Ms. Lacross Ag II FLORAL DESIGN TOOLS

PRUNING SHEARS - Used to cut woody stems (bushes / tree limbs) - Sharp blade is a must

FLORAL KNIVES -Primary use is for cutting stems. -T wo choices: folding knives and paring knives - Must be kept sharp

 Recommended over scissors  Cut through plant material with out pinching the stem  Can be used to cut florist wire FLORIST SHEARS

- Have a long sharp blade - Used to cut ribbon, netting and fabric - Never used to cut wire or stems RIBBON SCISSORS

- Used for trimming paper, leaves and other materials UTILITY SCISSORS

- Provides support and stability for the stem -Crushes easily and DOES NOT return to form - If you place a stem in the foam incorrectly and need to remove it the foam in that area can not be used again. FLORAL FOAM Utility Scissors

- Holds water for fresh flowers - Available in easy to cut bricks - Can be cut to fit any container - Should be soaked prior to use OASIS (FLORAL FOAM)

-Like Styrofoam -Used for dry or silk flowers -will NOT hold water -Available in brown DRY FOAM

- Comes in widths of ½ and ¼ of an inch -Comes in green, white, and clear -Used to secure floral foam into a container WATER PROOF TAPE

-Plastic four pronged pin -used to anchor oasis to the bottom of a container -used to anchor candles or other materials to the floral foam ANCHOR PIN

-Adhesive that can be used to secure floral foam to a container -Heat packets of pan melt glue in a glue skillet -Pan heats glue to 275 degrees -When you finished with the glue allow the pan to cool (we do not remove the glue) PAN MELT GLUE

-2 pronged pin with an s on top -used to secure moss and other materials to floral foam GREENING PIN

-Plastic tube with a rubber top -“Hole” in the center is where the stem is pushed through -Holds water for flowers who will be out of water for a while WATER TUBE

-Narrow piece of wood with a wire attached at the top -used for wreaths and to attach non floral materials to arrangements -can be used to lengthen stems -how tohow to WOOD PICK

-Used to wrap pots or line baskets -One color on one side and silver on the other -comes in a variety of colors FOIL

-Sold in 18 inch lengths -Comes on paddles as well -Is available in different thicknesses (gauges) -Used to wire stems and for corsages FLORIST WIRE

-Paper coated tape with paraffin or wax -Available in ½ or 1 in widths -Sticks to its self -“glue” is activated by the heat of your fingers FLORIST TAPE

-May be satin, cotton, silk or paper -Ribbons are ordered by number, each number corresponding to a different width -Example: -#1 = 5/16 inch#3 = 5/8 th inch -#16 = 1 7/8 inch# 100 = 3 7/8 inch RIBBON

-used to attach floral work to clothing -corsage pins are longer than boutonniere pins CORSAGE / BOUTONNIERE PINS