Back to school

My sunny little friends

I am officially a student again, with a pencil case & everything!

Last night was my first in 28 weeks of floral design school. I have a feeling it is going to be a steep learning curve, there’s text books, homework, prac work, assignments…in short a lot of non fun stuff, but I’m pretty sure it is going to be worth it in the end. There’s only 2 students in my class (including me!) so getting the most out of each lesson is going to be quite easy I expect.

Some light reading

Last night we covered preparation of flowers including stripping foliage, additives for water, refrigeration ect & some basic workplace health & safety stuff. We also learned how to wire flowers, we did a couple of gerberas & took them home! I was so exited taking flowers home now I know what to put in the water & that I have to cut them on an angle..OK so I already knew that bit, but it felt so much more important! I also learned that having nice nails is a thing of the past as they’re going to end up covered in hot glue, wire puncture marks & dirt…glamorous I know.

I now have some sunny little friends in my living area brightening up my life.

Those little kinks are called elbows..it gives the flowers room to grow, yes these ones still grow after being cut!

Oops! her little wire is poking out!