Flower School Video Library

The Flower School Video Library is the world’s largest collection of online flower arrangement video demonstrations. Subjects range from flower care and handling, design basics and wedding flowers, to advanced design techniques and styles. This library is viewed by thousands of floral design professionals and students throughout the world every day. Produced exclusively by Floral Design Institute, the video clips in this library are free to all. Enjoy!

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A Christmas arrangement of various bright red roses, light green hydrangea, and evergreen bits decorated with spirals of festive red wire and red diamante pins together in a cube-shaped vase.

Festive Christmas Cube

In this video Leanne demonstrates how to create a beautiful contemporary Christmas design with a bit of whimsey. To make it easy, Floral Design Institute has assembled a kits of materials for your purchase. All you have to do is add the flowers and your own creativity. Enjoy!!!

A table wreath with shiny silver balls, icy white excelsior grass, sparkly white ribbon, pink heather, evergreen bits, soft purple roses, rice flower, and deep purple lisianthus.

Frozen Themed Christmas Centerpiece

One of the more popular themes for Christmas 2015 is “Frozen”. This theme features icy white, sparkle and glitter all enhanced with pinks and purples. In this video clip Leanne creates a dramatic centerpiece using a floral foam design ring. To make it easy for everyone to create this design all of the materials are available as a kit. Enjoy!!!! 

A dramatic and eclectic centerpiece of striking red roses with artichokes, kale, wheat, sedum, eucalyptus pods and banyan vine.

Organic Autumn Centerpiece

The autumn season is filled with treasures from the garden and woods. For the creative floral designer this presents an opportunity to explore and experiment. In this video clip Leanne combines striking red roses with artichokes, kale, wheat, sedum, eucalyptus pods and banyan vine to create a dramatic and eclectic centerpiece.

A garland of foliage adorned with white and Cymbidium orchids and a glass orb hangs over the edge of a roof on a historic building at Lan Su Garden.

An Interview with Louisa Lam

At the 2015 Ninth Moon Floral Design Showcase created in partnership between Floral Design Institute and the Lan Su Chinese Garden, Louisa Lam AIFD was the garden’s featured designer sponsored by AIFD. During a rainy afternoon Leanne seized an opportunity to interview Louisa between her many design presentations. Enjoy!

A bright orange fiesta pitcher holds a bursting arrangement of orange lilies, leucadendron, bicolor roses, bitter sweet, grevillea, and magnolia foliage.

Fiesta Celebration

The seasons are changing and the time for autumn entertaining has arrived. In this video clip Leanne creates a beautiful autumn centerpiece in an antique orange Fiesta pitcher. She enhances the container with an arrangement of orange lilies, orange and yellow bi-colored roses, bittersweet and magnolia leaves. Enjoy!!

A beautiful, low centerpiece features various succulents, eucalyptus pods, tillandsia, hydrangea, seeded eucalyptus, sedum, and eryngium.

Succulent Tapestry

Succulents add amazing interest and texture to a centerpiece. And, they are very long lasting and easy to work with. In this video clip Leanne creates a beautiful low centerpiece as she demonstrates the techniques for designing with succulents. Enjoy!

A contemporary boutonniere made from a spiral of aluminum wire decorated with little bits of hydrangea, pieces of a succulent, eryngium, a single stock florette, and a peacock-hued jewel.

Succulent Boutonniere

The standard rose boutonniere is becoming passé. Today’s consumer is looking for something more dramatic, exotic and exciting. On trend are succulents which are available in a multitude of varieties and sizes. In this video clip Leanne creates a contemporary succulent boutonniere.

A purple wrist corsage features a single succulent centerpiece adorned with both dark purple and sparkly purple ribbons, seeded eucalyptus, lisianthus, eryngium, and delphinium.

Succulent Wrist Corsage

The hottest trend in prom corsages is the wrist corsage. Not only is the wrist corsage stylish, it allows more ease and freedom of movement for the wearer. In this video clip Leanne creates a dramatic wrist corsage on a slap bracelet base using a delicate succulent cutting.

A contemporary minimal design of Cymbidium orchids, kiwi vine, leucadendron, and tillandsia in a simple, neutral-colored container.

Simple Autumn Elegance

When you love flowers it’s natural to want to design with an abundance of blossoms. However, sometimes it’s best to keep it simple, to focus on and accentuate a single blossom. In this video clip Leanne demonstrates a contemporary minimal design celebrating the elegant Cymbidium Orchid. Enjoy!

A full and sprawling arrangement of vine maple with turning leaves, dried hydrangea, sedum, blackberries, celosia, viburnam berries, and bundles of long grasses.

Autumn in the Northwest

The inspiration in this video clip was a recent family blackberry picking hike through the woods of Washington State. Autumn arrives early at higher elevations; the vine maple is turning color, hydrangea blossoms are drying and blackberries abound. Leanne shares several design techniques as she creates this lovely centerpiece. Enjoy!

