Floral arranging teaching aids and methods of use include a translucent,
transparent, solid or penetrable medium base member of selected shape and
size and optionally having one or more visible cores or targets therein,
with optional openings extending from the surface through the base member
and toward or to the target. Multiple real or simulated flower stems, the
latter typically consisting of a dowel and an enlarged top segment or
portion which is color-coded to simulate the various flowers, are
inserted into the openings or into the solid penetrable medium, or
through a chart wrapped around the base member and having correspondingly
color-coded prints thereon that may align with corresponding openings, to
indicate where the dowels are to be inserted in the openings or in the
penetrable medium. Arrangement of the real or simulated flower stems in
selected or correspondingly color-coded prints in the penetrable medium
or through the color-coded base member openings, facilitates instruction
in the art of flower arranging.
