By Gerry Toh AIFD The intoxicating enchantment of flowers have many people enthralled. A whole industry and culture of floral artists, designers and flower shop owners has given life to organizations like ours culminating in the annual international Symposium held in various cities throughout the…
This year’s Art in the Elements theme was ‘ART and ARTISTS’. The show’s impact on floral art in the region is being felt by more and more visitors each year, and by participating florists whose efforts directly benefit their floral peers’ educations.
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We are so excited to GATHER once again as a Southern Family. We have been separated for long enough. It is time to see our family, learn some new techniques and refresh our passion for Flowers. We will have main stage programs, leadership sessions, hands…
The 100th anniversary gala of the American Horticultural Society (AHS) was held in September 2022 at River Farms, a George Washington original farm, in Alexandria Virginia. AHS Is the oldest garden club in America. Over the past year, a handful of dedicated and committed leaders took it upon themselves to save River Farms from being developed into a townhome community, and after a long fight, they were successful in achieving this goal.
AIFD® history began in the mid-sixties, with creative floral designers coming together to watch programs featuring Buddy Benz, Tommy Bright and Sylvia Valencia. Education was limited to a group of accomplished designers reaching out for more.
You may be surprised to learn that painting and floral design have many striking similarities. Both art forms come in various genres and historical background in the design world.
Submitted by: Gerry Toh AIFD As an avid florist, Allen Beck started, as many of us did, at the bottom of the flower shop chain. As a driver, or flower processer. Hard work did not deter him and eventually, his love of flowers led him…
Dr. Solomon Leong, AIFD PFCI CFD and his team has been holding regular seasonal workshops with sunshine kids (cancer survivors) at the Children’s Cancer Foundations (CCF) since 2020 ranging from simple appreciation of flowers, basic floral skills, structure building and we have just completed the third program named “A touch of summer”.
