sounds great, I love making arrangements with the flowers from my garden, its very relaxing!
however, This isn't to discourage you, I think its great you want to make this a buisness but I'm going to give it to you straight...here are some of the facts...
making an arrangement for yourself is one thing but as a business it can be very demanding. Most people are very picky about what they want for a wedding or special occasion and most people don't know the first thing about flowers....I
would say you would probably get a lot of brides to be bringing you photos of bouquets and arrangements, or specific flowers, but not have any idea what the flowers are, when they are in season or prices. You have to be able to offer up
an alternative flower on a whim to suit the brides budget, or depending on how hard it is to acquire the specific bloom.
I've been gardening for about 10 years now and i still have a lot to learn.
learning your flowers is step one ...did you know there are about 130 different species of roses? ranging in a variety of sizes, shapes, colors, smells and even petal amounts...and that's just roses!
Old English Roses
Eden Roses
Spray Roses
Tea Roses
Cottage Roses
just to name a few ...and then there is the "Rose of Sharron" which isn't even a rose at all...oh and though i know a lot, I don't know the scientific names, just the "common names" lol
It can be truly rewarding as a career if you decide to go ahead. An old friend of my mothers does it for a living, he does a lot of big deal occasions and he loves it...but it wasn't always that way, he had a mentor and worked his way up...it
does take a lot of knowledge,..perhaps you can start by getting yourself a mentor and working as an assistant to start, have someone show you the ropes.
