TSFA Knowledge Base Certification Practice 1

Floral Material that has an 'airy' look to create the finishing touch.

• Framing

• Form Flower

• Filler

• Pillowing

The storage or shipment of flowers out of water.

• Dry Pack

• Vase Life

• Conditioning

• Transpiration

Processing is...

• The Japanese style of floral arrangements

• Cutting flower stems properly & providing proper treatment in distribution

• The level of light received on a plant surface

• Contain more then one single focal point

Supplies, methods, & materials that designers use to place & hold flowers & foliage in an arrangement.

• Corsages

• Scale

• Building

• Mechanics

Retail Florists...

• Used to create focal point with unusual & distinctive shapes

• Growers, wholesalers, & retail florist must process their flowers

• Sells floral goods & services to customers

• A formal equilateral triangle

Vase Life...

• The length of useful life to cut floral materials once received by customer

• time a flower can last in a vase

• How long a vase will last before it's broken

• The time it takes to get a vase arrangement to a customer

Firmly wrapping or tying similar materials together to form a larger, individual unit.

• Framing

• Pillowing

• Bundling

• Dry Pack

The process of converting nutrients, water, carbon dioxide, & sunlight into food for plants

• Respiration

• Transpiration

• Conversion

• Photosynthesis

Light intensity is...

• The brightness of light

• Lights ability to travel

• The level of light received on a plant surface

• The shade of light

Design technique in which branches of flowers are used around the perimeter of a floral arrangement to direct attention

• bordering

• outlining

• squaring

• framing