Compote styled arrangements beckon a loose, garden inspired design – and is definitely one of my favorite arrangements to create! If you’ve thought about joining me for a class, but have been held back as many of them are advanced designs well then THIS is the workshop you’ll want to jump in on – a great one to start with and get to explore the creative side of floral design. That being said – this class is open to all, including those of you with previous floral design experience who may just want to enjoy in a morning class working on your centerpiece designing skills.
The class will be held at the oh-so-inspiring Dahlia Barn in North Bend, Washington. The Dahlia Barn has been growing high quality, field grown dahlias in Washington State since 2002! They are known for this strong and healthy dahlia tubers. I have been growing many of their varieties for years and often share them on instagram and facebook.
Class will begin with a walk-around the display garden with the owners of Dahlia Barn, Aimee & Jerry, and they will share their passion for this beautiful flower. They will also have a presentation of all the dahlias they grown at their farms on display for attendees to enjoy and photograph. We will then move to the design room and I will begin my demostration on how to create a centerpiece with using chicken wire as our mechanic of choice. After my demonstration everyone will create a beautiful arrangement of their own to take home & enjoy!
I do provide a lot of hands-on instruction and am very happy to help each student personally while they create their centerpiece.
As for the flowers – we’ll have a beautiful selection of dahlia blooms grown by Dahlia Barn to play with along with accent foliages and flowers — all that other good summer stuff!
THE DETAILS
Date: Sunday, September 5, 2021
(Yes, it’s labor day weekend, but traffic should be light on a Sunday morning and a beautiful drive to North Bend)
Location: Dahlia Barn, 13110 446th Ave SE North Bend, WA 98045
Time: 10am to 12:30pm,
Feel free to spend more time at the Dahlia Barn and peruse the display gardens and dahlia display in more detail after the design workshop. They will be taking Tuber orders for next spring, too. Plus, Dahlia Barn will have even more bouquets available for purchase should you like to take even more flowers home!
Investment: $195 per person. Space is limited to 6 attendees.
REGISTER HERE
Questions? Email me, Alicia, at — info@flirtyfleurs.com
PS- We have all been fully vaccinated and would prefer anyone attending our event also be fully vaccinated.
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Photographs in this post are by Alicia Schwede.
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