Floral Design: Flower Arrangements for Container Gardens

Name: Floral Design: Flower Arrangements for Container Gardens
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Create easy, stunning flower arrangements and be the talk of the neighborhood with your gorgeous composition of flowers!

Created byAmanda W

Last updated 11/2019

English

What you'll learn

What it takes to create beautiful flower arrangements in container gardens
How to bring your own creativity out to create flower arrangements that truly reflect who you are
What to look for when buying flowers
The best place to go when purchasing flowers
Different types of containers and why this is important
How to prep containers for planting
Create dazzling flower displays for outside the home
How to plan your container gardens
What maintenance is required for sustaining container gardens

Course content

4 sections • 18 lectures • 55m total length

Introduction1:13
Welcome! Thank you so much for joining me on this adventure!
Course Objectives0:45
Explore the course structure and start-up essentials, learn to choose and buy flowers, and prep pots, then watch as I plan, plant, and maintain container garden arrangements.
How to Get the Most Out of this Course1:57
Explore the course overview, review each lesson before creating your own containers, and use questions and answers, bookmarks with the b shortcut, and announcements to earn your certificate.

What You Need0:56
This lesson will go over everything that I am using to start my flower pot arrangements so that you can grab these materials and follow along with me.
Buying Flowers9:18
This lesson will take you through the process of purchasing flowers from where to go to what to look for. I've got you covered!
Flower Pot Types1:09
This lesson goes over the different types of flower pots and why this is important to know.
Prepping Your Pots1:17
In this lesson, I go over how to prepare your pots for planting.
Extra Tidbits3:47
Some extra information that I wasn't sure how to categorize!
Starting Your Floral Design Adventure

Planting Pot 17:44
In this lecture, I walk you through how I plan and plant our first pot.
Planting Pot 20:34
Plant pot 2 to practice container garden floral design and develop your skills in creating arrangements for container gardens.
Planting Pot 31:12
Discover planting techniques for a container garden pot 3 within floral design, guiding you through stylish flower arrangements and practical container gardening.
Herb Arrangement4:07
Plan and build a herb arrangement in a clay pot, lining with coconut fiber for drainage, placing sage, chives, oregano, and parsley, then pack soil and water.
Hanging Basket6:56
Fill the hanging basket with soil, test plant heights, and position Vinca in the center with Bacopa overhanging the sides to fill gaps with Torenia, Hypoestes, and Dianthus.
Completed Containers1:05
Explore completed containers in floral design and learn to create flower arrangements for container gardens using fundamental design principles.
Planting Flowers

Watering and Feeding2:19
Water according to pot, flowers, and sun exposure, checking soil moisture and watering weekly. Follow manufacturer instructions to avoid nutrient burn, and apply nutrients at the base, not on leaves.
Weeding2:11
Identify and pull weeds in container gardens, keep soil in your containers, check containers often, and wear gloves to avoid poison ivy or poison oak.
Pruning2:24
Prune basil to encourage lush growth by cutting stems where they meet; don't let basil go to seed, harvest parsley an inch above the ground, and deadhead marigolds and petunias.
Ending The Season6:17
End the season by removing flowers from containers as cold weather has started killing off my flowers, save the soil for next year, and bag the debris for curb pickup.
Maintenance

Requirements

No prior knowledge needed
Willingness to learn, be creative and have fun

Description

Floral design/flower arrangements in containers can take an average looking house and make it really come alive (literally, the flowers are alive!). With minimal time and effort - much less than creating entire beds and planting flowers in the ground - you can create dazzling flower displays in containers and make your property look professionally crafted. And well, it will be. You're going to be the professional!

Imagine with me. It's springtime. Everyone is looking forward to the warm weather. The birds chirping melodiously. The grass turning back to the vibrant green of summer. The trees and flowers showing off their beautiful blooms. And then there's your neighbors. Yes, you know the ones. Their yards seem perfectly manicured from Day 1 of Spring and you feel inadequate at making the outside of your home look just as stunning.

Sure, it's nice looking at your neighbor's yard. But you want to create that beauty around the exterior of your own home. You want to WOW your friends and family as they approach your dwelling. You want the satisfaction of cultivating your own strikingly impressive and charming array of flowers and foliage.

What's that, you say? You don't know anything about flowers? You don't know where to begin? I've got good news for you, my friend. This course is made to help! You can make just as breathtaking and eye catching flower arrangements in your own container garden and I'm going to show you how.

In this course, I will go over everything you need to know from purchasing flowers to planning and planting to maintaining the beauty of your containers all summer long.

This course is backed by a no risk 30 day money back guarantee.

I can't wait to see you inside!

To start your flower arrangement, container garden adventure click the Enroll Now button on the top right hand side of this page.

See you on the other side!

Who this course is for:

This course is for those who wish to learn how to bring out their fun and creativity and express themselves through magnificent flower displays
Those with little time to take care of an in ground garden
Those who would love to have a beautiful yard without all the extra effort (weeding, tilling, mulching, edging, weed whacking) that goes into an in ground garden
Those who would love to bring a little extra whimsy and fun to their yard without the price tag of a professional landscaper

Floral Design: Flower Arrangements for Container Gardens

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Course content

Introduction3 lectures • 4min

Starting Your Floral Design Adventure5 lectures • 16min

The Super Exciting Part of Our Journey: Planting!6 lectures • 22min

Maintenance4 lectures • 13min

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