Busy Floral Holidays . . . . . . . . 360
Holiday Mantel Arrangement . . . . 361
Centerpiece with Hurricane Glass
and Candle . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Easter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Thanksgiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Making a Cornucopia, The Mechanics
of Attaching Fruit . . . . . . . . . . 365
Thanksgiving Centerpiece . . . 366
Memorial Day . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Special Occasions . . . . . . . . . 368
Patriotic Holiday
Arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Birthdays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Anniversaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
New Baby. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Vase Arrangement . . . . . . . . . . 374
Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Nontraditional Opportunities . . . .375
New Year’s Day . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day . . . . . . 377
Groundhog Day. . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Chinese New Year . . . . . . . . . . 378
Presidents’ Day . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Mardi Gras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Mardi Gras Arrangement . . . . . . 380
St. Patrick’s Day . . . . . . . . . . . 381
St. Patrick’s Day Arrangement . . . 382
Administrative Professionals Day. . . 383
Flag Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Independence Day . . . . . . . . . . 384
Halloween . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Halloween Arrangement . . . . . . 385
Hanukkah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Kwanzaa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
New Year’s Eve . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Chapter 15
Sympathy Flowers 391
Funeral Customs . . . . . . . . . . 392
Visitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Private Viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Funeral Services . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Interment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Marketing Sympathy Flowers . . . 395
Using Selection Guides . . . . . . . 395
Funeral Home Connections . . . . . 396
Funeral Floral Consultations . . . 396
Selling from Available Stock . . . . . 397
Ordering from Wholesale Florists . . 398
Closing the Sale . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Flowers From Friends
and Associates . . . . . . . . . . 398
Traditional Casket Sprays . . . . . 400
Types of Casket Sprays . . . . . . . 400
Mechanics for Casket Sprays . . . . 401
Making a Half-Couch Casket
Spray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Other Casket Arrangements . . . . 404
Blankets, Scarves, and Garlands . . 404
Inset Pieces . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Memorial Arrangements . . . . . . 405
Standing Sprays . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Set Pieces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Baskets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Making a Set Piece . . . . . . . . . 407
Using Wire, Mesh, and Foam . . . . 408
Greening a Maché Container . . . . 409
Other Floral Arrangements . . . . . . 410
Individual Flowers . . . . . . . . . . 410
Designs for Cremation Urns . . . . . 410
Cemetery Pieces . . . . . . . . . . . 411
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