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 WELCOME
Welcome to
the art of floral designing. There are
many opportunities in the floral
industry. An exciting career as a floral
designer, shop owner or as a free lance
designer and our school introduces and
prepares you in this field.
ENTRANCE
REQUIREMENTS
Anyone
possessing normal manual dexterity and an
eye for beauty and design may be trained.
There are no specific academic
requirements.
Graduating
from the school provides the opportunity
for employment in a flower shop or
ownership of your own business. There is a
growing demand for people qualified to
work in many facets of the floral
industry. The rewards for learning floral
design are immeasurable to the individual
having the desire to create for sheer
self-enjoyment.
ABOUT
THE INSTRUCTOR
Director
and Instructor Jim Cahill has been the
Director of New England School of Floral
Design for over fifteen years. A skilled
floral designer and instructor, he is
admired for his talent and creativity. With a
background of over twenty years in the
floral industry, Jim has lectured and
demonstrated on many occasions to
different groups, managed florist shops,
designed television set decorations,
consulted many flower shop owners and has
designed for many functions at major
hotels.
Jim enjoys
sharing his vast experience and talents
with his students so they may also have
the opportunities to express their talent
in this rewarding field.
COURSE
DESCRIPTIONS
Our courses
will give you the hands on workshop
experience needed to work in a florist
shop. Designing floral arrangements of all
styles, traditional, contemporary and
novelty, studying basic principles of
design, balance, proportion, depth,
dimension, focal point, rhythm, etc.
We will
also teach you proper wiring and taping
methods for designing corsages,
hairpieces, boutonnieres, etc.
You will
also learn how to consult with the bride,
studying tradition, as well as new style in
today’s weddings. You will learn to
design a complete wedding.
You will
also learn techniques to design proper
sympathy tributes. In addition you will
study the functions of the wire services,
F.T.D., Teleforal, etc. Flower
identification, flower conditioning
methods, pricing, profit markups and
designing certain priced arrangement
controlling amount of product used. A
skilled designer is essential in today’s
flower shop to control profit.
Class sizes
are limited to assure personal attention
to every student (average ten students per
class).
A trip to a
wholesale house is also part of the
curriculum, learning how the product is
purchased.
DAY COURSE
Our day
program is a professional basic floral
training course studying design and shop
management. Students are furnished all
flowers, supplies and accessories as well
as the use of our tools. This is a six
week course held on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The
complete course is a total of 108 hours. A
Registration Fee is required with the
registration enrollment application, which
is credited towards the total tuition
cost. Registration and total tuition fee
on enclosed application.
EVENING
COURSE
Our evening
course is also a basic floral training
course concentrating in design and profit.
Students are furnished all flowers,
supplies and accessories as well as the
use of our tools. It is held two evenings
per week from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Complete course is a total of 52 hours. A
Registration Fee is required with the
registration enrollment application, which
is credited towards the total intuition
cost. Registration and total tuition fee
on enclosed application.
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