Kirkwood Floral Careers

Our final class trip was to Omaha Nebraska to visit Lauritzen Gardens-Omaha Botanical Center, followed by dinner at Tish's resturaunt in Council Bluffs,Iowa. The following morning we were off to the Henry Doorly Zoo, then exploring the Old Market area of Omaha with dinner at Spaghetti Works. Sadly, this is our last post as the students have graduated and our program has been dropped. Please share and copy photos as the page will be taken down in a few weeks. Thank you all for your support and likes!💐

These are the words I shared with my students at the end of our last design show. We did a floral tree as a group and everyone said a few words. Enjoy! Lora Dodd-Brosseau 🌹

First gals, this tree represents you and your family. The roots are your parents. You were given life and grew from the roots.
Next you are the trunk and branches of this tree. Some people will come into your life and blow your branches and challenge you to break, don’t break… just bend.
Others will come and go from your life like seasons. Embrace the ones who are like a soft spring rain for they will nourish your soul as I hope I have done with a sprinkle of support, wisdom, and kindness. The summer sunshine people will be your inspiration to grow even more in your journey through life.
Autumn season people will share with you a colorful life full of bountiful harvest but watch out for the winter people who are bitter and cold for these people will want you to wither. Keep the flowers and get rid of the weeds! The flowers in your life will be your soul crying out for a chance to express your creativity through the medium of floral design.
Let your roots grow strong as you create the world that is still to be seeded and sowed for you are the next generation of florist!!!

Floral Careers final design show is in the books. A big "Thank You" to all who came and supported us through the years.

More Pave and the last classroom designs.

Floral Careers is cleaning house. 50 years of treasures are up for grabs. Bring containers and something to haul things away with. Everything is free! (Some exclusions) Horticulture and Floral Careers building at the Kirkwood main campus, use the south entrance off Kirkwood Blvd. Hours will be 9am to 3pm, Thursday, July 5th. Hope to see you then!

Lauritzen Gardens in Omaha, Nebraska celebrating the girls graduating!

Pave designs.

Preparing for the show on Sunday. Hope to see you there!

Fruit and vegetable designs.

Our final design show is less then a week away! See how far our students have come. These are examples of New Convention, Armature and more. Hope to see you next Sunday!

Kirkwood hosted Future Farmer of America state contests again this year. These are some photos from the Floriculture events. Floral Careers students helped judge the designs.