Description
You spent two days conditioning and building. Then a bouquet travels dry for forty minutes, a box of buttonholes rides under a crate, the van sits in the sun while you carry the arch in, and the work you were proud of arrives looking tired. Delivery is where good floristry quietly falls apart, and it is almost always avoidable.
This checklist turns delivery into a system you repeat every wedding, in the order the day happens: pack, load, drive, unload, install, hand over, collect.
Inside you will find:
- A job-at-a-glance page for venues, contacts, weather and crew
- A fill-in delivery schedule from studio top-up to vessel collection
- What actually damages flowers in transit — heat, air movement, dehydration and crushing
- A conditioning sign-off to run before anything is packed
- Packing methods item by item: bouquets, boxed personals, arches and installs, table centres, pedestals, garlands, hardware
- Water-in-transit rules, including how much to fill and how to weight a bucket
- Heat, cold and wind checks for summer and winter deliveries
- A load order that means you never unpack the van twice
- An item manifest and delivery sign-off table you tick as you unload
- On-arrival checks before you touch a stem
- Hand-off scripts for the coordinator and whoever is handling personal flowers
- Sign-off, repurposing and collection fields, plus a debrief page
It is written for wedding florists, floral designers and studio assistants, and it is clear enough to hand to a driver or a weekend freelancer with no briefing.
After one wedding with this in your hand, delivery stops being the stressful part. You know what is in the van, in what order, and why. Nothing arrives wilted, nothing gets left behind, and you drive away with a signed manifest instead of a vague hope that it all went in.
What’s inside
- Fill-in delivery schedule and job details
- Conditioning sign-off before packing
- Packing methods for every item type
- Water, heat, cold and wind rules
- Load order for a single-trip van
- Item manifest and delivery sign-off table
- On-site hand-off and briefing scripts
- Collection and debrief pages
