Sustainable Floristry with Leena Martens
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| 27 Mar 2025 - 10 Apr 2025 | 09:30 am – 01:30 pm | Classroom |
Introduction:
Join our class on creating beautiful floral arrangements with a focus on environmental sustainability. Emphasising seasonal Australian-grown flowers, you will learn to celebrate the beauty and imperfections that nature offers. Discover techniques for arranging flowers using alternative containers and mechanics that promote sustainability.
This course covers strategies to avoid, reduce, reuse, and recycle in floristry. You will explore the impact of floral foam and learn about alternatives to reduce reliance. Through discussions and practical exercises, you will create floral designs with an earth-conscious focus, incorporating hand-tied and base medium techniques.
Embrace the art of floristry with an eco-friendly approach in this inspiring and practical course.
What you will learn:
- Arranging seasonal flowers – exploring foam free mechanics
- Earth conscious floral head piece
- Spring vase design
Areas of Study
To enhance your learning outcomes, this course includes nationally accredited training units of competency that have been carefully designed and contextualised specifically for the floristry industry.
These units will provide you with valuable knowledge and practical skills, helping you build a strong foundation in floristry and confidently explore your creative potential.
Units of competency include:- FSKRDG005 Read and respond to simple and familiar workplace procedures
- FSKWTG005 Write simple workplace formatted texts
Course completion
Following successful completion of this course, you will be awarded with a Statement of Attainment for these units of competency.
*Completed floral arrangements will be available to purchase at the conclusion of each class for between $20 - $40, based on current market cost at the time of purchasing
Entry Requirements
There are no formal entry requirements for this course, however, students must not have previously completed either of the units of competency listed.
Students are permitted to enrol in only one funded course at a time. Additionally, each funded course can be undertaken only once.
Students are required to be 15 years old and above at the time of enrolment.
Course Duration and Delivery
- This 4 day course is delivered over 4 weeks
- Face-to-face learning is delivered at our Mullumbimby Campus: 9:30am - 2:30pm
- Assessments are conducted in a supervised (on-campus) format
Course Fees
To be eligible for ACE funding, you must:
- Be an Australian citizen, permanent resident or humanitarian visa holder, or a New Zealand citizen; and
- Live or work in New South Wales; and
- Be aged 15 years or older; and
- No longer be at school or equivalent; and
- Provide the College with your USI at the time of enrolment (admin staff can assist you in obtaining a USI)
- Have not previously completed the units of competency listed.
For more information on ACE eligibility criteria, click here or call our office on 02 6684 3374.
*Please be aware that participation in fee-free courses will not be possible if assessments from previous fee-free courses are outstanding.
- Pen and paper
- Own lunch and refreshments
- Closed in shoes
Important information
Once your enrolment is completed you will receive a confirmation email. This email will include your receipt and inform you of the dates, times and venue for your course. It will also let you know of anything you need to take to class with you.Please make sure that you give us a valid email address and mobile number as any course changes will be communicated via sms or email.
We keep our class sizes small so that you get a better experience. Avoid disappointment, enrol early!
Student Policies and Procedures
USI
You must provide BRCC with your USI at enrolment. If you don’t already have one, you (or your parent or guardian) can apply for one at http://usi.gov.au/create-your-USI/Pages/default.aspx. You will need to have one form of identification and a valid email address to create your USI.
Alternatively, college staff can assist you to create your USI. We will need to collect your identification and personal information to complete this. You will also need to complete a consent form for us to do this.
Storage, disclosure, use and security of the USI will adhere to the rules relating to the USI: https://www.usi.gov.au/about-us/privacy.
Tutor Profile:
Inspired by a love of flowers, Leena began her Floristry career in 1997.
With over 20 years’ experience in the industry creating floral designs for weddings, events and corporate clients, Leena followed her passion for training by teaching Floristry at Technical Colleges in Sydney for over seven years. Following her relocation to the Tweed Coast, Leena has embarked on a new chapter in her career with the opening of her own freelance business that specializes in Floral workshops for the novice as well as those who just love to work with flowers.
Leena is excited to bring her knowledge and passion for Floristry to Byron Community College.
