CONSTRUCTING A CIRCULAR MOUND ARRANGEMENT

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CONSTRUCTING A CIRCULAR MOUND ARRANGEMENT

• Written by
• Holli Bowman David Lynn
• Hall County Board of Education
• April 2003
• Modified by Georgia Agriculture Education
  Curriculum Office
• September 2005

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• This presentation is designed to supplement the
  textbook, Floriculture Designing Merchandising,
  Unit 10 Circular Arrangements. The author is
  Charles Griner and it is published by Delmar
  Publishers.

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Step 1 Selecting Materials

• low, round container (6 design bowl)
• 1/3 block of floral foam
• waterproof anchor tape
• 9 standard carnations
• 3 stems pompon (daisy) mums
• 3 stems babys breath
• 8 stems leatherleaf fern
• floral preservative

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Step 2 Preparing the Container

• Cut approximately 1/3 block of floral foam.
• The floral foam should extend about one inch
  above the rim of the container.
• Saturate the floral foam in a warm preservative
  solution.
• Secure the floral foam to the container with
  waterproof anchor tape.

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Step 2 Continued

• Criss-cross the tape over the foam and attach the
  ends to the container.
• Tape it off center to leave room for a flower
  stem in the middle of the foam.
• Do not attach more than one inch of tape to the
  container.
• Long strips of tape will be difficult to hide.

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Step 3 Greening the Base

• Place a circle of leatherleaf fern around the rim
  of the container.
• Allow the fern to overlap the side of the
  container.
• Save the remaining part of the fern stem for
  later use.

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Step 4 Adding the Base Flowers

• Place four standard carnations straight into the
  foam, opposite each other at the rim of the
  container.
• These four carnations should form a square
  pattern.
• The base of the carnation blooms should extend
  just past the fern tips.
• These carnations should be equidistant from the
  center of the arrangement.

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Step 5 Establishing the Height

• Place the carnation, with the straightest stem,
  in the center of the floral foam at a height of 1
  ½ to 2 times the width of the container.
• This flower will establish the uppermost boundary
  of the floral design.

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Step 6 Placing Additional Greenery

• Place one piece of fern on each side of the
  center flower stem with the back of the fern
  facing the stem.
• Use the remaining fern stems to green the foam.
• Leave pairs of leaflets on the stems to reduce
  the number of holes in the foam.
• Remember that the stems should radiate from the
  foam.

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Step 7 Adding Remaining Primary Flowers

• Insert four additional carnations at 45o angles
  halfway between the two base carnations and
  center carnation.
• Vary the height of these carnations slightly to
  prevent creating a row effect.
• These flowers should be equidistant from the
  center of the arrangement.

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Step 8 Adding Secondary Flowers

• Place the pompon (daisy) mums in the spaces
  between the carnations.
• Use large blooms in large spaces and small blooms
  or buds in small spaces.
• Do not crowd the arrangement (no petals
  touching).
• Leave some space around each flower.

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Step 9 Adding Filler Flowers

• Filler flowers such as babys breath or statice
  are added to soften the design.
• Cut small pieces of babys breath and carefully
  place them between flowers in the arrangement.
• Allow the filler flowers to stick out slightly
  around the flowers and foliage.

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Step 10 Evaluating the Design

• Step back and examine the arrangement from all
  angles.
• Check for holes and add greenery or flowers where
  they are needed.
• Move flowers, if necessary, to create equal space
  between flowers.
• If you move a flower, insert it into a new hole.