2002 Rose Parade & Float Production

The 2002 FTD Float "The Wonderland of Imagination" won the
President's Award for the Best Overall Floral Display!

View photos from the 2002 Tournament of Roses Parade, National Championship Game and FTD Member Events.

By moving your mouse cursor over the steps below, you will receive a thumbnail view of each float production image.

Step 1 - FTD approves the black and white drawing of their 2002 Rose Parade Float Step 2 - Creative artists turn a black and white sketch of the float into a colorful work of art Step 3 - Skilled artisans turn a colorful drawing into a solid metal frame Step 4 - Float workers paint vibrant colors on the characters of the float and add animation Step 5 - Float workers begin preparing the dried materials for the float Step 6 (FINAL STEP) - The Streets of Pasadena!

Float Details:

Alice's hair is fixed with individual strands of raffia, while walnut shell, cornmeal, and paprika will blend together to make her skin.  Alice's friend, the spectacular caterpillar came to life with orchid carnations and Madame Pompadour, while orchid florets carefully accent the yellow button chrysanthemums.  The White Rabbit found himself escorted down the parade route with fur made of white carnations and shredded coconut flakes.

Also, around Alice and friends, you'll see mushrooms made of natural lunaria pods, dehydrated oranges, limes and lemons with spots of solid hot pink Preve roses.  Oversized Canterbury Bells of yellow strawflower petals and sculptured thistles, consisting of over 7,000 stems of liatris which sit amid old-fashioned English country gardens of delphiniums, snapdragons, larkspur, peony, lilies and cabbage roses.  Of course the entire float has more than 30,000 flowers of 14 varieties intermingled throughout the gardens, while rambling rose vines complete the gardens in this whimsical storybook setting.

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