A Legacy that Rides On
February 2023 will mark the second anniversary of the passing of floral icon Patti Pottle AIFD. Find out how she recently helped raise scholarship funds for the AIFD Foundation.
Floral Design News
AIFD Goes to Indianapolis FFA National Convention 2022
In a little corner of the Indianapolis State Fairgrounds Horticulture Building, groups of Floral Evaluators, including many AIFD members from around the United States, intensely judged 180 High School FFA students’ entries as they competed for the coveted National FFA Floriculture title.
The Golden Pom Pom Pull
Submitted by Renee Tucci AIFD CFD PFCI AAF We’ve all got our sights set on Chicago, for Symposium 2023. The sights, the sounds, the FLOWERS! AIFD® is heading to the windy city in July, and wouldn’t it be wonderful if you were heading there too….…
PASSING THE PASSION: Tom Simmons AIFD
By Gerry Toh AIFD When it comes to passion, I can imagine no other than the profession of the floral artist. I was once told I was shallow in personality and character because all I could and would talk about was flowers: the business of…
TOURNAMENT OF ROSES PARADE VIP ENTRIES with J. KEITH WHITE AIFD
The journey began in 2005 when Els Hazenberg AIFD was approaching 30 years designing floral creations for the VIP Entries with the Tournament of Roses Parade and decided to pass the torch to the next designer and generation. As history has a tendency to repeat…
And the Winner Is….
Submitted by Aisha Crivens AIFD “Drumroll….. the results for our first ever Southern Chapter Body Flower contest are in! Thank you very much to everyone who donated and participated. We had a lot of donors and a total of 26 entries! They were all really…
Chapter Updates December 2022
See the updates from your Chapter Presidents. Shannon Toal AIFD, CFD from the North East Chapter shares, “As the colors change and the leaves fall, we feel the transitions of our industry. The stress of the holiday season and life can be overwhelming. May you…
FLORISTIC DIALOG LINE/TEXTURE with Hitomi Gilliam & Per Benjamin
Elements and Principles of Design can be a static textbook study… OR it can be an engaging and fun exploration with sharing of multitude of ideas that contribute to the AHA!!! moment. Such is what you can expect with FLORISTIC DIALOG Workshop with Hitomi and…
REMEMBERING TOM POWELL AIFD
PRESIDENT OF AIFD® 1983-1984 by Janet Black AIFD, CFD, PFCI, AAF, mmfd Recently, there was a Facebook post picture of Tom Powell AIFD and Frankie Sheldon AIFD, with a comment; it’s too bad younger members might not know Tom. This has inspired my history article…