Southern California School of Floral Design

03/04/2025

Have you seen our revised 2025 Floral Design Class Schedule? Teaching at Mellano & Company Orange County location, we offer a comprehensive array of in-person, hands-on instruction.

Planning to to take AIFD's PFDE test in Palm Springs this July? Our Designing for Excellence Class March 24 - 25 will help prepare students with the confidence to organize an execute their best design work.

Our upcoming Advanced Floral Design Class, March 26 - 28, provides hand-on instruction in foliage manipulation techniques and focuses on learning how to create clean, contemporary and unique arrangements. This class is also an excellent resource for preparing for AIFD's PFDE.

Visit us at PhilRulloda.com for complete details.

12/08/2024

A fantastic opportunity to learn and/or brush up on your European Christmas Designs. We highly recommend studying with Rene van Rems. (Did you know, both Cathy & Phil studied with him back in the 80's? In fact, they met in his class. 😁 )

It's just one week away - so do yourself a favor and register now before the class sells out. 👍

10/30/2024

Don't miss the opportunity to register for FREE for this Friday - November 1 - fantastic Fresh Look webinar. So much great information on working with stunning tropical flowers.

Don't forget... you can view the videos for the next 30 days - so register even if you can't attend live on Friday.

Hope to see you there! https://crowdcast.io/c/freshlook

09/02/2024

Want to Up your Holiday Design game? Then the Southwest AIFD event at Mark Roberts Showroom in Santa Ana on Sunday, September 15 is a must-not-miss.

"Luxurious Designs to Maximize Profits" features the incredible floral artists - Rene van Rems AIFD, Rocky Pollitz AIFD and the talented design team from Mark Roberts. Admission includes a light breakfast as well as lunch.

To register for this special event, use the QRCode or follow the link here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/designing-to-maximize-sales-profit-at-christmas-tickets-946686253067?aff=odeimcmailchimp&mc_eid=5b34f2840f&mc_cid=427e3352ad

See you there!!!!

03/29/2024

Save the Date!!!! The Artistry of Weddings & Events on Sunday, April 14 at Mellano & Co. Santa Ana. Featured designers include Phil and Cathy Rulloda, Susan Ayala AIFD, Sarah Brown EMC, and Sam Vanwert AIFD.

Register online today to be guaranteed a seat at this fantastic educational event. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-artistry-of-weddings-events-tickets-845566230357

Hope to see you there. :)

01/01/2024

11/04/2023

Free Floral Design Webinar Nov. 9 & 10!

Join the Hawaii Floriculture and Nursery Association for the ‘Spirit of Hawaii Neotropica’ Webinar 2023!!! It’s FREE to register to watch LIVE on November 9 & 10 or on your own schedule thereafter. So you don’t have to be online ‘live’ to get this great information!

This is a fun opportunity to virtually travel to the 4 Hawaiian Islands to watch highlights from the 2023 nursery tours and amazing floral education and workshops with Tim Farrell Aifd, Dotty Reynolds Yadao, Sue Tabbal-Yamaguchi Aifd Emc, Brenna Quan AIFD, Lois Hiranaga Aifd, Vivian Liu, Lia and Kelsi Mercado, and Hitomi Gilliam AIFD!!

This is a stellar group of floral designers!!!

Meet the growers and designers sharing the benefits of using tropicals to upgrade your design value.

Learn how to include Tropical Nouveau styling in your designs.

Learn more and register at https://hawaiineotropica.com/webinar2023-spirit-of-hawaii-neotropica/ (When you register with your email address, be sure to check your sp*m filter for the follow-up email. It will come from Crowdcast.)

Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn more about tropical flowers and unique floral designs.

11/03/2023

Our 2024 Floral Design Class Schedule has been posted. 😀 Looking forward to sharing our knowledge with budding and experienced floral designers in the coming year.

Give us a call at (714) 776-7445 or email us at info at philrulloda.com with any questions.

