Sustainable Flower School: Personals

Personals: May 2nd and 3rd 2024

The Sustainable Flower School is for florists and floral designers looking to be more sustainable in their practice and wanting more artistry and creativity in their designs.

Taught by Pilar Zuniga, the owner and lead designer at Gorgeous and Green, this will be a download of methods and insight she has learned and developed over the past 15 years of having a sustainable flower shops, designing large scale events and weddings that use local and sustainable materials/methods, lessons she’s learned offering local and sustainable flower delivery and even setting up her cutting and growing gardens.

 All workshops are spread over two days and will take place at the Gorgeous and Green Studio and outdoor garden or at the indoor photo and film studio of Mama Dog Studios in Oakland CA.  These are in-person sessions.

Price includes lessons, all materials and tools needed, as well as snacks and a light lunch. and a final cocktail mixer on Friday.  Professional photos of your work may be provided dependent on workshop size. Lodging and other meals except those mentioned are not provided, however we have lodging recommendations and group discounts available. 

#1 Personals:  We will include the following lessons and practice during the two day workshop:

-sourcing local grown and sustainably grown flowers and foliage

-flowers, form and function

-intro to growing your own items for personals

-bridal bouquet practice, the spiral hand tied and architecture

-boutonnières with less waste

-pin on and wrist corsages using less waste

-hair crowns and hair pieces using by less waste