TSFA Certification Review

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

• Filler

• pillowing

• corsages

• processing

The Storage or shipment of flowers out of water.

• respiration

• dry pack

• bundling

• vase life

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

• parallel design

• processing

• vase life

• ikebana

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

• bundling

• conditioning

• floral preservative

• mechanics

Sells floral goods and services to the consumer.

• "stair step manner" design placement

• retail florist

• processing flowers

• customer education

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

• vase life

• light intensity

• cascade design

• mass flowers

Firmly wrapping or tying similar materials together to form a larger, individual unit.

• bent neck in flowers

• bundling

• terracing and layering

• framing

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

• photosynthesis

• floral preservative

• respiration

• transpiration

The level of light received on a plant surface.

• transpiration

• respiration

• light intensity

• tint

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.

• framing

• terracing and layering

• bundling

• bent neck in flowers