Floristry (City & Guilds Level 3 Advanced Technical Diploma)

Launch your career and delve into all aspects of the floristry creative design process.

Designed to provide you with a range of specialist technical and practical skills and knowledge which will equip you to progress to employment in the floristry industry.

You will study a range of floral design methods and techniques, as well as botany and business skills, to set up a freelance business successfully. You will cover how to produce a range of designs, including tied designs, wired designs, glued designs and designs in different mediums for a range of occasions.

• Creative design process
• Diverse flower and plant care
• Plan, assemble and evaluate diverse floristry designs
• Function and event decoration using floral displays
• Working in the floristry industry

• You’ll need to have achieved 2 or more GCSEs between Grade 9-3 (previous grade structure grades A*-D) in English and maths
• Successful completion of a Level 2 course at Merit grade
• Mature students without the above requirements will be considered

You could progress onto the following qualifications:

• City and Guilds Level 4 Higher Diploma in Floristry
• City and Guilds Level 5 Master Diploma in Professional Floristry

Alternatively, you may choose to take on a role in a floristry shop or business, with a view to taking on a supervisory role.