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NYBG Floral Design Summer Intensive Program

Summer Intensive Overview In just five weeks, students in the Summer Intensive complete all classroom credits toward a NYBG Floral Design Certificate, leaving only their internship and portfolio submission to complete for certification. Working closely with floral design professionals, participants create dozens of arrangements in diverse styles for all occasions. This concentrated program focuses on […]

How to Combat Jealousy by Alison Ellis

Jealous. Ouch. Just the sound of that word is so negative. “Oh, she’s just jealous…” is a thing we say when someone is being awful, rude or uncaring. Whether it’s a friend, family member, colleague or “competitor” the feeling can eat away at you (and your confidence). It’s easy to be jealousy of others, but […]

Fleur Friday – A Garden Rose Week Recap

Hello Flower Friends! Well, I sure hope you all enjoyed the David Austin Rose week on Flirty Fleurs! Here’s a recap of what was featured – Monday – A Rose Study of David Austins – including vase life & information on how they open up Tuesday – Photographs of the David Austin Workshop which I […]

Care & Handling of Garden Roses

Hello Flower Friends, Today I’m sharing a video from Leanne Kesler of the Floral Design Institute with all of you! This video is packed full of information on how to best care for garden roses, check it out –

Wedding Wednesday :: David Austin Garden Roses

Today’s wedding wednesday inspiration focuses on bouquets and arrangements with David Austin Roses. Not all roses seen in these designs are David Austin, but each design has at least one of the 12 varieties.

Flirty Fleurs Workshop + David Austin Garden Roses

A Flirty Fleurs Floral Design Class where David Austin Garden Roses are the featured flower – the room is filled with the heavenly scent of these beauties, the designers attending the workshop are excited to work with these gorgeous blooms. Oh my, we had so many roses to play with and the designers could use […]