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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A bewitching Halloween design made with a variety of foliages, red roses, a manzanita branch, preserved leaves, ornamental pumpkins, and faux ravens.

Ravens and Roses

Halloween is now the second-largest holiday in the US -- and florists certainly know how to enhance ANY party! In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne has a spooky-good time creating a hauntingly beautiful design with red roses, leucodendron, preserved leaves, ornamental pumpkins and a few feathered friends. Enjoy!

A large rustic compote full of manzanita branches, ruscus, agonis, hypericum berries, bunny tail grass, golden mustard roses, and sunflowers.

Rustic Sunflower Arrangement

Rustic looks and Fall go hand in hand, and when you add in stunning cream & rust sunflowers you have a winning combination! In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne combines a variety of textures and seasonal colors of roses, hypericum, agonis, sunflowers and more for a contemporary take on a rustic look. Enjoy!

A sunny yellow arrangement inside of a mellow yellow pumpkin created with, ruscus, variegated pittosporum, zinnias, marigolds, and sunflowers.

Mellow Yellow Pumpkin Arrangement

When we think of Fall and pumpkins, we typically think of the classic orange Jack-O-Lantern pumpkin, but pumpkins come in SO many more colors & shapes, and are excellent vessels for flower arrangements. In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne has a sunny take on a foam-free pumpkin design featuring sunflowers, zinnias, hydrangeas, and marigolds with a 'Mellow Yellow' pumpkin as the container. Enjoy!

A classic vase design created with variegated pittosporum, dahlias, zinnias, lisianthus, and snapdragons.

Easy Fall Flower Arrangement

Flowers in a vase is the norm for most people, but sometimes you want to use a favorite pottery piece or serving bowl (especially at the holidays so you can match your dishes!) However, designing in a lower, shallow bowl can be tricky. In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne creates a foam-free arrangement using a classic technique with just foliage and flowers. Enjoy!

Dynamic matching modern designs in shades of red created with, gerbera daisies, gum tree eucalyptus, snake grass, hanging amaranthus, and galax leaves.

Modern Red Arrangment

Creating a modern-style floral design can often mean pulling from the past. With influences from the ancient floral art of Ikebana -- a linear design style -- just a few blooms can create a visually stunning design. In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne designs in a simple black vessel, using gerbera daisies, hanging amaranthus, and eucalyptus blossoms in hues of red contrasted with the simple lines of equisetum create a bold & modern design with very few stems. Enjoy!

An elevated compote full of autumn blooms such as, dahlias, cone flower, hanging amaranthus, hypericum berries, cottage, yarrow, clematis vine, and ruscus.

Fall Flower Centerpiece

Orange, rust, yellow are classic Fall colors, but -- how about a modern take on Fall with hues of peach, salmon, chocolate and tangerine?! In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne starts with an on-trend compote as a vessel, then fills it to overflowing with beautiful blooms including dahlias, amaranths, coneflower, hypericum. It's sure to be a hit on any table. Enjoy!

A charming arrangement in shades of yellow made with, parakeet heliconia, beehive ginger, chrysanthemums, roses, scabiosa, leucadendron, bunny tail grass, and galax leaves.

Rustic Yellow Arrangement

Pulling from a wide range of flowers and textures -- from tropical to temperate, and smooth to rough & rustic -- you can create a floral arrangement that celebrates all that the flower world has to offer. In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne combines parakeet heliconia, beehive ginger, roses, scabiosa pods, and more to create a texturally rich arrangement. Complemented by a natural-tone wood box, this is sure to be a winner. Enjoy!

A beautiful compote full of late summer blooms such as, snap dragons, cottage yarrow, dahlias, dill, bunnytail grass, ruscus, and dried smokebush.

End of Summer Dahlias

As the summer winds down and we begin to see cooler evenings and shorter days, we say goodbye to a favorite summer bloom -- dahlias. In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne works with an autumnal color palette and end-of-season bounty to create a foam-free design with interesting mechanics. A tall bronze compote overflows with cottage yarrow, snapdragons, smokebush, bunny tail grass, dill, and of course dahlias -- it's a stunner, enjoy!

A dynamic design made with a succulent cutting, montbretia, craspedia, cottage yarrow, geranium, galax leaves, and lily grass.

Contemporary Arrangement with a Succulent

With smooth petals and an exceptionally long vase life, succulents are still on-trend, and can be a fun addition to an arrangement. In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne designs with these desert beauties accented with montbretia, craspedia, cottage yarrow, scented geranium leaves, lily grass, and one of Leanne's favorites - galax leaves. Fun fact: succulents can be repotted after the blooms fade. Enjoy!

A striking linear design made by combining hot pink dahlias, bromeliad, sword fern, nigella, camellia, galax leaves, allium, and lily grass.

Summer Dahlia Linear Design

Dahlias are the darlings of summer and come in so many colors, shapes, and sizes. In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne creates a linear design using the round dahlia in a bold color, as well as drumstick allium, lily grass and one beautiful bromeliad spike. Enjoy!

