{"product_id":"one-to-one-training-blackpool","title":"ONE TO ONE TRAINING - BLACKPOOL","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1:1 AND 2:1 IN PERSON FLORISTRY TRAINING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWITH THE OWNER AND FOUNDER OF PENELOPE’S FLOWERS IN BLACKPOOL\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis course is suitable for complete beginners, existing florists who want to improve, and anyone looking to start making money from flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou do not need any previous floristry experience. During the day, you will be shown how to create our most popular bouquet and arrangement designs, how to prepare and care for flowers, how to price your work correctly, and how to start building floristry around your own life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFloristry can work around children, school runs, work, family commitments and other responsibilities. You can start small, take on orders when you are ready, and build at your own pace. Some people use floristry as a side income. Others use it as the start of a full business.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur training is built to give you the practical skills, supplier access and confidence needed to start.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHAT SETS PENELOPES ACADEMY APART\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter training over 300 people, we noticed the same problem again and again. New florists could learn the designs, but struggled to access good wholesale flowers afterwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany wholesalers either do not accept new florists or require high minimum orders, which makes it difficult when you are just starting out and only taking a few orders at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause of this, we created Penelope’s Trade, a purpose built wholesaler designed around what you are taught in our academy. We have teamed up with a large wholesaler, which gives us access to the range, supply chain and stock needed to support our students properly after training.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter your course, you will be given access to Penelope’s Trade, subject to account setup and separate trade terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHAT YOU WILL LEARN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring your training day, we cover the main areas you need to understand when starting or improving your floristry skills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will learn how to condition and care for wholesale flowers, including cutting stems, removing foliage, hydrating flowers correctly, preparing buckets and storing flowers in suitable conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will then move into bouquet construction, starting with smaller hand tied bouquets before progressing onto larger luxury designs. This includes flower placement, shape, balance, structure, wrapping and presentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will also create a large luxury bouquet with our skirt wrapping method, a 25 stem rose bouquet, a luxury hatbox arrangement and a basic funeral letter tribute using traditional ribbon and chrysanthemum techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside the practical work, we cover sourcing flowers, choosing stock, ordering quantities, reducing waste, pricing bouquets, understanding profit, taking customer orders, managing expectations, social media, product photography and basic marketing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOPTIONAL BUSINESS COURSE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter training, you can also request access to our optional business course.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is designed for students who want extra support setting up or growing a floristry business. 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