Floristry

The programme aims to:

• Provide a high quality programme of study in Floristry Design with a professional and vocational focus, developing student skills, knowledge and understanding, and confidence to gain sustainable employment within the floristry industry.
• Produce students who can adapt to the skills requirements of the industry in the context of the rapid developments taking place in the field of commercial floristry, contemporary design and events.
• Produce independent-thinking individuals who can communicate confidently and effectively within a professional and commercial context. 
• Produce capable and well-rounded graduates with appropriate industry knowledge, professional and practical skills who will make a contribution to the labour force.
  
  

Year 1:

Appropriate instruction / demonstration, support and guidance is given to ensure that students gain a firm grounding in relevant practical skills across a range of skills, techniques and processes including all of the basic knowledge required for professional commercial practice and or personal enterprises. Further to this, it includes further study including wedding design work and an insight into contemporary designs working alongside of a client.

• Academic Skills Development - 20 credits 
• Commercial Floristry Techniques - 20 credits 
• Visual Communication - 20 credits
• Bridal Design Project - 20 credits 
• Floristry Practice - 20 credits 
• Contemporary Design Skills - 20 credits
  
  

Year 2:

Students will develop some independence and entrepreneurial skills, experimenting, exploring and refining these practical skills to enhance their own best practice and improve areas of weakness. Further to this, studies will include researching into floristry trends and specific European designers, floral compositions incorporating a range of other design disciplines and creating an individual business plan to meet the demands of the current economic environment and the students career development. Work-related learning is embedded across both levels 4 and 5 with a focus on the development of employable skills and entrepreneurship. 

• Floral Composition - 40 credits
• The Business of Floristry - 20 credits
• Contemporary Techniques and Materials - 20 credits
• European Practice - 20 credits
• Floristry Enterprise and Entrepreneurship - 20 credits

• Applicants will have a minimum of 80 UCAS points, which may be from qualifications such as A Levels, BTEC Level 3 Extended Diplomas, Access to Higher Education Diplomas and City and Guilds Advanced Technical Diplomas, amongst others. Please use the UCAS Tariff points calculator to determine the UCAS points value of your qualification.
• Applicants need GCSE English Language at grade C / 4 or above, or an equivalent qualification. 
• Applicants need an appropriate academic reference.
• Life and / or experience of non-traditional students will be taken into account when considering applications. The successful completion of an entry task may be required when considering applications without the required formal entry qualifications.
• If your first language is not English, or a Tier 4 student visa to study is required and GCSE grade C / 4 English or equivalent is not held, English language proficiency level such as International English Language Testing System (IELTS) 6.0 overall (with a minimum 5.5 in each skill) will need evidencing.
• Students with an appropriate HNC can apply for direct entry to Year 2.

We define proficiency in English as a minimum of 550 points in a TOEFL test, a minimum score of 6 in a British Council ELTS test, or a GCSE at grade 4 or C or equivalent.

Upon graduating students can progress into a wide range of careers in the industry at a senior level including some of the below:

• Retail Florist
• Freelance Florist
• Floristry Business / Venture
• Wedding Planner
• Corporate Events Planner
• Overseas Florist