Holiday Floral Scrapbook
By: Reese Roehrig 3B
Valentines Day
Common Arrangements
- Low centerpieces in square containers embellished with beaded wire
- Fresh flowers casually designed in simple glass vessel
- Compacted designs
- Pave rose arrangements (short stems tightly grouped to form a flat, uniform surface of beautiful rose buds)
- Natural and organic looks
- Floral arrangements displayed in geometric glass containers, such as cubes and cylinders
- Containers in exciting, funky color palettes, such as fuchsia, bright orange, nile green, or peach
- Small vases connected together to display single blossoms
- Arrangements with braided foliages accents or lacey bear grass accents
- Flower stems designed inside the clear glass vase
- Handled baskets for platns
Price Range for the Arrangements
- $20-$50
Color Schemes
- Purples
- Oranges
- Hot Pinks
- Radiant Orchid
- Spring Pastels such as romantic, muted hues of smoky lavenders and dusty pinks
- Purple-pink combos
- Purple-red combos
- Vintage whites and ivory, blush pink, grey and silver
- Orange, yellows and reds are “too hot to handle”
- Lime greens, oranges, hot pinks with accents of dark eggplant blooms
- Your sweetheart’s favorite color
Commonly Used Flowers
- Red Roses
- Tulips
- Gerbera Daisies
- Hydrangea
- Orchids
- Fragrant flowers such as gardenias, freesia and hyacinths
- Callas
- Succulents
- Roses in a variety of colors: orange roses are hotter than hot; peach roses; lavender roses; and pastel roses
- Lilies
These flowers are used because they symbolize passionate love.
Flower Availability
Easter
History
Common Arrangements
Price Range
Color Schemes
Commonly Used Flowers
These flowers are commonly used because they represent sweet, nurturing feelings of the spring season.
Flower Availability
Mothers Day
History
Common Arrangements
Commonly Used Flowers
Lilies, Alstromeria, Calla, Delphinium, Gerbera, Hydrangea, Iris, Kangaroo Paw, Lilies, Orchids, Lisianthus, Paper Whites, Stock, Roses, Snap Dragon, Sunflowers, and Tulips.
These flowers are used because they represent thankfulness and care.
Price Range
Color Schemes
Flower Availability
Thanksgiving
History
Common Arrangements
Some commonly seen arrangements include asymmetrical arrangements with autumn colors, asymmetrical arrangement with mums or roses with a candle somewhere throughout, triangle arrangements with large flowers such as sunflowers.
Price Range
Color Schemes
Flower Availability
Christmas
History
Common Arrangements
Price Range
Commonly Used Flowers
These flowers are used to symbolize the holly jolly festivities of the Christmas season
Color Schemes
Flower Availability
Halloween
History
Common Arrangements
Price Range
Commonly Used Flowers
These flowers are used to symbolize spookiness of the lost souls during the
Halloween season.