Career Change Course
Your new career Blooms in 10 weeks!
Do you daydream about becoming a florist? You see the incredible florists on Instagram and Pinterest making stunning flower arrangements, and it all looks dreamy and oh-so fulfilling, right?
Wondering how these florists on Instagram do it? How did they get started?
Well, we can show you exactly how.
We have helped over 100 students from diverse backgrounds learn the skills and knowledge needed to bring their dreams to life in our flagship Career Change course. Now, moving this course from the classroom to online, you too can learn all the required floristry skills and knowledge in as little as 10 weeks.
Whether you want to work in a commercial florist shop, warehouse or freelance as an event florist, this self-paced online course will get you there.
What's Included
The online course curriculum and video content feature both practical and theoretical components, ensuring all industry-relevant skills are covered, from the fundamentals such as flower care and selection, to retail customer service, and event floristry.
This 10-week online self-paced course has been carefully designed for those seeking a career change with no prior experience or training in floristry.
Floristry Designs
A wide variety of commercial floristry designs, including: Hand tied bouquets, base medium designs and wired and taped designs
Digital Portfolio
Get noticed with a digital portfolio. We will cover how to submit and present your portfolio to potential clients and/or prospective employers.
Weddings & Events
Understand the creative brief, client requirements, and the essential elements of event floristry, including design, planning, and execution.
Botanicals
Learn different commercially grown varieties of both flowers and foliage. Learn seasonal availability, care and substitutions for each botanical variety.
Product Mix
Understand industry-standard floristry product lines, including: flowers/botanical materials, sundry, accessory, and ancillary items.
Quoting & Costing
Quoting methods and effective consultation procedures and methods. Ensure you get a return on your investment of time, money and expertise.
Elements & Principles of Design
Learn the universal design principles and rules, and how they specifically relate to floral arranging and floral design.
Retail Floristry
Understand retail shoppers, buying patterns, customer service skills, merchandising, costing and stock management.
Corporate & Subscription Floristry
We will introduce you to how to find corporate clients and subscribers, and how this can help support overall business profitability.
1:1 Floristry Business & Career Coaching
Join Yvette Timmins for a 1:1 session. Yvette will use her years of business experience to guide you on your journey. From business plans, strategy, to career confidence, Yvette can help you on your way to leading a thriving floristry business of your own.
Become Your Own Bloom Boss ✳︎
Extra Inclusions + Added Benefits
The following additional extras are included to aid you in your studies:
Course eBooks
E-Books; Containing step by step instructional design recipes, business development, Wedding & Event knowledge including quotation templates, design elements and principles and an extensive guide on seasonal botanicals including care and maintenance.
1:1 Online Coaching
Access to a 1:1 business planning/coaching session with Yvette. Appointment times are made available during the course for an additional fee.
Group Weekly Coaching via Zoom is available at set times of the year (included in the cost of the course, contact us for upcoming dates)
Video Content
Hours of video content to watch, pause and revisit as frequently and at a time that suits you. Your access to the content does not expire at the end of the 90 days, it’s yours to keep and come back to whenever you may need.
Photography
Dedicated content to teach you how to professionally capture your designs. The course will also teach you how to display your images via a digital portfolio to ensure you stand out from the crowd.
Tool Kit
Optional Essentials Toolkit: Apron, Hand Towel, 1x Flower Snips, x1 pair Secateurs, Gloves, Floral Tape, Wires & Bag.
Available at checkout
Ready To Get Started?
You are just one step away from beginning your journey to becoming your very own bloom boss. You will receive full access to the course instantly. With options to pay in full, or in instalments.
Frequently Asked Questions
After successful completion, you will be a Bloom College Career Change Course Graduate Florist. You will be prepared to either work within a floristry business or commence your own business.
No the Career Change Course is not government certified, we are a private College and are not a nationally recognised training provider. Which means we are not funded by the government, nor do we follow the national training package.
Being a fully funded private College allows us the flexibility to include the most up-to-date industry skills and knowledge.
The floristry industry is not regulated. Therefore, anyone wanting to start a career or business in floristry does not require any specific qualifications. We have designed the career change course with specific skills and knowledge to enable graduates to meet industry demands today and into the future. Our delivery of content and course design utilises our extensive knowledge as Florists and floristry business owners, as well as our previous experience teaching floristry at TAFE institutions.
To ensure we can deliver this course to you regardless of your location, we have removed a large cost of the course content by not supplying you with the flowers required to create each design that is taught. The added benefits of not supplying and charging you the cost of the flowers allows you to go at your own pace, meaning you can decide to create each design when you choose. On top of that, you get to choose a variety of colours of flowers to your own liking and taste. We highly recommend buying what’s in season within your region. You are better able to achieve this by sourcing your own materials. Knowing how and what to buy and who to buy from are all part of the early course content.
Meet Yvette
For Yvette Timmins, flowers are more than just a profession – they are a family legacy. With a Grandmother, Great Aunt, and Great-Grandmother who were all florists, it would be easy to say that creativity is in her blood. However, Yvette believes that the art of floristry isn’t a special skill reserved for the chosen few; it is an innate ability available to anyone willing to silence their inner critic and connect with nature.
With over 30 years in the industry, Yvette has truly “done it all.” She has climbed every rung of the ladder, moving from a Casual Assistant to Senior Florist, Shop Manager, and Shop Owner, eventually becoming a Floristry Teacher and the Principal of Bloom College, which she founded in 2013. Her leadership extends to the national stage, where she served as a founding director and board member of Flower Industry Australia.
Beyond the business of blooms, Yvette is a champion for the mental health benefits of creativity. She has witnessed firsthand how working with nature decreases anxiety and nurtures the soul. This passion led her to co-found the charity Floral Acts of Kindness and to write her recently published book, Feed Your Soul with Flowers.
Today, through her online membership and app, Yvette is dedicated to ensuring that geography and physical ability are no longer barriers to learning. She is here to help you grow your business and feed your soul, one stem at a time.
“I believe flowers are essential to our self-fulfilment. Their energy is food for the soul. My mission is simple: to share the transformative power of arranging flowers with those ready to let their creativity flow.” – Yvette Timmins, Bloom College Founder & Director