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Garden Spot High School

Jordan Reed – Floral Design Internship

Being at Petal Perfect and also having the chance to intern here has been a great opportunity for me over the past few months. Petal Perfect is located at 12 S Tower Rd in New Holland, PA. It is located on the right side inside Yoders and offers all types of beautiful arrangement options and plants to choose from.

I started interning at Petal Perfect at the beginning of the second semester and have been given many opportunities throughout and leading up to now. On days that are slower than others, I’m able to get practice in and make arrangements for our coolers to sell or just for show that are scattered around the building (i.e. gift shop, restaurant, and bathrooms). On days that are more crowded and busy, I’m able to handle walk-ins for customers and help them to choose what colors and flowers they are going for and make it. We also have specific orders from Garden Spot Village each week to make up a dozen or more small arrangements for their gift shop that I get the chance to take on.

(picture right: walk-in arrangement; below: a dance recital wrap)

As for orders and other bigger projects, it is one of my goals to help assist and even possibly design a funeral piece at one point in this internship. I’ve gotten to observe and watch over time different arrangements being made for many funerals (and weddings) and can say it takes a good amount of thought in placing each individual flower and filler rather than just sticking them in randomly. I feel that with a little more practice and time, I will be able to help with one of these pieces. (picture below: arrangement to sell in the cooler). 

I have had a very fun and productive time here at Petal Perfect and it has helped me to open my view on career choices and what I want to take on after finishing. I am sure I want to work with plants and greenery, flowers, and arrangements at some point. Seeing all the different types of methods and ways to go about creating these pieces is amazing and seeing customers’ reactions to us making something just like their image is very enjoyable. I hope to learn more and am happy I had the chance to be here.

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jhackman • April 18, 2022


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