NCFE Level 1 Certificate in Floristry

Throughout this floristry course, you will:

• Explore craft resources – develop your knowledge of floral materials and the techniques used to manipulate them
• Discover and develop craft ideas – find inspiration and develop your own designs
• Create, present and review a final floristry display – plan, produce and reflect upon your own floristry craft work

Tutor Claire Brant will asses you through weekly practical floristry sessions, providing evaluation, feedback and weekly target setting and development opportunities. This will form the basis for your professional floristry portfolio that contributes to your first formal assessment, Exploring Floristry and Beyond. This assessment involves research into tools, equipment, materials, properties, techniques and safe working practices used within the floristry industry.

The second assessment, Floristry Creativity and Inspiration within a Sustainable World, involves researching and reflecting on your own sources of inspiration from nature and design that contribute towards floral design.

The final assessment, From Plan to Your Own Inspirational and Sustainable Design, involves bringing together the skills and techniques you have developed over the course into a final show-stopping design.

Whether you’re looking to pursue a career in floristry, or simply want to enjoy learning something new in a supportive and creative environment, this 12-week course is ideal for you.

You will need good manual dexterity and an ability to create a professional portfolio demonstrating your practical work.

There are no formal entry requirements. No prior floristry experience is necessary, altough you may wish to explore our range of single-day floristry workshops before starting this course.

This floristry course will help you to develop professional floristry skills, and progress on to study the higher NCFE-accredited Level 2 Creative Professional Floristry qualification.

This floristry course is taught by Clare Brant who works for Rudge Wood Horticulture CIC.

Get to know Clare

Clare brings extensive teaching experience to the course, with twelve years in mainstream education followed by seven years teaching professional floristry in further education colleges. She has also delivered numerous floristry workshops for the National Trust.

After retraining as a professional florist in 2006, Clare completed Level 2, 3, and 4 qualifications. She earned a City and Guilds Gold Medal of Excellence for her Level 2 professional floristry training.

Clare has worked as a floristry lecturer  for South Staffordshire College at the land-based campus of Rodbaston and for BMET College in Birmingham. From 2014 to 2018 Clare  established a professional floristry teaching  department at Birmingham Botanical Gardens under the BMET college. During this time she taught the full-time City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma Floristry course and the part-time Levels 1 and 2 NCFE Creative Craft Floristry courses.

When studying at Winterbourne, you will receive tuition from floristry industry expect, Clare Brant. You will study in our purpose‑built education building, the Winterbourne Centre for Horticulture, and work using professional-standard floristry equiptment.

All students studying at Winterbourne will receive a Learner Membership to the house and garden throughout their studies.

As a member of Rudge Wood’s learning community, you have the opportunity to develop links with horticultural employers.

Students studying at Winterbourne House and Garden are not classified as University of Birmingham students and therefore do not have access to the university’s general student support and benefits.