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Blooms We Love: Hydrangea
This weekend, Bloom College is once again teaming up with Porter Davis World of Style. This time, attendees will learn to make a beautiful ‘Tea Cups & Roses” arrangement – keeping in line with a Mother’s Day theme (that’s coming up very soon!). In preparation for this event, we’ve had these gorgeous hydrangea’s delivered today. Read more
The 6 Steps to Keeping Your Flowers Fresh
One of the most common questions we get asked here at Bloom College, is how to maintain your flowers so that you can keep them looking fresh and beautiful until you’re ready to use them. There are 6 key steps to follow: 1. Remove the plastic from each bunch. This stops the blooms from sweatingRead more
Autumn Blooms…What’s in Season NOW
Autumn is a lovely time for flowers. The days are getting shorter, the mornings are getting cooler, and we are spoilt for choice with the wide variety of beautiful blooms available. Here’s what is in season NOW: Dahlias These beautiful and popular flowers are grown in the field in Australia in summer, in areas closeRead more
Blooms We Love
Here’s a (very) small sample of some of our FAVE blooms out now. They look great as part of Christmas themed decor, wedding bouquets…or let your creativity run wild! Some of our flower workshop and flower course students have been already been using some of these in class this week – and it’s been greatRead more
October Blooms
With Spring now well and truly in full swing, there’s so much to love in October with many beautiful flowers continuing to bloom. Here’s some of our favourites: Iris: these beauties come in many colours – white, yellow, blue and purple. They are great for use in both vases and foam, making them very versatileRead more
Flower Spotlight….the Lily
Whether they are doing a floristry course, or one of our flower workshops, students at Bloom College all have one thing in common: a love of flowers. We are lucky to have many types of flowers available to us in Australia – and in this post, we look at the ever-popular lily. Common name: Lily,Read more
Autumn Flower Guide – Our Pick of the Best in Season!
It seems like so long ago that we put together our Spring Flower Guide, but here we are in Autumn already! As the weather cools down here in Australia, there are still many stunning flowers available for flower lovers (and those in the floristry industry) to enjoy. So, what are our favourite blooms in seasonRead more
Beautiful Bearded Iris
Common name Bearded iris, German iris Botanical name Iris germanica How to tell it’s good quality Look for the upper bud to have good colour Avoid stock with dried, drying or yellowing leaves Stem length 40cm–100cm Conditioning, care and storage needs Strip leaves from the lower half of the stemRead more
Spring is here! Look at what’s in season…
As it’s the first day of Spring we thought we would give you a list of our favourite flowers in season. And in no particular order here is the long list of beauties; Anemones – fabulous colours, best used in vases & posies Geraldton wax – flowering is available and the bud variety all alwaysRead more
Daffodils – to brighten your day
Common name Daffodil, Jonquil Botanical name Narcissus hybrids (daffodils inc large King Alfreds; Narcissus jonquilla (jonquils); Narcissus erlicheer (double daffodil); Narcissus tazzetta (paperwhite) How to tell it’s good quality Daffodils should be brightly coloured with the buds not quite open Jonquils are best if only a few buds in the head are openRead more