Southern California School of Floral Design

I improved my technique this week by attending the Advanced Wedding Seminar at Phil Rulloda's Southern California School of Floral Design. Phil is an award winning designer, and it was great learning new tips and tricks under his guidance. Here I am with Phil on the last day of class.

Here are the bouquets I made in class.

Duchess Rose


Although the Duchess Rose looks like one single flower, it is composed of the petals of several roses. For this bouquet, I used 3 Cherry Brandy Ecuadorian roses. I love the color of these roses!


Wired Armature


Decorative wire accents are a hot trend for weddings right now. Florists are using wire in bridal bouquets, corsages, boutonnieres and table arrangements. This bouquet's handle is made of coiled blue wire. The wire blends into the blue hydrangea and really makes the white gardenias and stephanotis stand out.


Handtied


This colorful handtied contains a mixture of roses, alstromeria, sweet william, bupleurum and hypericum berries. Although not visible in this picture, the bouquet is nested in a ring of curly willow and ivy sprigs.


Monochromatic cascade


This bouquet is a small cascade of white roses, stephanotis, gardena, phalaenopsis and dendrobium orchids. Cascades are elegant and timeless.