Floral Design News

Marcela Lopez-Vallejo AIFD shares her experience as a S.H.I.N.E. Scholarship winner working with Charlie Groppetti AIFD

See what the AIFD® Education Committee is working on.

This will be a 3-part series, tracing the journey of Alicia Springfield who is testing at the Floral Summit in Orlando this October.

The Florida State Florist Association celebrated their hundredth year at their 2021 annual conference. The three-day event took place on August 27-29 in Weston, Fla. and was filled with design competitions, presentations, vendor booths and an award ceremony gala.

October 14th is coming up quickly, and 50 ambitious floral artists have that date circled in red on their calendars! Those 50 artists will be attending the AIFD Floral Summit and taking the Professional Floral Design Evaluation (PFDE®) with the goal of achieving accreditation through the American Institute of Floral Designers®.

BloomNet will match member florist donations dollar for dollar, up to $5,000, that are contributed to the AIFD Foundation Catastrophic Fund. Grants, awarded from this fund, provide assistance to impacted florists with property damage resulting from a natural disaster.

On April 22, 2021 Jiseon Yun AIFD, CFD presented this year’s virtual Artist In Residence Program titled “Contemporary Design with Foliage”.

The Just Make it Pretty contest is back for its second year! The AIFD Foundation was thrilled with the participation during 2020, and look to 2021 with great anticipation. We invite all floral designers and floral enthusiasts to compete and experience this year’s theme, “Roots of Inspiration.”

In six short weeks, our AIFD family will be hosting a blockbuster event again at long last! Join AIFD® for the Floral Summit in Orlando, October 15.

A note from new committee chair Andrew Stinson AIFD