Why Study a Floristry Course?

If you’re interested in working in the floristry business, it can be tempting to think that watching YouTube videos and working with the flowers locally available can result in a professional floristry career – but there’s a lot more to it.

The floristry industry is incredibly competitive, mainly due to the high number of floristry businesses out there. Along with small local businesses and flower shops, there are larger companies that specialise in large-scale floral displays, floristry workshop stores where people can make their own floral arrangements, and floristry design companies that work with artificial flowers for long-term displays.

Studying floristry, whether as a full-time course or one of many part-time courses, will help you understand many really important elements of being a floral designer or florist. Learning the difference between different kinds of flowers, like cut flowers vs wild, as well as which are likely to provoke allergies etc. is often something that you can do more effectively in class rather than online.

But choosing to study floristry means you can improve more than just your flower-arrangement skills. Depending on what level of floristry course you do you’ll also learn a variety of practical skills that will help you with business management or social media and presentation skills.

Floristry courses are available in a number of different levels in higher education. Depending on the college you go to and what you’re looking to get out of the course, you may be interested in anything from a basic short course up to a higher diploma in floristry at Level 4 or 5. The higher level the course, the more you’ll learn. Below you can see what studying at each level involves.

There are also a variety of short courses that may allow you to choose a specialty, for example, exclusively doing flowers for a wedding. Course fees vary, so make sure to check out pricing on individual course pages or by contacting the course provider directly.

Not all of the information you need to be a successful florist is available online and being able to practise and get advice from senior florists can only be gained through a course. Plus, many of the skills you’ll learn are crucial to running a successful business and need to be applied in very specific ways. Floristry courses can teach you a variety of skills and give you the experience you need to be successful in the industry and will also help give clients confidence in your skills and abilities.

Also, with all of the business skills you learn, you’ll save money on hiring marketing or other professionals until you get to the financial position where it’s more cost-effective to do so.