1. Floral Tools and Accessories
Mr. Wilson
Uintah High School

2. Unit Objectives
1. Students will identify and understand the use of basic tools used in the floral industry.
2. Students will use floral ribbon and construct bows.
3. Students will wire and tape floral materials.

3. Floral Tools
Tools used by floral designers to create floral arrangements.
Tools range in price. Usually the higher the cost the better the tool.
In your notebook – glue in the pictures of floral tools. Also write the name of each tool.

4. Floral Shears

5. Hot Glue Gun

6. Bypass loppers, shears

7. Ribbon Shears

8. Anvil loppers/shears

9. Knife

10. Wire Cutters

11. Rose Thorn Strippers

12. Floral Tape A wax coated paper which adheres to itself.
Used to wrap arrangement pieces together and to provide a natural plant look.
Comes in two sizes ½ inch and 1 inch.
Floral tape is not sticky to touch. It sticks when stretched.
Holds moisture in the plant material being taped

13. Floral Tape

14. Floral Foam or Oasis
An open-celled phenolic foam that readily absorbs water and is used as a foundation for flower arrangements.
Holds over 40 times its weight in water.

16. Cardette

17. Wired Floral Picks

18. Floral Preservative

19. For each ribbon size shown, glue a swatch in your notebook
For each ribbon size shown, glue a swatch in your notebook. For each swatch of ribbon label its size number and types of arrangements it would be used for.

21. Floral Ribbon #40
2.5” – 3” wide

22. Floral Ribbon #9
1 3/8” – 1.5” wide

23. Floral Ribbon #3
9/16” – 5/8” wide

24. Floral Ribbon #1.5
3/8” wide

25. Floral Wire

26. Wire Sizes and Uses Sizes of wire range from #18 to #30.
#18 is largest diameter #30 is smallest.
Larger sizes such as #18, #20 and #22 are used to add support to flower stems.
Smaller gauge wires #24 - #30, are used for corsage and wedding bouquets.

28. Wiring Used to provide additional support to flowers and stems.
Wiring is an important skill to master in the floral industry.

29. Wiring Techniques
Depending on the kind of flower and how it will be used determines which of the four major wiring techniques to be used.
Pierce
Hook
Clutch
Straight wire insertion

32. Bows important accessory in many arrangements
used to give a design a finished look
can create a mood or feeling

33. Ribbons may also be used to make an arrangement look more expensive
tying bows is not difficult but requires practice

34. consider the appropriateness of the ribbon for the occasion
Selecting Ribbons
consider the appropriateness of the ribbon for the occasion
ribbon is either single faced or double faced

35. Selecting Ribbons most ribbon is single faced
has a shiny side and a dull side

36. Selecting Ribbons
double faced ribbon has the same finish on both sides
common ribbon materials include: lace, cotton, velvet, satin, nylon, acetate, plastic, burlap, papertwist

37. sold on cardboard spools called bolts comes in a variety of sizes
Ribbon Sizes
sold on cardboard spools called bolts
comes in a
variety of sizes
ribbon size follows an industry standard

38. Ribbon Sizes
ribbons carry a number which is in reference to the width of the ribbon.
The larger the number, the wider the ribbon

39. Ribbon Sizes
most common ribbon sizes or numbers are 1 1/2, 3, 9, and 40
some manufacturers no longer make number 100 0r 120

40. Ribbon Sizes 1 1/2, and 3 are primarily used for corsage work
9 is used for decorating flower pots

41. Ribbon Sizes
40 is used in wreaths and sympathy flowers

42. Tying bows
the size of the bow should be in proportion to the size of the design
for corsages, the ribbons should extend just beyond the petals of the flowers

43. Tying bows
the bow should accent, not draw attention from the flowers

44. Now carefully watch the CD on how to construct a bow
Now carefully watch the CD on how to construct a bow. After the CD watch the instructors demonstration then select a length of #3 ribbon and construct a bow.