Willow welcomes you to the course and explains what first drew her to floristry, as well as why working with flowers isn’t just aesthetic; it can also have a profound impact on how you feel.



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Willow reveals her favourite floristry tools for use at home and events, including the best types of wire, tape, secateurs, string, pins, “frogs” and chicken wire.

Willow breaks down the florists she is most inspired by, and encourages you to develop confidence and style by slowly building your taste. She also explains how by allowing yourself to be inspired by nature and its imperfections, your arrangements will in turn be more magical.

Sourcing good flowers within season is key to your arrangements. Willow reveals how to find the best growers local to you and where to go if you need large quantities of out of season flowers. This lesson’s notebook also lists Willow’s favourite seasonal flowers to use, season by season.

The container is almost as central to your arrangements as the flowers themselves. Discover how to choose the right container for different styles of arrangement as Willow breaks down her process: from sourcing to shape to proportion.

Willow continues teaching you about containers.

Understand how to bring the best out of your arrangements as Willow walks you through the most effective ways to condition and prepare different varieties of flowers.

Willow breaks down how to get the most out of your garden for your floristry, taking you through her favourite flower seed varieties, how to grow them, how to use them in your garden and why a green house is far from essential.

Willow talks you through how to prick out your seeds.

Willow takes you through various different types of dahlia, her favourite styles, which ones work best for weddings and how best to plant your tubers.

Willow makes a beautiful dahlia arrangement.

Willow makes a beautiful dahlia arrangement for your table.

Willow teaches you how to select and condition flowers and foliage for a hand tied bouquet.

Willow teaches you one of the core skills of floristry - making a hand-tied bouquet.

Willow breaks down how to use frogs - the simplest, most elegant and most sustainable solution to giving smaller arrangements structure.

Our first arrangement using chicken wire - perfectly dress your table as Willow teaches you how to use foliage to give structure in this central piece using a simple pudding bowl. Willow also introduces you to one of her favourite foliages: wild currant.

Willow runs you through how to make a table runner.

By explaining how to choose the right flowers for button holes, Willow helps you to then make some that are beautifully simple.

Discover how to use spring branches - where to source them, how to condition them, which containers work best with them and where to place them in your arrangements.

Willow explains why tulips are often overlooked, and then walks you through an arrangement that brings them to life.

Willow runs you through another beautiful tulip arrangement.

Learn how to mix varieties flowers as Willow walks you through this beautiful piece using spirea, fritillaries, foxgloves, guelder rose and Solomon’s seal. The notes list other options for this arrangement should you be doing it at another time of year.

From years of experience Willow breaks down how chicken wire allows you to use containers that you might not usually consider, and shows you how to arrange a simple summer centrepiece using clematis, sweet peas and euphorbia. The notes list other options for this arrangement should you be doing it at another time of year.

Willow walks you through how best to take a geranium cutting, and how to look after geraniums so they thrive in your home.

The bouquet is central to a wedding. Willow shows you how to mix foliage and flowers to make the perfect bouquet, and gives you some tips on how to choose, condition and bind the flowers that work the best.

Willow runs you through what makes the perfect vase for a centrepiece, then takes you step-by-step through her process for making a magnificent arrangement. The notes list other options for this arrangement should you be doing it at another time of year.

Willow walks you through an early autumn arrangement

Willow walks you through beautiful flower crowns.

Willow presents her favourite Christmas ingredients

Willow teaches you to make a beautiful Christmas wreath.

Willow teaches you to make a beautiful Christmas wreath.

A Christmas garland.

A winter table arrangement.

Floral wreaths don't just need to be made of fresh foliage. Learn how Willow creates beautiful dried wreaths in this lesson.

Discover how Willow creates beautiful dried wreaths in this lesson.

Learn how to arrange a stylish green table with Willow.

In this lesson, Willow guides you on how to make a festive planted table arrangement.

A wreath isn't just for Christmas! In this lesson, Willow shows you how to make an enchanting spring wreath.

A bobeche is traditionally made of glass or paper. Willow demonstrates how to make a stunning bobeche with a twist using both fresh and dry foliage.

In the early spring, a bulb arrangement is an excellent way to bring nature into your home. Willow demonstrates how to do just that in this lesson.

Willow uses the ancient Japanese art of Kokedama to create a magnificent Jasmine arrangement.

Willow demonstrates how she creates a magical Easter table.

Summary and final remarks.