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 beautiful wrist corsage combines dried and bleached materials with silk flowers in purple, blue and white colors.

Everlasting Wrist Corsage

Wrist corsages are increasing popular for weddings, proms and all special events. In this how-to design video Leanne creates a beautiful everlasting wrist corsage combining dried and bleached materials with silk flowers. The finished corsage is perfect as it is or it can be a base for the addition of fresh flowers. Enjoy!

A hand-tied elopement wedding bouquet features Effie garden roses in a beautiful buttery yellow with hypericum, seeded eucalyptus, and fatsia leaves.

Elopement Wedding Bouquet

The Elopement Wedding is rapidly increasing in popularity. As professional floral designers we need to be able to adapt to a changing environment. In this Flower School Video Leanne creates a lovely bouquet with flowers from GardenRosesDirect.com. You will love this demonstration on the construction and finishing of a Hand-Tied bouquet perfect for an elopement wedding. Enjoy!

A contemporary floral design in red and turquoise hues mixes painted curly willow with standard roses and spray roses, kangaroo paws, and a variety of foliage, all in a beautiful turquoise compote.

Retro Roses

In this video how-to demonstration Leanne plays with color as she creates a contemporary design using the nostalgic colors of red and turquoise. Curly willow painted turquoise and a mixture of foliages make up the base of this design. Red standard roses and spray roses with an enhancement of kangaroo paws complete the design. Enjoy!

A modern floral design features white miniature cymbidium orchids, pink carnations, eucalyptus, and curly willow in a contemporary cement container.

Elegant Urban Orchids

In this video how-to demonstration Leanne discusses floral minimalism with a focus on the elements and principles of floral design. You will love the linear arrangement that she creates combining urban grit and elegant orchids. Enjoy!

A fabulous mix of fresh, dried, and preserved flowers and foliage such as protea, roses, scabiosa, ruscus, and eucalyptus in cream, mustard and toffee colors is set into a large silver compote for a beautiful effect.

Eucalyptus & Dried Flower Centerpiece

Combining Dried Flowers, Preserved Flowers and Fresh Flowers opens a new creative opportunity for the floral designer. IIn this how-to design video Leanne creates a grand oversized centerpiece arrangement using dried flowers, eucalyptus, materials from FiftyFlowers.com. The finished design built on a chicken wire armature is a stunning foam free centerpiece. Enjoy!

A hand-tied garden style bouquet features white hydrangea, kale, pink peonies, spray roses, and peach colored lisianthus for a beautiful effect.

Hand-Tied Garden Style Bouquet

Creating large and lavish floral bouquets takes practice. In this video demonstration Leanne shares the techniques for making a large hand-tied bouquet as she creates a beautiful garden style design. View the video demonstration, then gather some flowers and practice, practice, practice…… You too can be a hand-tied bouquet expert. Enjoy!

This spring floral design uses children’s green rain boots as a container to hold hyacinth, spray roses, spray mums, hypericum, green trick dianthus, solid aster, pieris, oregonia, and pittosporum for a happy and whimsical effect.

Whimsical Spring Design

Rainy days can be dreary days. But, not if you have bright and beautiful spring flowers in the house. In this video demonstration Leanne creates a whimsical, happy arrangement using children’s “puddle jumping” boots as a container. This is a great “rainy day sales” design for retail shop owners. Enjoy!

A compote centerpiece features Toffee roses, Oceania roses, peach carnations, hypericum, astilbe, butterfly ranunculus, hellebores, and andromeda.

Compote Wedding Centerpiece

Creating a centerpiece in a footed compote container without foam, with limited foliage and an abundance of flowers is currently a hot trend for wedding flowers. In this video demonstration Leanne uses Toffee roses, Oceania roses, peach carnations, hypericum, astilbe, butterfly ranunculus, hellebores and andromeda to create a gorgeous design in muted brown tones. Enjoy!

A fresh springtime vase arrangement in orange and yellow colors combines fresh asparagus, Japanese ranunculus, butterfly ranunculus, tulips, hypericum, and a variety of foliages.

Spring Vase Arrangement

The spring season affords a plethora of materials and flowers with which floral designers can try new techniques and experiment with new design styles. In this video demonstration Leanne creates a delicious vase arrangement built upon a tower of fresh asparagus. Japanese ranunculus, butterfly ranunculus, tulips, hypericum, and a variety of foliages complete this outstanding design. You will love this vase technique. Enjoy!

A beautiful wedding bouquet in a peach, orange and cream color palette features spray roses, tulips and ranunculus accented with lacquered bay leaves and maiden hair fern.

Chicken Wire Bridal Bouquet

Bridal Bouquets created with recyclable and biodegradable mechanics are increasing popular with today’s eco-conscious brides. In this video demonstration Leanne creates a luscious on-trend bouquet using a chicken wire armature. The finished bouquet features spray roses, tulips and gorgeous ranunculus accented with lacquered bay leaves and maiden hair fern. You will love this bouquet. Enjoy!

