Discover the art of floral design by taking classes at my Historic Fairfax City studio. With each season, I showcase a range of floral arrangements and spotlight specific flowers, providing you with hands-on experience through the techniques I impart. No prior experience is required—only a passion for flowers is needed at my floral design classes.
- Hellebore (3/22)
- Tulips (3/30)
- Ranunculus (4/12-13)
- Teatime for Moms (5/4)
- Floral Spa Day (5/30-31)
Wish I offered a floral design class that’s not listed? Did you miss a class you wanted to take? Contact me here and I’d be happy to create a class for you and your friends.
Hellebore
Learn how to create a gorgeous Spring bouquet using Hellebore focal flowers. Their silky leaves and blooms create a stunning arrangement that will adorn your home for weeks. This class will emphasize floral design and caretaking techniques that can be applied to all flower varieties.
- March 22 @ 1:30 pm
- $65 per person
In this floral design class, you will…
- Learn how to design floral art using soft, fleshy stems and florets.
- Learn wrapping, wiring and finishing techniques to firmly secure your flowers to get them to go where you want them to go
- Learn methods to keep flowers fresh and extend their longevity up to 3 weeks
- Make and take a Spring vase arrangement using Hellebore and a variety of seasonal blooms
Tulips
Learn how to “tame” tulips and other unruly stems to make them work for you in creating a springtime arrangement. We’ll be working with an assortment of tulip varieties and colors to create perfect textures and layers that float from the vase. This studio class is designed to build your knowledge, skills and confidence in using flowers that have thick fleshy stems, break easily, retain contaminants, or fade quickly.
- March 30 @ 1:30
- $65 per person
In this floral design class, you will…
- Explore the wide range of tulip varieties, where to find the heartiest ones locally, how to store them, and what to look for prior to cutting them from your garden or making a purchase
- Learn how to stabilize unwieldy tulip stems to control where you want them to stay in your floral composition
- Learn about tulip behavior and how to use these characteristics to your advantage while designing
- Learn how to use tulip stems as a design element to create fluidity
- Apply techniques to wire and tape flowers like a professional
- Learn caretaking tips to enhance tulip longevity
- Make and take a beautiful springtime floral arrangement
Ranunculus
The Ranunculus, also known as little frog and Persian buttercup, is actually well-deserving of a majestic name like the ruffled rose. Its multilayered, feathery petals are tightly wound into spirals that unfurl like roses into individual pieces of artwork. Floral designers often use them in wedding arrangements and bouquets. Although Ranunculus can be tricky to use and expensive, they offer such stunning elegance for 2+ weeks that the extra TLC they require is undisputedly worth it.
- April 12 @ 1:30 p.m.
- April 13 @ 1:30 p.m.
- $70 per person
In this floral design class, you will…
- Explore the wide range of ranunculus varieties, where to find them, and how to use them as bouquet color pops and textural pizazz
- Learn how to stabilize unwieldy ranunculus stems to control where you want them to stay in your floral composition
- Apply a design technique of weaving flowers to create textural and stylistic interest
- Learn how to wire and tape flowers like a professional
- Learn caretaking tips to enhance ranunculus longevity
- Make and take a ranunculus masterpiece home to impress your family or colleagues
Teatime for Moms
This floral event is especially designed to celebrate all mothers, grandmothers and mothers-to-be! Learn how to create a unique floral arrangement using a teapot of your choice. Exquisite roses and seasonal blooms will be our focal flowers. Fleurs-de-Lea will also host a formal tea in her dining room to pamper the moms. Each participant will receive her own teacup and saucer during teatime to take home along with her unique floral teapot arrangement.
Gift certificates are available for purchase. Space is limited so book early!
- May 4 @ 1:30 pm
- $85 per person
- SAVINGS DEAL: $79 per person if Mom and adult daughter/son attend together
In this floral design class, you will…
- Learn design composition elements of color palette harmony, textural balance and focal bloom emphasis
- Learn best practices for selecting, cleaning, cutting and feeding roses to make them last up to 3 weeks.
- Learn how to rethink common household elements for artful purposes
- Create your own bouquet using abundant seasonal blooms
- Learn caretaking tips to keep your flowers flourishing throughout May
- Enjoy a formal sit-down tea with an assortment of desserts, fresh fruit, sandwiches and tea varieties
- Make and take a Spring floral bouquet inside of a ceramic teapot of your choice, which can later be used to savor tea and reminisce about this fun floral day
Floral Spa Day
Celebrate the extraordinary people who have always inspired you by making floral memories together! Join me for a floral spa day to be energized and pampered with flowers, food, prizes and fun!
- May 30 @ 6:30 pm
- May 31 @ 1:30 p.m.
- $75 per person
- SAVINGS DEAL: $69 per person if you come with a friend, significant other or spouse
In this floral design class, you will…
- Learn design composition elements of color palette harmony, textural balance and focal bloom emphasis
- Create your own bouquet using gorgeous seasonal blooms
- Learn caretaking tips to keep your flowers flourishing throughout May
- Be pampered with gift certificate drawings for Fleurs-de-Lea bouquets and design classes, as well as the grand prize of a 1-hour massage!
- Enjoy scones with clotted cream, fresh strawberries, tea, and additional delights
- Go home feeling refreshed and energized with a beautiful bouquet keepsake of your fabulous time together
