Ann Jordan owns a florist shop in Windham, Maine, and is coordinator of the American Institute of Floral Designers “Revolution’’ Symposium coming to Boston July 3-8 (www.aifd.org ).
Q. What’s going to happen at the “Revolution’’?
A. We have three days of programming and prior to that, two days of meetings, and two days of testing. To be a member, you have to take written and skills tests on things like wedding bouquets, sympathy work, and corsages. We have people coming from Korea, Singapore, Mexico, and Australia. We have students in floral design colleges coming to compete.
Q. What is floral design besides arranging flowers in a vase?
A. It’s a lot about the great use of color and blending colors artistically. Oprah’s magazine had an article on 100 things that have changed, and floral design made number one.
Q. How has it changed?
A. I would say that the use of a lot of botanical materials means we’re blending a lot of things in with flowers to have an elegant look but still kind of organic looking, like a lot of succulents that are round and full.
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