CONSTRUCTING A FAN ARRANGEMENT

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CONSTRUCTING A FAN 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

• A low or pedestaled container
• 1 bunch of snapdragons
• 12 standard carnations
• 3 stems of pompon mums
• 3 stems of statice
• 1 bunch of leatherleaf fern
• ½ block of floral foam
• Waterproof anchor tape
• Floral preservative

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Step 2 Preparing the Container

• Select a low or pedestaled container for this
  design.
• Soak floral foam in warm preservative solution
  and place it in the container.
• The foam should protrude at least one inch above
  the rim of the container.
• Secure the foam 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.
• Do not attach more than ½ inch of tape to the
  container.
• Long strips of tape will be difficult to hide
  later.
• The tape should be slightly off-center in order
  to insert a stem in the center of the foam.

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Step 3 Creating the Outline

• Use seven snapdragons to create the fan
  silhouette as shown in the image to the right.
• The length of the flowers can be 1 ½ to 2 ½ times
  the width of the container.
• The two lower snapdragons should angle over the
  rim of the container.
• If the snapdragons have curved tips, they should
  curve upward.

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Step 4 Accenting the Focal Area

• Place the three remaining snapdragons inside the
  silhouette near the focal area.
• The placement of linear flowers in this manner
  will help to integrate the outer line flowers
  with the mass flowers.
• Make sure that the stems radiate.

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Step 5 Greening the Foam

• Green the foam with the leatherleaf fern,
  following the fan shape of the arrangement.
• Be sure to add greenery to the back of the
  arrangement.
• Even though this is a one-sided design the back
  is often visible.
• All mechanics should be covered.

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Step 6 Adding the Mass Flowers

• Place a large carnation at the lower center of
  the design so that the flower extends out from
  the container several inches.
• Place five to seven additional carnations at the
  outer edges of the design.
• Place additional carnations in the area between
  the center carnation and the outer carnations.

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Step 7 Adding Secondary Flowers

• Insert blooms of pompon mums in the large spaces
  between the carnations.
• Do not crowd the flowers.
• Use the smaller blooms toward the edges of the
  design.

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Step 8 Adding Filler Flowers

• Add statice or other filler flowers to fill in
  the voids and soften the lines of the design.
• Be careful not to crowd the flowers.
• Sword fern can also be added at this time.
• The filler flowers can be optional.

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Step 9 Evaluating the Arrangement

• Check your work.
• Step back from the arrangement and observe it
  closely.
• Move flowers as needed, but remember to make a
  new hole in the floral foam each time.