Commercial Flower Arranging Course - Day 1

We had a real feel for spring today (Feb 2014)with our students working with these gorgeous yellow spray roses .

We were delighted to welcome a new bunch of Floristry Students to the school today as they start on their road to reach their goals and for some of them a new career adventure. 

Day 1 of our Commercial Flower Arranging Course saw our ladies design a traditional arrangement with a modern twist in Yellow Spray Roses and later in the afternoon they designed more contemporary flower arrangements using Iris & Lisianthus 

Presentation Hand Tied Bouquet in a Floral Box

A very busy day at Kay's School of Floristry today as students learned the art of butting together a very large Hand Tied Bouquet.  The quickly caught on to the spiraling technique and it wasn't long before the mastered the skill of creating these fabulous bouquets.
The ladies learned how to make an aqua pack bubble of water, assembling the floralbox floral boxes, making organza bows and then just to add a bit of bling they added a brooch to their bouquet.

At Kay's School we only ever use Floralbox Flower boxes as we have found these to be the most sturdy box on the market, with the added protection of the plastic bag interior flowers can be easily placed inside without the fear of them toppling over.   Michael from Floralbox  has a beautiful selection of boxes and you will find the link to his Facebook page here,

Michael is the worldwide distributor of these boxes and you will not get anything like them anywhere else.  If you are a florist you can order a free sample here from Floral Box Website 

Click here for more information about our Hand Tied Flower Bouquet Workshop

AOIFA - Association of Irish Floral Artists National Competition in the Middleton Park Hotel, Co Cork

Kay was delighted to get the opportunity to visit the National Competitions for AOIFA this year in Middleton in Co Cork.  As a Commercial Florist it is such a wonderful experience to see these Artists at work using the flowers & materials we use in the school everyday but on a commercial basis.
Their designs were just amazing and the hours of work that must have went into each piece was evident in the attention to detail in each of the floral designs.

Over the course of the day Kay got chatting with lots of the designers and coincidentally some of them had actually started out as students at  Kay's School of Floristry many many years ago.

Mary O Brien won Floral Artist of the year with this stunning creation and fantastic use of midelino sticks 

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Beatrice Hartog won first in the Craft Class with this exceptional piece of craft.

For more information on AOIFA visit their website here 

The 11th World Flower Show will be held in Ireland this year for the very first time in the RDS in Dublin.  This Event will be attended by Floral Artists and Flower arrangers from all over the world and is expected to be a phenomenal success.  For more information on this event and to buy tickets pop over to The World Association of Flower Arrangers Page. (WAFA)

Beginners Flower Arranging Course

Our Beginners Commercial Flower Arranging Course designed for those wishing to work in a flower shop or maybe work from home on a Commercial basis 

Well what a busy week we have had, we were delighted to welcome a new bunch of budding Flower Arranging Students from all over the country to the school on Monday for their first introduction to Commercial Floristry.
Over the course of the week the students completed 7 different styled flower arrangements using different flowers and foliage.

Janette guides Fiona 

Karen designing her arrangement on day 2 

All of the Flower Arrangements designed by our students at our flower school are theirs to take home with them each day.  

It really gives our teachers such satisfaction to see the fabulous arrangements our students produce and also the smiles on their face at the end of each day as the leave the school.

 

Sonia from Monaghan with her contemporary flower arrangement. 

These Mock Hand Tied Flower Arrangements designed by the students on the last day of their Commercial Flower Course.  

If you would like any more information on any of our training Flower Courses, just drop us an email on info@kaysschool.com or visit our website on www.kaysschool.com 

For a limited time only we have a €50 discount voucher for Module 1 Commercial Flower Arranging on Kay's School Website 

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