TSFA Level 1 Floral Certification Practice #1

Floral Material that has an “airy” look to create the finishing touch.

• Vegetative Design

• Filler

• Light

• Framing

The Storage or shipment of flowers out of water

• Shipping

• Terracing and Layering

• Dry Pack

• Processing

Cutting flowers stems properly and providing proper treatment at any stage of the distribution process.

• Mechanics

• Transpiration

• Hydrating Solution

• Processing

Supplies, methods and materials that designers use to place and hold flowers and foliage in an arrangement.

• Processing

• Pillowing

• Mechanics

• Pave Arrangements

Sells floral goods and services to the consumer.

• Retail florist

• Wholesale florist

• Walmart

• The store

The length of useful life of cut floral materials after being received by the customer.

• Floral Cooler

• Retail

• Scale

• Vase life

The process of converting nutrients, water, carbon, dioxide and sunlight into food for plants.

• CO2

• Foliage

• Photosynthesis

• Proportion

The level of light received on a plant surface.

• Light saber

• Light intensity

• Night light

• Lightness

A design technique in which branches of flowers are used around the perimeter of a floral arrangement to direct attention to the materials in the center of the arrangement.

• Conditioning

• Framing

• Balance

• Interpretive design

The tight positioning of flower clusters at the base of an arrangement forming rounded hills.

• Terracing and layering

• Bundling

• Conditioning

• Pillowing