Floral Design Tools (available from many online retailers)
Michele Klink, Wilton Garden Club
A floral designer’s tool kit or workstation should include the following items:
Cutting:
- ARS – House & Garden Shear or Pocket Shears
- Pruning shears for woody stems
- pocket knife – Victorinox or similar folding type knife
- Wire cutters – Stanley 7 inch
- Scissors – 2 pairs – one for general use (cutting packaging etc. and one exclusively used for ribbon)
Conditioning & Flower Care:
- Chrysal Leaf shine
- Flower food (Chrysal or other brands) (add to conditioning buckets, vases and when soaking oasis foam)
- Buckets for conditioning flowers (in a pinch contractors buckets or 13-gallon garbage cans are useful)
- Crowning Glory (to help maintain moisture on flowers and greens)
Holding:
- U-glu dots
- Spool or Paddle wire
- Bind wire
- Oasis floral foam (green mostly used but comes in many colors including black for creative design options)
- Chicken wire – metal coated with vinyl (Black or green)
- Metal pin frogs
- Oasis green floral tape for gridding containers (comes in several widths)
- Oasis clear floral tape for gridding glass containers
- Metal U-pins
- E 6000 glue
- Floral water tubes
- Stem wrap tape (for corsages, boutonnieres or hand-tied bouquets)
- Remember to use rags for cleanup (creates less waste than paper towels)