Artificial flower arrangement

Unlike fresh flowers, artifical flowers are long lasting and can be arranged in many beautiful styles. As Chinese New Year is coming. I had arranged a Chinese New Year arrangement using Peony flowers.

The classical arrangement

The classical arrangement fans out like a peacock. This is a semicircle arrangement and should be symmetrical.

The flowers and foliages used are eustoma, gebersa. song of india and platycium.

A table arrangement using exotic flowers

I helped my instructress to do a table arrangement. Flowers like wild flowers, cybidium, geberas, nosa, cornus berry and salah leaves were used.

My instructress wanted this arrangement to look big; something like console arrangement. I think it will suits places like hotel reception, lobbies and buffet tables.

Free form console table arrangement.

It does not have a specific shape to go accordingly,this design look very simple yet very modern. Its size can be quite big and can be placed on reception tables, buffet tables.

Flowers and foliage used are rose, badanas, cornus berry, songhum, pine leaf.

Demo

by me

Greenthumbs event @ East Coast Park

This event was organised by National Parks Board. It launches the new certification system via workforce skills qualifications body.

My fellow classmates and myself attended this event mainly to take part in the floral arrangement competition. This was my first time taking part in a floral arrangement competition. My main objective is not to win but to gain experience in competition and see what other floral arrangers create in their arrangements.

There were 2 designs that had to be done: a hand bouquet and a table arrangement. We were given a set of flowers to use for each design and have to complete in one hour for each.

I was quite lost when I first saw the flowers given to me and I did not know how I should create each design. Trial and error a few times before I created something. These are the designs which I had completed.

The photo below was the winner's floral arrangement. I'm impressed with his works.

Table arrangement practice pieces

Another catergory for the competition will be table arrangement. Therefore we also practice them.

My arrangement

My classmate's arrangement

Traditional Biedemeyer

Traditional biedemeyer is a round shape design consisting of mixed flowers and foliage of different layers.



The flowers and foliage used in this biedemeyer are geberas, carnation, anethum, tea leaves, banksa and cordyline leaves.

Demo set

Done by me

Tropical arrangement

Tropical arrangement is contemporary design and made up of vertical and horizontal lines.

The flowers and foliage used are heliconia, carnation, anthurium and steel glass.

Demo

By me

Christmas Arrangement

Although Christmas had just past, I had not learnt to do an arrangement for this special holiday festival.

I like the christmas arrangement very much. Its very beautiful and heartwarming especially when its candles is lighted up. It can be placed at homes as a decoration, in receptions and in parties.

Roses, ornarments, tea leaves, baby's breath and cornus seeds were used for this arrangements.

Dome by me

Demo

Demo

Triangle freestyle arrangement

This is triangle freestyle arrangement. One was done my instructress and the other by me.

The flowers and foliage used are ginger flowers, eustoma, anethum, gebera, carnation, ming leaf, fern leaf, cordyline, anthurium.

Demo

By me

Basket arrangement

There was a customer who ordered a basket arrangement and my instructress asked to to do the arrangement.

With help from her, we managed to complete this piece of work.

Triangle arrangement design

This is a triangle table arrangement. A tall vase is used.

There are 5 main points to make this arrangement: The highest point must be 2x the height of the vase, the main focal point (the lily), the left and right points must be 1x the height of the vase and point below the focal point must be protruding.

Demo set

My set

Diagonal Table arrangement

This is another table arrangement design.

The flowers used are eustoma, red gem and lily.

Demo Set

Done by me

Crescent shape arrangement

This table arrangement is a crescent shape. Long leaves like bird nest can help to define the shape better.

The flowers used are protea, rose, wild flower, salal leaves, birdnest, japanese bamboo and dragon willow.

Demo set

By me

Lesson 5: Rattan basket arrangement

The 3rd arrangement for the day which I learnt was this rattan basket arrangement. I like this design very much because it has my favourite flowers, colour pink and looked sweet!

The flowers and foliage used were geberas, iron leaf, kochia, corfyline, carnations, eustoma and ming fern.

Rattan Basket design (demo set)
Rattan basket design (by me)

Lesson 5: Triangle Arrangement

Next is triangle arrangement. It has a shape of a triangle. This is a more free style type of triangle design.

The flowers and foliage used were heliconia, geberas, orchid, carnation, japanese bamboo, birdnest and cordyline.

Triangle design by me

Triangle design by me

Triangle design (demo)

Lesson 5: Cocktail arrangement

In the fifth lesson, I stay the whole day in the school. Managed to learn a few arrangements. One of them is this cocktail arrangement. Fruits and vegetables can be used in this arrangement. From the name, it is usually places on buffet tables or in cocktail parties.

This is a free style design. The flowers and foliage used were geberas, kochia, birdnest, iron leaf, lemon and chillies. Some sea shells were placed on the base as well too.

Cocktail arrangement (demo set)
Cocktail arrangement by me(top view)
Cocktail arrangement (by me)

Lesson 4: Tall vase design

This was the 2nd piece of work that I learnt in this lesson. Tall vase design is a free style design, which does not have standard skeleton to follow. The height of the arrangement should be twice the height of the tall vase. The flowers the foliage used were Sunflower, linifolium, cypress stick, cordyline and ming fern.

Demo set

My arrangement

My arrangement ( back view)

3rd lesson: Horizontal Design

Following the recap of dome design arrangement, June and Joelyn taught me horizontal design aka long table arrangement. From the name, it suits tables which are long and rectangular,

The way to arrange the flowers is similar except one side of opposite stems are longer and equal length. This is what I have done today with help from June and Joelyn.

Horizontal design (Top view)

Horizontal design

The plants used are lily, carnations, statice, salal leaves and cordyline leaves.

3rd lesson: Dome design recap

Attended my 3rd lesson today in the afternoon.

The 1st thing was to revise my dome design arrangement. I was given a metal bucket as the container. The main flower used was carnations. Instructor Joelyn review my work done and I had some rectifications done. This project was done myself.

Dome arrangement