The floral journey following death - a funeral floristry workshop
Learn all about the floral journey following death and the important story flowers can tell. We discuss how we can create an imaginative farewell and look at each design with meaning, including sympathy gifts, funeral tributes, ceremony displays and memorial & remembrance flowers.
Award-winning funeral florist Cassandra Thompson from Stems UK will demonstrate one of her favourite farewell designs sharing eco-friendly methods. You will be shown a small range of our most popular designs and discuss how tributes have evolved over the years, emphasising a more meaningful and imaginative farewell.
Funeral work can be just as rewarding as any other area within the flower industry. As you build up your customer client database and share many milestones with loyal customers, providing an excellent service for funeral flowers in their time of need can be a privilege, contributing to a wonderful send off.
We will discuss funeral floristry with the aim of giving you confidence when taking orders, dealing with bereft customers, liaising with funeral directors for safe and timely deliveries and the impact designs can have on the service.
We’d love to meet you and share with you our bespoke world of funeral floristry.
Funerals & Flowers, a talk by Louise Winter
Meet Louise Winter, funeral director and best-selling author of ‘We All Know How This Ends’ (Bloomsbury, 2021). She’ll give us a tour of her beautiful modern funeral home Poetic Endings, based in Forest Hill in London, and will share stories, insights and practical advice on making funerals meaningful, personal and cost-effective. She’ll be on hand to answer any of your questions about working with funeral directors and the funeral industry in general.
The class will involve Q&As throughout, delightful elevenses and above all, you will leave us feeling inspired, confident and with knowledge you can put into practice within your own working floral environment with topic sheets for you to take away.
This class is a helpful guide to both those just starting out in the world of floristry and would like an overall look into the aspects involved in funeral floristry, also experienced florists looking to refresh their portfolio. It will be packed with hints and tips you can channel into your own unique business. It will also be a wonderful way to network and make friends with like-minded people in the industry.
You will leave focused and inspired on how you can include the world of funeral floristry within your own business.
Once you have secured your spot in the class via the Stems UK website, you will be emailed with all the details you’ll need for getting to us on the day and any other relevant information.
INVESTMENT
Your investment for the class is £149. Book a place now and kick-start your funeral floristry today.
Includes tea and coffee throughout with sumptuous elevenses.