Courses
5 Day Intensive Series
The Intensive Series is FlowerSchool’s most popular program for individuals wanting to learn how to work with flowers like a professional designer. You will learn how to create modern designs like Master Florist Michael George and classic designs like Master Florist Remco Van Vliet of the NY Metropolitan Museum of Art. This program is a combination of the Introductory Series and the Intermediate Series that encompasses the basics of all you need to know to be a professional florist.
2 Day Advanced Design Series
The Advanced Design Series follows the Intensive Series where students learn more advanced techniques, and begin to develop their own style of floral design. Students will learn four new design mechanics and will learn how to differentiate between different design styles including organic, classic and modern. Each student will also be responsible for creating a concept and design, picking their own color palette for each instructional technique, and selecting their own flowers to best fit their concept.
2 Day Advanced Wedding Series
Our Advanced Wedding Series focuses on advanced skills for the wedding market. It presupposes knowledge of certain techniques such as proper flower processing, basic arranging and familiarity with the florist’s knife, as gained through FSLA’s Intensive Series. The Wedding Series includes step-by-step instruction of five wedding-specific design skills including: handwiring individual flowers for boutonnieres and head wreaths; large scale designs for ceremony decor; elevated centerpiece designs for the reception and the decoration of a Chuppah and flowering arch. Our students walk away form The Advanced Wedding Series with a great understanding of the most important wedding mechanics and designs!
Summer Robbins will be our guest instructor for the November 12th & 13th & January 28th & 29th programs.
3 Day Wedding Design Series: Consultation to Execution
In this three-day course, students will learn the full process of creating the overall event design for a special event with a wedding as the sample. Beginning with making storyboards, students will receive instruction on conducting consultations and creating proposals, learning how to purchase floral products and then creating the mock-execution of the event’s designs. Each student is required to develop their own floral designs based on specific client requests. The course finishes with a mockup table decor and presentation to the “client.” This is a great opportunity for florists and event planners to practice event production with the constraints of specific client requests and budgets.
This course is taught by the talented FlowerSchool staff designers and instructors in conjunction with some of the most accomplished designers in the Wedding and Events industry in the Los Angeles area and beyond. The class includes a guided buying trip to the Los Angeles Flower Market. We encourage (but do not require) students to bring a laptop or tablet so that they may compile images and information digitally to create storyboards and proposals for their “client.”
Sympathy Workshop
In this class, FlowerSchool Operations Director Tom Sebenius will take students through the stages of planning a funeral using flowers as the medium to soothe and comfort the bereaved. Reviewing funeral traditions and treatments from around the world, this class will focus on the meaning of sympathy flowers in a non-cliched approach demonstrating how flowers can send a powerful message during a difficult time.
Superfood School: Sauce Making Masterclass
Learn to prepare and enjoy some of the healthiest food on earth with Chef Lynnette. It’s all about the sauce!
Get more plants on your plate in this hands-on masterclass, no equipment needed. Learn how to transform bland salads into savory plant-based meals that won‘t leave you “hangry.”
Flower Shop Series
Welcome to the Flower Shop Series! This two-day series will take students through the workflow of running and owning a flower shop in a simulated environment. Our production management program is intended for students who are interested in working in a flower shop, wrapping orders beautifully for delivery, managing workflows and having an authentic flower shop design experience. If you like making tons of flower arrangements, while being coached by seasoned professionals, interested in working toward a career as a florist or just love bringing delight with every bouquet, this two-day program is for you.
Advanced Bridal Bouquet Workshop
Lead by our Operations Director and seasoned wedding designer, Tom Sebenius this workshop is geared towards florists and designers who want to perfect their technical skills and learn more refined techniques in contemporary bridal bouquet styles. You will learn professional hand-wiring techniques and the best practices for creating magical bouquets with exquisite flowers, foliage, ribbons and pins. Arguably the most important and most photographed floral element of the majority of weddings, the bridal bouquet should reflect the tastes and individual style of the holder. Learning how to customize and create a bouquet that dazzles is at the heart of our Advanced Bridal Workshop. Each student will leave with two stylish bouquets, made with the guidance and instruction of our experienced teacher.
Photo by Valeria Duque
Open Studio
Open Studios are for students who are interested in floral design and want to make a beautiful arrangement with the help of an experienced florist. This studio class provides the opportunity to create a seasonal, contemporary, garden style design while learning a few professional techniques of floristry. You then get to bring your arrangement home to enjoy!
Our Open Studio Class is also a great option for a variety of activities: professional team building time, bridal and baby showers, birthday parties and more. Making flower arrangements in this low-key setting is a fun way to connect and celebrate!
*During special holidays, we offer Open Studio classes tailored to celebrate that specific holiday festivity!
Master Class Series: Designing Elegance with Exclusively Local Forage Materials
FlowerSchool Master Florists will have a new challenge for this Fall’s Master Class series titled, “Designing Elegance with Exclusively Foraged Materials.” Come celebrate local farms, the art of foraging and Master Floristry!