A whimsical vase design full of, eryngium, scabiosa, veronica, bachelor buttons, and cosmos.

Summer Flowers in a Vase

Picnic, long days and soft breezes -- ahhh, summertime! Summers are wonderful for entertaining outdoors, and summer celebrations call for casual and carefree flowers.  In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne uses beautiful eryngium to create the supporting structure (no foam! no floral netting! no foliage!), then a beautiful mix of cosmos, scabiosa, bachelor buttons, and veronica, to create a summer stunner in shade of blues, lavenders, and pinks. Enjoy!

A glass compote full of summer blooms such as, hydrangea, dahlias, pasta gerberas, dianthus, roses, blushing bride protea, lily grass, and sword fern.

Summer Dahlia Compote

Dahlias are summer beauties for sure, and when mixed with other garden lovelies and a few special blooms they really shine! In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne creates a foam-free design with roses, hydrangea, gerbera, Blushing Bride protea, dianthus and - of course - dahlias! It's certain to be a hit as a floral gift or just gracing your countertop. Enjoy!

A combination of different vases with coordinating blooms in shades of yellow, such as, snapdragons, alstroemeria, carnations, dianthus, mini hydrangeas, craspedia, gerbera daises, and two types of quaking grasses, in armatures made of lily grass.

Orange Flower Trio

Why have one flower arrangement when you can have three? Mixing and matching multiple containers and arrangements is not only on-trend, it's fun! In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne shares her take on how to combine several related containers to create a trio of designs that can stand alone or work together as a group. Enjoy!

An abundant vegetative design in shade of purple and blue made with, hydrangea, foxglove, larkspur, bachelor buttons, and nigella.

Summer Meadow Arrangement

With the glorious abundance of flowers to choose from Summer is a wonderful time for carefree, casual floral arrangements, and none fit that bill quite as well as a meadow-style arrangement. In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne designs with hydrangea, foxglove, larkspur, bachelor buttons, and nigella -- all in violet & blue hues -- to create an arrangement that's as cool as a summer evening breeze. Enjoy!

A beautiful bow created with copper sheer ribbon for the center, ivory satin ribbon for the middle, and then backed by a textural raffia ribbon.

Multiple Ribbon Bow

Do you love ribbon as much as we do? Lucky for us -- ribbon is back on trend and helps add a luxurious touch to your designs. In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne shares her favorite technique for creating a multi-ribbon bow so you can combine your favorite colors, textures & widths of ribbons for a fabulous show-stopper. Enjoy!

A striking tropical arrangement full of heliconia, pin cushion protea, anthurium, leucadendron, scabiosa pods, carnations, craspedia, and lily grass.

Simple Tropical Flower Arrangement

Line in design is important, in fact, it's an Element of floral design! If you're hoping to test with the American Institute of Floral Designers (AIFD) for certification or accreditation, it's something you'll want to understand. In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne explores linear design with a wonderful selection of tropical and temperate flowers, including bold red anthuriums, craspedia, parakeet heliconia, and fun protea. Enjoy!

A simple pitcher design created with hydrangea, Patience garden roses, and lisianthus.

Garden Rose Arrangment

Foam-free designs have been trending for some time, and now we're seeing a trend of foliage-free as well! In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne designs foam-free AND foliage-free with beautiful all white flowers including hydrangea, lisianthus, and garden roses from GardenRosesDirect.com. Enjoy!


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A refreshing design with a lemon vase, yellow tree peonies, roses, spray mums, ruscus and lisianthus.

Lemon Floral Centerpiece

Nothing is as refreshing as a cool glass of lemonade on a hot summer day, except, perhaps, a lemon-inspired floral arrangement! In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne shares a time-tested technique for designing with citrus, using roses, peonies, lisiantus, dianthus, and more in lemony shades of yellow and whites, and of course -- lemons. Enjoy!

A small bouquet made with Juliet garden roses, ranunculus, sweet peas, thyme, mint, and galax leaves.

Small Garden Rose Bouquet

We always have our eye on changing design styles, the evolution of flowers. In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne pulls inspiration from a heritage design style, the tussie mussie, to create a modern bouquet that makes a great floral gift. Beautiful "Juliet" roses - from our friends at GardenRosesDirect.com -- combine with sweet peas, mint, and thyme to create delightfully fragrant bouquet. Enjoy!


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An overflowing basket design created with spirea, huckleberry, butterfly ranunculus, Moab and Toffee garden roses, fritillaria, and delphinium belladonna.

Caramel & Cream Flowers

Sometimes it's fun to go a little wild with your floral designs, tempering the wild a bit with blossoms in hues of taupe, cream, coffee, and caramel. In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne uses the bounty of the season including fritillaria, Japanese spirea, butterfly ranunculus, and two of her current rose favorites -- "Toffee" and "Moab" -- as she lets her design run wild. We sourced all these beautiful blooms from Florabundance.com. Enjoy!


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