On November 9, 2004, the floriculture class (AGPS 3073)

visited Taylor’s Flowers and Gifts in Russellville.

Tammy Buford, owner of Taylor’s Flowers and Gifts

talked to the class about the history of the store.

Students were than taught how to make a corsage.

The first step was to make a bow out of silk ribbon.

A small thin wire was than used to help hold the bow together.

Then one to two small flowers were chosen for the corsage.

A thin wire was pushed through the base

of the flower to serve as a small stem.

Green floral tape was than tightly

wrapped around each wire.

A small amount of baby’s breath

was placed around the flowers.

Next, a small amount of greenery

is placed on one side of the corsage.

Now the bow, stems of the flowers, baby’s breath

and greenery are all wrapped together using floral tape.

The last step is trim all the stems evenly and cover

the exposed wire and stems with a small piece of floral tape.

Tammy examines the craftsmanship

of each student’s corsage.

Proud owners of a newly made corsage.