I had the pleasure of taking the first of 6 floral arranging classes last week. It was a blast! Each week we’ll be creating a new centerpiece. At the end of each class, we’re able to take the finished product home with us. It’s great to have fresh flowers in the house! Here are a few photos of my first “creation”. I thought that I’d share a few helpful tips that I picked up from our first lesson. It’s important […]
Month: May 2021
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Or better yet, where do all the flowers come from? Our instructor gave us a brief, floral history lesson last week. Where do all the flowers that we buy come from? Every day in the flower market in Aalsmeer, Holland between 5:30a.m. and 11:00a.m. hundreds of different types of flowers are auctioned, each of which has a multitude of varieties. For example, there are 300 kinds of gerberas, over 500 types of chrysanthemums and 400 different varieties of roses. In […]
Elements of Floral Design
We had another wonderful class last week! We started discussing the elements of floral design. There are five key components to every floral design: 1) Line: This is the framework of your design. It creates the primary foundation and provides a visual path for the eye to follow. 2) Form: This is the external appearance of your design creating its composition. A well-designed arrangement is three dimensional with length, width, and depth. In general, designs can be round, oval, rectangular […]
Design Principles
Another great class last week! The topic of discussion was design principles. There are 7 essential design principles. 1) Composition: The organization or grouping of different elements used to create a unified whole. 2) Unity: The relationship of the individual parts to each other which produces a single, cohesive unit. 3) Proportion: The comparative size relationship between ingredients within a design. This relationship can be measured in the quantity of flowers, length of the stems, or amount of materials used […]