FLORAL BOOT CAMP 
- one week Certificate Programme
FLORAL BOOT CAMP 
 One-Week Certificate Programme 
$1995 investment
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Includes instruction, all materials, florist kit & daily catered lunch 
10:00am to 4:00pm - arrive at 9:45 am for coffee and refreshments 
Limited to 10 students
Ever thought of a career change? 
 Already in the biz & want to brush up on your  Floral Fashion Skills? 
or just simply a Flower Enthusiast ? 
Here is your chance to work with one of the country's top Floral Designers! 

 This is a one-week intensive Floral Training from 
August 8 to August 12. Classes are 10:00 to 4:00 
at our Stone Cottage Studio in Cambridge. 
Arrive at 9:30 for coffee and refreshments. 
 (Saturday start time is 8:00 am)
If this date does not work for you - we are offering it again in the fall !
After a morning welcome coffee session, Elaine will review 
with students the Design Notes for - let's call it a "Faux Wedding" 
for various venues including Langdon Hall, 
Hacienda Sarria, Honsberger Estate Winery and Cambridge Mill. 
Students will learn the art of planning 
- both to the tastes of the Bride and also the Venue !
Some of the skills students will be learning include:
Bridal Bouquets, Floral Crowns, Boutonnieres, Corsages, Garlands, Structured Centrepieces in floral foam, Hand-tied Floral arrangements as centrepieces, large scale floral decoratives suitable for an event/wedding....
 
Floral swags for aisle/chair decor, Grand Floral Swags for Archways, 
Grand Floral Decoratives to be set on a pillar,
 
NEW this year: grand-scale floral decoratives for Obelisks.
 
The Fashion in flowers, current styles and techniques will be emphasized.
 
Some of these activities will be done individually and some as a Floral Team.
Every day you will take flowers home!
Faux Weddings Themes: 

 Tuesday: Downton Abbey - with an Ivory, Blush & Foliage palette 
- for a Grand Garden Style, designed for a Langdon Hall Wedding
Wednesday: Twig. Feather, Nest - you'll be foraging around our beautiful property, with a Honsberger Estate wedding in mind 
Thursday: SanFrancisco Sunset - featuring a bold colour statement of Red, Coral, Wine, for a Hacienda Sarria wedding. On this day we serve up Happy Hour at the end of class - say 4:30 / 5:00 ish - and you are welcome to invite friends so that they can see what you've been up to this week!

Friday we will be designing a REAL wedding! What better training than that?

Saturday we will complete a REAL Wedding and head 
over to the venue for installation and staging.

BONUS ! Each student will receive their own Florists Kit - with tools and mechanics - including our treasured Joyce Chen Pruning Scissors 

A bit about us:

From The Potting Shed's owner, Elaine Martin, started her career 
in the fashion industry as a fashion buyer and vice-president 
of a  leading Canadian fashion retailer.

Her organic soft approach can be attributed to growing up in a 
large rural garden in Southern Ontario. As well, much of her floral influence comes  from time spent in Provence, France. 

For several seasons Elaine co-produced and hosted Canada's first Home & Garden television show, which appeared eight times per week on Life Network - what is now HGTV.

Elaine has been a writer and has been featured in many magazines 
in both Canada and the USA.

From the Potting Shed is the in-house florist for Langdon Hall and has been named in the Best List by Wedding Bells Magazine. In fact From the Potting Shed's work is on the front cover of the current issue of Wedding Bells.
Oh and ! Did we mention the food ! Our Chef Cleve 
- wait 'til you sample his lunches ! You'll want to adopt him !
Class size limited to 10 studentsSee photographs from past Floral Boot Camps here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1083323591715632/ 

Interested? Connect with Elaine directly & you can ask her about payment plans: elaine@fromthepottingshed.com
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