Handicraft collection | deboren dolen | Always use a sharp knife to cut your flowers. Scissors, although tempting and far easier to use tend to pinch the delicate veins that absorb the water. Always cut an inch above when receiving the flowers, at an angle and keep immersed in water as much as possible.

1. Deborh Dolen

2.  What is floriculture?
 What types of careers could one have in
floriculture?

3.  There are four basic types of design
materials:
◦ Line flowers
◦ Mass flowers
◦ Form flowers
◦ Filler flowers

4.  Tall spikes of flowers with florets blooming
along the stem
 Create the outline for an arrangement and
establish the height and width as well as the
curvilinear lines.

5.  Snapdragons
 Gladiolus

6.  Have the flower head on the terminal end of
the stem
 Draw attention to the focal point and add
mass and weight to the arrangement.
 Cover floral foam and help fill in empty areas
with flowers

7.  Carnations
 Roses
 Chrysanthemums

8.  Unique in shape or color
 Create the accent or focal point or focal area
of the arrangement to attract the viewer’s
attention

9.  Bird of paradise
 Orchid

10.  Have small sprays of flowers or are like
ferns
 Used to fill empty spaces and to accent
the other floral materials within the
arrangement
 Also used to cover or hide the
mechanics of the arrangement including
the frame, supports, ties, etc.

11.  Baby’s breath
 Statice

13.  Flower
arrangement is
basically round in
shape

14.  Flowers make an
oval shaped
arrangement

15.  Flowers make a
fan or semicircle
shaped
arrangement

16.  Shape may be an
equilateral
triangle with all
three sides the
same length or
asymmetrical
triangle with
sides of different
lengths.

17.  Flowers make an
L shape

18.  The flowers make
an upside down
T

19.  Straight up, in a
bud vase, tall
vertically, narrow
horizontally

20.  Long horizontal and short vertically

21.  Halfway between
vertical and
horizontal

22.  Shaped like a
quarter moon

23.  Shaped like an S
curve

25.  When the flower size and container flow
together and complement each other

26.  Creates the accent and interest to catch the
eye

27.  Keeps relative size, color and texture of the
flowers to create a pleasing arrangement.
 Floral designs should be at least 1 ½ to 2
times the height or width of the container.

28.  The principle that the design must be in
proportion to the surrounding area where it is
placed.

29.  Used to catch attention and draw attention to
the design

30.  Accentuates the flowers and colors by
repeating their use throughout the design

31.  Creates a sense of continuity or flowing
together

32.  When all parts flow together to give a
completed look to the arrangment

33.  When the flowers complement each other
through color, size, and shape

35. 1. Select a design shape
2. Select appropriate container, cut floral
foam and attach to container
3. Set container and foam in water for 20
minutes
4. Select fern or other filler and arrange in
foam to cover foam and extend at least
1 ½ times the width of the container.

36. 5. Insert flower to make arrangement
desired height
6. Insert more flowers to make design
outline and focal point
7. Add other flowers as needed to make
arrangement
8. Arrange filler flowers such as baby’s
breath to give a completed appearance