2025 Floral Workshop Schedule
FLORAL FUNDAMENTALS: HELLO HELLEBORES & EARLY SPRING BULBS – 4.3.25
Date: April 3, 2025
Time: 2:30PM – 4:30PM
Spring is here! Say hello! Who doesn’t love hellebores? These darlings of early spring give every gardener hope for the season ahead. Come learn how to grow and properly harvest these long-lasting beauties. Great for shade gardens and those gardens pestered by deer. During this class, we’ll also meet several unique spring bulbs like muscari, heirloom narcissus, fancy tulips, and giant snowdrops. Once we’ve taken a close look at how they all grow at the farm, we’ll return to the design studio to create a whimsical and airy early spring centerpiece to take home. Students will also take home hellebore seedlings to put in their own garden or a pot on their patio. $225
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ADVANCED SERIES: FLORAL FASHION – 4.10.25
Date: April 10, 2025
Time: 2:30PM – 4:30PM
This class is the first in a three part series this season, designed for students who have already been to some of our Fundamentals workshops and/or for budding floral professionals honing their technical skills. In this session, we will explore modern wearable floral fashion (think wrist corsages, shoulder corsages, and lapel florals) that rely on glue and special wiring mechanics. $175
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FLORAL FUNDAMENTALS: TIP TOE THROUGH THE TULIPS – 4.17.25
Date: April 17, 2025
Time: 2:30PM – 4:30PM
Come enjoy the many varieties of specialty tulips we grow at our farm. Learn how to plant them like a pro, how to harvest them for the longest vase life, how to store them for weeks out of water to enjoy later in the spring, and where to order bulbs for yourself to plant for next year. We’ll pair these ubiquitous spring blooms with other early spring blooms such as hellebores, bleeding hearts, muscari, and narcissus for a charming spring compote design. $215
FLORAL FUNDAMENTALS: RANUNCULUS & POPPIES & HEIRLOOM NARCISSUS, OH MY! – 4.19.25
Date: Saturday, APRIL 19, 2025
Time: 2:30PM – 4:30PM
Come throw yourself face first into all the delicate and stunning blooms of early spring. Start the class with a stroll around our fields and greenhouse to see how we grow our ranunculus, poppies, heirloom narcissus and so much more. Return to the light-filled barn studio and relax into making your own stunning and colorful floral design for your holiday table this weekend.
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FLORAL FUNDAMENTALS: THE ART OF THE POT-ET-FLEUR – 4.24.25
Date: Thursday, April 24, 2025
Time: 2:30PM – 4:30PM
The Victorian art of pot-et-fleur combines potted plants with cut flowers, which is a beautiful and sustainable way to make long-lasting floral arrangements without the need for floral foam. In our twist on this enduring design, we’ll be using potted herbs, veggies and other plants that you can enjoy in the vase for awhile and then plant out into your garden for the summer. Plants will be paired with spring ephemeral blooms freshly picked from our farm along with woven willow branches for an artistic flare. This is a great class for the gardener in your life!
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FLORAL FUNDAMENTALS: SPILLING OVER SPRING CENTERPIECES – 5.10.25
Date: Saturday, MAY 10, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM-12:30PM and 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Love ‘n Fresh Flowers Farm | Philadelphia PA
The perfect Mother’s Day gift!!! This popular workshop sells out every year so be sure to grab your spot early! Either bring Mom with you or come make a beautiful arrangement to take to her. Start class off with a walk through the flower field to learn about the colorful and diverse varieties of spring blooms that are grown at Love ‘n Fresh Flowers. Harvest your favorites to use as you design your own lush and overflowing spring centerpiece right where they were grown! A beautiful, hand-crafted vase will be provided for each student and is yours to keep. Two sessions to choose from!
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ADVANCED SERIES: Elevated Floral Designs – 5.15.25
Date: Thursday, MAY 15, 2025
Time: 2:30PM – 4:30PM
This class is the second in a three part series this season, designed for students who have already been to some of our Fundamentals workshops or for budding floral professionals honing their technical skills. In this session, we will tackle elevated centerpieces using sustainable mechanics such as AgraWool.
FLORAL FUNDAMENTALS: THE ART OF HAND-TIED BOUQUETS – 5.22.25
Date: Thursday, MAY 22, 2025
Time: 2:30PM-5:00PM
There’s magic in making a bouquet in your hand and then, with sweeping flare, putting it in a vase for a perfect arrangement! Come learn the art of crafting a European-style spiral hand-tied bouquet with the bounty from our farm. This technique is timeless and one that we use at Love ‘n Fresh to create our gorgeous, textural, relaxed bridal bouquets. We also use this technique to make many of our wedding centerpieces. But you don’t have to have a wedding on your calendar to enjoy mastering hand-tied bouquets. This technique is also very “handy” to know if you’re making a bouquet to take to a friend in the hospital or to take a oh-ah-worthy hostess gift to the next party. After a quick walk around the farm to gather some extra special blooms, Jennie will lead students through a detailed demonstration. Students will then craft their own bouquets and can choose to finish them with wide satin ribbons and tissue wrap or place them in cylinder vase for an easy-breezy arrangement to take home.
