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Wedding Design I: Personals

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Flowers play a crucial role in creating a memorable wedding. Learn the elements of successful floral wedding design, including the art of fine wiring and taping to create corsages and boutonnieres with fresh flowers, ribbons, and bows. Advance to the techniques of styling and assembling bridal and bridesmaid bouquets. Prerequisites: Fundamentals of Form and Fundamentals of Style

Materials Information:
Price includes a $290 materials fee for plant materials and hard goods. Please bring a florist knife, wire cutter, scissors, pruners, a camera, and a box or bag to carry home your work. Alternatively, a Floral Tool Kit is available for purchase through the Registration Office. Please email ContinuingEd@nybg.org to inquire.

Schedule:

Every week on Saturday, starting on 06/01/24 and ending on 06/29/24 (excluding 06/08/24)

Times:

10:00am-02:30pm EDT

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Instructor:

Barbara Mele Barbara Mele

Barbara Mele

A native New Yorker, Barbara Mele has been a florist for 20+ years. She learned to love nature at a young age from her grandmother, who was a landscape architect and taught at Notre Dame University.

Barbara calls her personal design style "Urban Garden," which often showcases garden varieties in sleek urban vases. Her work can be seen at Gatherings Floral Design.

Location:

NYBG, Watson Room 101
2900 Southern Blvd
Bronx, NY 10458

Session Number:

244FDN304

Price:

Price Non-Member (Includes Plant Material) : $760.00
Member (Includes Plant Material) : $710.00

Prerequisite(s):

Fundamentals of Style

By signing up for this course, you acknowledge that you have successfully completed the necessary prerequisite(s).

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