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FLORAL DESIGN PROGRAM PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FOR FLORAL CAREERS TABLE OF CONTENTS EMxeAcuItNive TDiOrecPtoIrC NoSte Program Overview Enrollment Tuition Six Week Breakdown Affiliate Flower Shops & Studios Highlighted Alumni Teaching Staff Why Flowerschool? WELCOME T0 FLOWERSCHOOL! It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the exciting world of floral design! Our industry offers many opportunities whether you are interested in becoming a designer, business owner or freelance florist, or interested in retail, event work or hospitality. FlowerSchool had developed the best program to teach students the skills and high-end design styles to prepare our students for success for all careers. Taking the Floral Design Program is the first step toward a new future and can help you accomplish your dreams. - Calvert Crary, Executive Director FIVE YEARS OF THE FLORAL DESIGN PR OGRAM: 2014 - 2018 288 104 15 Total Graduates Graduates working Representing countries, including: New Zealand, in the floral design Lithuania, Russia, industry or related Argentina, Australia, field Chile, Peru and more! GRADUATION STATS FLORAL DESIGN PROGRAM WORKING IN THE FLORAL GRADUATES DESIGN INDUSTRY Of the total number of program Of those working in the industry, there graduates, 36% (104 students) are either are many different types of jobs employed in the floral design industry graduates can persue. or related field. "I'd been to several floral schools and I was really looking for the next step. I knew FSNY would really up my floral game - and it did! After attending FSNY it was so much easier to work in the industry. My resume looked awesome and I had the necessary skills to dive into my job. I did so well that they asked me back! The instructors & staff were wonderful and the flowers we worked with were gorgeous, fresh, and different. I liked how my work was actually critiqued. We spent enough time on each lesson so I really understood how to do certain techniques. I just loved it!" - Avery Russell, Fall II '16 Graduate FLORAL DESIGN PROGRAM OVERVIEW Build a successful career in floral design with the New York State Education Department certified Floral Design Program. This six-week program teaches the best practices of the floral design industry from top florists in the nation. At the culmination of the program students will have the foundation skills, techniques and design aptitude to work in or open their own professional flower shop or design studio. The Floral Design Program is built upon hands-on learning where each student has the opportunity to create designs in all floristry fields including retail, wedding, sympathy and corporate. IT IS OUR GOAL THAT EVERY STUDENT LEARNS THE BEST PRACTICES THEIR SKILLS TECHNIQUES, SKILLS AND AND DESIGN KNOW-HOW VARIETY OF HIGH END IN REAL LIFE SHOPS OR DESIGN STYLES FROM STUDIOS DURING THE CLASSIC TO CONTEMPORARY INTERNSHIP PORTION OF THE PROGRAM UNDERSTANDS THE EXPLORES THEIR OWN BUSINESS OF THE FLORAL VISION AND PERSONAL INDUSTRY THROUGH OUR DESIGN STYLE SIMULATION AND ADVANCED LEVEL COURSES ENROLLMENT The Floral Design Program is offered five times a year. FlowerSchool New York accepts a rolling enrollment; first come, first served until the program reaches capacity. Download the 2019 Download the 2019 Submit $600 Enrollment Form Catalog Down Payment ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS 18 Years of Age High School Degree or Equivelant Students are advised to register as soon as possible to ensure their place in the Floral Design Program. Registrations are processed upon receipt and a letter of confirmation is e-mailed by the Registration Office. TUITION Floral Design Program requires a total of 132 hours, which includes class time and internship hours. The total cost for the program is $7,850. A $600 Down Payment ($500 Registration Fee and $100 deposit ) is due to enroll. This payment will go toward the total cost of the program METHODS OF PAYMENT FOR FULL TUITION Pay 50% balance by start of session Make Weekly Request Custom Pay total in full via and remaining Payments of Payment Plan -- check or balance due by $1,158.30 during Click Here to Credit Card 4th week of weeks 1 - 6 Download session TUITION TUITION REFUND & CANCELLATION POLICY A student who cancels within 7 days of signing the enrollment agreement, but before instruction begins receives all monies returned with the exception of the nonrefundable $500 registration fee. Thereafter, a student will be liable for: The non-refundable registration fee plus The cost of any textbooks, supplies accepted plus Tuition liability as of the student’s last date of physical attendance. Tuition liability is determined by the percentage of the program offered to the student. IF TERMINATION OCCURS, THE SCHOOL MAY KEEP: Pay 50% balance by Make Weekly start of session and Payments of remaining balance $1,158.30 during due by 4th week of weeks 1 - 6 session "I really knew nothing about the techniques of arranging flowers or how to condition them - I went home everyday thinking WOW is it