At Kingsburg we offer Floral Design 1, Floral Design 2 and Plant Science as Junior/Senior level course options. We do allow some sophomores to take Floral Design if there is a conflict with a different Ag Class. Some years the courses are offered separately, some years they are combined. It all depends on enrollment numbers. When the courses are combined, I focus on Horticulture in the fall semester, and Floral Design in the Spring, however there is still some overlap when work is needed out at the greenhouse. 

Each student in Floral Design works out of a class notebook daily. Below is a "Master" copy of their notebook as well as different resources to help with slides. My students complete these notebook assignments in a physical hard copy notebook, but I keep a digital version so they have a reference and I have a record of what was covered from year to year. 

Portfolios are an amazing way for students to highlight the different things they have learned or accomplished throughout the year. In a class like Floral Design, where improvement and constructive feedback are instrumental, a portfolio can be a quick way for students to see growth and change as they move throughout the curriculum. 

I've tackled portfolios a variety of ways. My first year I tried websites, I hated grading them. My second year I tried physical portfolios (it was part of their class notebook, like a seperate section), this was also difficult to manage. During distance learning, when digital interactive notebooks were all the rage, I started digital portolfios. I really liked them. For now, I paused portfolios. But when I bring them back it will follow this same model.