Archive for May, 2010

Winning Florists – medals at Chelsea

Kate Bainbridge and Caroline Crabb with their Chelsea Medals

In soring heats two happy eFlorist florists found out Tuesday morning that they had both won medals at Chelsea!  Kate Bainbridge, owner of Simply Flowers in Devon won a Silver Gilt and Caroline Crabb of Fleurtations in Cornwall won a Silver.  This is a magnificent achievement for two florists who had never competed before, let alone gone to Chelsea! (more…)

Starting young…

Charlotte and Alison from Flower Scene, Cornwall

Charlotte Le Marquand is only 21 years old, but her passion and brilliant floristry has won her a place in the Junior section at Chelsea.  Charlotte has been working at eFlorist Flower Scene in Launceston in Cornwall for 5 years where she started on a 1 day per week release scheme from school.  Having completed her level 2 and 3 at Bicton College she is finding it hard to believe that she is now off to Chelsea for the first time!

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Looking for new ways to improve your business?

For any florist, in this fast changing economic and competitive world, it is important to move forward with new ideas to ensure that you reach out to new profitable  markets and customers.   The BFA are holding a series of seminars throughout the country from June – October that will help you give your business a boost! (more…)