Flower Farming Masterclass
Schedule
Mon, 08 Sep, 2025 at 10:00 am
UTC+01:00Location
16 Worrall Street, Salford, M5 4TH Manchester, United Kingdom | Salford, EN
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Three days of planning, growing, sowing, cutting, and designing, led by three industry experts.This course will be led by three individual tutors, Clare Ashcroft, of The Flower Farm, Carol Siddorn, of Carol’s Garden, and Joseph Massie, of the UK School of Floristry.
In our three days together, we’ll dive into all the information you’ll need to start cultivating your own cutting garden for commercial use. Focusing on plot sizes from your own back garden, up to half an acre, this course is very much designed to equip you with the tools to plan, sow, grow, cut and design with flowers you have grown yourself. This course is a little different from the majority of courses held at UKSOF, in the fact that each day is led by a different tutor, across two locations, each within an hours drive of Manchester City Centre. You will study with us at our School in Salford, Manchester, and also at Carol’s farm, in Cheshire.
Our itinerary is as follows:
Day One
Arrival - 9:30am
Welcome & Introductions - 10am
The different Ways to Grow Flowers - 10:30am - 11am
Plots & Plotting - 11am - 11:30am
Planning Your Space & Succession Planting - 11:30am - 1:30pm
Lunch - 1:30pm - 2pm
Planning through the Year - 2pm - 3pm
Q&A and Personalised Instruction - 3pm - 4:30pm
Day Two
Arrival - 9:30am
Welcome - 10am
Seed Sowing & Basic Propagation - 10:30am - 11:30am
Farm Tour, Layout & Maintenance - 11:30am - 1pm
Lunch - 1pm - 2pm
Cutting & Conditioning - 2pm - 3pm
Cut Your Own Flowers - 3pm - 4pm
Q&A - 4pm - 4:30pm
Day Three
Arrival - 9:30am
Welcome - 10am
Hands on Session - Bunches
Hands on Session - The Handtied Bouquet
Lunch - 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Hands on Session - A Seasonal Centrepiece
Hands on Session - A Buttonhole + Corsage
Q&A - 4pm - 4:30pm
As with all of our courses, we’ll be working with the season’s best materials, including British grown flowers and foliages, sourced directly from our local growing partners. All designs you create on Day 3 will be using the flowers you harvest on Day 2. No floral foam will be utilised within this course, and single use plastics (for example, anchor or pot tape) will be kept to an absolute minimum.
Class size is kept to a maximum of ten students to create a peaceful environment, with plenty of tutor:student interaction. All basic tools will be provided.
To secure your spot, visit www.ukschooloffloristry.com
Investment : £749.00 including all materials
Space: 10 spaces available per course
Locations :
Days 1 + 3 :
Joseph Massie : The UK School of Floristry
The Maker's Quarter, 16 Worrall Street,
Salford, M5 4TH
Day 2 :
Carol’s Garden Flower Farm
Moss Cottage, Moss Lane, Harthill, Nr Tattenhall
Chester, CH3 9LF
Hours: 10am - 4:30pm
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Where is it happening?
16 Worrall Street, Salford, M5 4TH Manchester, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
