Budding Talents (formerly known as Blooms School) is actually a twelve month series that can be taken individually as well. "The Foundation" Workshop is exactly that: teaching you how to condition flowers to make them last, understanding basic flower types (line, mass, filler, accent and foliage), the 3-5-8 rule of bouquet making, colour combos, etc. For this introduction to Flower Arranging Workshop, you will create an arrangement in an essential size and style of vase that you will use for years.

Another Fundamental skill to develop in the Budding Talent Workshop series is learning how to create bouquets: Spiraling, Hand-Tying and creating Strauss free standing bouquets. Learning how to spiral flowers is yet another foundational skill as you develop your Flower Arranging Skills. You will create a free-standing Strauss bouquet as your Make and Take.

Thursday, April 3 at 7:00 pm.

90 minutes

Tablescaping is a foundational skill for flower arrangers. For this Budding Talents Workshop you will learn how to tablescape with garlands and bud vases. Create an Italian Ruscus garland along with three bud vases filled with line, mass and filler flowers with greenery. Perfect for a summer party.

Thursday, July 3 at 7 pm

90 minutes

Valentine Roses can often be a challenge mostly to make them last but also to showcase their beauty. This Budding Talent Workshop is all about the various classic ways to display roses which we will demonstrate. For the make and take, you will learn how to "Bricklay" a dozen roses, foliage and filler flowers (we promise no Baby's Breath) to display in a torch shaped vase. Vessel, flowers, foliage and tip sheet included. Different rose colours are also available. Pinks, Purples, Yellows, Whites, Coral. You can also mix and match.

Another Fundamental skill to develop in the Budding Talent Workshop series is learning how to create bouquets: Spiraling, Hand-Tying and creating Strauss free standing bouquets. Learning how to spiral flowers is yet another foundational skill as you develop your Flower Arranging Skills. You will create a free-standing Strauss bouquet as your Make and Take.

Thursday, April 3 at 7:00 pm.

90 minutes

Tall spires like glads and dramatic lush blooms such as hydrangeas and dahlias are at their peak in August each year. Our August Budding Talents Workshop is the opportune time to rise up to the challenge of working with with oversize and tall blossoms to create dramatic, tall looks. We will also demonstrate Single Note Flower Arranging. Vase, blooms and foliage included.

This Budding Talents Flower School Workshop is truly a fundamental. We teach one of the most ancient of flower-arranging skills: how to make a tussie-mussie. This style of nosegays or posies dates from the 1500's and is deeply linked to Floriography or The Language of flowers. You will make two tussie mussies: one to keep and one to give to someone to whom you would like to send a secret message in the Language of Flowers. Our Language of Flowers and Tussie Mussie Booklet is also included.

For our May Budding Talents Workshop, you will go deep into the Foraged look which is very current. Heavier on greenery, fresh from the garden picked, featuring a variety of foliage and flowers. We'll show you how to create a spring colours centrepiece and how to create a generous gridded, seasonal, foraged bouquet in a clear, glass, open-throated vase. Vase, greenery, flowers included.

Thursday May 8 at 7pm

90 minutes

Formerly known as Flower School, Budding Talents workshops teach the fundamentals of flower arranging. Each Budding Talents Workshop teaches a specific flower arranging style from classic to modern. Learn the leading edge style in this workshop. Assymetrical Dutchmaster styles in a raised pedestal bowl in sustainable foam. Vessels, Blooms, Foliage, Instruction and Longevity Tips included. See photos for how this fabulous style can be translated season by season.

7 pm

90 minutes