Historically Inspired Floral Design

Sustainable Designs to Enhance your Living Space and Wellbeing

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Key Details:

• Four Week Course

• One, 1.5 to 2.0 hour session per week

• Live online teaching with Zoom conferencing

• This is taught via Zoom. It is fun, interactive, informative, and offers opportunities for us to think about creative solutions to healing the environment and promote personal wellbeing. I teach in English. The only requirement is that you have access to a computer/tablet or phone with video and microphone/speaker. We meet ‘in-person’ from the comfort of your own home. No prior knowledge of the subjects is required. I will provide information about all materials needed. 

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COURSE STRUCTURE:

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Week One: Introduction 

Basic introduction. We discuss modern floral design and environmentally sound practices in comparison to ancient Roman attitudes towards nature and flowers.

We will make a basic hand-tied bouquet using herbs, greenery, and seasonal flowers based on materials found in Roman gardens.

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Week Two: Greco-Roman Flowers 

We explore how the Romans sourced and grew their flowers. We consider floral growing practices and foraging today as a way towards sustainable floral design.

We make a vine based wreath using seasonal flowers, greenery, and herbs.  

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Week Three: Flower crowns and garlands

We consider how the Greeks and Romans made their flower crowns and garlands. 

We make our own crowns and garlands based on seasonal and local designs.

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Week Four: Creating modern floral designs from Greco-Roman images

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We look at images of flowers from Greco-Roman mosaics, frescoes, and sculptures and explore how these works of art can influence modern designs. 

We make our own designs inspired by the images.

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Week Five (bonus week): Virtual Exhibition

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         This session is for anyone who wishes to display some of their floral designs and consider further topics covered in the class. 

Cost

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        This course costs $150 US dollars. It includes live-teaching with hand's-on advice, lists of materials, a private Facebook page for discussion,                  and links to useful literature and websites.

Please see the Booking Page for Information.

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