June has arrived. British flowers are in their element showing off in all their glory and I absolutely love it!! To say things have been busy here would be an understatement. At long last my dreams have turned into a reality and I am moving the school into a new permanent premises. This of course is incredibly exciting but a tad daunting. It was used as a gym so I busy transforming the space, waiting to open the doors once again to more flower lovers.
My vision is to create a floral haven. Where people can come and be transported into a creative and beautiful place. That’s the hope anyway!
This month we have also launched our subscription service The Art of Floral Designing. This has also been something that I have been longing to do. I feel like you can never stop learning. Learning new techniques, getting inspired, pushing yourself out of your comfort zone. This is what The Art of Floral Designing is all about. I want all flower lovers to be able to share in my love for this industry. I hope by sharing tutorials, interviews and general advice it will give everyone on going inspiration and education.
This month I really excited to launch our first non floristry based class; block printing. During lockdown the only thing that I was able to do besides looking after my children was to block print. I found it so relaxing and mindful, so I am delighted to share this craft with my students. As part of the day students will begin by pressing flowers, then we will look at block printing. Using traditional Indian wooden blocks, students will get to create beautiful images using an array colour palates. While the art work is drying, guests can enjoy a glass of fizz before framing their pressed flowers and then framing their artwork.
We still have a couple of places left on our block printing class so why not come and join us.
I am looking forward to sharing with you all images of the flowers school which is only twenty minutes from Brighton and forty minutes from London.
Alicia xx