Guest Contributor Ashleigh Palmowski, The Naked Florist Cover Image credit: Carolina Morgan Photography   Hello Flower Lovers, Let me introduce myself. I’m Ashleigh from The Naked Florist; a gal forever surrounded by the most beautiful blooms, living her dream...

Today, we are thrilled to sit down with Nadine Brown of The Ivy Institute. With over 30 years in the Industry, Nadine has created an online platform offering premium floral design education, business mentoring, and a supportive community to florists of all stages of...

2022. Our launch year. The year we set this FQ baby out into the world and the year we realised just how amazing this industry of florists truly are here in Australia (we never doubted you!). Were we nervous as hell?! You bloody betchya we were. How would it be...

Reducing waste and giving a second lease of life to event flowers. We love an environmentally AND socially conscious initiative. So when we saw that one of our FQ members has created a program to upcycle event flowers and donate them to people who might not always...

If you were lucky enough to make it to the Fleurs de Villes FEMMES show in Sydney in August this year, you know the calibre of production this team puts on - and just our luck - they are bringing a second show to Australia in 2022 with the Fleurs de Villes NOËL coming...

March 2020 was a big wake up call for a lot of us as Covid reared its ugly head. How effective were your Ts&Cs when it came to the million postponements and inevitable cancellations that came your way?   It was an absolute minefield, and if you're like us,...

Have you noticed that other creative industries have a whole range of platforms allowing freelancers to book jobs and work on their own terms, in a full time capacity?   Freelancers, from all industries, have the ability to book full time hours that work around...