an important activity in agriculture. Floriculture activity can be defined as production and marketing of flowering plants, green bedding plants, cut flower and greens under controlled condition mainly for export. The production of floriculture is growing by 8 to 10 % per year. There are nearly 120 countries which are active in floriculture industry.
Industries based on floriculture
Cut flower industry
Dry flower industry Perfumery industry Decoration committees Oil extracting industry Dyeing industry
Indian floriculture industry
India has an ancient heritage when in comes
to floriculture. Commercial floriculture however is of recent origin.
A consistent increase in demand for cut flower
has made floriculture an important commercial trades in Indian agriculture.
Indias floriculture is likely to cross Rs. 8000
crore mark by 2015.
Nearly 77% area under floriculture crop is
concentrated in 7 states Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal Haryana, Utter Pradesh and Delhi.
India is a big emerging market. Looking
towards the demand and supply of flowers, better implementation and good management should be there for maximum production.
Floral Design
The art of organizing the design elements inherent in
plant materials and accessories according to principles of design art. Principles of design rules and guidelines used by the floral designer to create a beautiful composition.
Proportion is the pleasing relationship between
size and shape among objects and parts of objects
Floral Design
The design should be 1 times the
size of the containers greatest dimension (height/width) Container is the primary factor Dimensions Color Texture/material Shape Balance in a flower arrangement refers to the arrangements equilibrium and equality in weight, both physical and visual.
Floral Design
Shape and Form
Shape is the 2-dimensional outline Form is the 3-dimensional aspect Color Primary red, yellow, blue Secondary green, orange, purple Tertiary blue-green, yellow-orange, etc.