Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
GETTING STARTED

LEVEL 1
Candle magic
Modern simplicity
Linking the line
Round and wound
Pretty pail
Crisscross callas
Floral cupcakes
Orchid rock pool
On the beach
Little pots
Vintage vase

LEVEL 2
Floating grasses
Hazel twists
Country basket
By the sea
Sunny meadow
Fields of gold
Flower sushi
Hazy days
Pretty in pink
Flowers in a teacup
Lighting the way
Orchid heart

LEVEL 3
Ring of roses
Summer bouquet
Along the fence
Square within a square
Calla romanesque
Hearts and flowers
Horizontal blaze
Festive ring
Eye-catching elegance
Myrtle hedgerow
On the champagne trail
Woodland tranquility
Wild twigs

TECHNIQUES
Equipment
Selecting containers
Soaking floral foam
Wrapping foam in cellophane
Preparing flowers and foliage
Making hay containers
Working with artificial flowers
Spiralling stems
Maintaining designs
Disposing with a design

USEFUL CONTACTS AND SUPPLIERS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
INDEX

About the Author

Julie Collins and Tina Parkes are Master Florists who run the Academy of Floral Art, a unique school offering both professional and recreational floristry courses and workshops in London, Bristol and Exeter. They have trained 14 new Master Florists (the top British qualification in floristry) in the last two years, representing 40% of the UK's total number of Master Florists. A quarter of the floristry entries to Chelsea in 2012 were former Academy students and all six won medals.