The 6 Steps to Keeping Your Flowers FreshYvette

One of the most common questions we get asked here at Bloom College, is how to maintain your flowers so that you can keep them looking fresh and beautiful
until you’re ready to use them.

There are 6 key steps to follow:

1. Remove the plastic from each bunch. This stops the blooms from sweating against the plastic. This also allows a clear path of airflow to the blooms, and stops condensation against the plastic, which may also cause the product to become moldy or slimy.

2. Any foliage that sits below the water line should be removed. This keeps water fresh and minimizes bacterial production.

3. Remove any broken or damaged flowers or leaves from within the bunches. It will not only look better, but will also remove the potential for bruising or bacterial growth from within each bunch.

4. Select a bucket of correct height for the bunches, and ¼ fill with clean, fresh, cold water. Also, make sure any buckets you use have been thoroughly cleaned and correctly stored beforehand.

5. Recut each of the stems on an angle, and place into your bucket.

6. Replenish the shop with the flowers, or place the buckets into a cool room for storage until you’re ready to use them.

Following these steps will make sure that when you’re ready to use the flowers they’ll still be looking their finest!

At Bloom College Flower Design School we create Floristry Courses and Flower Workshops for beginners, the hobbyist and those wanting to pursue floristry as a career.

Our classes are a place where participants have fun, meet new friends and find their inner creativity. No prior experience is necessary, and we have a range of Courses and Workshops available across our three locations: Port Melbourne, Collingwood and Geelong.