Floral History Timeline

By Alysiapena
  • 776 BCE

    First Record of the Olympic Games

  • 600 BCE

    Greek

    Greek
    -Created the “Horn of Plenty” or cornucopia.
  • 28 BCE

    Romans

    Romans
    -Continued to use the same customs of the Greek period.
  • 320

    Byzantines

    Byzantines
    -Began to incorporate fruit with garland.
  • 1215

    The sealing of the Magna Carta

  • 1346

    The Black Pleague Arrives in England

  • 1400

    Renaissance

    Renaissance
    -Created large, symmetrical arrangements with bright colors.
  • 1400

    Flemish

    Flemish
    -Created an oval shape with mismatched flowers.

  • Baroque

    Baroque
    -Marked the beginning of Hargoth curve, or s-curve.

  • Early American

    Early American
    -Used any flower available and placed all arrangements in house hold containers.

  • Colonial Williamsburg

    Colonial Williamsburg
    -Placed grasses, flowers and foliage into fan shaped arrangements.

  • Declaration of Independence

  • American Federal

    American Federal
    -Strayed away from large amounts of mixed bouquets.

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • Victorian

    Victorian
    -Placed flowers in very low containers.