10/29/2023

A few designs from our recently completed Advanced Floral Designer Class in Santa Ana. We teach students how to work with tropical flowers and foliage as well as temperate flowers, focusing on unique and contemporary design styles.

05/15/2023

The Mother

One of my most favorite pieces of prose:

The most beautiful word on the lips of mankind is the word “Mother,”

and the most beautiful call is the call of “My mother.”

It is a word full of hope and love,

a sweet and kind word coming from the depths of the heart.

The mother is everything –

she is our consolation in sorrow,

our hope in misery, and our strength in weakness.

She is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgiveness….

Everything in nature bespeaks the mother.

The sun is the mother of earth and gives it its nourishment of heart;

it never leaves the universe at night until it has put the earth to sleep to the song of the sea and the hymn of birds and brooks.

And this earth is the mother of trees and flowers.

It produces them, nurses them, and weans them.

The trees and flowers become kind mothers of their great fruits and seeds.

And the mother, the prototype of all existence, is the eternal spirit, full of beauty and love.

~ KAHLIL GIBRAN

11/11/2022

How To Open an Artichoke

It’s simple… just insert foam pellets between the petals and let them sit for a while.

This arrangement features flax, bird of paradise foliage, a temple braid and that open artichoke.

Tip: Never stop learning because life never stops teaching. 😃😃💚💚💚

11/02/2022

A fantastic lineup of presenters for a FREE webinar this weekend. Read the details here and be sure to register to see all the presentations. Lots of information and inspiration for floral designers.

LOOK at the amazing line-up of floral presenters that you will experience and get to know at HFNA sponsored ‘WEDDING CELEBRATION 2022 Virtual Webinar this coming weekend!!! Some of the best Hawaiian Island designers… Lois Hiranaga AIFD Sue Tabbal-Yamaguchi AIFD Emc Dottie Yadao Lia Mercado … special guest designers, Susan McLeary , Tim Farrell AIFD and Bruno Duarte ….. Canadian guest appearances from Brenna Quan AIFD , Aniko Kovacs SIFD Emc , Poppy Pardons AIFD Emc , Vivian Liu and Hitomi Gilliam AIFD . Save the dates, November 5 & 6 and register for FREE (click the link in the bio) to watch Live and/or recordings at your leisure….. a beautiful montage of design presentations to inspire you with Hawaiian grown botanical!!! DON’T MISS IT!!! Also go to www.hawaiineotropica.com to register.

10/18/2022

Terrific Advanced Floral Designer class last week with the gorgeous tropical flowers and foliage from Green Point Nurseries, Inc and the fresh and fun temperate blooms from Mellano & Company. We wove, braided and designed from the heart.

Can't wait to see what this talented group of florists do in the future!

07/28/2022

It's been an incredible month of July. Phil and Cathy each had a new variety of Anthurium name for them by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources of the University of Hawaii. Such wonderful honors! ❤️❤️

The new varieties will be available commercially in a year or so but you can read about their unique and long-lasting characteristics in the pics below.

Mahalo 😀

03/15/2022

A student in our Special Events Decor Class shot this video of one of our projects. The Quicksand Roses from Mellano & Company were absolutely perfect!

We’re so fortunate to teach in a location that supplies us with such wonderful flowers, foliage and inspiration. ♥️

03/01/2022

We stand with Ukraine and send our hopes for sunflowers, light and strength.

02/20/2022

Looking forward to being back in the classroom. 😀Advanced Class starting next Monday - Feb 28 - only has 2 spots open.

12/04/2021

Some highlights of the use of tropical flowers and foliage from our students and staff during our Fall 2021 classes. Green Point Nurseries, Inc ships the most versatile and amazing fresh floral products!

In this collection of pics you’ll see these blossoms featured in both contemporary and classical designs - from centerpieces to wedding bouquets and decor to special event showpieces.

Many, many thanks to the team at Green Point for growing and shipping such fantastic, fresh wonders. 💚👏🌿😀