Seasonal Flower Product Creation
Floral Design Course: Iizuka Haruki(Instructor: Yoshida Kumiko)
1. Objective
I felt my own skills were inadequate during the Work Experience Practicum III. Through theHorticultural Color Science and Flower Design Practicum classes, I felt that I had insufficientknowledge of colors and was not good at combining and using them, so I aimed to improve myskills and deepen my understanding of colors through the creation of seasonal products.
2. Creation
After deciding on a season, theme, and the appropriate colors, I created bouquets,
arrangements, mosaic planting, and hanging baskets. The completed works were repeatedly
reworked until the areas pointed out by the instructor were improved (Table 1).
Since the production period was in December, unavailable seasonal flowers were substituted
with available flowers with the seasonal image color.
3. Summary
In bouquet making, I learned how to make the most of the shape of the flowers, how to arrange
the main flowers to make them stand out, how to align the rhythm of the flowers, as well as how
to make the bouquet easier to put together.
In arrangement creation, I learned the importance of space, unevenness, and depth, how tocreate them, as well as how to create a sense of unity. When designing a bouquet with only asmall area for flowers, the impression would be too vague if only large flowers were used, so I
learned that small flowers and greens can give a delicate impression, and flowers of different
shapes can be added to create a sense of crispness.
In mosaic planting, I learned that it is important to place plants taking into account how theygrow, to plant them spreading outward to make them look bigger, and to choose containers thatmatch the plants.
In hanging baskets, I learned that tall plants should be scattered throughout to achievebalance, and that bulbs should be planted in inconspicuous locations.
In terms of color, I learned that a sense of crispness can be created by making contrasts using
complementary colors and differences in brightness, dark and light colors can be used next toeach other to lighten the visual weight, and that aligning the undertones can create a cohesive
impression.
By creating a variety of works, I was able to improve my own techniques and deepen myunderstanding of color.
Table-1
Finished ProductFebruary Arrangement（Valentine）

What I Learned
・Small flowers of different shapes and greens
are added to give a delicate impression.
・The flowers were grouped together in yellow
undertone pink, with yellow undertone green
in between to create a natural work.
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Finished Product

What I Learned

April Arrangement（Easter）

・The arrangement and the vessel were unitedby concealing the rim of the vessel.
・By wrapping “Rikyuso”(stemona japonica)
around the handle of the container made ofnatural materials, the natural feeling hasincreased.
・By combining the colors of the flowers withpale and light tones, I was able to create alight spring-like impression.

June Bouquet（Father’s Day）

・By grouping the flowers by material, I wasable to align the rhythm of the flowers.
・The addition of blue, which is acomplementary color to yellow, made thecolors of the flowers stand out from eachother.
・By using bright and light tones without
turbidity, a fresh, summery impression wascreated.

June Hanging Basket（Rainy Season）

・When planting the bulbs, it is necessary toplant them in a place where the space is notconspicuous.
・Many flowers were small and needed to be
cut back to prevent steaming.
・The work was unified by using blue andpurple, which are adjacent to each other inthe hue circle, and by aligning them with lighttones.

October Mosaic Planting（Halloween）

・Because sweet alyssum disturbed the outlineof the wreath, it was necessary to cut off theaxillary buds that were sticking out after thecompletion of the wreath.
・Even though the placement of flowers wasmonotonous, the addition of yellow, which isa complementary color to purple, gave acrisp impression.
・The contrast was created by varying thebrightness of the flowers, resulting in a crisp
and lively work.