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Urn Flower Arrangement Demo and Recipe Card
Learn how to design and create a stunning urn flower arrangement for the hobbyist or professional florist, with this demonstration filmed as part of our live training course. You can download the recipe card (including alternate flowers to use) below… Urn Flower Arrangement
Elements & Principles of Design in Relation to Floristry
The elements & principles of design are universal, absolutely everything we use or create from a single flower to large scale arrangements incorporate the use of the elements and of design. Correct use of the elements and principles of design ensures a pleasing arrangement. All arrangements include the elements of design almost by default, theRead more
Bloom LIVE: Flower Wall
This week we held a free presentation for our flower loving community – the first of the monthly Bloom Live Events. Attendees joined us in person in our Port Melbourne classroom – and online – and were treated to a presentation on how to build a flower wall. In just under 2 hours teachers fromRead more
Vases, Vessels & Foam
Choosing your vessel or vase is another area of floristry that you can really let your creativity soar. Just about anything goes, and the choice of vessels available for arranging flowers is wide and varied. From jars, to cans, bottles, tea cups, or baskets…re-using and recycling is a perfect way to put new life intoRead more
Presentation: Wrapping
Flowers are a great gift to give – you can give them when you visit a friend in their home, to brighten up someone’s day if they’ve been unwell, to say thank-you – or just because… To make the flowers just that bit more personal, you can quickly and easily wrap them before leaving home.Read more
3 Easy Gift Ideas
Following on from our last post, we’re keeping with the Christmas theme and now we’ll share how you can give the perfect gift to your flower loving family and friends this Christmas. 1. Gift Certificates Do you know someone that’s been looking to do one of our Flower Workshops, or Floristry courses? Then this isRead more
Tools and Accessories – Getting Started
When you first get started in floristry, it can be hard to know what you need. Having the right tools and equipment will make a big difference when preparing and arranging your flowers. So – what do you need? The Basics Are you a hobbyist – or would like to try out whether flower arrangingRead more
An Insight Into the Power of Colour: By Pantone
I was lucky enough to recently attend an insightful webinar on colour, held by Pantone. It spoke about: The emotional response to colour How people view colour As well as what colour can mean to an individual, or as a business tool. As I listened to the presentation, I couldn’t help but feel humbled toRead more
Floristry Basics: Colour Theory
In our previous post about colour we talked about how colour has the strongest emotional power of all of the elements (did the vivid colours in above photo really grab you?), and how combining colours and creating harmony with them can be one of the most pleasurable parts of floristry. In this post we delveRead more
Bloom College App – Learn From Home
The Bloom College App was created for those of you who aren’t able to attend one of our floristry courses or workshops in Geelong or Melbourne, but would still love to learn more about arranging flowers. Set out in a DIY video tutorial & recipe card form, the 10 classes offer simple step-by-step instructions toRead more