How can i become a florist?

I'm going to school at Keene State in NH, but nothing seems to interest me for majors.


Its taken me a long time to figure it out, but i really want to become a florist. At my grandmother's house she always gives me bowls of fruits and vases of flowers or baskets to arrange. And i absolutely love to do it.





So how do I become a florist? I need to go to college because I really don't want to let my mom down-my big brother didn't go and plus that's too much pressure on my little brother for him to be the only one to go to college. So I'm staying in school, but i just don't know what to study?? Some things I thought of were botany, horticulture, and graphic arts. or maybe a small business major...


man, I'm just stuck.





and can anyone offer any schools in like NH or Maine that are good for making me a florist? hehe

How can i become a florist?
You want a business degree. You want to study accounting, finance, management, human resources, e-business, logistics, business law, insurance, stuff like that.





In the meantime find a good florist that will give you some hours. Start at the bottom and try to do every job they have. If you want to own a flower shop you WILL be doing the bottom jobs ALL THE TIME.





Owning a flower shop is about arranging flowers, but it's more about payroll, working with suppliers, planning, cutting up boxes, scooping up huge piles of vegetative waste five times a day and paying your huge energy bill in the middle of august when nobody has come in all week.





Owning a flower shop is real business and it is not easy to be successful. You have huge competitors (Wal-Mart for example) and an extremely perishable product. Most small/family owned florists win by providing excellent customer service and an outstanding product that exceeds the customers expectations. If you can't pull off both of those things all the time you'll fail.





That being said, owning a flower shop is a fun an offbeat career path that allows for creativity on many levels. Good luck.
Reply:Talk to one of the floral shops in your area for advice.
Reply:Here is what the Department of Labor says:





http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos292.htm

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