Large Scale Floral Designs Masterclass: Autumn and Winter season

Increase your confidence, skills, and knowledge in planning, costing, and executing large scale suspended floral installations, floral arches and tablescapes suitable for special events such as weddings.

Price: £350

Date: Sunday 20th October 2024

Time: 10-5pm

Location: Private mansion in Edgbaston (address emailed after booking)

At this unique and creative workshop, you will have the opportunity to gain hands on experience of building suspended floral designs, a stunning broken arch and a fabulous seasonal tablescape

• Working with an abundance of autumn and winter florals and foliage, you will create a variety of displays; from suspended over the table installations, an impressive split arch, and an opulent seasonal tablescape.
• Your questions answered about how to sufficiently plan and cost bespoke floral displays for future clients.
• You will have the opportunity to take lots of photographs for your portfolio to show prospective wedding clients and use on social media.
• Access to professional photography and videography of our workshop to use on your socials and website.
• This workshop is a lovely chance to create and collaborate with other like-minded florists, to build your portfolio, hone your skills and increase your confidence.
• Our suspended floral installation workshop one day course is an intensive day of practical flower arranging suitable for enthusiastic beginners with a basic level of floristry skills and professional floral designers looking to build their portfolio.
• A delicious homemade lunch, and refreshments throughout the day are included in the ticket price.

What to expect:                                                 

• Learn how to make sustainable floral mechanics with confidence.
• Practical experience of creating suspended designs, large displays and floral arches
• Your questions answered about how to plan and cost larger floral designs.
• Work with seasonal fresh and dried seasonal flowers
• Professional photographs of your work in a luxury home setting for your portfolio and social media
• Network and socialise with other florists and flower enthusiasts.
• Homemade lunch and refreshments throughout the day included.
• Armfuls of beautiful flowers to take home and enjoy.

What to bring/wear:

• All tools, equipment and flowers will be provided.
• Please wear flat closed toe shoes for health and safety.
• Wear appropriate clothing for working outside and flower arranging.

Terms:

• Minimum numbers are required for this event to run; however, numbers will be capped at 10 participants.
• If the event does not run due to host cancellation your deposit and any monies paid will be refunded.
• A non-refundable £115 deposit is required to secure your place followed by 2 more payments of £117.50 due on or before 01/09/24 and 01/03/24. I will contact you after booking to arrange subsequent payments, final balance must be paid by 01/10/24.
• If you have any food allergies or special dietary needs, please let me know upon booking so arrangements can be made for your lunch and refreshments.
• We are fully insured and will be working in a safe and responsible manner. You will, however, be required to sign a participation waiver and release form upon booking. Please inform us of any injuries or limitations you may have that could affect your participation.

Venue information:

We are very excited to be invited to host this floral master class at a private contemporary mansion in the heart of Edgbaston, Birmingham.

This exclusive workshop will take place in the gardens of the property. We will be working in small groups to decorate the inside and outside of a large scale luxury green house in the centre of the garden. Inside the heated greenhouse we will create a large suspended floral design and opulent seasonal tablescape. The outside doorway of the structure will be framed by a large split floral arch.

Meet your hosts:

Ashley of Ash Tree Floral Designs is an experienced qualified florist and tutor based in Birmingham. She specialises in creative and bespoke wedding florals and workshops. Her floristry style is wild and relaxed but always beautiful and contemporary. Ashley has a passion for teaching and sharing her floral experience (and mistakes!) with others.

Ruth of Oversley Flowers is an experienced artisan flower grower and florist based in Warwickshire. She grows beautiful flowers for local people and businesses free from chemicals or pesticides. Her happiest place is working in the flower field; however she also loves arranging flowers for weddings and events using sustainable and eco-friendly techniques.

Ashley and Ruth are both passionate about sustainability and British flowers. This is their second floral installation workshop. Ashley and Ruth often work together on weddings and events creating floral displays with seasonal and locally grown flowers and using eco-friendly and sustainable floral mechanics.