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Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show
Take a look at our display from the 2016 Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show
October is the month of giving at Bloom College
Create and contribute in October “The secret to living is giving”, Tony Robbins Ever wanted to create beauty using gifts of nature and contribute to the lives of others all at the same time? YES…. Then join us as we ‘create and contribute’ October is the month of giving here at Bloom College & weRead more
Bloom College – In Support of beyondblue
Bloom College was proud to once again donate to the ‘Food For Thought’ charity dinner (in support of beyondblue) held on 23rd November at Beer Deluxe in Federation Square. Bloom teacher Rebecca created beautiful table centrepieces in an Australiana theme. Feedback was that the citrus colour theme, and amazing scent of the flower arrangements added aRead more
Private Floristry Workshops & Corporate Training
Bloom College has more than just floristry courses and flower workshops. Did you know that we also offer private one-on-one floristry workshops, floristry business owners training, staff training, or corporate workshops with any of our highly trained and experienced teachers? We can provide training for: > An experienced florist that wants to learn a newRead more
Fields of Fun at Tesselaar Tulip Festival
Tesselaar Tulip Festival is now on! In it’s 62nd year of being held, this festival is back again – bigger and better than before! What you can do while there: Get up close and personal with half a million tulips on display across 25 acres of farmland. Enjoy the LIVE entertainment, market stalls and tempting foodsRead more
Supporting the National Breast Cancer Foundation
Here at Bloom College we treasure the support we are able to offer causes close to our hearts. With that in mind, we were so thrilled to be able to assist the National Breast Cancer Foundation recently with their Pink Ribbon Breakfast. It was the largest Pink Ribbon Breakfast held throughout the 2014 AustralianRead more
Bloom College – Helping our Community
‘The beauty of flowers is for all to enjoy, admire and feel. The visual beauty and energy of flowers can heal the mind, body and soul’ With this in mind, Yvette recently visited the volunteers at Anam Cara Geelong to share tips and advice on Flower Arranging. Anam Cara offers support to people of allRead more
It’s great to be slow – ‘slow flower movement’
It’s great to be slow! Britain’s The Telegraph reported from Kenya a few days before Valentine’s Day. Many thousands of locals in the flower-growing areas around Naivasha were busily harvesting and packaging roses for their journeys to stores thousands of kilometres away. The report was heartening, highlighting how some growers and buyers (including British supermarketRead more
Grow flowers and Save Bees
Surround yourself with beauty (and save the world) You know that you can save your psyche, soothe your jaded senses and generally perk yourself up with your daily (or weekly) dose of cut flowers in the home or office. But did you know you can save the whole world by allowing a range of flowersRead more
Stressed out? Build in some flowers….
We know it might appear that some of us here at Bloom College HQ have little to do but trawl cyberspace for weird, wonderful and inspiring facts and features about flowers, design, innovation and all things related to sustainability, but it’s not true. We also have to eat, drink, be merry, create pieces ofRead more