Flower School Video Library

The Flower School Video Library is the world’s largest collection of online flower arrangement video demonstrations. Subjects range from flower care and handling, design basics and wedding flowers, to advanced design techniques and styles. This library is viewed by thousands of floral design professionals and students throughout the world every day. Produced exclusively by Floral Design Institute, the video clips in this library are free to all. Enjoy!

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Francoise Weeks looks at a compact arrangement of blooms in bold fuschia and purple and various foliages she is holding. Francoise is in a black shirt and is pointing at a detail of the arrangement.

An Interview with Francoise Weeks

Leanne has long been a fan of Floral Designer and Floral Artist Francoise Weeks from Portland, Oregon. Francoise is known internationally for her highly detailed work with a focus on two distinctive styles: Urban Woodlands and Floral Forward. In this interview Leanne explores these two styles as Francoise shares tips and techniques for creating her designs.

Green rain boots serve as the containers for two floral arrangements of orange and yellow ranunculus, chartreuse green hydrangea, lily grass, plumosa, and Italian ruscus.

Rain Boots

The end of the winter season with its cold, damp and dreary days can be very depressing. The good news is that big spring flowers are now flooding the local markets. In this video clip Leanne demonstrates a bright, happy arrangement. Perfect for “puddle jumping” and beating the winter blues. Enjoy!

An explosive arrangement of peonies of multiple colors against various foliages of different shapes, lengths, and textures.

An Interview with Holly Chapple

One of the featured designers at the Inspirational Design Days 2016 sponsored by Florabundance.com was celebrated floral designer Holly Chapple. In this interview with David Kesler, Holly shares some beautiful advice for aspiring floral designers.

Three tall and slender arrangements of yellow and orange Gerbera daisies and ranunculus, lily grass, white hydrangea, and branches fashioned into heart shapes. Branches are wound around the base of each vase.

Sunshine Valentine

In this video demonstration Leanne goes beyond the traditional roses, red, white and pink of Valentine’s Day and creates a custom vases filled sunshine bright blossoms. Be adventurous and enjoy the wide variety of colorful spring flowers.

A woman with brown hair pulled up in an updo and wearing a nude-colored dress looks away somberly while holding a large and impressive bouquet of peonies in various colors nestled with severals kinds of foliage.

An Interview with BJ Dyer

BJ Dyer AIFD is the owner of the award-winning Denver retail showplace, “Bouquets” specializing in custom events decor. Selected by Bon Appetit Magazine as “among America’s top ten florists.” BJ was a presenter at Inspirational Design Days 2016 sponsored by Florabundance.com. Leanne’s interview with BJ is a delightful insight into the changing world of floral design. New floral designers will love BJ’s valuable lessons.

A dramatic linear designed bouquet featuring pistachio-colored anthirium enhanced with succulent, variegated lily grass, flexi grass, Brazilia, and galax leaves.

Dramatic Bridal Bouquet

It is time for a lesson in advanced floral design. In this video clip Leanne demonstrates the creation of dramatic formal linear styled bridal bouquet as she discusses the elements and principles of floral design and the use of line. This is a design that you will want to practice. Enjoy!

Susan McCleary speaking. Susan is wearing a turquoise necklace and a blue and black dress.

An Interview with Susan McCleary

Leanne has long been a fan of Floral Designer / Artist Susan McLeary from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Susan is considered one of this country’s top designers of floral wearables and living jewelry and was a featured designer at the Inspirational Design Days 2016 sponsored by Florabundance.com. You will enjoy her frank discussion on balancing a floral design career and family.

A wrist corsage featuring succulents, orchids, and gems.

Bejeweled Wrist Corsage

Botanical jewelry is currently one of the hottest trends in floral design. No, it’s not a fad. Botanical jewelry is here to stay. In this video clip Leanne demonstrates the techniques for creating a gorgeous wrist corsage using miniature succulents, orchids and lots of bling. But, you do need to practice these techniques. Make a corsage for yourself, wear the corsage, enjoy it and “Do Something You Love.”

Kim Curtis smiles as she works on an arrangement of garden roses and foliage. Kim is wearing a gray shirt and a name card lanyard around her neck.

An Interview with Kim Curtis

Leanne attended the Inspirational Design Days 2016 sponsored by Florabundance.com. One of the featured designers was Kim Curtis from Santa Barbara, California. Kim shared some marvelous insights for new floral designers seeking a career in event production and coordination. Enjoy!

An arrangement of tulips, iris, delphinium and hydrangea with a lantern style candle holder sits in a low purple container.

