Floristry - Level 1 - City and Guilds Certificate

This course is designed for those people who would like to enter the floristry profession and those who have a keen interest in floristry. You will learn to do wired designs such as buttonholes and corsages for weddings, a variety of modern and traditional hand tied designs, some table arrangements and wreaths as funeral tributes. You will also make some planted designs using pot plants and a variety of containers.

You will study the elements of colour, texture, line, form, shape and proportion, using these to help to improve your design skills. There will be practical sessions on display, both window display and the display of the individual flowers/ foliage. Underpinning this will be the knowledge of how to order your flowers/sundry items and how to condition and care for your Flowers/Foliage.

There will be written and practical assessments during the course and you will need to present a record of the work in the form of a portfolio at the end of the course. You will need to buy some basic floristry equipment for the course and will need to bring fresh flowers/sundries to each lesson. The flowers will cost £10 to £15 approx per lesson.