Flower Basics
Start your floral path here!
The perfect beginner starting point for hobby flower arranging at home. Use all the skills and knowledge you will learn in this course to feed your inner creativity during this detailed video tutorial course.
What's Included
You will receive 9 beginner floristry video tutorials and an accompanying eBook with step-by-step guides.
Buttonhole/Boutonniere
A floristry staple for weddings and formal events. Once you nail your wiring & taping techniques, through this course, the sky is the limit to the creativity you can express with a buttonhole.
Table Centrepiece
Learn how to create a stunning table centrepiece for your next gathering or event. Take as a gift for your next hosts! The basics of a centrepiece can be reinterpreted infinitely, giving you an endless supply of variety.
Gift Bag Arrangement
Gift bag flower designs are fun and make great gifts. They can be as large or small as you like, patterned or plain, or even repurposed baskets or containers of any kind.
Garden Herb & Rose Posy
One of the most original floral arrangements. Learn the spiralling technique for creating posies and bouquets. This spin on the traditional posy incorporates fresh ingredients from the garden.
Tropical Arrangement
Often seen in corporate office or home settings, this spectacular arrangement teaches you how to work with standout tropicals and create a linear design, emphasising negative space and natural lines.
Care of Botanical Materials
Learn how to condition and care for your botanical materials, before & after arranging, to get the most life span and enjoyment from them.
Vases, Containers & Foam
Yvette will take you through the many types of vessels and vases used in floristry and the variety of ways you can use them.
Tools & Accessories
Having the right tools in floristry and flower arranging is critical to keep you clean, safe and efficient, while giving you the ability to be creative and innovative with your designs.
Wiring & Taping
Learn the basics of wiring and taping, to make buttonholes, cake flowers, flower crowns, bouquets and so much more.
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.
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
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