Turn your knack for floral design into a profitable business. Learn how to start and operate a profitable wedding floral design service from your own home. This in-depth self-study business training manual is aimed at the individual who already has some basic floral design ability and wants to learn how to successfully turn it into their own business. It is intended to help you transform your existing talent for floral design -- even if you are self-taught or dabbling as a hobby -- into a profitable and viable home based business. As a bonus to the valuable business information which is at the core of this training manual, this course also shares design ideas, principals, suggestions, and tips that are important in wedding floral design, however, it is not a design course - it is a business start-up training manual. You'll learn everything from the correct pricing formulas used by wedding florists for achieving maximum profit, to creative ideas to add interest and professionalism to your wedding designs, to proven marketing & promotional methods for attracting clients, as well as operating procedures for the home based wedding floral designer, complete with proven, highly successful business concepts you can model your own business after. You'll be guided step by step through finding clients and establishing yourself within your local market. You'll learn how to correctly set up your business, how to do a consultation with a client, how to create a contract. Sample forms and contracts are included for you to model your own after. We've left no stone unturned.The course reveals the trade secrets that can otherwise take years of experience to acquire. Get the insider's edge to put your wedding floral business on the fast track. We'll show you exactly how to pump more profit out of your business by incorporating rental items. We'll show you how to buy wholesale. We'll lead you through the proven formula to establish yourself as a major player within your local marketplace, yes even if you operate from home. And you will learn the hottest, most powerful ways of promoting and marketing your wedding floral design business, because if you don't have customers, you don't have a business. All of this information is presented in a easy to follow, fully comprehensive training manual consisting of over 179 pages. Start your new business soon - full time or part time. Enjoy the pride and self-satisfaction of business ownership. If the thought of turning your knack for floral design into an income-generating business excites you, this self-study course is an excellent way to get started now and be in business soon with very low overhead and very low start-up expenses. Enjoy the comfort and convenience of working from home if you like. Structure your business as it best suits you: part time or full time, home-based or retail store front.Get your start in the floral design business and take advantage of the lucrative $60 billion wedding industry for a diversified, multi-faceted approach. The course was developed by drawing upon the experiences of highly successful home based wedding floral business owners. We give you a complete proven and tested system. All instruction is given in an easy to follow, step-by-step format.You'll need to already know how to create bouquets, corsages etc. for weddings to get the full benefit of this course. If you don't yet have that knowledge, the Institute of Weddings (instituteofweddings.com) offers a self-study course in wedding floral design which can give you the design skills you need to design flowers for weddings. Your opportunity to earn a great income while doing something you already enjoy is within reach. Continually updated and revised, this in-depth, fully comprehensive self-study course has been the only one of its kind in the industry for over a decade and has successfully helped thousands of other individuals just like you to launch their own wedding floral businesses.

Explore the unique flavors of flowers. Elegant, edible flowers are becoming more accessible every day—and they taste as good as they look. This curated collection of 41 delightful recipes combine the playful creativity of fashion, the deliciousness of food, and the beauty of flowers in one gorgeous glass. Whether you're throwing a baby shower, hosting a Mother's Day brunch, celebrating a wedding, or simply entertaining guests, there's something for everyone, with our without alcohol, including: • Iced Lavender Café au Lait • Rose Petal Almond Milk • Dandelion Tea Cinnamon Cappuccino • Hibiscus Old Fashioned • Plum Rosewater Gin and Tonic • Orange Blossom Moscow Mule Learn how to create floral pantry item staples to create a scrumptious and sophisticated cocktail of your own, and embark on a new culinary adventure. This garden-party eye candy also includes practical tips on where to buy edible flowers, whether to choose fresh or dried flowers, how to grow edible flowers at home, and how to use florals in other recipes.

For floral designers ready to open their own small business, here's an essential how-to guide.

Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, birthdays . . . with so many occasions appropriate for flowers, a florist shop is an enticing business to start. If you have a love for everything green and a desire to forge your own path, starting a floral business is ideal for you. Perfect your floral-arranging and customer service skills with a traditional florist shop; brighten others’ days with an office plant-care service; or encourage creativity with a pick-your-own-flowers establishment. This guide gives you advice on everything you need to start out right, including: • Selecting the right type of floral business • Finding flower wholesalers and growers • Anticipating demand and stocking the most popular flowers • Caring for your flowers • Stocking profitable sidelines, like greeting cards and balloons • And more! With the essential information inside, you’ll be turning greenery into greenbacks in no time.

This is the first unit of the twelve-unit Wedding Floral Design Course by the prestigious International Institute of Weddings(tm). If you like what you learn in this Unit and decide to continue on to the other units that follow this one, upon successful completion of the course, you'll earn your certificate in Wedding Floral Design from The International Institute of Weddings(tm). You'll then know all there is to know to design flower arrangements for weddings, and will have learned the proper professional techniques and methods for designing: wedding bouquets, boutonnieres, corsages, flower girl arrangements, centerpieces, reception decorations; plus church and ceremony flowers like pew markers, altar arrangements - and still so much more.Students of Any Age - No Previous Flower Arranging or Floral Design Experience NeededThe Wedding Floral Design Course by the International Institute of Weddings(tm) is a highly specialized course focusing exclusively on wedding floral design. No funeral flowers or hospital arrangements like the lessons in so many other floral design courses - instead, we'll focus intensively on designing flowers for weddings - and only weddings. After all, weddings are where the glamour and excitement is! And If you'd like to turn your floral design skills into a business, career, or even just income in your spare time, weddings are DEFINITELY where the money is.In this unit we take you through a fascinating introduction to the exciting world of wedding floral design and flower arranging. Before you can dive into designing flowers for weddings, you need to have a good, well-rounded understanding of the field of wedding floral design so that you come across as knowledgeable and competent when working with bridal clients, prospective employers and other wedding vendors. The background knowledge you'll learn in this unit will not only be interesting and fun to learn, it will lay a solid foundation for the design lessons that are to follow in the subsequent units of the course (sold separately). Moreover, what you learn in this unit will increase your level of expertise and set you apart as a true professional as you go forward, as opposed to an amateur with no foundational knowledge to draw upon.If you're intrigued or excited by the idea of earning your certificate as a Wedding Floral Designer, this first unit of the course is a good place to start. It'll give you a good idea of whether this is something you really want to pursue.Satisfied Students All Over the World "I tried to find wedding floral design classes in my local area and all the classes were so expensive, most didn't even focus on wedding flowers which is really where my interest is, plus I didn't like the scheduling for those local wedding floral design classes. Learning from home has been great. In the end I'm really glad I took this home study wedding floral design course. I would have had to take numerous classes at much greater expense to learn what I've learned through this wedding floral design course. " - Anabella Martinez, Dallas, TexasStudents who complete all units will master all the necessary skills, methods and professional techniques to design beautiful flowers for weddings.This is Unit 1 of the course. The complete course is divided into 12 individual units to give you a very thorough and fully comprehensive understanding and working knowledge of wedding floral design. Each unit lays the foundation for what you will learn in the units that follow. Think of each unit as an individual floral design class in itself. This first unit gives you the opportunity to sample the course material. If you are excited by what you learn here in Unit 1, you will find details in the manual, as well as a special offer, to enroll in the complete program if you want to go all the way and earn your certification as a Wedding Floral Designer.See for yourself why The Institute of Weddings(tm) has been an industry leader since 1999.