Floral Merchandising and Business Practices Learn valuable information on merchandising flowers, gift plants, decorative accessories, window displays, end caps, focal areas, promotional publications, and building customer loyalty. Explore bookkeeping systems used extensively by florists, become acquainted with credit card changes, wire service, time management, product pricing, and personal productivity skills. Prerequisite: Floral Design I and Floral Design II or equivalent experience.

Floral Design II Keep your creativity flowing! Create more challenging arrangements using tropical flowers, exotics, lilies, Dutch flowers, and several species of roses. Use an unusual and diverse variety of greenery and interesting containers to complement each arrangement. Discuss cut flower identification and preservation. Fresh cut flowers and floral supplies are provided in class. Please bring scissors, knife, ribbon cutters and wire cutters to class. Textbook required: (Same as Floral Design I) Please visit www.SHOPNSCC.com to order book, Flower Arranging Complete Guide by Blacklock: ISBN# 9780955239175. Prerequisite: Floral Design I or equivalent experience. Cost of class includes a $150 perishable fee.

Mother's Day Masterpiece Create a blushing bouquet to give your love and flowers to the mother in your life. Please bring scissors, knife, ribbon cutters, and wire cutters to class. Course fee includes a $35.00 perishable fee.

Wedding Floral Design Bootcamp Learn to create a complete wedding along with the latest design, styles, and techniques for an on-trend fabulous events. This includes fresh flower sourcing, care and handling, making bouquets, personal flowers, reception and ceremony flowers. Sustainable, eco-friendly mechanics and techniques are emphasized. Please bring scissors, knife, ribbon cutters, and wire cutters to class. Cost of class includes a $210 perishable fee.

Gardening in Containers Want to add punch to your patios, window boxes and walkways? Add garden containers. Through lecture and demonstration, learn the best plants for containers, great color combinations, designs and how to maintain healthy and attractive plants. Texture and containers will also be covered.

Landscape and Garden Maintenance - Summer Gain hands-on experience at Long Hill, an outstanding country estate with historic gardens in Beverly owned by The Trustees of Reservations. Participate in summer landscaping and garden maintenance supervised by the Long Hill staff horticulturalists. Learn about planting, weed identification/removal, garden rejuvenation, summer pruning (including hedges), mulching, propagation and cuttings, stone laying, landscape equipment, design of summer containers, and more. Informational handouts provided.

Floral Design III Take your passion of floral design to an advanced level by improving your design skills and speed with the principles and elements of floral design along with floral terminology. Reviewing what you have learned from Design I and Design II, you will expand on the concepts. Sessions will include a lecture and demo, followed by each student creating a design. Fresh cut flowers and florist supplies are provided in class Please bring scissors, wire cutters, and floral clippers to the class. Textbook required: (Same as Floral Design I & II) Please visit www.SHOPNSCC.com to order book. Flower Arranging Complete Guide by Blacklock: ISBN# 9780955239175. Prerequisite: Floral Design I and Floral Design II or equivalent experience. Cost of class includes $150 perishable fee.

Floral Design I From round, long and low, vertical, loose and airy, and cottage garden styles, learn to create a beautiful arrangement to take home each week. Includes flowering plant care, culture, and handling. Fresh cut flowers and florist supplies are provided in class. Please bring scissors, knife, ribbon cutters and wire cutters to class. Textbook required: Please visit www.SHOPNSCC.com to order book. Flower Arranging Complete Guide by Blacklock: ISBN# 9780955239175. Cost of class includes a $120 perishable fee.