Huisman Flowers

Professional Floral Designers are in the business of making customers events a success. Whether it is an intimate gathering or a grand affair, they will set up the best floral design to compliment your vision and budget. Our team of compassionate and detail minded designers use fresh farm grown flowers and their creative skills to produce the most stunning flower arrangements in the industry.

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Floral Design

Floral design is a creative art form that uses floral materials to produce artistic designs. Floral designers use a variety of mediums, including fresh and dried flowers, foliage, fruits and vegetables as well as other products such as bamboo stalks, grasses or feathers. They often work with an arranger or florist to create finished pieces for customers in the wedding industry or for retail sale at florists’ shops.

Floral design can be used in the making of floral arrangements (such as bouquets), corsages/boutonnieres and other creations such as wreaths or centerpieces. The term “floral designer” may also refer more specifically to people who create custom-made wedding bouquets on behalf of clients who are getting married at their own homes rather than having them done professionally by a florist. A person who designs floral arrangements but does not work with live plants (i.e., someone who uses only dried materials) would not normally be considered a “florist”.

Floral designers are often trained at trade schools or colleges and may be certified by the American Institute of Floral Designers. Floral designers can also be involved with the design of floral decorations for interiors, such as furniture or walls. Floral design is often used in wedding planning as well as other types of celebrations such as birthday parties and anniversaries.

Floral Design Skills

Floral designer skills are varied, and they can be broken down into five categories: creative, technical, organizational, business and interpersonal. The most important of these is creativity; floral designers must have a natural talent for designing flowers and plants to create beautiful arrangements. They also need to have excellent taste in color schemes and textures so that their designs look attractive from every angle. They must be able to visualize a finished product before starting work on it–and if something doesn’t turn out right during construction (which happens often), they must know how to fix it quickly.

Interpersonal skills are important because floral designers often work directly with customers on their projects; this means having patience when explaining what goes into making certain types of arrangements or why certain elements won’t work together well visually. Floral artists also need good communication skills so they can relay instructions clearly when working with other employees such as florists or delivery drivers who may not understand exactly what type of arrangement needs delivering where without some guidance!

Floral designers are also responsible for keeping their own work areas clean and organized so that they can quickly find what they need when they need it. They may spend a lot of time on their feet, so this job requires stamina as well as physical strength.

Floral designers must be able to move quickly and perform various tasks that include cutting flowers, arranging them in vases or baskets, and tying them together with ribbons. They may also need to create new arrangements from scratch if an order is very large or requires specific styles not currently on hand at the shop.

Floral Designer Education

The path to becoming a floral designer is not always an easy one. If people are interested in pursuing this career, there are many different educational options available. They can enroll in an accredited florist school or apprenticeship program and learn from industry-experienced instructors. There are also many online courses available that can teach the skills needed to become a successful florist.

Benefits of Professional Floral Design

Floral design is a great career choice for creative people that enjoy working with plants. They use that creativity to create beautiful arrangements, working in a wide variety of settings and industries. Depending on where they work, salary ranges are quite high for florists. The average salary for a florist is $35,000 to $45,000 per year. However, if they have their own shop or work for a high-end company, they could make more than that. Floral designers work with flowers, foliage, and other natural materials to create floral arrangements for customers. They may also design floral displays for weddings or other events. Floral designers can work in many different industries, from boutiques to florists’ shops to corporations.

Popularity Floral Design

Why floral design is so popular, and what the benefits are of becoming a Floral Designer. Let us take a look at some of the reasons why this career choice is so appealing:

• Floral Designers have the opportunity to work with plants, flowers, and other natural materials in their daily work. This can be very rewarding both physically and emotionally because they get to see how their efforts impact others’ lives on a daily basis.
• They will also get plenty of opportunities for creativity with florals–and will be able to use imagination on new designs every day! Sometimes people might even find themselves coming up with entirely new types of flower arrangements that no one has ever seen before!
• There is always something exciting happening in the world of florals (e.g., new innovations in technology) which means there will always be something new to learn about as well as ways for improving upon what has already been done before by other designers before him/herself.”
• Flowers are beautiful, and being able to design them can be very rewarding. Designers will get to work with plants and other natural materials, which can be a very fulfilling experience that not many people get to have in their careers. There are plenty of opportunities for creativity.

Floral Design Trade

Floral design is the art of arranging flowers and other botanicals to create a pleasing composition for aesthetic and/or symbolic purposes. The purpose of floral design may be simply to make something beautiful, or it may have a more specific function like creating an arrangement for display or sale. Floral designers must be creative and able to think outside the box. They should also have a good sense of color and be able to create arrangements that look beautiful as well as functional.

Floral designers work in a variety of settings, such as shops that sell cut flowers, florists’ shops (where they are known as florists), wedding planners who arrange bouquets for weddings and other special events and private individuals who want help making their home look nicer with fresh flowers around it. There are also opportunities in art galleries where you can display your own arrangements alongside paintings or photographs on display there; this could be done on commission basis or simply as part of an exhibition where artists have been invited by curators from all over North America to display their work.

