CONSTRUCTING A RIGHT TRIANGLE ARRANGEMENT

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CONSTRUCTING A RIGHT TRIANGLE ARRANGEMENT

• Written by
• Holli Bowman David Lynn
• Hall County Board of Education
• April 2003
• Modified by Georgia Agriculture Education
  Curriculum Office
• September 2005

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• This presentation is designed to supplement the
  textbook, Floriculture Designing
  Merchandising, Unit 11, Triangular
  Arrangements. The author is Charles Griner and
  it is published by Delmar Publishers.

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Step 1 Selecting Materials

• A low container (6 design bowl)
• 1/3 to ½ block of floral foam
• 2 gladioli
• 4 to 5 stems of pompon mums
• 6 leatherleaf fern stems
• Waterproof anchor tape
• Floral preservative

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Step 2 Preparing the Container

• Cut approximately 1/3 block of floral foam.
• The floral foam should extend about one inch
  above the rim of the container.
• Saturate the floral foam in a warm preservative
  solution.
• Secure the floral foam to the container with
  waterproof anchor tape.

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Step 2 Continued

• Criss-cross the tape over the foam and attach the
  ends to the container.
• Tape it off center to leave room for a flower
  stem in the middle of the foam.
• Do not attach more than one inch of tape to the
  container.
• Long strips of tape will be difficult to hide.

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Step 3 Placing the Skeleton Flowers

• Place the three skeleton flowers according to the
  image.
• The 1 flower should be about two times the width
  of the container.
• Place the 1 flower in the back left corner of
  the foam.
• The 2 flower should be two-thirds the length of
  the 1 flower.
• Place it toward the back, in the right side of
  the foam.

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Step 3 Continued

• The 3 flower is placed on the left front side of
  the foam and angled slightly forward.
• Since this flower is short the right angle
  pattern of the design isnt destroyed.

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Step 4 Greening the Foam

• Green the arrangement placing foliage behind and
  in front of the flowers.
• Keep the triangular pattern of the design with
  the fern.
• Leave space for the remaining flowers.
• Remember to green the back of the design.

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Step 5 Adding Mass Flowers

• Place pompon chrysanthemums along the edge of the
  design.
• Use an imaginary line between the points of the
  skeleton flowers as a boundary.
• The flowers should be closer together at the
  focal point, which is where the lines of the
  design meet at a 900 angle.
• Add filler flowers in the spaces if needed.

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Step 6Evaluating the Design

• Step back and examine the arrangement from all
  angles.
• Check for holes and add greenery or flowers where
  they are needed.
• Move flowers, if necessary, to create equal space
  between flowers.
• If you move a flower, insert it into a new hole.