35p a day is a tiny amount to pay for nationwide publicity for your industry, and an information bureau. Some industries allocate up to 15% of their turnover for promotion.

Which membership is right for you?

Choose all the benefits you want.

BUD - beginner
£10.75 a month : worth over £2,400+
Ideal for very small or new companies, and individuals

1. Your details are posted on our website which gets 300,000 unique visitors every month – so anyone looking for companies trading in flowers and plants and associated services can contact you.
2. We also add a link from our website to yours; and you can link from your site to ours.
3. You can use our logo on your website and stationery, and place a sticker in your window or delivery van if you have one, to let people know you are a member of the association.
4. Each quarter we’ll send you a printed newsletter to keep you up to date with what’s going on in the Association.
5. If you have supplied us with an email address you will receive an e-news letter each month, with opportunities and events, tips and ideas.
6. Whenever we get enquiries from the trade or members of the public looking for floriculture companies, it’s only our members that we recommend, wherever possible. So your company is promoted to potential new customers.
7. Our members or media contacts often have special offers or discounts that they want to share with you. You’ll receive information on these.
8. We’ll send you a booklet summarising the key flower fashion trends for each season of the year, to help with planning product lines, giving you inspiration, or even a new shopping list!
9. You can access the members’ section of our website to see exclusive tips and ideas, inspiration and advice.

• Bonus benefit! : a £10 voucher for Chrysal products, courtesy of Chrysal UK.
  

BLOOM - basic
£20.75 a month : worth over £6,000+
Ideal for low-turnover florists, colleges,  secondary wholesalers and small growers

All the benefits of BUD membership, PLUS :

10. If you don’t find the information you want on our website you can call or email the staff at the F&PA for help.
11. If you are looking for staff, you can place job adverts on our website free of charge.
12. You can promote up to five books you have written, on our website, so budding florists know where to look for good advice and inspiration.
13. You can publicise any events you are hosting, on our website, to reach a greater audience.
14. You can amend your listing on our website to include specialities such as organic, ethically produced, locally sourced, next day delivery, or nationwide coverage.
15. Each year we will send you a summary of the market share of each retail sector, so you can see the key retail data for the industry in a simple form.
16. You can receive a presentation on marketing tips, or trends in floristry. We can design these for schools and colleges, or for businesses. We don’t charge for our time, just our travel costs.
17. We can send you a media pack with templates and media contact details, to help you raise your profile and get more coverage in local media.
18. You can access information on taxation and business advice on our website.
19. You get a free place at our business networking events.

• Bonus benefit! : a £15 voucher for Chrysal products, courtesy of Chrysal UK.
  

BUNCH – bells & whistles
£40.75 a month : worth over £19,300+
Ideal for florists, flower schools, wholesalers,  sundries suppliers, freelance designers, growers

All the benefits of BUD & BLOOM membership, PLUS :

20. Four times a year you will receive a full set of images relating to our seasonal fashion trend, which you can use for inspiration for your staff and customers, run (with a credit to us) on your website, or incorporate into product development. You can have this as a CD or download the images from our website.
21. We regularly produce inspirational leaflets and booklets for the public; you will be sent one on publication; and if you would like to give them out to your customers you can order extra copies free of charge – all you pay is the courier cost.
22. You can link in with the promotional work we do by providing arrangements or products for photoshoots, sponsoring competitions, and demonstrating at events. Opportunities occur throughout the year, which we email to relevant members.
23. Each time we carry out a consumer survey you’ll get the results from it, giving you greater insight into the mind of the British consumer.
24. We’ll also send you more detailed information on the industry and sales figures.
25. If you want to demonstrate on our stands at consumer events like Hampton Court Flower Show, let us know! We always have opportunities arising for demonstrators or designer florists to get involved with the promotional work we do. It’s great fun and great practise. We’ll supply all product and sundries, and pay you a daily rate and travel expenses too.
26. You can also promote your products or services at the consumer events we attend. If you have a product you think deserves a bigger audience, let us use it in the demonstrations or on the stand, to tell more people about it.
27. You can include your literature up to 50g in our regular member mailshots, free of charge.
28. If you have a product or service you wish to recommend to our members at a discount or special offer, we can promote this through our monthly email newsletter. Just tell us the product or service, and what the special F&PA membership offer is, and we’ll do the rest.
29. Sponsor our competition prizes and events too – we have frequent opportunities to promote flowers and plants through magazines, websites, events and other PR. You can publicise your products and services here.

• Bonus benefit! : a £25 voucher for Chrysal products, courtesy of Chrysal UK.
  

BOUQUET – big business
£95.75 a month : worth over £55,000+
Ideal for supermarkets, packers, on-line retailers, co-operatives and other large businesses

All the benefits of BUD & BLOOM & BUNCH membership, PLUS :

30. Receive regular retail sales data on the UK, worth over £30,000
31. Commission bespoke qualitative data through online surveys, focus groups or face to face interviews. Because we can source the data cooperatively, the costs to you are greatly reduced – meaning more questions for your money (or less money!)
32. Download special reports, presentations, and articles of research relating to business, marketing and consumer behaviour, direct from our website.

• Bonus benefit! : a bumper £50 voucher for Chrysal products, courtesy of Chrysal UK.
  

>> Click here to apply on-line today

If you would like more information email us at info@flowers.org.uk or call us on 020 7738 8044