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Level 1 Vocational Skills in Floristry
Your first step into the craft of floristry. If you love flowers and making things by hand, this is where you start. You'll learn to work with fresh flowers, create your first designs, and get a real feel for the craft, with no experience needed. It's hands-on, creative, and a genuine route towards a job in a florist shop.
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How you’ll learn
Learn the Craft, From the Ground Up.
This course is a real introduction to the craft of floristry. You’ll learn to use floristry tools and equipment safely, identify common flowers and plants, and create your first designs by hand. It’s practical from the start, working with real flowers, and it gives you a genuine feel for whether floristry is the craft for you.
You’ll also build the people skills and confidence that florists need, through customer service and working with others. You’ll gather your work into a portfolio as you go. By the end of the year you’ll have real hands-on skills and a clear route to the Level 2 Certificate in Floristry.
What You'll Do
- Floristry techniques
- Planting a container
- Health and safety in the land-based sector
- Working with colleagues
- Customer service skills
Entry and progression
What you need and where it leads
- Entry requirements
- This course Level 1
- Further study
Entry requirements
- No entry requirements
- An interest in flowers, plants and making things by hand
- Successful interview with our team
If you haven't yet achieved Grade 4 in Maths or English, you'll keep working towards them alongside your course, built into your timetable.
Not sure you meet these? Talk to us and we will help you find the right starting point.
- Level 2 Floristry Certificate Level 2 At this college
- Level 2 Level 2 Technical Certificate in Floristry CG At this college
See all 3 courses
Careers it can lead to
With further study or experience
- Florists £12.17 an hour
- Other Skilled Trades £24,800 a year
Typical pay is the UK median for each job (Lightcast, October 2026).
Life on the course
See what it’s really like
Our facilities
A Real, Working Flower Shop
You'll learn with fresh flowers from professional suppliers, in a college with its own commercial flower shop and award-winning, BFA-recognised tutors.
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Flowers at The Hub
The college's own commercial flower shop, where students make bespoke designs for real customers.
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Fresh Flowers From Professional Suppliers
Work with beautiful, industry-standard materials, direct from the trade.
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Award-Winning Tutors
Learn from BFA-recognised tutors, praised by Ofsted, who have worked at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
Fresh Flowers · Real Flower Shop · Award-Winning Tutors
Student Voice
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I’ve gained loads of confidence, improved my communication and people skills, and learnt so much about my craft. My tutors have been so supportive, and I’ve made great friends along the way. I plan to get a job in a florist shop and eventually start my own business.
For parents and carers
Supporting your child’s journey
Financial Support Available
Bursaries are available, and free meals are provided for those who qualify. If cost is a concern, there's help, and it's straightforward to apply.
Financial support infoGCSE Support Built In
If your child needs to resit GCSE English or Maths, it's built into the timetable, not bolted on as an extra. They'll get structured support alongside their main course.
About student supportTutors With Real Experience
Our tutors bring real industry experience into the classroom. They teach what's actually used in the world of work, and students consistently say this is what makes the course work.
Your next step
Apply now, come and see us first, or ask us anything.
Want to visit first?
FE Open Event – 12th January 202712th January 4:30pm to 7:00pm
Got a question?
Ask us about the course, entry requirements or funding.
Call 0800 358 7575
What happens after you apply
1
You apply
Apply online and you’ll get a confirmation email.
2
You meet your tutor
We’ll invite you to an interview to talk through the course and your plans, and make sure it’s right for you.
3
You get an offer
We’ll email you a conditional or unconditional offer.
4
You get ready to start
Come to a taster session in the summer, then enrol in August, bringing your results.