Due to the in-place COVID-19 health and safety guidelines, Limited space is available. A vaccination QR Code is required for all attendees. 

Registration deadline: Monday, February 28th, 2022

Floral Experience: No previous experience required

Registration Fees

• $1,000 + tax includes all mechanics supplies and fresh flowers for hands-on portion. Please bring an apron(optional), sharp floral knife, floral shears, scissors, and wire cutter.
• Coffee, snacks, and hot lunch included

Overview

• Flowers and Foliage Care and Handling 101
• Retail Shop Procedures: Mark-up and Pricing
• How to Run a Profitable Floral Business
• Guided Hands-On Design: Basic Floral Design Techniques

Day 1

Basic vase design methods and construction techniques:

• Rose vase arrangement – 6 and 12 stems
• Mixed flower vase arrangements

Spiral handtied technique:

• Construction of handtied mixed flower bouquet
• Green a vase for a mixed flower arrangement
• Vase arrangement using a spiral handtied bouquet

Day 2

• One-sided, small triangle arrangement in floral foam
• One-sided, large triangle arrangement in floral foam (sympathy/funeral arrangement)
• Asymmetrical triangle arrangement in floral foam (centrepiece

Day 3

• Traditional wiring and taping technique for corsage and boutonniere
• All-around centrepiece arrangement in floral foam
• Round bridal bouquet in a fresh floral foam holder

Instructor: Lea Romanowski, CAFA, AIFD, CAFD

Lea is the owner of Designing on the Edge. She has used her experience and expertise to become a mentor, teaching floral/event/wedding design for the last fifteen years. Her work has been featured in Canadian Florist, Floriology, Canadian Special Events, WED LUX, Metro and Avenue. She is a National and International award winning designer and creative event professional. After over three decades in floral design, Lea lives in a world where imagination meets art in fantastic floral and sculptural creations. With thousands of events and weddings under her belt, the next opportunity to create is always a welcomed challenge. She believes all good designers start with a great foundation of the principles and elements of floral design. Understanding shop operation, time management and profitability are just as important as the design foundation.

Learn more about Lea: designingontheedge.ca

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Taxes will be added to the cost. Registration fees include all fresh flowers for hands-on portion. Registration fees do not include flights or accommodations. Hotel group rates are available under “Florists Supply”.

Due to the in-place COVID-19 health and safety guidelines, Limited space is available. A vaccination QR Code is required for all attendees.

Registration deadline: Monday, February 28th, 2022

Floral Experience: 1 Year/Completion of Level 1 Course

Registration Fees

• $960 + tax includes all mechanics supplies and fresh flowers for hands-on portion. Please bring an apron(optional), sharp floral knife, floral shears, scissors, and wire cutter.
• Coffee, snacks, and hot lunch included

Overview

An in-depth exploration of Julie Myers’ floral philosophy, design, and execution. The course covers topics such as Julie’s approach to conceptualizing and translating your client’s vision, selling the vision, booking it, and execution.

Focus on:

• How to Attract and Book Brides and Corporate Clients
• Charging for your Time and Labor
• Improving your Pricing Structure and Selecting a P.O.S. System
• Designing Florals for a Wedding, from Start to Finish
• Building Large-Scale Arrangements and Installations

Day 1

• Conceptualizing and translating your client’s vision from the Pinterest ideas to reality
• Delivering quotes and visual proposals clients love
• How to order, process, design, and deliver gorgeous florals
• Bouquet designs, styles, and how to show your brides different options (pictures just don’t do it!)

Day 2

• Designing your event based on your quote developed during Day 1
• Bouquet
• Two corsages and two boutonnieres
• Group projects:
  • ceremony flowers, décor, and set-up
  • tablescape design and setup
• Wedding photoshoot for your portfolio using designs created during course

Instructor: Julie Myers

thefloralfixx.ca

Throughout Julie’s life, she has been a creative person and fell in love with the beauty of flowers playing in her mother’s garden. At a young age, she knew floral design was her destiny. Opening her shop at twenty-one years old, her passion for flowers became an obsession. Over the last seventeen years of owning Floral Fixx Design Studio, Julie quickly found out the art of floral design is only part of specializing in the wedding industry. She has studied customer service, staff management, social media training, and many new design trends. To successfully execute over 300 weddings and events in a year, it takes organization, training, and talented staff that believe in the vision.

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Taxes will be added to the cost. Registration fees include all fresh flowers for hands-on portion. Registration fees do not include flights or accommodations. Hotel group rates are available under “Florists Supply”.