HORT 289 - Advanced Wedding and Event Floral

Lecture - Lab - Credit Hours: 1-10-3
This class is designed to give students an in-depth experience creating advanced floral pieces for both weddings and events. Each student in the class will rotate through each floral design area of a wedding including, but not limited to, attendant bouquets, corsages and wristlets using gluing techniques, reception designs, floral pieces for the church including pew and altar decorations, flowers for the cake, banquet room entry designs, and specialty flower girl designs. Students will have experience creating everything from advanced bouquets to dramatic guest table pieces. Students will gain knowledge in packing floral items for delivery as well as special care and handling techniques to insure the floral pieces arrive safely. All of the floral work created will be for real weddings and events. Students will be designing pieces for area brides and grooms as well as for area organizations. Prerequisite: Minimum grade “A” in both HORT 280 and HORT 283 .