Flower Arranging : Page 8

When teaching, I try to encourage my students to have a plan whencontemplating a design. A dressmaker would seldom commence to cutmaterial without a pattern, neither would an architect start to build a housewithout first drawing a plan. Furthermore, the dressmaker, after decidingupon the material, will plan accessories. She might even introduce a prom-inent pocket, or a set of pleats as focal interest in the design of the gown.

So it is with flower arranging. Have a plan. First decide where thearrangement will stand. For the chosen location ask yourself whether youneed a tall arrangement or a short one; a curved one if it is on the end of ashelf, or a low one if it is for a coffee table; a formal arrangement for a periodroom or a modern design for a town flat.