Course Overview
Welcome to Flower Arrangement – Hello Spring, a course designed to enhance your flower arranging skills with your own springtime flair!
Master the art of flower arrangement in this spring themed course. This course will broaden your experience with flowers, covering colours and techniques to help you create stunning bouquet and pot arrangements.
We will begin with an introduction on preparing flowers for the seasonal creation. You will learn how to bring out the beauty of natural spring blooms using ceramic pots, woven baskets, natives and learning modern textured wrapping techniques.
Led by an experienced florist, you will receive a step by step guide on how to care for and add your own special touch to beautiful blooms.
This short course is suitable for all levels – from complete beginners to intermediate and experienced students who want to build on their current skills by experimenting with seasonal flowers.
By the end of the course, you will not only have learned various flower arrangement techniques but also have developed a newfound confidence in creating your own stunning spring-themed floral displays.
Macquarie Community College operates from a range of venues across Northern and Western Sydney. We have campuses in Blacktown, Carlingford, Chatswood, Epping, Mt Druitt, Richmond, and Ryde. Enrol now!
What you will learn
Course outline
In this course, you will learn:
- Modern hand-held bouquets with seasonal spring flowers
- Floral gift wrapping with textured wrapping
- Arrangements in glass vases using modern techniques
- Woven basket arrangement using a mixture of spring colours with natives
Course outcome
By the end of the course you will:
- Be able to care for fresh flowers
- Be able to arrange flowers in different containers, using different techniques
- Have developed a good understanding of elements of design and colours
- Be able to combine creativity with floristry technical skills
What you need to know
Entry requirements
This course is suitable for all levels. Complete beginners are welcome as well as those students who have already completed the Introduction to Flower Arrangement course or higher levels.
What you need to provide
The course fee includes the flowers for the first lesson. payable to the tutor, to cover the cost of the first lesson’s flowers
Please bring:
- $40 for subsequent lessons (this will be for all flowers and sundries)
- Secateurs
- Floral scissors
- Rose stripper
- Pen and notepad
Please note: The teacher has florist scissors ($6) and rose strippers ($4) if you want to purchase them.
You will be provided with:
- Fresh flowers (details confirmed each week)