An elegant winter white wedding bouquet features white Mayra garden roses accented with the silver and blue colors of astrantia, astilbe and ginestra.

Winter White Bridal Bouquet

On-Trend wedding bouquets are unique, eclectic and filled with variety and texture. In creating thus elegant winter white bouquet Leanne began with the white Mayra Garden Rose. She then added sweet peas, astrantia, astilbe and ginestra. The finishing accent of silver and blue completes this gorgeous bridal bouquet; perfect for a winter wedding. Enjoy!

A foam-free vase arrangement in purple and dusty pink hues features magnolia branches, Italian ruscus, tulips, roses, hydrangeas, stock, heather and jasmine vine.

Fabulous Foam Free Design

As the popularity of foam free design continues to grow it is important to learn the proper techniques and mechanics for creating stable designs. In this how-to video Leanne creates a gorgeous spring arrangement with magnolia branches, Italian ruscus, tulips, roses, hydrangea, stock, heather and jasmine vine. You will love the finished arrangement. Enjoy!

A spring floral arrangement in purple, white and pink color palette features spring flowers such as hyacinth, anemones, paperwhites, tulips and jasmine vine.

Spring Flower Happiness

The flowers of springtime are so beautiful, delicate and fragrant; Hyacinth, Anemones, Paperwhites, Tulips and Jasmine Vine. In this how-to video Leanne demonstrates the techniques and mechanics for designing with these fragile blossoms for the longest life and to showcase their springtime beauty. Enjoy!

A beautiful spring flower meditation features hyacinth, iris, tulips, and paperwhites as individual blooms mixed with galax leaves in small glass vases.

Spring Flower Meditation

A New Year has begun. The holidays are over and floral designers are tired of centerpieces and the colors of red and green. Now is the time for softer, meditational and purifying designs. In this how-to video Leanne creates a simple floral composition using spring flowers. As she designs she explains how the elements and principles of design apply to a multiple vase design composition. Enjoy!

A statue of a deer sitting next to a red holly bush and a red candle creates a warm festive holiday setting.

Christmas Greetings from Sweden

Celebrating the Tulip Tribe today and every day. Thank you FDI Graduate Tess for sharing this Christmas greeting from Sweden. Today we share it with the Tulip Tribe and join in the wish for a peaceful holiday season filled with love, happiness, and flowers!

A fabulous holiday floral ring features succulents and orange berries for a lovely flowers-to-wear piece.

Holiday Flower Rings

All of us at Floral Design Institute are delighted to see that floral jewelry is becoming more and more popular. Floral necklaces, cuffs and rings are seen in weddings, proms and homecomings. But, why not for every festive occasion, or no occasion at all? In this how-to-video Leanne creates a stunning floral ring for holidays. Perfect for a party, dinner out, or a night on the town. Enjoy!

A holiday centerpiece in a ivory hues mixes Vendela roses, dendrobium orchids, pieris, Hinoki cypress, Deodar cedar, hypericum and fatsia leaves with white candles for a beautiful effect.

Christmas Candlelight Centerpiece

The winter season has arrived. The days are shorter, the weather colder and we spend more time indoors. This is the season that calls for fresh flowers in the home. Candlelight brightens and adds warmth to the the dark days of winter. In this video how-to Leanne creates a beautiful classic candlelight centerpiece with polar candles and updated with contemporary foliages and materials. Enjoy!

A contemporary holiday wreath uses bold green evergreens like fresh Hinoki cypress and mixes them with dried and bleached oak leaves, hanging amaranthus, and pine cones.

Contemporary Winter Wreath

Winter white is on-trend and so very elegant. In this how-to video Leanne creates a gorgeous contemporary wreath using bold green evergreens combined with dried and bleached oak leaves and hanging amaranthus. An accent of color shifted conifer cones completes the design. Hung on a front door, this wreath says “welcome to my home for the holidays”. Enjoy!

This beautiful floral swing was created in the Oregon Gardens during the Floral Design Institute Creative Retreat in 2019.  Floral designer Katie Davis is seated on the swing.

Creative Retreat 2020

The 2019 Creative Retreat held at the Oregon Garden Resort was a marvelous experience for all who attended. Today we are releasing a video recap of the 2019 retreat and announcing the dates for the Creative Retreat 2020. The 2020 Creative Retreat will be held on October 11 through 14, 2020. We are not yet allowing registrations but, we have started a Waiting List. Add your name to our waiting list and plan to join us as we Relax, Rejuvenate, Explore, Dream, Create and Share.

Rustic Thanksgiving Centerpiece

Rustic Thanksgiving Centerpiece

There are many colors, textures and styles found in Thanksgiving Centerpieces. Everything from the classic fire colors with autumn leaves to Cornucopia styled designs, Della Robbia styled designs, even whimsical designs. In this how-to demonstration Leanne creates a rustic styled design with a primary usage of foraged materials. Enjoy!