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OLD school Symmetrical Bowl Arrangement | How to make a front facing symmetrical flower arrangement
Step back in time and learn an old school traditional flower arrangement. Watch as Bloom College teacher Natalie Raffaele makes a front facing symmetrical flower arrangement, recorded during our Floristry Career Course in Port Melbourne. The symmetrical bowl arrangement is a gorgeous display for the home or office. For more free arrangement videos, join ourRead more
Make a professional Glass Fish Bowl Terrarium
Filmed Live at our Career Change course in Port Melbourne, learn how a professional florist designs and constructs a Glass Fish Bowl Terrarium. For more arrangement demos, recipe cards and other flower arranging advice, visit www.bloomonline.com.au Before you start making this arrangement, be sure to watch the video carefully and consider what materials you wantRead more
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