical arrangement with willow, anthurium, fatsia, celosia, fatsia, grasses, snake grass with some other gorgeous choice flowers or

the biggest handtied bouquet with rolled aspidistra leaves, and all choice flowers in the shop, arranged in a glass vase. Butterflies, pearls on grasses and butterflies coming out of the bouquet. Flowers would be grouped i think also.

edited - if you ever do a handtied for £100, boy does your hand hurt!!
 
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Palms said:
edited - if you ever do a handtied for £100, boy does your hand hurt!!
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That's funny you should say that...I started out doing a hand-tied and it was getting too big and my hands were hurting so I discarded that idea, grabbed a nice container and some oasis and threw it together in the vase instead!
 
Flore said:
I like the idea of the stems of cymbidium orchids in a shallow container.

We usually do similiar to what everyone else is saying, but I sometimes feel like I am just "stuffing" a vase to get it to value...especially since I am not a fan of large arrangements and tend to do more low, lush. This morning we sent one out with green hydrangea, yellow roses, gloriosa lily, red ginger, variegated red/green leaves folded and tucked, hypericum, trachillium and bells cut down short and tucked in between. Also added some hanging red amaranthus. Used an upgraded green ceramic footed container.
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I am more a fan of using less high end flowers in anything over 100.00 than making half the worth in roses and then adding regular flowers...

I believe this comes from working in several high end flower shops...The flowers were readily available for me to use...the shop I managed always, had cymb stems, tropicals, 3-4 different types of orchids, hydrangea, artichokes etc on hand for me to draw from.

Sometimes, here because I don't have the 2000.00 a day business that I am used to, it is a challenge to not use the rose back up plan..Luckily most people in this area are very traditional and like roses and carns and are very happy with a big chock full vase rather than a smaller tasteful vase or really really nice stuff...I do always have some really nice stuff on hand and this is why my customers do use me because they can get some unusual stuff mixed in with the ordinary..
 
These response hearken back to the thread about changes in the floral industry between then and now........Look how many of your responses mentioned a VASE

Glass vases do rule supreme in the floral design world.
 
Unless the customer asks for a vase, we always go for a unique ceramic or metal container do something very different in it. I try to make it look the $200 but also give them value in a custom design with a nice container, maybe in the $50 range. I try to use unique flowers and elements, maybe monstera leaf, lily grass loops, curly willow, etc.
 
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These response hearken back to the thread about changes in the floral industry between then and now........Look how many of your responses mentioned a VASE

Glass vases do rule supreme in the floral design world.
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I think this is more about customer perception and that they feel they would be getting their moneys worth if they get something to keep afterwards. This could be ceramic or another material... JMHO. That is why i would include a vase, not sure what the other thread was about though, didnt read it.
 
If I had total freedom, this time of the year I'd use a vine basket or rustic crockery pot with autumn things, but high end rather than the typical poms, etc. Some nice orchids like James Storie, Kale, Viburnam Berries, interesting leaves ( The Boston Flower market has some pretty cool stuff right now, so I would just go hand pick things.) I'd add some gourds or pumpkins and grasses like millet and fresh wheat.The design style would be different also maybe with a "cage" of curly willow or steel grass around the whole thing. $200 sounds like a lot but it can be used pretty quickly and is not always as large as one might expect. That's why the style is important so I try to make an impression with that vs. size or it ends up looking like a funeral arrangement.
 
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