Evenings in Bloom: An Introduction to Floristry (February 2026)

Step into the Orangery at Llandough Castle for our four-week mini night school series: Evenings in Bloom

We will be teaching a range of skills and practical, hands-on lessons to give you plenty of confidence when it comes to creating magic with flowers. Tea, coffee and biscuits provided, along with tools and sundries. We will also be sharing with you a wonderful branded tote bag at your first session, containing our hand-picked floristry starter kit - including a pair of professional Niwaki scissors (worth £42). Full price includes all 4 x sessions. Only 10 x places available.

Spring Term 2026 Dates:

Week 1: Wednesday 4th February 2026 - 6:00pm-9:00pm (*longer introduction session)

Week 2: Wednesday 11th February 2026 - 6:30pm-8:30pm

Week 3: Wednesday 18th February 2026 - 6:30pm-8:30pm

Week 4: Wednesday 25th February 2026 - 6:30pm-8:30pm

Location: All classes will be held in the Orangery at Llandough Castle, nr Cowdbridge (CF71 7LR). Please find our location using Google Maps, or by using What3Words.

Brief Course Outline:

Week One (Wednesday 4th February 2026 - 6:00pm-9:00pm): 

• Welcome chat and introduction
• Lesson: How we source our inspiration and ways you can too
• Lesson: Understanding flowers & foliage
• Lesson: A brief introduction to foraging and how you can incorporate this into your practice
• Lesson/Practical: The importance of conditioning flowers and how to do this correctly for longevity
• Practical: You will create a vase arrangement and smaller, complimenting bud vases (you will take home the vase arrangement)

Week Two ( Wednesday 11th February 2026 - 6:30pm-8:30pm):

• Lesson: The importance of sustainable floristry and how to incorporate this into your practice
• Lesson: Sustainable Floristry Mechanics and our tools - all key items we use from chicken wire and trumpets to frames and twine. What they look like, how they work and where to source them!
• Practical: creating compote bowls and centrepieces (you will take home your compote bowl)

Week Three (Wednesday 18th February 2026 - 6:30pm-8:30pm)

• Lesson: How to choose flowers for an arrangement - shape, texture, colour, longevity and seasonality
• Lesson: A florist’s guide to creating the perfect hand tied bouquet. From planning and preparing your stems, counting them based on price, to arranging them in a spiral and tying with string. You’ll also learn how we gift wrap our bouquets sustainably.
• Practical: You will create a hand tied piece from beginning to end and gift wrap it to take it home. A little piece of homework here would be untying and re-tying again when you get home to practice! Practice is key.

Week Four (Wednesday 25th February 2026 - 6:30pm-8:30pm)

• Lesson: Working to a brief and working in teams
• Practical: You will be given a brief and tasked with creating a large urn display in pairs, in our signature Wild & Fabulous style. (You will take home the flowers used).
• Photography session & farewell gift