Flower Arranging for Beginners - Southwell Library - Adult Learning

This course is aimed at total beginners with no previous knowledge or experience in flower arranging.

You will learn to:

• Identify and name flowers and foliage used each session

• Create basic traditional floral arrangements

• Learn flower arranging skills and techniques

• Discover how to prepare and care for cut flowers and foliage

• How to cost an arrangement to sell or give to friends

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Create several designs

• Identify foliage and flowers used each session

• Understand how to condition flowers and foliage correctly

For the first session please bring:

• 1 bunch of roses available from supermarkets and florists

• Long and short foliage from the garden or florists

• Oasis

• Scissors

• Anchor Tape

• Small container to arrange flowers in (a saucer will do)

Funding and Fees

If you receive certain benefits, you may be able to take the course for free.
If money is stopping you from enrolling, please visit our funding page to see what help is available.

Living in England

To book and join one of our courses, you must live in England permanently and either:

• Live inside the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) area (Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire)

or

• Live outside the devolved areas listed below

You cannot enrol if you live in these devolved areas:

•    Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)
•    Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

• Greater London Authority
•    North East Combined Authority
•    South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
•    Tees Valley Combined Authority
•    West Midlands Combined Authority
•    West of England Combined Authority
•    West Yorkshire Combined Authority
•    Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority
•    York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority
•    Hull and East Yorkshire
•    Greater Lincolnshire
•    Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority
•    Cornwall Council
•    Lancashire Combined County Authority
•    Buckinghamshire

• Warwickshire

• Surrey

Residency Requirements (Additional Information)

If you live in the UK on a visa, we’ll need evidence of your visa to confirm funding. You can upload this when applying, and you’ll need to complete a short questionnaire.

Some exceptions include:

• Your visa must last until after your course ends.

• Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for at least 6 months while their claim is being processed.

• You are supported by your local authority under Section 23C or 23CA of the Children Act 1989, or under the Care Act 2014.

Anyone who does not meet the funding criteria would need to pay full course fees.