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 vegetative style arrangement mixes a variety of materials like myrtle, elderberry, salvia, sedum, pink scabiosa.  astrantia, white scabiosa, and dried and preserved oak leaves.

Floral Meadow Arrangement

The late summer season abounds with grasses, wild flowers and dried materials. In this flower school video demonstration Leanne creates a beautiful foam free design in the vegetative style. The vegetative style is a design created “as nature grows” with flowers from the same region and in the same season. Enjoy!

A colorful and rustic garden flower arrangement in yellow and orange color palette features sunflowers, craspedia, and pincushion protea.

Fall Floral Arrangement

The late summer season is a wonderful time for floral designers. Colorful garden flowers are plentiful and autumn colors are beginning to appear. In this flower school video demonstration Leanne creates a beautiful fall arrangement perfect for home entertaining. Enjoy this demonstration and get ready for what is expected to be a very busy time for entertaining at home.

A beautiful sympathy flower wreath features High Magic orange roses and Freedom red roses mixed with leucadendron, myrtle, aspidistra leaves, and salal tips.

Funeral Flower Arrangement

Sympathy work and memorial tributes are some of the most important designs that we create as professional florists. Understanding excellent floral mechanics and techniques is essential. In this flower school how-to video Leanne creates a beautiful floral wreath as she demonstrates proper mechanics and design techniques. Enjoy!

Flower arrangements in four different colored vases: white, green, yellow and orange combine spray roses, Gerbera daisies, craspedia,  safflower, Israeli ruscus, leather fern, and salal.

The Power of Color

The focus of this Flower School How-To video is on color theory. Leanne creates five separate, but identical bouquets in an extended analogous color harmony then places the bouquets in five vases of different colors, one complementary and two analogous plus the neutrals black and white. This is a wonderful demonstration of the power of color. Enjoy!

A crescent design arrangement in orange, yellow, and light green colors features sunflowers, snapdragons, craspedia, and kangaroo paws.

Crescent Design Form

There are hundreds of recognized design forms and styles which go in and out of style over time. A design form currently gaining popularity is the Crescent Design. In this Flower School How-To video Leanne demonstrates this design form as she creates a beautiful classic crescent floral arrangement. Enjoy!

A beautiful Ikebana style design features yellow chrysanthemums, green Bells of Ireland, fatsia leaves, and solidaster in a dark blue ceramic vase.

Designing with a Kenzan

The Kenzan is a floral mechanic used to hold cut flowers in place in a floral arrangement. Literally translated, Kenzan means “sword mountain”. It consists of a heavy lead plate fixed with erect brass needles. First used around 1890 with the introduction of the Moribana style of Ikebana design it remains a very popular mechanic among floral designers. Enjoy as Leanne creates a simple, yet beautiful design in the Moribana style.

A classic vase of flowers in a pink, red and lavender color palette is created by mixing roses, carnations, ranunculus, and tulips with scabiosa pods and Queen Anne's lace.

Classic Vase of Flowers

A classic vase of flowers designed without floral foam is the most popular of all floral arrangements. Vase arrangements can be small, tall or grand in size and can be tailored to fit any occasion. In this flower school video Leanne demonstrates several foliage techniques as she creates a stunning floral arrangement in a low glass vase.

A gorgeous floral cuff in a blush, pink and blue color palette is created using lamb’s ear, yarrow, spray roses, butterfly lavender, and eryngium.

Marvelous Floral Cuff

Floral jewelry is both practical and increasing popular for weddings, proms and special events. In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne creates a beautiful and fragrant floral cuff using locally grown flowers and foliages. The design is created on a cuff crafted from Oasis one inch flat wire. Lamb’s ear, yarrow, spray roses, butterfly lavender and eryngium combine to to finish this on-trend design. Enjoy!

A beautiful tropical floral arrangement in orange and yellow colors features a collection of heliconia, oncidium orchids, anthurium, fern curls, beehive ginger, and monstera leaves.

Tropical Flower Arrangement

You will love this exploration of tropical flowers as Leanne creates a lavish arrangement with flowers from Green Point Nurseries. A ceramic container filled with floral foam and reinforced with chicken wire and waterproof tape to accommodate the heavier stems is the base for a beautiful collection of heliconia, oncidium orchids, anthurium, fern curls, beehive ginger, monstera leaves, fishtail fern, bamboo, Ti leaves and rafus palm. The finished arrangement is a spectacular tropical flower design. Enjoy!

A compote design in the Pantone Color of the Year, Classic Blue, mixes blush Juliet garden roses, butterfly ranunculus, peonies, delphinium belladonna, lisianthus, eryngium, Italian ruscus, fatsia, pittosporum, and silver dollar eucalyptus.

