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State Contest Information      
ALL interested teams need to enter a Regional Qualification Floriculture CDE Event & place in the top 3- 5 teams to advance to the next Wisconsin State Floriculture CDE.  

DATES: LIVE Contest Thursday April 25, 2024    

TIME: 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m    Team Limit= 16 (or less teams)    STATE CDE IS OFFICIAL DRESS EVENT
                                                                                        (regional CDE competitions are NOT official dress)
LOCATION: Live Contest on April 25th will be at The Crossing (1127 University Ave  Madison, WI) Walking distance from Ag Campus area - NO Bussing is provided.

SUPERINTENDENT:  Lisa Belisle  Floraelements.com

Overview      
The Floriculture Career Development Event (CDE) requires students to identify plants, judge flower arrangements and solve problems. Participants also demonstrate skills in flower arranging, propagation and the preparation of floral and foliage products for sale.

Floriculture Workshops      

Lake Geneva - Badger High School on Sat. Feb 24th - 10-1 p.m.

 

Bill Doran - Green Bay on Saturday March 2nd

 

Mishicot High School on Sunday March 3rd

 

Krueger Floral (Mosinee/Rothschild) on Monday March 4th

Wisconsin State Floriculture Handbook      
The Floriculture CDE Handbook is linked above.   Areas highlighted in yellow may change for the 2024 event. 

Rubrics      
Floral Napkin Rubric (State 2024 event)

2024 State Pricing Practicum Rubric

2024 State TEAM Rubric (worth 200 points) 

Team Event Rubric (Same as National FFA but worth 1/2 the the points 400 pts total)

Floral Arrangement Rubric

Media Selling Rubric - Team Event

Resources:      

2024 STATE CDE Floriculture Study Guide (use this to prepare for the State CDE Event)
2024 Floriculture Regional Study Guide (this is the guide should be used to train teams for UWP,
S. Central & Midstate Regional CDE'S in 2024)
2024 Study Guide: Bud Vase How To
2024 Floriculture ID List (this list is the COMMON names first verse the National List that has scientific name first.) BOTH sheets will be provided to contestants.

Practice Scantron - Universal Form H

Floral Identification List (National 2024 & WI use the same)

Equipment Identification List (WI)

Principles of Floral Design Videos
Floral Rubrics Explained - Videos

Floral Gallery (for advisors to access)

WI Tool Gallery

Technique Gallery

Instagram Practice Zone

Plant Propagation Videos

Disease & Insect Information

2023 State CDE Floral Study Guide

2023 Regional CDE Floral Study Guide

2022 WI State CDE Floriculture Study Guide

Both of these guides contain excellent teaching materials



Results and Awards      
2023 Wisconsin Floriculture Results

2023 Top Individual 2023 State Winning Floriculture Team

Emma Wokasch Lake Geneva- Badger FFA
Lake Geneva, WI Lake Geneva, WI

    		 
Floriculture  
     
Superintendent: Lisa Belisle,


 
   

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