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Fundamentals of Style

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The ability to command a broad vocabulary of styles defines the professional floral designer. From Neo-Classical and Victorian to English garden and Flemish, understanding floral styles expands your design options, evokes specific moods, and helps create the perfect setting. $290 materials fee. Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Form

Required Text:
Principles of Floral Design: An Illustrated Guide, 2nd Edition, Pat Diehl Scace and James M DelPrince
ISBN-13: 978-1619608894
ISBN-10:1619608898

Please bring:
Florist knife, wire cutter, scissors, pruners, a camera, and a box or bag to carry home your work.
Floral tool kit available for purchase through the Registration Office. Please call 718.817.8720.

Schedule:

Every week on Saturday, starting on 06/10/23 and ending on 07/08/23 (excluding 07/01/23)

Only 13 days left to register!

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:

234FDN302B

Price:

Price Non-Member (Includes Materials) : $760.00
Member (Includes Materials) : $710.00

Prerequisite(s):

Fundamentals of Form

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