Intermediate Courses

This new course has developed in response to florist wishing to progress after attending our Starting Out in Business course.

This is a 3 day course to take you to the 'Next Step' on your floristry design journey. Tutor Ian Lloyd will once again be taking the course and checking that your techniques are to the required industry standards.

On day one you will learn how to make modern style handtieds and arrangements using frame works to create these designs. You will start to learn about linear forms that will make your designs stand out from those you did before give your floristry a competitive edge. This style is great for customers who want stylish designs that look modern and large but do not just have lots of flowers crammed in. This is great for corporate clients too.

The second day covers stunning table designs for weddings/parties etc and a large pedestal design suitable for a church, synagogue and hotel etc. You will learn how to create distinctive yet commercial designs to make your wedding/party flowers stand out from the crowd. This day ties in well with the bridal work to be made on day 3.

The third day will be wedding work. Ian has demonstrated his style of wedding work in 16 countries so you can be sure of picking up some great designs and new techniques. The wedding designs created will be hand tied, constructed using wire and tape and inserted into foam holders.

On each of the days you will see Ian make 6 designs of which you will make 3 in a step-by-step manner.

As with all our courses we use a wide selection of flowers from the traditional to the exotic.

Next Step Hand Tied & Arrangements 12th July 2010 - cost inc all flowers & sundries £150

Next Step Stunning Table Centres & Pedestal Designs 13th July 2010 - cost inc all flowers & sundries £200

Next Step Wedding Work 14th July 2010 - cost inc all flowers & sundries £150

Back again for another year. This fantastic one day bridal course will show you the skills of turning decorative wire and beads in to fairytale designs. Amanda Canning is a partner at Flower and Plant Works, the current UK Independent Retail Flower Shop of the year. During this course she will show you how to create 6 different beautiful bridal designs and give you the opportunity to create and take home 3 pieces by the end of your day. The designs will be 'decorative in style', suiting the current trend for imaginative and unusual wedding work that is distinctive yet commercial. The course also gives you an insight into selling and making a profit from wedding floristry.

Back again for another year. This fantastic one day bridal course will show you the skills of turning decorative wire and beads in to fairytale designs. Amanda Canning is a partner at Flower and Plant Works, the current UK Independent Retail Flower Shop of the year. During this course she will show you how to create 6 different beautiful bridal designs and give you the opportunity to create and take home 3 pieces by the end of your day. The designs will be 'decorative in style', suiting the current trend for imaginative and unusual wedding work that is distinctive yet commercial. The course also gives you an insight into selling and making a profit from wedding floristry.

Our wonderful and very enthusiastic Dutch master florist Petra van der Veen will amaze and inspire you in her passion for flowers, colour and design.

During this 2 days workshop Petra will show you many wonderful ideas for hand tied designs, stunning arrangements and fabulous wedding work. We had so much great feedback from the 2009 course that we booked Petra straight away to return to the school.

Petra will show you how to make inspirational yet commercial frames for both hand tied bouquets and arrangements. You will learn how to create handtied designs using spiral & parallel techniques.

All Petra's bouquets and arrangements have that special Dutch twist to them.

Petra's wedding work was especially well received last year. All of the florists on the course loved the designs that were created as they were inspirational and yet highly saleable.

On each day you will make 3 designs to take away with you (6 in total over the two days)

Our wonderful Spanish Master florist is one of those guys that just has so much knowledge and creativity. His courses are packed with design, technique and inspiration; he just gives you idea after idea.
On this two day workshop you will be amazed at how Carles can make a truly wonderful design from just a few choice flowers and a frame.

Our 2009 workshop was a complete sell out so make sure you book early! The strength of appreciation of the class was such that we secured the talents of Carles again for 2010. You may also have seen him at our workshops at the British Florist Association trade show in Birmingham in Oct 2009.

Carles will show you designer hand tied designs, stylish and inspired arrangements, stunning planted designs along with his unique style of wedding work featured in Fusion Flowers Wedding Magazine 2008...

This is a chance to learn from a wonderful florist, whose great teaching manner and design skills have taken him all over Europe. One each day of this 2-day course you will make 3 designs to take away (6 in total)

We welcome back to the school Interflora World Champion David Denyer. David's wonderful manner, exceptional floristry skills and his humour and whit made his 2009 workshop great fun. His great ideas showcase his skills in design together with exception use of colour. There is no doubt as to why he was crowned 'best in the World'. What helps to make David's workshops so fantastic is that he is a retail florist working in the industry on a day-to-day basis as a shop manager for a busy high street flower shop. He knows only to well all the difficulties working florists face dealing with customers, budgets and commercial floristry constraints. However he is able to inspire every class with wonderful designer floristry that you can sell. Over the 3-day course David will do a one-day funeral workshop, followed by two days making Hand tied bouquets, arrangements and wedding work. On each of the days you will make and take home 3 designs per day.

This new course has developed in response to florist wishing to progress after attending our Starting Out in Business course.

This is a 3 day course to take you to the 'Next Step' on your floristry design journey. Tutor Ian Lloyd will once again be taking the course and checking that your techniques are to the required industry standards.

On day one you will learn how to make modern style handtieds and arrangements using frame works to create these designs. You will start to learn about linear forms that will make your designs stand out from those you did before give your floristry a competitive edge. This style is great for customers who want stylish designs that look modern and large but do not just have lots of flowers crammed in. This is great for corporate clients too.

The second day covers modern and contemporary funeral work. Funeral floristry has in general not altered greatly in 20 years so its time for the next step forward. You will learn how to create distinctive yet commercial funeral designs perfect for discerning customers. Make your funeral floristry designs stand out from the crowds.

The third day will be wedding work. Ian has demonstrated his style of wedding work in 16 countries so you can be sure of picking up some great designs and new techniques. The wedding designs created will be hand tied, constructed using wire and tape and inserted into foam holders.

On each of the days you will see Ian make 6 designs of which you will make 3 in a step-by-step manner.

As with all our courses we use a wide selection of flowers from the traditional to the exotic.

Next Step Hand Tied & Arrangements 26th January 2010
Next Step Funeral Work 27th January 2010
Next Step Wedding Work 28th January 2010

This new course has developed in response to florist wishing to progress after attending our Starting Out in Business course.

This is a 3 day course to take you to the 'Next Step' on your floristry design journey. Tutor Ian Lloyd will once again be taking the course and checking that your techniques are to the required industry standards.

On day one you will learn how to make modern style handtieds and arrangements using frame works to create these designs. You will start to learn about linear forms that will make your designs stand out from those you did before give your floristry a competitive edge. This style is great for customers who want stylish designs that look modern and large but do not just have lots of flowers crammed in. This is great for corporate clients too.

The second day covers modern and contemporary funeral work. Funeral floristry has in general not altered greatly in 20 years so its time for the next step forward. You will learn how to create distinctive yet commercial funeral designs perfect for discerning customers. Make your funeral floristry designs stand out from the crowds.

The third day will be wedding work. Ian has demonstrated his style of wedding work in 16 countries so you can be sure of picking up some great designs and new techniques. The wedding designs created will be hand tied, constructed using wire and tape and inserted into foam holders.

On each of the days you will see Ian make 6 designs of which you will make 3 in a step-by-step manner.

As with all our courses we use a wide selection of flowers from the traditional to the exotic.

Next Step Hand Tied & Arrangements 12th July 2010
Next Step Funeral Work 13th July 2010
Next Step Wedding Work 14th July 2010