Brief Description:

Learn to make a seasonal flower arrangement with a rustic feel.  With no knowledge of flower arranging required, come along and learn tips and tricks for successful use of bulbs, spring flowers and twig blossoms in a floral design using no foam. All materials are included in the course fee. Just bring your scissors!

Previous Experience and Knowledge Needed?

No prior knowledge required. Please notify the college of any plant allergies before attending.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, you will have the opportunity to:

• Apply techniques to create a pretty spring floral arrangement in rustic style
• Know how to care for your completed floral work to maximise its life
• Learn tricks for using Spring flowers and bulbs in a floral design

Please note this design will be in a wooden crate or basket subject to availability of stock.

Extra costs on the course for example text book, materials or equipment:

All materials required are included in the course fee

For the first session you will need to bring:

Strong scissors,(wire cutters if you have them), bin bag, notebook and pen if you want to record any information for yourself, camera (optional), apron. Also a crate or semi rigid bag (e.g. supermarket hessian bag) to transport your design. You may wish to bring protective disposable gloves for your hands or hand wipes as the plant material can get messy!

On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?

Look out for other flower arranging courses coming up.

The Adult Learn and Train team is also able to give course information or search for alternative courses for you. Adult Learn and Train offer courses through-out the year.
Try similar courses or maybe look at learning something completely new.
You will find provision on some Saturday and Sundays, you will also find courses available in the day and evening at different venues in Cambridge. Courses vary in length from one-off sessions to 10 weeks or more.