Dinuba’s floriculture pathway is full of fresh flowers for student projects, the Floral CDE team, flowers of the month, and special events. These events often require different flowers and other greens for specific arrangements.
With Kariann Wilterding teaching Floral 1, Advanced Floral, Business Floral, and Advanced Agriscience, she also finds time to advise the Market goats, Market beef, and Breeder goat projects and coach the Floriculture CDE team, Impromptu LDE, and the FFA Creed LDE.
While assignments and quizzes usually relate to all things floral, some assignments often fall into the tools and valuable things to know category. They’re still assigned so that students know what to do, what tools to use, and how to structure specific arrangements.
There is never a dull moment within classroom 304 regarding student arrangements and special arrangements in the works. Students will communicate with one another, whether it’s just conversations between friends or a student helping out another student when they need help with something they may be confused about.
Floriculture is an excellent way for students to try out something new, working with flowers and making a delicate arrangement could be tricky, but as the semesters go on, that process will eventually get more manageable due to students having time during more extended class periods and help on what to do from Mrs. Wilterding or the students around them.
Arrangements that are made by students. Students in Floral One get to do their own little
arrangements that they get to take home for Easter, Halloween, and Christmas. Students are required to bring the materials they may need besides the flowers and floral foam that is provided through Mrs. Wilterding.
Students in Advanced Floral work on arrangements for Flowers of the Month which is a monthly event where people whether on campus or off campus can purchase special arrangements that consist of fresh florals dedicated to the month in which the arrangements are being made. Flowers like roses, carnations, chrysanthemums, tulips, and different greenery are more than likely to be found in these arrangements.
Floriculture is an excellent class for students who are interested in working with flowers and plan on continuing that path after high school. It may not look easy, but it’ll improve as the year progresses.
