AIFD Testing: Designing for Competition

[@thelittleflowergirl2535]

I just want to say thank you 🥰 I am a floral designer in Surrey, England (UK) and work from home with 5 children. Though I am bench trained and have never taken any floral courses with qualifications, I watch all of your videos which have helped me understand colour placement, the principals and fundamentals of floristry, and the mechanics. All things that I simply can’t just ‘know’ without taking classes. From the bottom of my heart, thank you xxx I shall continue to learn, enjoy and grow thanks to your instructive, happy, easy to understand videos 🥰🎉🌺🌸 sending you all so much love and thanks, Casey (The Little Flower Girl) surrey, England 😃❤️🌺 xxxx

[@FlowerSchool]

Hello Casey and welcome to Flower School! What a wonderful and heartwarming e-mail this is, and we are so glad to hear that you find our videos useful in your work as a designer. We're delighted to know that they are helping you develop your skills and understanding of floral design overall, and we're so pleased to be of service to you. If you are ever looking for something specific, please let us know and we'll try to help you find it, or if there is something else you want to learn about, please mention it and we can add it to our list of suggestions for future shows. It may be difficult for you to join us for Live on Wednesdays as the show airs at 3:00 pm Pacific Time, which would be quite late at night for you, but if you ever want to meet us there, we be delighted to welcome you to the Tulip Bunch as well. Thank you very much for sharing your kind words of praise and for watching so many of our shows, and congratulations on running your business from home while at the same time caring for your five children. That takes tremendous expertise and organization and clearly you are doing a stellar job with it all. Best wishes to you and hope all is well with you and in Surrey!

[@doanetriggs6254]

Hearing and watching Leanne design and provide the rationale and design criteria for her process is so helpful. It’s very engaging to mentally and vicariously participate. It is really so helpful to follow her sequence and try to apply the knowledge. Thanks to each and every one of the the talented FDI teachers for sharing their expertise! I know it takes a lot of behind the scenes planning and preparation to make a presentation.🌷

[@FlowerSchool]

We really love your analyses of Leanne's presentations, Doane! They are spot on and so effective in terms of encapsulating what she sets out to do. Your posts are marvelous in the way in which you summarize her objectives from the show. It's beautiful and brilliant in every way possible. Thank you for being so supportive of our work and for sharing in it often. We are incredibly grateful for your presence on our channel and we look forward to seeing you very soon. Wishing you all the best and please have a superb week while enjoying flowers too!

[@Kenjizaki_xExx]

Washing from Thailand , I love to flower school absolutely beautiful arrangement every episode

[@FlowerSchool]

Hello Veronicana and welcome to Flower School Live! We are so happy that you found our channel and we invite you to join us whenever can. Our Live show airs on Wednesdays at 3:00 pm Pacific Time and if you stop by then, you can ask questions of Leanne and the FDI teachers while they design. Thank you so much for watching our show, and we look forward to seeing you soon. Please have a brilliant week and may it be filled with flowers too!

[@stephenthompson9176]

Love your tutorials have been doing weddings for decades. Soon to be retiring from full time work and transitioning into event planning and floral presentations on a more large scale. Can't tell you how much I've learned about all aspects of floral design. Actually won as an Avant guard spring creator at a local spring flower show. Seriously thinking about taking your classes and testing. I Love competition. Background many years as an artist in my college years as a hobby. Currently for the last decade have been doing large scale church seasonal instillations and for exclusive party events. Large scale wedding events are still my favorite. Can wait to watch more videos. Finally catching up on all the class work terminology in design and mechanics.

[@FlowerSchool]

Thank you for sharing your experience, Stephen, and very best wishes to you as you transition into event planning and floral presentations on a large scale! The many years of skills, experience, and knowledge that you have developed in wedding designing are so valuable and will inform your new work as well. As you forge a new path in your floral journey, we would love to have you join us at the Floral Design Institute whenever you are ready. You can find our courses here: www.floraldesigninstitute.com/classes.html If you would like to discuss your options, we would be happy to chat with you. Feel free to reach out at 1-503-223-8089 or e-mail [e-mail] at any time. Your new opportunity sounds so exciting and we hope that you will enjoy it all. If we can be of any assistance to you, please let us know and we'll be happy to help if we can. Cheers to you and your work with flowers, and hope you have a splendid week in all that you do! P.S. As you can probably tell, we love competition too, and it's marvelous to hear that you won as an Avant guard spring creator at a local spring flower show. We would love to see what you created for your display. All the best and please take care!

