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This
12 day Exploration of Floral Design class will teach the basic principals of
floral design, and so much more. Each
day will have a morning/evening lecture and afternoon/evening of hands on
designing. Students will participate
in the processing and handling of fresh flowers each day for the lab
session. The students will be trained to execute all
basic forms of design to apply for a floral designer position. This is a required class for job
placement. The class offers business
information on pricing for profit, daily sales, floral delivery expenses, and
bulk purchases for profitability, and so much more! The students will have a final exam on
materials covered during lectures. And
every class day will be more fun than you can imagine and the amount of
flowers to work with and industry information is fantastic!
FLOWERS
are beautiful creations, the curiosity and enthusiasm for information on
FLOWERS is contagious. Take yourself
somewhere new….to the Flower Classroom.
Learn to be a FLOWER expert.
This
class enables you to become a FLOWER expert!
Having so much fun every class session.
Objectives
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Introduction to design
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Color terms and theory
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Processing and handling of fresh flowers
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Flower & Foliage identification
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Hands on design of basic forms of design
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Techniques in design
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Wedding Bouquets
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Flowers to wear
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Sympathy Tributes
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Every day designs
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Pricing of floral products
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Salesmanship with FLOWERS
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Handling Customer complaints
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Tropical floral designs
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Field trip to Floral Wholesalers
Activities
Each student will have materials
provided to execute all designs. The
classroom also has additional books, supplies and flowers for purchase. This allows students to practice additional
designs at home.
We will cover the Principles,
Elements & Techniques of Design
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Balance, Emphasis, Harmony, Proportion, Rhythm & Unity
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Color, Form, Line, Space & Texture
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Bailing, Banding, Binding, Bunching, Clustering, Detailing, Facing, Framing,
Grouping, Hand Tying, Kubari, Lacing, Layering, Mirroring, Pave, Pillowing,
Sequencing, Sheltering, Stacking, Terracing, Tufting, Veiling, Wrapping &
Zoning.
Floral
Design Tools
The
Flower Classroom provides a Notebook of Floral information, Color Wheel and a
California Flower Selection guide, and other industry catalogs.
Students should bring something for note
taking and a calculator. The classroom
has assorted tools available to use, new floral tools are available in the
classroom to purchase. Any other tools
necessary for the class will be available.
Evaluation
A certificate of completion of this class will be available with a
passing grade on the final exam.
Students that have enrolled and passed the Explore Floral Design and
wish to enroll in the Advanced Floral design class that follows will be given
a discount on that class price when combining these 2 classes.
Christina Burton-Fox AIFD instructor
FLOWERS are beautiful
creations. The curiosity and
enthusiasm for information about flowers is contagious. Enroll in the Flower Classroom for the most
up to date information….when the ordinary won’t do…take yourself somewhere
new!
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Materials
Fresh flowers and foliage’s and the containers will be provided for all
the designs. These designs are yours
to take with you at the end of each class day. You will not take apart your
designs to execute the next floral design.
Flower selection will be seasonal.
The classroom will have a wide selection of flowers to choose from for
design execution. You will have
permanent materials and all wire, tape, glue, etc. will be provided.
Styles of Design
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Botanical
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Circular Mass
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Formal Linear
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Line-Mass
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Triangular
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Vegetative
Class Registration
84 hours classroom time
Registration & Class Materials for a 12-day class or 2 evenings for 12
weeks.
$1,864.50
This amount is due in full to reserve your design table. Payment can be made with any major credit
card or with Pay Pal.
You can copy and paste this link for payment. I will confirm your registration after the
payment is received.
PayPal link for payment of Class
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=BKXUGEZDLPERA
Cancelation of your space in the class is allowed up to 14 days
before class for a full refund. After
that a credit will be applied for classes in the future.
Call for more information. 913-708-2988
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