Springtime Bulb Flowers

An arrangement of bright springtime flowers is guaranteed to chase away the winter blues, even on the coldest winter day. Join Leanne a she creates a colorful design using tulips, iris, delphinium and hydrangea. Then, as a final enhancement she adds candlelight to the design. Enjoy!

A low, long tray holds an arrangement of spring bulb plants, succulents, driftwood, and spray roses.

Spring Meditation

Inspired by the Pantone colors of the year for 2016, Rose Quartz and Serenity, Leanne creates a dramatic spring meditation design. Spring bulb plants, driftwood and succulents combine with fresh flowers in this tranquil design. Enjoy!

A closeup of a tall, striking arrangement showing green hydrangea, soft lavender roses, silver gilded succulents, sparkling branches, and hanging amaranthus.

New Year's Sparkle

The holidays are over, it’s time to put away the red and green and kick off the new year with to a great start. What could be better than bright, beautiful flowers and a bit of sparkle? In this video clip Leanne creates a dramatic vertical design with glitter dusted branches and succulents.

A hand against a black background wears two rings: one a gold and diamond wedding band and the other created from small succulents, white wax flower, gilded seeded eucalyptus, evergreen, and white diamante gems.

Festive Holiday Rings

In this video clip Leanne encourages everyone who loves flowers to do something very special to celebrate the holiday season. Make festive floral rings for yourself, your friends and family. Wear your floral rings everywhere. Celebrate your love for flowers and the holiday season. Happy Holidays!!!!!

A Christmas arrangement of various bright red roses, light green hydrangea, and evergreen bits decorated with spirals of festive red wire and red diamante pins together in a cube-shaped vase.

Festive Christmas Cube

In this video Leanne demonstrates how to create a beautiful contemporary Christmas design with a bit of whimsey. To make it easy, Floral Design Institute has assembled a kits of materials for your purchase. All you have to do is add the flowers and your own creativity. Enjoy!!!

A table wreath with shiny silver balls, icy white excelsior grass, sparkly white ribbon, pink heather, evergreen bits, soft purple roses, rice flower, and deep purple lisianthus.

Frozen Themed Christmas Centerpiece

One of the more popular themes for Christmas 2015 is “Frozen”. This theme features icy white, sparkle and glitter all enhanced with pinks and purples. In this video clip Leanne creates a dramatic centerpiece using a floral foam design ring. To make it easy for everyone to create this design all of the materials are available as a kit. Enjoy!!!! 

A dramatic and eclectic centerpiece of striking red roses with artichokes, kale, wheat, sedum, eucalyptus pods and banyan vine.

Organic Autumn Centerpiece

The autumn season is filled with treasures from the garden and woods. For the creative floral designer this presents an opportunity to explore and experiment. In this video clip Leanne combines striking red roses with artichokes, kale, wheat, sedum, eucalyptus pods and banyan vine to create a dramatic and eclectic centerpiece.

A garland of foliage adorned with white and Cymbidium orchids and a glass orb hangs over the edge of a roof on a historic building at Lan Su Garden.

An Interview with Louisa Lam

At the 2015 Ninth Moon Floral Design Showcase created in partnership between Floral Design Institute and the Lan Su Chinese Garden, Louisa Lam AIFD was the garden’s featured designer sponsored by AIFD. During a rainy afternoon Leanne seized an opportunity to interview Louisa between her many design presentations. Enjoy!

A bright orange fiesta pitcher holds a bursting arrangement of orange lilies, leucadendron, bicolor roses, bitter sweet, grevillea, and magnolia foliage.

Fiesta Celebration

The seasons are changing and the time for autumn entertaining has arrived. In this video clip Leanne creates a beautiful autumn centerpiece in an antique orange Fiesta pitcher. She enhances the container with an arrangement of orange lilies, orange and yellow bi-colored roses, bittersweet and magnolia leaves. Enjoy!!

A beautiful, low centerpiece features various succulents, eucalyptus pods, tillandsia, hydrangea, seeded eucalyptus, sedum, and eryngium.

Succulent Tapestry

Succulents add amazing interest and texture to a centerpiece. And, they are very long lasting and easy to work with. In this video clip Leanne creates a beautiful low centerpiece as she demonstrates the techniques for designing with succulents. Enjoy!

A contemporary boutonniere made from a spiral of aluminum wire decorated with little bits of hydrangea, pieces of a succulent, eryngium, a single stock florette, and a peacock-hued jewel.

Succulent Boutonniere

The standard rose boutonniere is becoming passé. Today’s consumer is looking for something more dramatic, exotic and exciting. On trend are succulents which are available in a multitude of varieties and sizes. In this video clip Leanne creates a contemporary succulent boutonniere.