[@lenicamacho6321]

thank you so much ma'am , you helping me through your tutorial and I'm helping you back through finishing the adds , and I always hit the thumbs up once I watch your video 🥰

[@FlowerSchool]

Happy New Year to you, Leni (almost)! Thank you for watching our shows (and watching the ads), and hitting the thumbs up button. It really does help us, and we appreciate your support very much. It's wonderful to hear how much you are learning, and we hope that you will continue to join us whenever you can. We look forward to seeing you often in 2023 and being your partner on your floral journey. Wishing you a lovely year filled with happiness, joy, and the beauty of flowers!

[@suttidabaklant6533]

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[@FlowerSchool]

We are so happy that you found our channel, Suttida! Welcome to Flower School Live and we hope that you will visit us frequently. We love to share floral design with you and look forward to hosting you whenever you have time. Here are a couple of resources that may help you. We have playlists that are organized by themes so whether you are looking for wedding bouquets or tropical flowers, we have something for you and you can find it here: kzbin.infoplaylists We also have the Flower School Video Library which has transcripts that you can run through Google Translate to get the information in your language and you can find them here: www.floraldesigninstitute.com/flowerschool-videolibrary We are very excited to have you join us and wish you the very best with all of your designs. Please take care and have a fabulous week as you work with flowers! P.S. Google Translate can be found here: translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=TT

[@suttidabaklant6533]

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[@FlowerSchool]

Please do not worry, Suttida! We love your posts and hope that we will see you often. We are sorry that we cannot respond in Thai, but wish you the very best in all that you do!

[@Kenjizaki_xExx]

สวัสดีครับ ติดตามอาจารย์ท่านนี้เหมือนกันเลย Love flowers school

[@BeautifulBloomsVideo]

Thank you! Would love to see the finished designs! I’ll see you in Vegas!!

[@FlowerSchool]

You are most welcome, Jen! We do have photos of the finished designs on our community page which you can find here: kzbin.infocommunity You may have to scroll down a bit to see them, but they are there. We look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas too, and it will be a marvelous opportunity to share fabulous floral design with so many amazing, talented, and experienced designers. While you are there if you have a free moment, please say hello and let us know how you are doing. Thank you very much for stopping by to watch our Flower School Live on designing for competition. We appreciate you being here and look forward to seeing you again whether at AIFD or here on our channel. Wishing you all the best and please have a magnificent week working with flowers!

[@Jasmine-hh3kt]

Hello from Australia. I don’t get to join you live at the moment because I’m actually at flower school on Thursdays now when you go live. I’m doing my Cert IV, which is the advanced class here. Thank goodness I can catch up on your videos when I get home. If any of the Tulips close to Sydney are going to the Sydney Easter Show, my class is doing a floral display that will be in the flower and garden pavilion for the entire show. This is the first big event I’ve been involved in, so it’s exciting.

[@FlowerSchool]

Hello Jasmine and congratulations on your floral education! The Sydney Easter Show sounds so exciting, and we hope the class display in the flower and garden pavilion is a huge success for all of you! Not to worry about joining us on Live because we are always here for you on replay, but we'll be glad to welcome you to the Live show when you are ready to join us in the morning for coffee and flowers. We have quite a few viewers from all throughout Australia and they usually join us for Live in the morning too. Sending you best wishes for your classes and for the upcoming show and we hope you have a splendid week working with flowers! P.S. We have been a bit curious as to what flowers are popular for Easter there since it is in the fall. We are used to spring flowers for Easter here and would love to learn more about the holiday traditions for this time of year. Thanks very much and please take care!

[@Jasmine-hh3kt]

@@FlowerSchool as it’s autumn, flowers aren’t usually a big part of Easter celebrations here. But for our floral display, the theme we have been given is “a tribute to the Easter Show’s 200 year history”. Yes, it’s been going for that long. It’s hosted by the Royal Agricultural Society and basically it’s two weeks every year where the country comes to the city. There are lots of cows, horses, sheep and other farm animals, large displays by different regions showcasing the crops that they grow. So we’re focusing on the official show colours of red, purple and gold. We’re mostly using native flowers like Kangaroo Paw, Billy Buttons, Zigzag wattle, Woolly Bush, paper daisies, as well as after dark and magnolia foliage, anthuriums and leucadendrons, phalaenopsis orchids and to represent agriculture, dried citrus slices and wheat. I can’t wait to see it all come together. I love how we can connect via technology. I look forward to catching up on your show next week.

