Succeed at your Penn Foster program by learning how to use your program.

Objectives:

• Understand how to use your Student Portal, including your My Homepage and My Courses pages.
• Access the Penn Foster Community and use it to find answers.
• Assess your learning style using Career Cruising.
• Connect with Penn Foster on various social media sites.

Start your journey to an exciting new career by exploring the history of floral design. Get tips on becoming a valuable designer, and learn how to distinguish yourself from other floral designers.

Objectives:

• Learn the basic design categories and varieties of flowers and foliage.
• Explore career opportunities.

In this course, you’ll learn the procedures for creating arrangements using various tools and techniques.

Objectives:

• Use the correct flower care and handling procedures for different types of flowers.
• Learn the seasonal availability of flowers.
• Choose the most appropriate design arrangements for hospitals, funerals, and table centerpieces.
• Create arrangements using various tools and techniques.

This optional activity gives you the chance to apply and practice what you’ve learned. 

Learning Aid: Bow Package 1

Building on the fundamental concepts you’ve learned so far, you’ll learn how to incorporate color and basic design into floral arrangements, and explore more design techniques to create high-quality, beautiful arrangements.

Objectives:

• Understand principles and elements of design when creating floral arrangements.
• Explore the basics of color theory and how color affects a design.
• Distinguish traditional and contemporary design styles.
• Prep containers for both traditional and contemporary design styles.

This optional activity gives you the chance to apply and practice what you’ve learned.

Learning Aid: Color wheel

This course serves as an introduction to the major floral design styles.

Objective:

• Identify the fascinating details of the following design styles:
  • Ikebana
  • Western line
  • Hogarth
  • Formal linear
  • Crescent
  • Mille de fleur
  • Biedermeier
  • Parallel-system
  • Vegetative
  • Landscape
  • New convention
  • Abstract
  • New wave
  • Waterfall
  • Hand-tied

This optional activity gives you the chance to apply and practice what you’ve learned.

Learning Aid: Floral designer’s kit

This course will teach you how to design appropriate arrangements for weddings and funerals.

Objectives:

• Understand the basics of wedding flowers.
• Analyze the floral designer’s role in a wedding.
• Explore bridal and wedding bouquet styles and designs.
• Learn techniques to coordinate the wedding party with the bride.
• Explore the construction of other types of worn flowers, such as corsages and wristlets.
• Decorate various wedding ceremony and reception sites.
• Create the proper atmosphere for funeral consultation.
• Examine the types of casket sprays and other funeral floral arrangements.
• Explore the traits and use of carnations and roses, the two most commonly used funeral flowers.
• Add personal touches to funeral arrangements that your customers will greatly appreciate.

This optional activity gives you the chance to apply and practice what you’ve learned.

Learning Aids: Boutonniere and corsage kit

   Bow Package 2

   Wedding order forms

This course discusses both the increasing popularity of growing indoor plants and using artificial and dried flowers and foliage in your arrangements.

Objectives:

• Choose the appropriate plants for different environments.
• Care for and treat potted plants.
• Diagnosis and treat plant infestation.
• Explore the designs for commercial and home environments.
• Learn about the different types of artificial and dried flowers.
• Work with and store artificial and dried flowers.
• Explore various design styles and other decorative uses of these materials.
• Understand cross-merchandising techniques to expose your designs to new customers.
• Write professional pricing proposals for custom arrangements.
• Prepare containers for silk and dried flowers.
• Make wreaths.

This optional activity gives you the chance to apply and practice what you’ve learned.

This course will prepare you to create fresh and artificial arrangements for major and minor holidays, as well as special occasions that occur throughout the year.

Objectives:

• Learn how to prepare your business for the Christmas sales season.
• Understand the handling, care, and preparation of fresh, artificial, and dried Christmas materials.
• Incorporate nonfloral materials into your designs.
• Construct arrangements for Valentine’s Day, Easter, Mother’s Day, Thanksgiving, and New Year’s.
• Create and market themed arrangements for special events and everyday occasions.

This optional activity gives you the chance to apply and practice what you’ve learned.

Learning Aid: Christmas wreath kit

The final course in the program explains how to establish, manage, market, and merchandise your floral design business.

Objectives:

• Find the best location by analyzing your competition and targeting your customers.
• Learn about funding sources and other financial considerations.
• Develop a business plan.
• Learn the supply chain logistics of the floral industry.
• Apply effective management techniques.
• Understand how to price your products, schedule floral deliveries, and secure your business.
• Explore professional industry organizations, conventions, and design shows.
• Market your business to maximize profits.
• Learn merchandising strategies that can help increase your sales.

This optional activity gives you the chance to apply and practice what you’ve learned.

This Final Exam Project will be critiqued by a subject matter expert.