What is the difference between a flower shop and a wedding specialist?

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Petals Edge Floral Design
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Petal's Edge Floral Design, LLP specializes in custom floral design for weddings and special events. Using the best and freshest flowers available, Petal's Edge excels in the planning and creativity necessary to bring style and panache to your event - no matter how big or how small. Founded in 2004, the women-owned and -operated company supports environmental practices through composting and recycling of renewable materials. Petal's Edge has been featured in The Knot, Brides Washington, I Do for Brides, and Engaged! magazines. Speaking engagements have included a demonstration of floral design techniques for the <a>Smithsonian Institution</a>, a <a>Fox 5 News</a> feature on weddings, and a discussion on emerging trends in floral design at George Mason University. The company was voted one of the area's best florists by Washingtonian magazine (2006-2008), was named "2007 Best of Weddings Pick" by The Knot magazine, and is one of only three florists in the Washington, DC area to be featured in Grace Ormonde Wedding Style's 2007 Platinum List.

What is the difference between a flower shop and a wedding specialist?

In this video, Gerry Rogers, co-owner of Petal’s Edge Floral Design in Alexandria, Virginia, discusses how to hire a florist for your wedding. This video series reviews how to find a florist, discusses differences between flower shops and event florists, suggests how to prepare for the consultation and to budget for wedding flowers, and finally, reviews expectations of what happens after the florist is hired.

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Gerry Rogers: My name is Gerry and I am with Petal's Edge Floral Design in Alexandria, Virginia and we are talking today about how to choose the right flowers for you wedding and this next series of questions that I am going to answer is related to flower shops and Wedding specialists.

Host: What is the difference between a floral shop and a wedding specialist?

Gerry Rogers: The wedding industry and florists in particular have diversified a great deal. Most people are familiar with your traditional flower shop, the store that might be on the corner, near your home or not far from your home or the Floral Department in your grocery store for example. Those are more traditionally what you might term a flower shop, they have flowers. On the other hand there are lot of florists that are specialized and only do weddings and events and so that is one of the biggest things to be aware of in terms of choosing a florist for your wedding. These different kinds of florists will be able to serve your needs in different ways and provide different services.

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