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March | 2022
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raduations will begin in just a couple of months, and there are
many ways to celebrate these momentous events. In addition
to this mortarboard graduation cap flower design, popular
flower gifts for graduates include fresh flower leis and other flower
wearables as well as wrapped bouquets and more.
Graduates these days are adorning their mortarboard caps with all sorts
of graphics, images, words and messages, but we believe they should be
adorned with flowers! is inventive, versatile design is created to be
attached under the mortarboard part of a graduation cap as well as
worn by the graduate as a flower crown following the ceremony.
e design technique can be used with virtually any long-lasting small-
to-medium-size blooms and accessory items—logically, in school colors.
Don't miss the opportunity to offer customers who are shopping for
graduates something different this year—and to showcase your degrees
in creativity and revenue enhancement.
Floral design,
photos and text by
Nita Robertson,
AIFD, CFD
Crown
the Graduate
Offer your customers a distinctive option for
graduation flower gifts with this innovative
mortarboard cap adornment.
MATERIALS
BOTANICALS
• Chrysanthemum x morifolium 'Bombellini'
(incurve/spider disbud mum)
• Chrysanthemum x morifolium
(pompon spray mum)
• Scabiosa atropurpurea
(pincushion flower, scabious)
• Limonium sinuatum
(statice, sea lavender, wavy-leaf sea
lavender, notch-leaf sea lavender)
• Acacia dealbata (mimosa, silver wattle)
• Ruscus hypoglossum (Israeli Ruscus,
Holland Ruscus, Florida Ruscus)
HARD GOODS
• OASIS
®
Aluminum Wire, Gold
• OASIS
®
Floral Adhesive
• Atlantic
®
Traditional Chenille Stems
• No. 3-width ribbon of your choice
•Mortarboard cap
