The Devon Flower School

Fabulous bougainvillea in a hot & sunny Rhodes xx

Perfect for beginners to floristry!

A relaxed class where you’ll learn about looking after flowers when you buy them. Along with making two different designs which you’ll take home to enjoy.

9:30am - 1pm
Saturday 19th October & Saturday 16th November

3.5 hour session £75 with all materials, containers & refreshments included.

Just 10 minutes from the centre of Exeter.

To view & book:
www.bloombloom.co.uk/courses

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Please get in touch if you would like to have a chat about any of the classes.

Busy weekend at RHS Rosemore last weekend! Competing in the Floral Art competition.

Super happy with my results! 1st for the meadow design ‘A Twilight Walk’. A 2nd for ‘Nature’s Sculpture’ and and very highly commended for ‘Linger among the flowers’ a pedestal design.

Busy prepping now for the next one!

The Autumn Floristry Classes are launched! All available to view and book on the website.

Plenty to choose from and lots of classes for beginners too. Come along and release your inner florist!!

Very happy to chat if you have any questions about any of the classes.

Only 10 minutes from the centre of Exeter.

Be lovely to have you come along!

Last chance to book a place on the Willow Garden Obelisk class on Friday 28th June.

A great class for those who are new to weaving with willow. It is the most fabulous of materials to work with! You will have such a relaxing morning weaving away making your own garden obelisk.

Perfect to use with your sweat peas or runner beans!

Friday 28th June 10am - 1pm with all materials & refreshments included. Just 15 minutes from the centre of Exeter.

To view & book:
https://bloombloom.co.uk/courses

Final place on the last Floristry Taster Session until the Autumn.

A great class if you love flowers and would like to learn to do a little more with them than pop them in a vase!

You will make two different designs for you to take home & enjoy.

All materials & refreshments included and just 15 minutes from Exeter.

To view & book:
https://bloombloom.co/uk/courses

We had a fabulous morning yesterday playing with willow and flowers!

Creating a frame with the willow and then feeding the flowers through the frame.

All finished with bright linear flowers to create a funky arrangement!

https://bloombloom.co.uk/courses

Saturday was a One-to-One class with the Mum of a Bride to be, who is making all of the flowers for her daughter’s wedding!

Lots of talk about buying flowers, conditioning them once you’ve got them home, planning the schedule of work, logistics of the week running up to the wedding and the wedding day itself.

All so that Mum can still enjoy the wedding!

We made a gorgeous, natural style plank design. A long beam will hang over the top table at the wedding venue and will be covered with several of these fabulous arrangements.

It’s going to look stunning!

We also concentrated on the bridal bouquet and garland making.

A One-to-One class can be developed personally just for you and is designed to cover what you would like to learn. Please get in touch if you would like to have a chat about a private class.

https://bloombloom.co.uk/courses

Bit behind with my posting! Hope you all had a great long weekend.

Pics from the Foam Free Church Flowers class on Friday! Large urn arrangement, a meadow box and window sill arrangement.

All without foam, using chicken wire and glass jars.

Loving the natural style and relaxed arrangements!

Please get in touch if you are interested in this class 🌷

https://bloombloom.co.uk/courses

Another bit of lovely news is getting a 2nd for my ‘Green Fingers’ design and then finding out is also got ‘Most Innovative’ design.

Completely chuffed x

It’s been an arch day today!! Firstly setting up an arch for a wedding, filled with Spring colours.

Followed by teaching an arch making lesson! This one is made very differently from the morning one. It’s all about the mechanics! Get them right and the arch making is definitely easier.

They are one of my favourite things to make! So it’s been a fabulous day with lovely company and filled with flowers, what more could you want.

Please get in touch if you would like to learn how to make these beauties x

The Introduction to Floristry evening class running over 5 weeks starts on Thursday 23rd May!

It's a great class for those who love flowers and want to learn some new techniques & skills. Each week we will cover a new design which you will make and take home to enjoy.

Each session will be approx 2.5 hours (6:30pm - 9pm) and the price includes all materials, course notes, equipment, tea, coffee & cake. Also includes a complimentary pair of floristry scissors.

Just 10 minutes from the centre of Exeter.

Full details on:
https://bloombloom.co.uk/courses

New to the schedule - some willow weaving classes!

Willow is such a wonderful material to use! So tactile, warm and you can create the most amazing shapes.

So I’m running three different classes:
- Pair of bird feeders
- Garden obelisk
- Garden plant cloche

All perfect classes for beginners or those with a little experience. If you’ve never worked with willow, come along and see how magical it is to use!

All info and dates on the website:
https://bloombloom.co.uk/courses

Hope to see you there.

Lots of lovely new courses added to the schedule!

Flower Therapy - a wonderful morning with flowers and friends.

Church Flowers - learn how to make foam free church flowers.

Willow Weaving - new to the schedule, come along & learn how to make a willow obelisk, bird feeders or a plant cloche.

Have a browse and see if there is a class you would like to come along to.

Be wonderful to see you at a class!

Any questions about the classes please just send me a message. Katrina x

Wow, how did 5 weeks go so quickly! Last week of the 5 week Introduction to Floristry course.

Making big blowsy hand tied bouquets!! They all looked amazing and they are not the easiest of things to make. I'm slightly cruel too as everyone makes a bouquet and then I get them to undo it all and make the bouquet again! Nothing beats practice and more practice.

I have loved our Thursday mornings together and look forward to the next 5 week course starting on Thursday 23rd May.

https://bloombloom.co.uk/courses

Here we are at week 4 already. Only one week left on the Introduction to Floristry class.

