5-Day Intensive Series

Our 5-Day Floral Design Intensive combines the 2-Day Introduction to Design and 3-Day Intermediate Series for a full week of hands-on floral training. Students build foundational skills, advance to professional techniques, and gain a comprehensive understanding of floral design and conditioning—all in one immersive program. This makes it the perfect option for a full week of focused floral training. The 5-Day Intensive Series stands out as the cornerstone of our educational offerings, representing a comprehensive and highly sought-after program within our curriculum.

2-Day Introduction to Design Series (Monday & Tuesday)

The 2-Day Introduction to Design Series teaches students the elemental technical skills of floral design that professional florists use everyday. These skills focus on correctly using floral tools, time management of working with florals, working with a variety of flower types, as well as the basic structures that all floral arrangements are based upon. As we teach the 6 Pillars of Floral Conditioning, this series will cover the first three pillars. 

Over this two-day class, students will make four floral arrangements that make use of a variety of flower types and design styles including: {1} using hard-stemmed flowers, like hydrangeas and roses, {2} using soft-stemmed flowers, like tulips or calla lilies, {3} creating a centerpiece vase arrangement with a variety of flowers, and {4} building a hand-tied bouquet in the palm.

101 Introduction to Design is a prerequisite program to more advanced programming.

About the Instructor: Calvert Crary, Executive Director of FlowerSchool NY & LA

An internationally recognized instructor and mentor, Calvert has taught programs across the United States, Holland, Mexico and Australia. He hasbeen invited to design tables at the prestigious Orchid Dinner at The Plaza Hotel, spoken to Garden Clubs across America, and served as a judge at the PHS Philadelphia Flower Show. Calvert has trained and coached thousands of students on how to work in the floral industry with top designers, start new businesses, or reorganize existing floral businesses into thriving careers.

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In addition to his teaching and leadership roles, he is the author of influential books on floral design, including Flower School: A Practical Guide to the Art of Flower Arranging, and has co-authored The Encyclopedia of Cut Flowers. He was featured in The New York Times “Sunday Routine” section this past July 2025.

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What you can expect:

• 2 Days of Class, split over 4 sessions (allowing a  lunch break each day)

• Hands-On lessons, taught by a Floral Design Expert

• Creating four arrangements created using premium seasonal flowers

• Tuition will include all materials including flowers, tools, and handbook.

What you will learn:

• The basic techniques of floral design

• Basic flower conditioning & handling, allowing your flowers last their longest & best

• Tips & Tricks to improve professionalism and time management

• Techniques and design skills made for both vase and bouquet arrangements (and what makes these two different!)

3-Day Intermediate Design Series (Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday)

After learning the basic floristry techniques in the Introduction Series, the Intermediate Series will introduce the next level of floral design skills and techniques as well as introductions into purchasing flowers and building recipes. This course teaches students invaluable skills of sourcing and buying flowers, which sets up students to become higher quality florists. It will also prepare students to create more arrangement styles, including a bridal bouquet and large-scale branch arrangement. This class teaches the rest of the 6 Pillars of Floral Conditioning, commonly used by professional florists.

Over the course of three days, students in this program can expect to make five flower arrangements as well as take a guided tour of the famous NYC flower market on 28th Street. Lessons will cover {1} how to buy flowers like a pro at the wholesale market, {2} experimenting with color by designing a monochromatic design, {3} building a hand-tied wedding bouquet, {4} venturing into large-scale designs with branch arrangements, and {5} introducing event design techniques.

The prerequisite to this class is 101: Introduction to Design Series 

What you can expect:

• 3 Days of Class, split over 5 sessions (allowing 1 hour lunch break each day)

• Hands-On lessons, all taught by a Floral Design Expert

• A variety of five arrangements & bouquets using premium flowers, ranging from  vase arrangements, hand-tied bouquets, and large-scale designs

• Floral aprons, tools, and other supplies will be provided for use during this program. Please note that personal sets of supplies to take home are only included with enrollment in our 2-Day Introduction to Design Series.

What you will learn:

• Workflow skills and advanced conditioning practices

• How to navigate and understand wholesale buying platforms like a florist

• Purchasing practices using by professionals

• Intermediate floral design skills 

Program Schedule:

Day 1 (Monday): 10:30am - 4:00pm

Day 2 (Tuesday): 10:30am - 4:00pm

Day 3 (Wednesday): 9:30am - 4:00pm

Day 4 (Thursday): 10:30am - 4:00pm

Day 5 (Friday) 10:30am - 1:30pm