The Farmer–Florist Career Change Course
The Farmer–Florist: 10 Weeks to a New Career in Flowers is a hands-on, beginner-friendly floristry course designed for anyone considering a career change into flowers.
Across 10 immersive weeks at our Silvan flower farm, you’ll learn the foundations of sustainable floristry and flower farming while working with locally grown, seasonal blooms. This is practical, real-world floristry training — not just arranging flowers, but understanding harvesting, conditioning, seasonal availability, and how a working grower–florist business operates.
From early morning picking sessions to preparing flowers for customers, you’ll experience the rhythm of a small flower farm and retail operation. You’ll build confidence in floral design, develop practical floristry skills, and gain insight into what it takes to start a career as a farmer–florist.
By the end of the course, you’ll have hands-on experience, a strong understanding of seasonal design principles, and clarity about your next steps in the flower industry.
At Botaniculture, flowers start in the ground — not in a bucket.
Each week, you’ll work with locally grown, seasonal blooms from our farm and nearby growers. You’ll see how climate shapes colour, how availability shifts, and how texture and structure influence your design choices.
Rather than forcing an outcome, you’ll learn to respond to what the season offers — working with nature, not against it.
Once you understand where flowers come from and when they thrive, everything changes. You design differently. You source differently. You begin to trust your own eye.
Inspired by nature, you’ll develop a style that feels authentic, grounded, and entirely your own.
Start your floristry journey — view the 10-week schedule!
Meet Your Florist — Bel
Bel is a farmer-florist and co-owner of Botaniculture ( retail flower shop ) and Flowers from our Farm ( wholesale flower farm ). With over 35 years of experience in the retail gift giving industry — including running both a busy brick-and-mortar and online store — Bel brings practical business knowledge alongside design skills. Her teaching is grounded, transparent and focused on building confidence.
Meet Your Grower — Mark
Mark is a horticulturist and co-owner of Botaniculture and Flowers from our Farm. Mark brings a lifetime of horticultural experience and a deep understanding of floriculture ( flower farming ). His knowledge of soil, crop planning, seasonality and growing quality stems underpins everything we do. He shares the growing side of the story — the part many florists never see, but that changes how you will design forever.
Together, we offer a genuine, behind-the-scenes look at a working flower farm and floristry business — honest, seasonal and rooted in experience.
If you’re ready to explore floristry in a way that feels real and sustainable, we’d love to welcome you.
This course is designed for anyone who wants to step into the world of flowers with hands-on experience and real insight into how blooms go from the ground to beautiful arrangements.
From the moment you arrive at our Silvan flower farm, everything is provided so you can focus on learning, creating and connecting with the season. You’ll receive a Botaniculture apron and your own curated floristry essentials tool kit to keep. Each week, you’ll work with an abundance of seasonal, locally grown flowers — yours to design with and take home.
Through small-group, on-farm sessions, you’ll gain practical skills, explore sustainable flower design, and build confidence in working with living crops rather than buckets from a shop. Career changers can also take advantage of work experience opportunities, getting a glimpse into the realities of running a grower–florist business.
This course is perfect for:
• Aspiring florists looking to build strong, practical foundations
• Creatives and flower lovers wanting a deeper connection to seasonal blooms
• Career changers ready to explore floristry with confidence
• Small business owners refining their sourcing and styling approach
• Growers expanding into design
You don’t need prior experience — just curiosity, a willingness to get your hands dirty, and a love of flowers. By the end, you’ll understand where flowers come from, how the seasons shape your choices, and how to design in a way that feels authentic, grounded, and entirely your own.
If you have any questions about the course, we’d love to hear from you. Simply send us a message using the contact form below.