Conclusion

The floral design trade can be a lucrative one, as it is a service that people need every day. However, it can also be difficult to get started in this industry if individuals do not know where to begin. It takes time and effort to build up a loyal client base, but our professionals keep customers coming back to purchase or all occasions! Contact us today!

Huisman Flowers Employs Talented Floral Designers

Same Day Flower Delivery

We operate our two gorgeous floral design centers. Our Grand Haven flower shop is located at 556 N Beacon Blvd., Grand Haven, MI 49417. The phone number for the Grand Haven design center is (616) 244-8274. We also operate a beautiful flower shop in Holland. That design center is located at 11595 E Lakewood Blvd., Holland, MI 49424. The phone number for the Holland design center is (616) 259-0424. Both of our flower shops are open to the public for in-store shopping. Each is equipped with huge walk-in coolers. Our coolers are always filled with beautiful, farm fresh designs, themed for many different occasions.

Our firm purchases many of the flowers we sell direct from floral farms. We buy from both domestic and international growers. Buying direct offers many great advantages. We are often able to reduce our cost by eliminating the wholesalers. When we purchase direct from the grower, we are able to reduce the time between when the flower is cut at the farm and when it is available to our designers to use in an arrangement. Fresher flowers translate directly into longer vase life for recipients of our arrangements.

Huisman Flowers is one of the premier florists operating in Jenison and along the lakeshore area. We employ a team of award winning floral designers. These folks are the best in the state of Michigan. They create luxurious, upscale fresh flower arrangements. Every floral bouquet we create is backed by our 100% customer satisfaction guarantee.

Rick Huisman is the President of Huisman Flowers. Together with his wife, they helped build Huisman Flowers into the wonderful company it is today. They are also the owners and founders of Huisman Flowers. Rick has a deep love for flowers. He also has a passion for baseball. His love of baseball started as an 8 year old kid. He dreamed of one day playing in the majors. In 1995, that dream became a reality. He took the field for the first time as a major league pitcher for the Kansas City Royals baseball team. Rick has a successful career and one of the hallmarks of his career was being a great teammate. That team player mentality has come full circle through his admiration for the teams of people who come together every day to serve the customers of Huisman Flowers.

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Get Well Flowers

Huisman Flowers offers the best selection of get well flowers in Jenison, Georgetown Township and throughout the Lake Michigan area. We have years of experience providing same day and express flower delivery service to hospitals in Allegan, Kent, Muskegon and Ottawa counties. If you need to send, Get Well flowers to someone in a hospital who is outside of our local delivery zone, we also offer nationwide same day flower delivery service.

Anniversary Flowers

Do you have an anniversary coming up soon? If so, we offer some great Anniversary flower, plant and gifts options. Our roses are fabulous. We purchase many of the roses we sell direct from flower farms. The most popular roses we sell are the Ecuadorian long stem roses. They are grown high in the mountains of Ecuador. The have long stems and larger blooms than most domestic rose varieties.

Same Day Funeral Flower Delivery Service

Huisman Flowers offers local same day & express flower sympathy delivery service. We have years of experience delivering to funeral homes, mortuaries, churches and cemeteries in Allegan, Kent, Muskegon and Ottawa counties. If you need to send flowers to a funeral home outside of our local delivery zone, we can also provide nationwide same day flower delivery service in those cases.

Huisman Flowers offers the best selection of sympathy flowers in Jenison and Georgetown Township. Our award winning staff creates beautiful standing sprays. These sprays are available as traditional standing sprays, heart shaped sprays and cross shaped sprays. We also offer traditional circular wreaths. Huisman Flowers creates beautiful casket flowers. We offer both half casket sprays and full casket sprays. The half sprays are appropriate whenever the family is planning to have an open casket during the viewing and/or service. If you are planning on a closed casket, we would suggest that a full casket spray would be appropriate in that circumstance.

Guaranteed Farm Fresh Flowers

Huisman Flowers creates luxurious, upscale floral designs. We are not your average florist. Our award winning team of floral design professionals is truly one of the best in the entire state of Michigan. Each flower arrangement we create is guaranteed to be professionally designed and filled with beautiful, farm fresh flowers. We back our designs with an on-time delivery guarantee. We also back each design with our 100% customer satisfaction guarantee. If you receive an arrangement from Huisman Flowers that you don’t absolutely love, we encourage you to contact one of our flower shops. We will replace that design, with one of equal or greater value. Our staff will then redeliver your floral bouquet, absolutely free of charge, on the precious date you select.

Designers Choice Fall Bouquet

Let our expert floral design team create a premium Fall themed floral arrangement for your special someone. The image shown on the website is an example of the style of arrangement you may receive. Our designers will pick out the freshest, Fall flowers we have available and create a premium Autumn themed floral design for you. To be clear, we purchase flowers based on seasonal availability. Some of the flowers shown in the sample image may not be available to our designers at the time you place your order. If that occurs, we reserve the right to substitute some of the varieties for flowers of equal value and quality. Trust our Award Winning Designers to create a stunning floral design for you. We guarantee you and the recipient are going to love it!

Locations

Huisman Flowers Grand Haven
(616) 842-4340
556 N Beacon Blvd.
Grand Haven, MI 49417