A sprawling arrangement of various berries, foliages, and flowers, including Phalaenopsis orchids, coral tulips, and yellow yarrow.

The Flower Lover's Club

In this video clip Leanne discusses the features and benefits of being a member of the Floral Design Institute Flower Lover’s Club. Exclusive educational video libraries, special DVDs, discounts on products, books, DVDs, supplies and so much more. If you are not a member, join today!

The vivid orange of the Bird of Paradise and Pin Cushion Protea, the violet of the Liatris and Carnation and the green of multiple foliages come together in a contemporary formal linear design.

Triadic Bird of Paradise Design

The Bird of Paradise is one of our most dramatic floral blossoms and lends itself easily to a contemporary formal linear style. In this video clip Leanne uses the Bird of Paradise to demonstrate a triadic color harmony, beginning with the vivid orange of the Bird of Paradise and Pin Cushion Protea, the violet of the Liatris and Carnation and the green of multiple foliages. Enjoy!

A bunch of sunflowers stands tall from a gold container that is adorned with a collar of a textural variety of status, soldaster, yarrow, craspedia, pincushion protea, and cymbidiums, all in matching yellow.

Sunflower Column

Bright, bold and beautiful, sunflowers are the most dramatic flowers of the summer season. However, the very elements that make them so marvelous can also make them difficult blossom to work into a floral design. In this video clip Leanne shares valuable techniques as she creates a unique sunflower column with a textured floral collar. Enjoy!!!

A delicate hand-tied bridal bouquet of Blushing Bride protea, soft pink ranunculus, marsala-hued hypericum, burgundy cymbidiums, and amaranthus enhanced with an elegant ribbon wrap.

Blushing Bride Bridal Bouquet

Native to South Africa and a member of the Protea family, the Blushing Bride is a beautiful summertime blossom. In this video clip Leanne demonstrates how to create a delicate hand-tied bridal bouquet enhanced with an elegant ribbon wrap and a bit of bling.

Three boutonnieres: one of a bundle of three echinops flowers, one of bachelor buttons decorated with two small actual buttons, and one of unripened blackberries, a poppy pod, and bunny tails.

Contemporary Boutonniere Techniques

The wedding boutonnieres for groomsmen are no longer afterthoughts. Yes, the simple single rose boutonniere is still in vogue. But, wonderfully imaginative designs are the trend. In this video clip Leanne shares several delightful contemporary techniques. Enjoy!

Jenny Thomasson stands on a stage in front of a constructed art wall covered in mosses, bromeliads, and spheres and columns fashioned from bare branches. Jenny is wearing a black dress.

An Interview with Jenny Thomasson AIFD

A common question that we hear from our students and prospective students is, “Can I really make a living as a floral designer?” In this delightfully honest interview Leanne chats with Jenny and Joe Thomasson, a husband and wife team who own Stems Floral in St. Louis, Missouri. They built their floral business together, they work together every day, they raise a family, they make a good living, and they “Do Something That They Love.” Enjoy!

A gorgeous loose arrangement of red roses, orange asclepius, yellow garden roses, yellow sedum, euphorbia, variegated mint, and poppy pods bursts from a wide red container.

Pacific Northwest Garden Flowers

Summer has arrived in the Pacific Northwest and our gardens are filled with beautiful blossoms. In this video demonstration Leanne creates a gorgeous floral arrangement using a simple hand-tied armature. You are going to love this technique. Enjoy!

A spectacular composite bridal bouquet made of deconstructed cymbidium orchids in the Marsala color palette from which white, opaque red, and sheer red ribbons hang.

Composite Cymbidium Bridal Bouquet

Dramatic and distinctive, a composite bridal bouquet is perfect for the contemporary bride seeking a unique wedding design. In this video clip Leanne demonstrates the techniques for creating a spectacular composite bridal bouquet made of deconstructed Cymbidium Orchids in the Marsala color palette. This is a technique that you will want to add to your skills library. Enjoy!

A robust floral crown of red and pink bicolor roses, faux ivy, and faux purple hydrangeas sits atop the short blonde hair of a mannequin head.

Creating a Floral Crown

One of the hottest new trends in wedding flowers is the Floral Crown. More than a simple halo, the Floral Crown is a lush, attention-getting headpiece. In this video clip Leanne demonstrates a technique for creating a fast and easy Floral Crown.

A bright and cheerful arrangement in yellow and coral hues contains roses, carnations, proteas, oncidium orchids, ruscus, and leucadendron inside a coral cube container.

Radiant Sunshine

The traditional round arrangement continues to be one of the most popular design styles. Yet, as professional floral designers we become tired of creating them. In this video clip Leanne demonstrates how to create a dramatic round arrangement using exotic floral materials and an interesting varied placement of blossoms. Enjoy!