possible to learn SO much! You guys have no idea how much my time at FlowerSchool meant to me, it literally gave me wings to pursue my dream to be a wedding florist." Ilse Louw, Winter '16 Graduate Floral Design Program: Six Week Breakdown WEEKS 1 & 2: WEEKS 3 & 4: WEEKS 5 & 6: FOUNDATIONS SIMULATION WORKSHOPS INTERNSHIP INTRO SERIES FLORAL PHOTO & CONTENT MARKETING 50 HOUR REQUIREMENT INTERMEDIATE SERIES WEDDING DESIGN SERIES CONDITIONING LAB SYMPATHY WORKSHOP ADVANCED DESIGN SERIES FLOWER SHOP SERIES ADVANCED WEDDING SERIES The next block of classes focus The last two weeks are The first two weeks are on the larger concepts of floral dedicated to hands-on learning committed to learning the best design including contracts, with one of our affiliate flower practices, fundamental skills client relationships, marketing, shops or studios. FlowerSchool and design styles in classes #1 - finances and more. These partners with the best in the #18. These classes will give you classes will give you the industry to give students the the technical know-how to professional skills to work in the opportunity to practice their become a florist. floral industry. skills. Courses: Foundations (Week One) best practices, fundamental skills and design styles in classes #1 - #18 INTRODUCTORY SERIES (9 HRS) INTERMEDIATE SERIES (15 HRS) In this series, students learn how to correctly After learning the basic floristry techniques handle and care for flowers, how to use a in the Introductory Series, the Intermediate floral knife and clippers, and the conditioning Series will introduce the next level of floral of flowers for optimal vase-life longevity. design skills and techniques including This series teaches simple, high-end designs purchasing flowers and building recipes. that highlight the flowers’ most beautiful and unique characteristics. Courses: Foundations (Week Two) best practices, fundamental skills and design styles in classes #1 - #18 CONDITIONING LAB ADVANCED DESIGN SERIES ADVANCED WEDDING (4 HRS) (9 HRS) SERIES (16 HRS) The Conditioning Lab is a simulated Students will learn four advanced The Advanced Wedding Series design studio experience where level techniques and how to focuses on refined skills for the students spend the entire day differentiate between various design wedding market including five conditioning flowers for upcoming styles including organic, classic and wedding-specific design skills: projects. Students will learn the best modern. Each student will also be boutonnieres, head wreaths, a workflow to process flowers including responsible for creating a concept cascading bridal bouquet, large how to check-in materials, prepping and design, picking their own color scale designs for ceremony decor; containers and conditioning different palette and selecting their own elevated centerpiece designs for varieties of flowers. flowers to best fit their concept. the reception and the decoration of a Chuppah and flowering arch. Courses: Simulation Workshops (Week Three) larger concepts of floral design industry FLORAL PHOTOGRAPHY & WEDDING DESIGN SERIES CONTENT MARKETING (5 HRS) (15 HRS) This workshop will teach how cameras work Students learn the full process of creating and how to get professional results using the overall floral design for a wedding basic photography principals such as depth including storyboards, consultations, creating of field, shutter speed, ISO and color proposals, how to purchase floral products balance. Following the photography portion and finally, creating the mock-execution of of the class, students will discuss the best the event’s designs. Each student is required methods to reach an audience and how to to develop their own wedding floral designs build a brand via content marketing tactics. based on specific client requests and finishes with a mockup table decor and presentation. Courses: Simulation Workshops (Week Four) larger concepts of floral design industry SYMPATHY WORKSHOP (4 HRS) FLOWER SHOP SERIES (9 HRS) Students will work through the stages of This two-day series will take students through planning a funeral using flowers as the the workflow of running and owning a flower medium to comfort the bereaved. Reviewing shop in a simulated environment. Our funeral traditions and treatments from production management program focuses on around the world, this class will focus on the skills for working in a flower shop, wrapping meaning of sympathy flowers in a non- orders beautifully for delivery, managing clichéd approach. Students will learn how to workflows and having an authentic flower decorate a funeral wreath and casket spray shop design experience. using seasonal flowers. Courses: Internship (Weeks Five & Six) practicing skills in a real world flower shop or studio FlowerSchool provides our students with real world experiences and opportunities in the floral field. The Floral Design Program requires a 50-hour internship experience at one of our affiliate flower shops or studios. These experiences have the potential to grow into longer opportunities outside the school ranging from weekends, to one month and full year positions.