Over the hill birthday party

1. Over the hill birthday party Designed by:

2. Idea Process • Event:30th birthday party • Theme:Bold, colorful, artistic birthday party • Design Style: Contemporary with a discordant color scheme (red-violet, blue-violet, yellow-green, yellow-orange) • Location:Gainesville Garden Club • How we arrived at our idea:The client requested an eclectic, unusual design with bold colors for her 30th birthday party. Using these tastes, we decided to use a wide mixture of flowers, including orchids, to give a warm, outdoors feel. We also felt that using banana trees with these bold colors will help to warm the room up while adding to the outdoor element the client was looking for.

3. Budget • Budget: Rental Materials $650.00 8 Centerpieces (4 tall/4 short) $600.00 4 Pedestal Arrangements $600.00 1 Food Table Arrangement $100.00 Total $1950.00

4. Location • Gainesville Garden Club 1350 NW 75th Street Gainesville,  FL

5. Flowers • Red-violet: Cushion Chrysanthemum Dendranthema x grandiflorum

6. Flowers • Blue-violet: Lisianthus Eustoma grandiflorum

7. Flowers • Yellow-green: Cymbidium Orchid Cymbidium spp.

8. Flowers • Yellow-green: Button Chrysanthemum Dendranthema x grandiflorum

9. Flowers • Yellow-orange and White: Dahlia Dahlia spp.

10. Flowers • Amaranthus Amaranthus caudatus

11. Foliage • Salal Gaultheria shallon

12. Foliage • Bear Grass Xerophyllum tenax

13. Rental Equipment 24’’ Pedestals 6’’, 12’’, 18’’ Glass Cylinders Banana Trees

14. Rental Equipment and Cost • 6 Banana Trees: $294.85 -2 framing each side entrance, 2 next to the food table 4 Pedestals (24’’): $143.00 - Used to prop up the pedestal arrangements 15 Glass Cylinders (1 6’’,9 12’’,5 18’’): $150.00 - Used to prop up short, pedestal and food table arrangements. Total $587.85

15. Table Centerpieces: Short • 4 designs needed • Placed on dinner tables • Flowers used: Yellow-Orange Dahlia Blue-Violet Lisianthus Yellow-Green Cymbidium Orchids Red-Violet Cushion Chrysanthemums • Substitute in yellow-orange Dahlia and Salal

16. Pricing: Short Centerpieces

17. Pricing: Short Centerpieces • Cost of Goods 30% $68.92 Labor Expenses 20% $45.95 Profit Margin 15% $34.45 Operational Expenses 35% $80.41 TOTAL $229.73

18. Table Centerpiece: Tall • 4 designs needed • Placed on dinner tables • Substitute the short centerpieces on the top of the 12’’ and 18’’ cylinders (same flowers used). • Substitute bear grass inside the glass cylinders.

19. Pricing: Tall Centerpieces

20. Pricing: Tall Centerpieces • Cost of Goods 30% $188.24 Labor Expenses 20% $125.49 Profit Margin 15% $94.12 Operational Expenses 35% $219.62 TOTAL $627.47

21. Pedestal Arrangement • 4 designs needed • Placed in 4 corners of the room, sitting on 12’’ glass pillars sitting (with bear grass inside) on pedestals • Flowers used: Yellow-Orange Dahlia Blue-Violet Lisianthus Yellow-Green Cymbidium Orchids Red-Violet Cushion Chrysanthemums Yellow-Green Amaranthus Bear grass • Substitute the same flowers and foliage as in the small centerpiece.

22. Pricing: Pedestal Arrangements

23. Pricing: Pedestal Arrangements • Cost of Goods 30% $128.52 Labor Expenses 20% $85.68 Profit Margin 15% $64.26 Operational Expenses 35% $149.94 TOTAL $428.40

24. Food Table Arrangement • 1 Table Arrangement needed • 3 “presents” will be placed on pedestals 6’’, 12’’ and 18’’ tall • Substitute a white dahlia and red-violet cushion chrysanthemums • Bear grass will be inside the glass cylinders

25. Pricing: Food Table

26. Pricing: Food Table • Cost of Goods 30% $19.06 Labor Expenses 20% $12.71 Profit Margin 15% $9.53 Operational Expenses 35% $22.23 TOTAL $63.53

27. Total Cost • Rental Cost $587.85 • Short Arrangements $229.73 • Tall Arrangements $627.47 • Pedestal Arrangements $428.40 • Food Table Arrangements $63.53 Total Cost $1,936.88 $13.12 under budget