State Contest Information
ALL interested teams need to enter a Regional Qualification Floriculture CDE Event & place in the top 3- 5 teams to advance to the next Wisconsin State Floriculture CDE.
DATES: LIVE Contest FRIDAY April 24, 2026
TIME: 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m Team Limit= 20 (or less teams) STATE CDE IS OFFICIAL DRESS EVENT
(regional CDE competitions are NOT official dress)
LOCATION: Live Contest on April 24th will be at The Montrose Town Hall (1341 Diane Ave Belleville, WI 53508) Bussing is provided.
SUPERINTENDENT: Lisa Belisle Floraelements.com
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Overview
The Floriculture Career Development Event (CDE) requires students to identify plants, judge flower arrangements and solve problems. Participants also demonstrate skills in flower arranging, propagation and the preparation of floral and foliage products for sale.
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Floriculture Workshops
1) UW-Platteville College - Plattevile, WI Wednesday Oct 8, 2025 - 9 a.m. Sign up in judging card.com
2) Lake Geneva-Badger High School - Saturday Feb 8, 2025 Time- 10-1 p.m
3) Bill Doran -Green Bay, WI Date- Saturday March 1, 2025 9 a.m. - Noon. Contact Jamie Propson -jpropson@mishicot.k12.wi.us
4) Krueger Wholesale Florist - 10706 Tesch LN Rothchild, WI Date -Tuesday Feb 25, 2025 Time- 1- 4:30 p.m Please contact Glenn Schraufnagel - gschraufnagel@thorp.k12.wi.us to sign up
5) UW- River Falls - Wednesday Feb. 26, 2025 Time 2-5:30 p.m. Sign up in judgingcard.com $20 per participant - limit 40 students. Advisors can participate if workshop is does not fill. Deadline February 12, 2025 to sign up.
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Wisconsin State Floriculture Handbook
The Floriculture CDE Handbook is linked above. 2025 Themes include Linear Design, Foliage Manipulation, and Duplication.
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Photo Gallery
State winning team for 2025 from Lake Geneva-Badger
Mitchell Herndez, Mia Coca, Adalynn Scheuemann, Alexa Hernandez
High Individual: Maecie Ledden from Sun Prairie West
2023 WI FFA Floriculture Contest Photos
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