[@sarahaliraja9553]

Hi Jasmine, I'm from Australia too, I'm currently doing my Cert IV as well in Padstow Tafe.

[@FlowerSchool]

Hello Sarah! Somehow we missed your post. So glad you could connect with Jasmine, and hope that you both are enjoying your floral education right now. We are delighted to have you both on the Flower School channel and hope that you will join us whenever you can. Wishing you all the best and please have a lovely week!

[@FlowerSchool]

Thank you for sharing the theme for the show and the materials you will be using, Jasmine! We hope all goes really well and your floral display is a huge success this weekend. Please take care and be sure to do some self-care after all of the works is done because you will deserve it. Best wishes to you and have a wonderful day!

[@dovineawilliams7411]

Awesome 😎

[@FlowerSchool]

This was a very interesting show, Dovinea! It takes a lot of time and effort to ready for AIFD testing and designing for competition, and we want our Tulips to succeed when they participate in these events. So glad you stopped by to share in the preparation, and we hope to have you join us again. Wishing you flowers galore and a peaceful week as well. Thank you for your kind visit!

[@sarahaliraja9553]

I totally agreed with Doanne Triggs comment below Leanne is awesome.!!🌻 I'm a huge fan. ❤

[@FlowerSchool]

What a marvelous post this is, Sarah! Thank you for your kind and lovely praise and for being such a loyal fan of what we do. We really appreciate your presence here on our channel and are delighted that you enjoy our shows. It's wonderful to have you and we hope to see you very soon. May your week be joyous and peaceful and may it come with flowers too!

[@kimberlygrigsby3053]

I am a florist who has her own floral business, but no formal training which course would you recommend for someone like myself?

[@FlowerSchool]

That's an excellent question, Kimberly! You already have very valuable skills and experience through your work as a florist, and our courses would complement that. Most of our students start with Basic Floral Design (either in-person or on-line) and upon completing that course, move on to Advanced Floral Design to get their certification. Every student is in a different place in terms of their floral journey so it would probably be best if we could talk with you about what you want to do and how floral education will help you get there. If you would like to chat with us about it, feel free to give us a call at 1-503-223-8089 or e-mail [e-mail]. Either way we would love to have you join us to study floral design and we'll be there to support you all along the way. Thank you very much for reaching out to us and for taking time to watch our show. We look forward to having you join us again soon and wish you a stellar week in the meantime! P.S. Here is the link to our courses if you would like more information: www.floraldesigninstitute.com/classes.html

[@ArcherOO78]

Thank you! Loved it 🌿✨✨✨

[@FlowerSchool]

You are most welcome, Matrix! It's always a joy to see you and we are so happy you could stop by for this Flower School Live on designing for competition. We wish you the very best in all that you do and hope you have a magnificent week filled with flowers too!

[@missingyosavary7727]

How do you get the sample test information

[@FlowerSchool]

That's a good question, Missing Yo Savary! The best way to find out all about AIFD testing is their website: aifd.org/become-cfd-and-aifd-2/ They describe the process in detail and sharing the scoring criteria as well. We hope this helps you prepare in advance. Thank you very much for watching our show and we look forward to seeing you again soon. Wishing you all the best and please take care!

[@peggybogar3059]

that's nice of you.

[@FlowerSchool]

We are glad you think so, Peggy! We want our Tulips to succeed both in business and when they are designing for competition. Leanne share some wonderful techniques that will really help those who decide to test in July. Thank you very much for stopping by to share the latest Flower School Live with us and we wish you the very best for your week and beyond!

[@emmanueldullas3515]

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[@FlowerSchool]

Those sunflowers are simply splendid, Emmanuel! This was a interesting Flower School Live as it was tailored to help people prepare for AIFD testing which is quite rigorous. Thanks so much for stopping by to watch the show with us, and we hope you took away some useful tips and techniques for designing for competition. Wishing you a glorious weekend and hope you are doing well!