Floral Design

Flower of the Day:Monte cassino Aster

Word of the Day:Texture

Monte Cassino Aster

Availability: Year round Color: white, lavender Flower has prominent yellow center. Small filler flower Daisy-like flowers lend themselves to

garden-style designs Longevity: days 7-10 Sold by bunch Cost: $6.00

Texture

An element of design that refers to the surface qualities or characteristics, both seen and felt of flowers, foliage and containers

Texture loses its effect when viewed from a distance and when mixed with strong colors

Fine Textures

Medium Texture

Course Texture

Containers have texture too!

Smooth Glass Polished metal

Coarse Baskets Stoneware Ceramic

Steps to making flower mound

Step 1

Make sure you have all materials needed such as floral bowl, aquafoam, green floral tape, knife

Step 2

Soak your foam Take your floral

tape and tape down the foam into the bowl

Step 3

After taping the foam down now take foliage and green the bowl as shown in the picture to the right

Step 4

Gather flowers that are needed for your design

Step 5

After gathering all flowers needed, set the outlines using one type of flower. Set length and width

Step 6

Fill the diagonals with the same or contrasting mass flower. In this picture the white carnations are the diagonal flowers

Step 7

Fill open spaces with filler flowers

Step 8

Finished product

Today

Mound arrangement for grade Follow steps! Don’t get flowers until you are ready

for them Bowl is prepared

Foam soaked Taped in place

Bowl is greened