Maximum 2 students
Mondays for 12 weeks
10 am-6pm
84 class
hours of hands on training
1
hour lunch break
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Overview
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 lecture and
afternoon 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 an open book 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,
Floral design tools and a California Flower Selection guide, and 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
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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
$2,250.00
This amount is due in full to reserve your design table. Payment can be made with any major credit
card or with Pay Pal.
Contact me for
questions & payment. 913-708-2988
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. For this class or
any classes of your choice.
Call for more information. 913-708-2988
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