Professional Floristry Programme - Module 2

This 4 week Online Course incorporates presentation hand ties, sympathy tributes & flower arranging

Kay's Flower School Professional Flower Course

A 4 week program where you can train and learn at your own pace

4 weeks full support in a private Bloom Room where we will answer your questions, provide you with support and give you more live tutorials.

You will have 90 days access to over 80 tutorials in both theory and practical and Kay's Flower School ongoing student support and advice for as long as you need it .

What are the course features?

Once you book your course placement, here are some of the features that will be delivered right to you:

  • Presentation Hand Tied Bouquets

  • Choosing and Conditioning Flowers for Hand Tied Bouquets

  • Perfecting the spiral for Hand-tied Bouquets

  • Creating a Naked Hand Tied Bouquet

  • Making an aqua pack for a hand-tied bouquet

  • Decorating & Wrapping Hand Tied Bouquets

  • Sustainable Bouquet Wrapping techniques

  • Eco wrapping bouquets of flowers

  • Using Porto Boxes for Hand Tied Bouquets

  • Left Handed Hand Tied Bouquets

  • Pricing and costing hand-tied bouquets

  • Dealing with the customer when they order hand tied bouquets

  • Transporting and Delivering Hand-tied Bouquets

  • Horizontal Spray Flower Arrangements

  • Coffin / Funeral Spray Arrangements

  • How to create extra long funeral sprays

  • How to transport funeral sprays

  • Dealing with the bereaved

  • Mock Hand Tied Arrangements

  • Funeral Cross Tribute

  • Based Hearts with Spray Arrangements

  • Gates of Heaven Funeral Designs

  • Selection of Eternal Circle Wreaths

  • Based Cushions with Initials

  • Pleating Ribbon for funeral work

  • Using foliage as an alternative to ribbon

  • Learning Bows for Floral Designs

  • Shop / Workshop/ Studio Layout - Workstation

  • Conditioning and Handling of Flowers & Foliage relative to flowers being used

  • Wholesalers and purchasing flowers wholesale

  • Buying flowers directly from Holland

  • Creating your own recipe book for your designs

  • Costing and Pricing Presentation Bouquets

  • Dealing with Customers and Taking Orders for Hand-tied Bouquets

  • Costing and Pricing Funeral Tributes

  • Stem-count for Funeral Tributes

  • Mechanic for Funeral Tributes

  • Floral Foam Bases - Care, Preparation and Storage

  • Foam Free Mechanics

  • Health & Safety in the workplace

  • Consultation Techniques for dealing with Bereaved & Undertakers

  • Buying wholesale and dealing with wholesalers

  • Networking for your Business

  • Marketing Yourself as a florist

  • Applying for a job in the flower industry

  • Developing and Online presence through Social Media

  • Creating an effective Business Plan

  • Live classes with industry experts in marketing/ social media etc

  • Live classes with wholesalers and industry suppliers

Course cost: €1250 (€1100 for those outside the island of Ireland)
payable in two instalments

Skillnet Funding is available for some of our upcoming Module 2 programs - get in touch for more information

Sympathy Floristry is the "Bread & Butter" of any flower shop and knowledge of all aspects of design is essential. Learn to offer an array of different funeral tributes that will make you stand out from the crowd.

We share the fundamentals, the techniques along with all the tips and tricks of the trade with you.

Our Module 2 Online Floristry Certificate Program is unique in that we will provide you with all your flowers and sundries in order to complete the designs required to become certified.

To become certified you will need to complete:

  • A Presentation Hand-tied Bouquet

  • An Eternal Circle Wreath

  • A Traditional Spray Arrangement

  • A Based Heart Wreath

  • Based Wreath With Horse Shoe Spray

Your will also have access to full step-by-step video tutorials on 

  • Mock Hand Tied arrangements

  • Based Cushions with Initials

  • Gates of Heaven Tributes

  • Funeral Crosses

  • Large Based Heart with Spray

  • Garden Style Wreaths

  • A selection of Hand Tied Bouquets

  • Single ended funeral sprays

Your tutor Janette O'Rourke is a renowned expert in the flower industry and is well known for her fun & vibrant personality.  Janette's unique training style will having you laughing and learning all at once.

Students enrolling on our Online Module 2 Flower Program will be required to completed Our Module 1 Beginners Floristry Training Certificate or similar.  We will require evidence of previous training for those who have not completed Module 1 with us.

Course cost: €1250, payable in two instalments

Course Cost: €1250 for students living on the island of Ireland (Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland) 

This fee is paid in 2 instalments.

You will receive:

  • All your flowers required to gain your certificate

  • 4 weeks Full Time Support (Monday to Friday 9.30 to 3.30pm)

  • 90 days Access to our Comprehensive Tutorials

  • Access to our Student Resource Section on our website for more free tutorials

  • Kay’s Flower School renowned backup and support for as long as you need it.

Cancellation Policy:

  • Booking Fees must be paid to secure you place on any of our programs. Booking Fees are non refundable, but with notice can be transferred to a different start date.

  • Change of start date must be notified a minimum of 14 days in advance in order to transfer your booking fee to another date.

  • If you need to drop out during the program, we can enrol you in a new program at a hugely discounted rate.

  • Should it be necessary for us to cancel a course or change the date of a course, Kay's Flower School will offer a full refund of the booking fee or a discount voucher off a future course. This is only eligible for those who have a place confirmed by booking fee.

  • Course fees must be paid in full 14 days prior to the start date of your program.

  • We are aware of how things can change for people all of a sudden and we do our absolute best to work with you when things happen