Thank you for joining us in one of our flower classes! It’s a joy to share our love of blooms with the community—one petal, one tip, one inspired moment at a time. We hope the knowledge you’ve gathered here blossoms into something beautiful.
Use this page as a gentle reminder of what you’ve learned, a place to revisit as your passion for floral design takes root and grows.
Nature often follows the golden ratio in how it arranges growth — not because it knows math, but because it’s efficient, balanced, and beautiful. In floral design, the golden ratio can guide proportion and harmony. Here’s how:
Using the golden ratio in floral design doesn’t mean measuring everything with a ruler — it’s more about tuning into what feels balanced and alive, much like how nature does it. When you echo these natural proportions, your arrangements often feel more organic, more intentional, and more beautiful — even if your audience doesn’t know why.
To prep your vase, you first need chicken wire and tape. You will make a grid with the chicken wire, providing a top and bottom layer to place and secure flowers.
Then you will create another grid across the rim of the vase using thin, floral tape. This will help with making sure each stem is positioned correctly and the chicken wire stays in the vase.
Once your grid is set, fill the vase with fresh water.
In order to build an outline and the overall shape of your arrangement, use greenery and filler flowers in your vase before you add any other elements.
Once you've structured your arrangement with greenery, you can start adding focal flowers. Placing your first focal flower low and slightly off-centered alludes to the golden ratio and rule of thirds. Place other focals in the shape of a triangle around your composition.
Next, place your medium-sized flowers in groups of five throughout the arrangement. To split up the set, groupings of two or three provide a natural flow.
Lastly, place any delicate and/or small blooms intentionally around your arrangement to create more depth and movement.
While designing, make sure to step back from your arrangement. It can be difficult to notice the depth and movement you've created while viewing the composition from the top. Always remember to angle your flowers towards the viewer.
As much party as you have in the front, don't forget the back. First determine your lower-value stems. Cut them semi-short to over any empty space and mechanics.
Continuously rotate your arrangement to ensure the piece is complete. Take time to add or edit the composition.
