Preparations underway for the 2017 Rose Parade

Experienced professionals and volunteers apply a variety of seeds, bark, fruits, vegetables, grasses and, of course, flowers to floats in the final stages of preparation before they make their debut in the 2017 Rose Parade.

Volunteer Heather Turcios applies nyjer seeds to the head of Pele the fire goddess while working on the Rose Parade float sponsored by Dole Packaged Foods under construction at Fiesta Parade Floats in Irwindale.

Victor Orosco, left, gives a helping hand to Catherine Camacho, who's using glue to apply manzanita seeds on a float sponsored by Miracle-Gro under construction at Fiesta Parade Floats in Irwindale.

Brittany Smith, left, applies crunched cranberries as fellow volunteer Kayla Engeron applies red lentil seeds to a starfish while working on a Rose Parade float sponsored by Northwestern Mutual under construction at Fiesta Parade Floats in Irwindale

Volunteer Annemarie Wargin applies dehydrated carrots to a giant crab while working on the Rose Parade float sponsored by Northwestern Mutual under construction at Fiesta Parade Floats in Irwindale.

Volunteer Kathi Smith uses glue to apply crushed white rice onto a blue tang fish for a float sponsored by the Lucy Pet Foundation under construction at Fiesta Parade Floats in Irwindale.

Volunteers work on the Rose Parade float sponsored by Northwestern Mutual under construction at Fiesta Parade Floats in Irwindale.

Volunteer Caitlyn Callahan works on a parade float at the Rosemont Pavilion in Pasadena.

Volunteers cut flowers for parade floats in Pasadena.

Volunteers Michelle Pan, left, and Tracy Xu decorate a parade float while lying on scaffolding in Pasadena.

Dried lemons and oranges await placement on a parade float in Pasadena.

Volunteer Zaneeya Leonardho carefully crawls atop scaffolding while decorating a parade float in Pasadena.

Visitors look down on a room full of flowers for parade floats in Pasadena.

A volunteer works on a Rose Parade float in Pasadena.

Lorrie Bunn, right, and her granddaughter Hailey Hobbes, 10, help decorate a parade float in Pasadena.