Blush and Classic Blue

In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne worked with a surprise package of flowers. Her starting point was a focus on the Pantone Color of the Year, Classic Blue. She then filled the arrangement with a a variety of Blush flowers all from Florabundance.com. The finished arrangement designed in a compote with a chicken wire armature, foam free and absolutely stunning. Enjoy!

An arrangement for the home features blue tweedia, fragrant stock, marvelous white ranunculus, sweet peas, dried and bleached ruscus, blue star fern, and jasmine vine.

Flowers for the Home

The goal was to create an elegant, foam-free vase arrangement perfect for the home. The flowers were a surprise package from Florabundance.com. And, what a wonderful surprise package. Lovely blue tweedia, fragrant stock, marvelous white ranunculus, sweet peas, dried and bleached ruscus, blue star fern and jasmine vine. You will love this finished design. Enjoy!

An sunshine floral centerpiece has a yellow and blue color palette, and features craspedia, freesia, ranunculus, brunia, spiral eucalyptus, seeded eucalyptus, and hydrangea.

Sunshine Floral Centerpiece

Today Leanne creates a bright, bold and beautiful floral arrangement filled with sunshine and designed to raise your spirits. Using a foam-free taped grid technique she mixes craspedia, freesia, ranunculus, brunia, spiral eucalyptus, seeded eucalyptus and hydrangea to create a fabulous design. Enjoy!

A hand-tied bouquet features elegant white anthurium, bamboo foliage, oncidium orchids (also know as “dancing Ladies”) and a collar of anthurium foliage.

Tropical Hand-Tied Arrangement

Tropical flowers are not only dramatically beautiful, they are actually very easy to design with. In this Flower School how-to video Leanne demonstrates how to create a stunning hand-tied arrangement using flowers from Green Point Nurseries. This hand-tied design includes elegant white anthurium, bamboo foliage, lovely oncidium orchids (also know as “dancing Ladies”) and a collar of anthurium foliage. If you are not used to designing with tropical flowers, Leanne encourages you to buy some today and practice until you are comfortable working with the flowers. Enjoy!

A vibrant floral design features beautiful yellow ranunculus, protea, fatsia, and an armature of curly willow.

Radiant Ranunculus

You will love this floral design video demonstration. A study in contrasts, mixing beautiful delicate ranunculus with dramatic architectural protea. Foam free and built on a natural armature of leafing curly willow Leanne creates a stunning design using flowers from FiftyFlowers.com. Enjoy!

A compote arrangement in the Bespoke garden design style features red protea, bright pink Gerberas, soft pink rice flowers, pittosporum, fatsia, and seeded eucalyptus.

Magnolia Compote Centerpiece

Magnolia branches are so lovely and are perfect for establishing the line and form in a floral design. In this Flower School How-To Video Leanne creates a gorgeous arrangement in the Bespoke Garden Design Style. Color shifted protea are used to create a dramatic focal area. This demonstration is an excellent review of the elements and principles of floral design. Enjoy!

A crescent style hand-tied bouquet features white protea, roses, anemones, dried and bleached flowers, and is enhanced with a collar of metallic copper and gold foliages.

Dried & Fresh Wedding Bouquet

In this video how-to demonstration Leanne creates an amazing wedding bouquet combining fabulous fresh flowers and dried flowers all from FiftyFlowers.com. The crescent style hand-tied bouquet is built upon a chicken wire armature and features white protea, roses, anemones, dried and bleached flowers and enhanced with a collar of metallic copper and gold foliages. You will love this gorgeous bouquet. Enjoy!

A spring garden arrangement combines budding magnolia branches, foraged ivy, lily of the valley, spray roses, lisianthus, tulips, carnations and eryngium.

Spring Garden Arrangement

In this video how-to demonstration Leanne creates a beautiful spring garden in the parallel design style. She begins the arrangement with budding magnolia branches and a base of foraged ivy and lily of the valley bush. Spray roses, lisianthus, tulips, carnations and eryngium complete the design. You will love the finished fantasy garden. Enjoy!

A lovely sweetheart table centerpiece features two kinds of garden roses: Keira (soft pink) and Juliet (peach) along with spiral eucalyptus, seeded eucalyptus, and silver tree protea.

Sweetheart Table Centerpiece

Weddings are undergoing significant changes. Many wedding couples are preferring smaller, more intimate gatherings. With this type of scaled down wedding the flowers have to be perfect. In a smaller venue everyone sees the flowers up-close-and-personal. In this how-to video Leanne creates a lovely sweetheart table centerpiece using flowers from GardenRosesDirect.com. Enjoy!

Floral Design Institute Teacher Marisa creates a mask that is stylish and easy to wear.

How To Make a Mask

Wearing a mask that covers the mouth and nose is recommended as a way to help prevent the transmission of a virus. In this how-to video, Floral Design Instructor Marisa demonstrates how to create a mask that is stylish and easy to wear. Please do your part in “crushing-the-curve” by staying home. But, when you must go outside, remember to wear your mask. Enjoy!

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!