Introduction to Floral Design
Category:
Project creation
Class Length:
2 hours
In this class, students will start to explore the art of floral design. You'll be guided through some of the fundamentals of the art form: sourcing and selecting your flowers, stocking your floral toolbox, choosing a vessel, techniques to ensure long lasting blooms, and building the mechanics that set the foundation of your arrangement. You will consider all the essential ingredients of an arrangement: base foliage, filler, focal flowers, and textural additions. From there, we'll explore different artistic techniques you can use to guide your composition. Whether you have a very specific vision you'd like to see come to life, or you only know that you'd like to create something to add some joy to your kitchen table, you'll be able to combine your creativity with floral skills to leave with a seasonal arrangement and the groundwork to make more at home. Feel free to bring your own vessel if you have one you love, or choose to borrow one we'll have available in class.
Upcoming class dates:
Class topics and tools:
- Sourcing and selecting flowers
- Essential floral tools and materials
- Choosing an appropriate vessel
- Preparing and caring for cut flowers
- Building the mechanics of an arrangement
- Working with foliage, filler, focal flowers and textual elements
- Composition, movement, color and shape
- Techniques for extending the life of an arrangement
Open to:
Adults ages 18 years and above and youth ages 16-17 with guardian permission.
Skill level beginner, intermediate, or advanced:
Beginner
Prerequisites (if required):
None
Safety notes:
Plan to arrive a few minutes before class starts. For safety and instructional reasons, we are not able to allow participants to join the class more than 10 minutes after the class has begun.
Not yet available!
Cost:
$125
participation. Learn more about our scholarship options below.
Financial support
All of the programming at MAC is supported by donations, which enables us to offer classes at a lower cost to all participants. We also understand that our class fees may still be a barrier to participation for individuals with limited expendable income.
To ensure that our courses are accessible to as many community members as possible, we currently offer three levels of financial support: 25%, 50%, and 75%. If one of these discounts would make your participation possible, please select the option that best aligns with your personal needs and circumstances.
Individual participants may enroll in up to three discounted classes per calendar year.
To receive a financial support discount of 25%, enter “community25” in the Promo Code field of the registration checkout page. To receive a financial support discount of 50%, enter “community50” in the Promo Code field. To receive a financial support discount of 75%, enter “community75” in the Promo Code field.
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