Course Overview
Get creative for Christmas and learn how to make beautiful festive flower arrangements for your home in this hands-on Christmas floristry course.
Over four weeks, you will create a different festive floral design each week using fresh flowers, foliage, natural materials and decorative elements such as gum nuts, berries, cones and ribbons. From an elegant vase arrangement to a Christmas table centrepiece and festive door wreath, you will learn practical floristry techniques while creating decorations to enjoy throughout the festive season.
Guided by an experienced florist, you will explore how to arrange flowers in different containers, combine colours and natural materials, position flowers and foliage effectively and care for your finished arrangements.
This course is suitable for all skill levels, including beginners. Whether you love flowers, enjoy decorating your home for Christmas or simply want to try a creative seasonal activity, this course provides a relaxed and practical introduction to festive floristry.
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
During this four-week course, you will create four festive flower arrangements:
- Frontal vase arrangement
- Festive arrangement in a glass vase
- Christmas table arrangement with a candle
- Christmas door wreath
You will also learn:
- How to arrange fresh flowers and foliage in different ways
- What equipment to use when arranging flowers
- How placement and colour contribute to floral design
- How to combine creativity with practical floristry techniques
- How to care for fresh flowers and finished arrangements
Course outcome
By the end of this course, participants will have created four festive floral designs and developed practical skills in arranging and caring for fresh flowers.
Students will gain confidence working with flowers, foliage, natural materials and decorative elements while learning how colour, placement, containers and floristry techniques can be combined to create beautiful Christmas arrangements for the home.
What you need to know
Entry requirements
This course is suitable for all skill levels. No previous flower arranging or floristry experience is required.
Beginners are welcome, as well as students who would like to broaden their existing flower arranging skills and explore festive floral design.
What you need to provide
Please bring:
- Pen and paper
- Cash for weekly flowers and sundries
The flowers for the first lesson are included in the course enrolment fee.
Fresh flowers and sundries sourced from the flower markets will be supplied for the remaining classes at an additional cost, payable directly to the tutor with cash.
- Week 2: $50 for flowers and sundries
- Week 3: $65 for flowers and sundries for the table arrangement
- Week 4: $85 for flowers and sundries for the door wreath
Other information
Optional items available for purchase from the teacher:
- Florist scissors – $6
- Rose strippers – $4
Cash is preferred for purchases.