Current Happenings
September Flower School
September 10:
Growing Flowers Sustainably: Case Study
$37
One Hour: Q and A, Demo, and Interview with Ferriss Donham
Learn how to grow flowers using minimal resources. Ferriss is paving the way for a new kind of flower farming, eschewing hoop houses and high energy growing for a a more earth-friendly approach. Learn how to choose flowers that thrive in your climate, and learn how to grow flowers with compost and rainwater, using what you already have.
September 17:
Cuttings for Flower Arrangements
$37
Learn how to create floral arrangements incorporating cuttings that will lengthen the life of your arrangement and eventually go back into the earth as a plant for usage in the garden or kitchen. You'll learn the best plants to use as cuttings and how to educate your customer or recipient around this concept.
Recipe and supply lists go out two weeks before class.
September 23-25
Kickstart your Floristry Career:
$127
3 Day Kickstart Your Floristry Career
(mix of live and recorded)
Kickstart your flower studies with this intro 3 day online workshop and conference. You'll learn the next steps you need to take to get your floristry career started. Learn how to own your creativity, gain confidence in standard floral practices, how to work sustainably, and how you can procure work as a florist. This class is ideal for those who need to jumpstart their studies, or want to discover if floristry is the right career path. No previous experience necessary. Great for newbies and also for those already in flower school who need a reboot.
You can attend for the demos and classes or you can join us with your own local flowers to make the two arrangements we will be featuring. This is a re-launch of our previous Intro to Floristry conference that was held last spring. This workshop will have a new live component that all previous students will have access to.
Recipe and supply lists go out two weeks before class.
Book all classes with the September Flower School Bundle for $147 if booked by August 16th.
Replays are available if you cannot make the time and date. Career students enter free of charge.
Florists for Peace
Please check out our new class offerings, benefitting Sunflower of Peace, providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
You can also buy our beautiful poster right here. Also benefitting Sunflower of Peace.
2022 Late Winter Early Spring
FLOWER SCHOOL SCHEDULE
March 18th, 11 Am PST
How to Arrange with Bulbs
Learn how to condition, prep, and design with bulbs like daffodils, hyacinth, tulips, and paper whites. You can attend class for the demo, or join with your own locally sourced bulb flowers for the arrangement portion.
Recipe and supply lists will go out closer to class but the recipes are fluid and you should use what is seasonally available in your area.
$27
April 22-24th
3 Day Intro to Floristry
Kickstart your flower studies with this intro 3 day online workshop and conference. You'll learn the next steps you need to take to get your floristry career started. Learn how to own your creativity, gain confidence in standard floral practices, how to work sustainably, and how you can procure work as a florist. This class is ideal for those who need to jumpstart their studies, or want to discover if floristry is the right career path. No previous experience necessary. Great for newbies and also for those already in flower school who need a reboot.
You can attend for the demos and classes or you can join us with your own local flowers to make the two arrangements we will be featuring. Recipe and supply lists will go out closer to class but the recipes are fluid and you should use what is seasonally available in your area.
$127
PRE-SALE SAVINGS!
All classes are a mix of live and recorded offerings. Book both the bulb and career class for a special pre-sale price of $97 before February 8th. All workshops are free of charge to our career students.
Portugal Flower Retreats Now Live!
The dates for our Portugal flower retreats for 2022 are now live so you can book your place!
We only have 15 places total!
Fall/Holiday Flower School!
for
2021
Join us for
FALL VASE ARRANGEMENTS
FALL WREATH MAKING
HOLIDAY ARRANGING
FALL/HOLIDAY FLOWER SCHOOL!
THREE MONTHS OF LIVE CLASSES!
Throughout the holiday season to help you with fall decorating, building your floral portfolio, or diving deeper into seasonal floral arranging.
THE DETAILS
October 2nd: Fall wreathmaking
November 6th: Fall centerpiece
December 4th: Holiday arrangement
11 AM PST
BONUS: If you sign up for the pre-sale, you will also be invited to our holiday garland making workshop!
MORE DETAILS HERE
Replays are available for people who sign up before school starts.
BOOK HERE!
Pre-sale price with garland bonus available until August 20th.
Source Beautiful Flowers!
FREE WORKSHOP ABOUT FLOWER SOURCING!
as a floral designer, floral stylist or a floral artist!
In this workshop, you will learn:
THE BASICS OF GETTING A WHOLESALE LICENSE
THE BEST WAY TO SOURCE INGREDIENTS AS A FLORAL STYLIST
3 ECO-FRIENDLY WAYS YOU CAN SOURCE FLOWERS PROFESSIONALLY