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What we have learned growing it, building it, and installing it.

We grow the plants, design the floral, and build the props ourselves. That means we can answer the practical questions — about sourcing, certification, construction, and codes — that most of this industry has to pass up a chain it does not control. This is where we write those answers down, particularly for people new to the work.

Latest · Floriculture

Where Your Flowers Actually Come From

Four in five stems are imported. Here is the supply chain that decides your price, your lead time, and how much of a “locally grown” claim you can actually defend.

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Kristine McLaughlin · August 26, 2026 · 7 min read
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  • Floriculture

    Where Your Flowers Actually Come From

    Four in five stems are imported. Here is the supply chain that decides your price, your lead time, and how much of a “locally grown” claim you can actually defend.

    Kristine McLaughlin · August 26, 2026 · 7 min read
  • Fabrication

    How a Plywood Facade Gets Built

    Panels, brackets, counter heights, fire paperwork, and the freight math that decides whether a design is worth building at all.

    Bobby Galati · August 26, 2026 · 8 min read
  • Industry

    Breaking Into Event Décor: What the Job Actually Is

    The roles that really exist, what a Central Florida season looks like, and the unglamorous thing that gets people hired.

    Monina Santos-Anderson, MHR · August 26, 2026 · 9 min read
  • Sustainability

    Sustainable Event Décor: What to Ask Your Vendors

    Five questions that separate a serious operation from a marketing claim — plus a plain-language guide to the terms that get used wrong.

    Robert McLaughlin · August 22, 2026 · 12 min read

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Sustainability

Certification scope, waste, sourcing claims, and how to document any of it.

Floriculture

Where product comes from, what is in season, and how the cold chain behaves.

Fabrication

How props and structures are built, shipped, installed, and reused.

Industry

Commentary, careers, and how this business actually works.

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