Principles of Floral Design

Principles of Floral Design: An Illustrated Guide provides an introduction to the hands-on skills and theory required for career success in addition to the artistic aspect of floral arrangement. This heavily illustrated text acquaints future floral designers with design principles and elements along with the floriculture industry and its careers. It presents the various types of products used in floral design, before progressing into common floral applications and events. This text is also appropriate for students enrolling in the course for fine arts elective credit.

• Step-by-step procedures provide clear instruction to develop students' floral design skills using low-cost and commonly available materials.
• Extensive flower and foliage glossaries include cross-references to both the common and the botanical names in addition to other helpful information.
• End-of-chapter features, including Activities, Critical Thinking, STEM Activities and Communicating About Floral Design, provide students with the opportunity to connect floral design content to career and college readiness skills.

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Principles of Floral Design: An Illustrated Guide provides an introduction to the hands-on skills and theory required for career success in addition to the artistic aspect of floral arrangement. This heavily illustrated text acquaints future floral designers with design principles and elements along with the floriculture industry and its careers. It presents the various types of products used in floral design, before progressing into common floral applications and events. This text is also appropriate for students enrolling in the course for fine arts elective credit.
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Table of Contents

1. The Floriculture Industry
2. Career Planning
3. History of Floral Design
4. Safe Work Practices
5. Containers, Tools, and Mechanics
6. Plant Structures and Functions
7. Postharvest Processing, Conditioning, and Storage
8. Principles of Design
9. Elements of Design
10. Flower Selection
11. Foliage Selection
12. Types of Floral Design
13. Site Assessment and Theme Development
14. Flowers to Wear and Carry
15. Wedding Flowers
16. Designing for Holidays and Special Occasions
17. Sympathy Flowers
18. Permanent Botanicals
19. Maintaining and Decorating Potted Arrangements
20. Floriculture Marketing, Pricing, and Sales

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Online Text, 6yr. Classroom Subscription (min. 15)

Front Matter (g-wonlinetextbooks.com Floral Design)

Chapter 1 (g-wonlinetextbooks.com Floral Design)

Chapter 10 (g-wonlinetextbooks.com Floral Design)

Presentations for PowerPoint

Chapter 1 (4.51 MB)

Chapter 10 (4.59 MB)

Mobile Companion Website

View Mobile Site (m.g-wlearning.com Floral Design)

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Correlations

Idaho

Floral Design and Marketing (PDF, 523 KB)

Texas

Floral Design (PDF, 616 KB)

Principles and Elements of Floral Design TEKS and ELPS (PDF, 650 KB)

About the Author(s)

Pat Diehl Scace - currently serves as the Floral Display Supervisor for the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, Missouri. Pat earned her bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and attended the American Floral Art School in Chicago, Illinois. She has taught Advanced Floral Design at Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville, Illinois; presented for various organizations, including state florists’ associations, wholesale florists, and garden clubs; and received the Designer of the Year award from the Illinois State Florists’ Association. A Laureate Member of the American Institute of Floral Designers, Pat has authored and coauthored several books, including The Floral Artist’s Guide: A Reference to Cut Flowers and Foliages and The AIFD Guide to Floral Design. Pat grew up in the floral industry as part of the third generation to work as florists at Diehl Florist, Inc., a family-owned retail flower shop.

James M. DelPrince - is a Horticulture Specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service. Jim received his doctoral degree in Agricultural and Extension Education from Mississippi State University, and a master’s of science degree in Agricultural Education and a bachelor’s of science degree in Horticulture from The Ohio State University. A Laureate member of the American Institute of Floral Designers, Jim has authored and coauthored several books, including Interior Plantscaping: Principles and Practices, A Centennial History of the American Florist, and The AIFD Guide to Floral Design. He is also the author of multiple extension publications, trade press, and scholarly journal articles.