So a busy morning making these fabulous arrangements! Firstly creating a copper mesh & straw pillow to create a wave shape. Then adding some gorgeous flowers - clematis, ranunculus, baby germini, craspedia, chasmanthium, umbrella fern along with lily grass & bear grass. All of the flowers placed in the design to follow the flow of the wave.

Have to say they look super amazing!!

Last week next Thursday, can't believe how quickly the weeks have gone.

The next 5 week class will start on the 23rd May if you are keen to learn more about floristry and try making 5 different designs.

https://bloombloom.co.uk/courses

It was a brilliant morning making these horizontal designs on Week 3 of the Introduction to Floristry course.

They are real statement pieces and well done to everyone!

Always have to make sure they will fit in their cars when we are making them!!

Looking forward already to Week 4.

If you would like to learn some new floristry skills, the next 5 week course starts on Thursday 23rd May.

https://bloombloom.co.uk/courses

Final two places available for the 'Easter Wreath' class on Saturday 23rd March.

Great design to learn how to make using moss, Spring flowers and bulbs. Along with a few eggs if you fancy!

Perfect to hang on your door for Easter 🐣

£48 with all materials & refreshments included.

bloombloom.co.uk/courses - to view & book

Hope to see you there x

Here we are with Week 2 of the 5 Week Intro to Floristry course and gorgeous Meadow Box designs!

All fabulous, light, airy and plenty of room for the butterflies 🦋

Well done to everyone, they look amazing!

https://bloombloom.co.uk/courses

Looking for a last minute idea for a Mother’s Day gift?

How about a floristry class that your Mum can enjoy? Or treat her to a Gift Voucher and she can choose which class she would like to do.

Such a lovely idea for a present!

https://bloombloom.co.uk/courses

Week 1 of the 5 week Introduction to Floristry course started again with fabulous posy bowl arrangements!

They are all different which I love, we are all different after all.

Looking forward to Thursday for week 2.

How is it March already!

The next 5 week course will start on Thursday 23rd May if you would like to come along and have great fun with flowers 🌷

https://bloombloom.co.uk/courses

Look at these smiling faces from Thursdays Wedding Flowers workshop!

A whole day just focused on wedding flowers and all that it entails. Lots of discussions about costings, quoting, consultations, buying, planning & logistics.

Fabulous bridal bouquets, buttonholes & corsages, jars of flowers and beautiful wedding urns made throughout the day.

I had a great day and enjoyed seeing everything being made and everyone happy to take on wedding work! What an exciting prospect.

Please get in touch if you would like to be notified when this class is next scheduled.

https://bloombloom.co.uk/courses

A last minute place has become available for the ‘Flowers for your Home’ class next Friday 1st March!

Always wanted to know what to do with the flowers that you buy? You’ll learn how to make a gorgeous hand tied bouquet, perfect for your home.

10am-12:30pm Friday 1st March
£68 with all materials, a glass vase to take home & refreshments all included.

Just 10 minutes from the centre of Exeter.

To view & book your place:
https://bloombloom.co.uk/courses

It definitely feels like Spring is on its way!

We’re back from our travels and it’s wonderful to see the daffs are coming out and there are buds on the trees. It won’t be long now…

There are still a few places on some of the Spring Floristry Classes. Come along and learn new skills, meet new people and have coffee & cake! A perfect way to spend a morning.

Please get in touch if you would like to have a chat about any of the classes.

To view & book:
https://bloombloom.co.uk/courses

Well here we are at the end of our six week adventure! Sitting at the airport waiting for the flight for the first part of our journey home.

It truly has been the trip of a lifetime. North Island New Zealand has been magical and again too many pics to choose just a few to show you.

With the hugest of thanks to Rachel Lodestone Travel for organising our trip for us!! Definitely have a chat with her if your are organising an overseas trip.

Think it’s going to be a shock coming home when we’ve spent the last six weeks in shorts & summer yoga! Hopefully Spring is not too far away.

Hope you enjoy seeing some of the amazing sights from our travels xx

Final place available on the next Floristry Taster Session.

A great class to come along and learn how to make two designs to take home and enjoy.

Saturday 24th February 9:30am - 1pm

£68 with all materials & refreshments included and just 10 minutes from the centre of Exeter.

It’s a perfect class for beginners!

Love contemporary floristry?! Would you like to learn how to make creative modern designs?

Come along to the 5 week Introduction to Contemporary Floristry course. 5 evening sessions where you’ll make a new design each week to take home. You’ll learn new skills and techniques and will make floral structures that you can use again and again.

6:30pm - 9pm starting on Wednesday 28th February and running for 5 weeks.

Everything is included, you just need to bring tons of enthusiasm!! Just 15 mins from the centre of Exeter.

Please get in touch if you would like to have a chat about the class. Looking forward to meeting new flower lovers!

To view and book:
https://bloombloom.co.uk/courses

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and all the very best for an amazing 2024!

It’s been a brilliant year and can’t believe how quickly it’s flown by.

Mr H and I are off on a trip to New Zealand soon so I’ll only be picking up emails while we’re away. Will likely share some pics of our travels!

Have a fabulous festive season and see you in 2024 x

Final wreath making class of the Christmas season!

Absolutely gorgeous Contemporary wreaths made by everyone. Again, every single one of them was different.

Everyone gets to create a wreath that they love and make it their own. I don’t like being too prescriptive in my classes, we’re all individuals after all!!

A great morning with lots of laughter and chatter. I have loved all of the wreath classes. Garland class to tomorrow and I’d put money on them all ending up unique too!

https://bloombloom.co.uk/courses

Do you need a pressie idea for Santa this Christmas?

How about a gift voucher for floristry lessons? It’s a perfect gift for you or someone you love.

Gift vouchers available for the Devon Flower School based near Exeter. Plenty of courses to choose from all year round.

https://bloombloom.co.uk/courses