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 spectacular composite bridal bouquet made of deconstructed cymbidium orchids in the Marsala color palette from which white, opaque red, and sheer red ribbons hang.

Composite Cymbidium Bridal Bouquet

Dramatic and distinctive, a composite bridal bouquet is perfect for the contemporary bride seeking a unique wedding design. In this video clip Leanne demonstrates the techniques for creating a spectacular composite bridal bouquet made of deconstructed Cymbidium Orchids in the Marsala color palette. This is a technique that you will want to add to your skills library. Enjoy!

A robust floral crown of red and pink bicolor roses, faux ivy, and faux purple hydrangeas sits atop the short blonde hair of a mannequin head.

Creating a Floral Crown

One of the hottest new trends in wedding flowers is the Floral Crown. More than a simple halo, the Floral Crown is a lush, attention-getting headpiece. In this video clip Leanne demonstrates a technique for creating a fast and easy Floral Crown.

A bright and cheerful arrangement in yellow and coral hues contains roses, carnations, proteas, oncidium orchids, ruscus, and leucadendron inside a coral cube container.

Radiant Sunshine

The traditional round arrangement continues to be one of the most popular design styles. Yet, as professional floral designers we become tired of creating them. In this video clip Leanne demonstrates how to create a dramatic round arrangement using exotic floral materials and an interesting varied placement of blossoms. Enjoy!

Three bright yellow roses and small branches of yellow oncidium orchids burst from the top of a small handbag covered in galax leaves with a rhinestone strap.

Fresh Flower Purse

A growing trend in floral accessories for proms, weddings and parties is the fresh flower purse. In this video clip Leanne demonstrates a clever technique for covering a purse frame with Galax leaves, then filling the purse with fresh flowers. Enjoy!

A lush, asymmetrical collection of foliages including Italian ruscus, lily grass, leather fern, fatsia leaves, and galax leaves with two big, bold red roses as a central focal point and tall, magenta aranda orchids bringing height.

Preparing for Evaluation

Participating in a Floral Design Competition or Evaluation is one of the foremost methods for floral designers to improve their skills. In this video clip Leanne reviews and demonstrates how to design foliage for evaluation.

A dramatic and whimsical arrangement of tall, pale pink roses, hot pink stock, violet hydrangea, and vibrant blue-purple Dendrobium orchids.

Mother's Day Flowers

The key to customer satisfaction with Mother’s Day flowers is making sure that the flowers are as long lasting as possible. In this video clip Leanne discusses and demonstrates flower care and handling techniques as she creates a lovely vase of flowers for Mother’s Day. Enjoy!

A round dish holds a bed of colorful ranunculus in pink, orange, and yellow surrounding an orange candle. Lemons and limes can be seen submerged bellow. White wax flowers and curled gold flat wire adorn the arrangement.

Ranunculus Centerpiece

Of all springtime blossoms, nothing says “let’s-party” like the Ranunculus. Bright festive colors, ruffled petals, feminine and long lasting, they are a favorite springtime bloom. In this video clip Leanne demonstrates a gorgeous, easy to create Ranunculus centerpiece. Enjoy!

A bouquet of hydrangea, kale, antherium, delphinium, eryngium, and various foliage sits against a collar of scalloped yellow paper.

Ruffled Flowers

Every professional florist knows that when it comes designing flowers as a gift, “it’s all about the presentation.” In this video Leanne demonstrates the techniques for creating a dramatic ruffled collar of colored paper for a hand-tied floral bouquet.

A relaxed and unique arrangement of quince, garden roses, proteas, leucospermum, kale, and hydrangea. Texture is added from fatsia leaves, eryngium, feather eucalyptus, grevillea, and lily of the valley.

Bespoke Garden Style Floral Design

When a trend in design becomes as pervasive as this popular design it becomes a style. The Bespoke Garden Style is custom made and one-of-a-kind. The look is wild, extravagant and “just gathered from the garden”. The mechanics are based on armatures allowing a more loosely constructed design with draping foliage and a wider and more exotic range of flowers.

A round cement container holds a dramatic linear-styled floral design using flowering quince branches to add height, reaching rosy blush antherium, draped lily grass, vibrant pink carnation, galax leaves, and a single succulent.

Formal Linear Design Style

One of the more dramatic design styles is Formal Linear. In this impressive style of design the focus is on the lines of the arrangement, the accent area and use of negative space. The composition is of a relatively few, well organized materials emphasizing bold forms and clean lines.

A corsage containing coral garden roses, pink wax flowers, yellow spray roses, and a small succulent with a chocolate-colored ribbon and three diamante pin accents and is displayed.

Glamorous Prom Corsages

The business of “Proms” is an immense and rapidly growing industry. And, for those attending a prom it is the “most important night of the year.” Everything from the dress to the dinner to the flowers must be perfect. In this video clip Leann demonstrates how to create several glamorous prom corsages with quick and easy techniques.

A lush urn design combines a variety of blooms in pastel shades with loose, reaching foliages.

An Interview with Sarah Winward

Leanne attended the Inspirational Design Days 2015 sponsored by Florabundance.com. She was very impressed with featured designer Sarah Winward from Salt Lake City, Utah. Sarah’s style is fresh, creative and inspired by the outdoors, a true collaboration between the designer and her surroundings.

An arrangement in green of tall flax, angled flax and snake grass, fatsia leaves, lily grass, and a composite kale in the focal point which adds a touch of soft lavender to the creation.

Escape From Red

The Formal Linear Design Style is a refreshing break from the red, pink and roses of Valentine’s Day. In this video clip Leanne demonstrates how to create an innovative Kale and Galax foliage blossom which she uses as the focal area of a dramatic vertical Formal Linear Design. Enjoy!

A dining table has two place settings, three long candlesticks, two large floral arrangements of lilies, tulips, garden roses, and an abundance of accompanying foliage, and all along the table runner sit a variety of citrus.

An Interview with Amy Merrick

Leanne attended the Inspirational Design Days 2015 sponsored by Florabundance.com. She was very impressed with featured designer Amy Merrick’s program on floral design and table settings. Amy’s background as a prop stylist is very apparent as you view her exquisite designs and settings. Enjoy!

A modern garden style bridal bouquet of diverse materials like hydrangea, garden roses, kale, eryngium, hyacinth, protea, lisianthus, stock, tulips, and foliage of gilded white eucalyptus, draping seeded eucalyptus, and dusty miller.

Modern Garden Style Bridal Bouquet

The garden style bridal bouquet has been popular for many years now. However, the style is evolving. It still has that “just gathered from the garden” look but now the bouquet is larger, more loosely constructed with draping foliage and a wider and more exotic range of flowers.

Amy Osaba stands holding a bouquet of foraged flowers and foliage. Amy is wearing a blue dress with thin red windowpane plaid detail.

An Interview with Amy Osaba

Recently Leanne attended the Inspirational Design Days 2015 sponsored by Florabundance.com. One of the featured presenters was the fabulously popular Amy Osaba from Atlanta, Georgia. Leanne discusses with Amy her design style and passion for flowers and weddings. Enjoy