Book List for Trainee Judges
Visit the NAFAS on-line shop for a large selection of books and handbooks
General and Design
Creative Flower Arrangement Jean Taylor
The Complete Guide to Flower and Foliage Arrangement Iris Webb
Elements and Principles of Design NAFAS
NAFAS Complete Step by Step Flower Arranging Course Daphne Vagg
NAFAS Arranging Everlasting Flowers Mary Newnes
Flower Arranging for Shows Mary Napper
Flower Decoration George Smith
The Complete Book of Wedding Flowers Shirley Monckton
Bloomsbury Encyclopaedia of Flower Arranging Judith Blacklock
The Flower Arranging Expert Dr. D G Hessayon
Pocket Guide - Still Life The National Gallery
NAFAS Fundamentals of Colour Janet Smith and Anthony Gatrell
History and Period
A History of Flower Arranging Dorothy Cooke/Pam McNicol
Still Life Norbert Schneider
Guide to Period Flower Arranging NAFAS
Period Guide II 1940-2000 NAFAS
Plants
The Tree and Shrub Expert Dr. D G Hessayon
Foliage for Florists The British Floristry Association
Stearn’s Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners William T Stearn
The RHS A-Z Encyclopaedia of Garden Plants
Readers Digest Encyclopaedia of Garden Plants And Flowers
Hilliers Manual of Trees and Shrubs
The Plant Finder (current edition)
Hamlyn A-Z of Plant Names
Plants and their Names Roger Hyam/Richard Pankhurst
Plant Names Simplified Johnston and Smith
The Botany Handbook NAFAS
Modern, European and International
The Art of Flower Arranging Marian Aaronson
Design with Plant Material Marian Aaronson
Flowers in the Modern Manner Marian Aaronson
NAFAS European Continental Style Daphne Vagg
NAFAS Contemporary Floral Design Dr. Christina Curtis/Daphne and
John Vagg
NAFAS Publications
The Flower Arranger magazine
Insight Education Journal
All other current NAFAS publications should be read
Publications by the following authors and publishers may be useful:
Authors Associations/Publishers
Anzi (Italy) SNHF (France)
Burger/Marsano (Italy) WAFA
Cariou (France)
Lersch
Van Uffelen
