Floral Design & Shop Management Courses
| Course | Description | Units |
| Floral Design G110AB | This beginning course focuses on vocational flower handling skills & basic design principles/techniques for arrangements & corsages & includes flower, foliage & tool identification. Detailed instruction and demonstrations ensure student success during labs. This course may be taken 2 times. | 2.5 |
| Floral Design G111 | This intermediate course reinforces basic floral knowledge and introduces additional design styles. Emphasis is on creating confidence by sharpening basic skills through review & repetition of design. Students investigate retail flower shop procedures. ADVISORY: Floral G010 | 2.5 |
| Floral Design G015AB | Provides theory and lab experience in the styling of wedding specific floral pieces and identifies floral trends. Body flowers, carrying pieces, ceremony and reception designs will be executed. Consultation, servicing, ordering and pricing will be covered. This course may be taken 2 times. ADVISORY: Floral G010 | 2 |
| Floral Design G020 | Advanced study of and practice in floral design techniques consistent with the global floral industry with emphasis on European designs, International floral customs, wedding décor, sympathy tributes, display and home designs.Student projects are taken home. Advisory: Floral G010 | 2 |
| Floral Design G025AB | This course focuses on the advanced design skills and techniques used to create thematic floral arrangements for special events and window display. This class includes comprehensive information regarding planning, organizing, designing, and delivering designs for special occasions. Party props, room d¿cor, table treatments , and display elements are emphasized along with art principles and creative thematic approaches to floral design. Students will design and create a themed floral arrangement each week during the floral lab portion of class. After evaluation, the completed project may be taken home. This course may be taken 2 times. ADVISORY: Floral G010 | 2 |
| Floral Design G027AB | Individualized, non-standard, contemporary flower arrangements are created emphasizing the use of the student's own imagination and creative talent. This course will broaden the students design elements, personally expand and develop beyond students present personal creativity potential. Enhance the students skills to prepare for competition by practicing during lab time of class. This course may be taken 2 times. ADVISORY: Floral G010 | 2 |
| Floral Design G032 | Theory and lab experience in the use of permanent botanicals; artificial and preserved plant materials. Arrangements executed with emphasis on mechanics and techniques of construction for home décor and commercial applications including preservation process. ADVISORY: Floral G010 | 2 |
| Floral Design G050 | Emphasis in this course will be focused towards providing students opportunities to gain proficiency by developing skills in an industrial environment. ADVISORY: Floral G010 | 2 |
For more information about the Floral Design Program contact Gail Call, AIFD, Associate Professor, Floral Design gcall@gwc.cccd.edu