FLORAL FUNDAMENTALS: THE ART OF HAND-TIED BOUQUETS – 5.31.25
Date: Saturday, MAY 31, 2025
Time: 10AM – 12:45PM
There’s magic in making a bouquet in your hand and then, with sweeping flare, putting it in a vase for a perfect arrangement! Come learn the art of crafting a European-style spiral hand-tied bouquet with the bounty from our farm. This technique is timeless and one that we use at Love ‘n Fresh to create our gorgeous, textural, relaxed bridal bouquets. We also use this technique to make many of our wedding centerpieces. But you don’t have to have a wedding on your calendar to enjoy mastering hand-tied bouquets. This technique is also very “handy” to know if you’re making a bouquet to take to a friend in the hospital or to take a oh-ah-worthy hostess gift to the next party. After a quick walk around the farm to gather some extra special blooms, Jennie will lead students through a detailed demonstration. Students will then craft their own bouquets and can choose to finish them with wide satin ribbons and tissue wrap or place them in cylinder vase for an easy-breezy arrangement to take home.
Registration Opens May 1st
FLORAL FUNDAMENTALS: ROMANCED BY PEONIES – 5.31.25
Date: Saturday, MAY 31, 2025
Time: 2:30PM – 4:30PM
Peonies! Big, billowy, fragrant peonies! Late May is peak season, and we’ll dive headfirst into creating gorgeous romantic “overgrown” arrangements heaped full of peonies. A beautiful bowl will be provided for each student to use and is yours to keep. In addition to learning the art of lush sustainable floral design, students will also learn about a magic trick to store peonies for weeks at a time. Go home with armfuls of extra blooms to practice more and knowledge that will have you enjoying your own garden’s peonies to a greater extent!
Registration Opens May 1st.
FLORAL FUNDAMENTALS: ROMANCED BY PEONIES – 6.5.25
Date: Thursday, JUNE 5, 2025
Time: 2:30PM – 4:30PM
Peonies! Big, billowy, fragrant peonies! Late May is peak season, and we’ll dive headfirst into creating gorgeous romantic “overgrown” arrangements heaped full of peonies. A beautiful bowl will be provided for each student to use and is yours to keep. In addition to learning the art of lush sustainable floral design, students will also learn about a magic trick to store peonies for weeks at a time. Go home with armfuls of extra blooms to practice more and knowledge that will have you enjoying your own garden’s peonies to a greater extent!
Registration Opens May 5th.
SWEET EARLY SUMMER CENTERPIECES & ECO PRINTS
Date: Thursday, JUNE 19, 2025
Time: 5:30PM – 7:45PM
As we edge towards the longest days of the year, the farm is filled with all sorts of sweet little blooms that that welcome early summer at the farm. Queen Anne’s lace, feverfew, black-eyed susans, snapdragons, strawflowers, yarrow, agrostemma, phlox, satin flower, and more will inspire whimsical, color-filled “wildflower” bouquets that match the footloose feel of the summer season. Learn how to craft a sweet little centerpiece that is the signature look at Love ‘n Fresh Flowers using sustainable techniques. We will also tackle a little “eco printing” where we transfer the pigments of flowers and leaves onto watercolor paper. Go home with an armful of extra blooms to do more!
Registration Opens May 19th.
FLORAL FUNDAMENTALS: THE ART OF HAND-TIED BOUQUETS – 9.11.25
Date: Thursday, SEPTEMBER 11, 2025
Time: 2:30PM – 5:00PM
There’s magic in making a bouquet in your hand and then, with sweeping flare, putting it in a vase for a perfect arrangement! Come learn the art of crafting a European-style hand-tied bouquet with the bounty from our farm. This technique is timeless and one that we use at Love ‘n Fresh to create our gorgeous, textural, relaxed bridal bouquets. We also use this technique to make many of our wedding centerpieces. But you don’t have to have a wedding on your calendar to enjoy mastering hand-tied bouquets. This technique is also very “handy” to know if you’re making a bouquet to take to a friend in the hospital or to take a oh-ah-worthy hostess gift to the next party. After walking the farm to gather some select special blooms, Jennie will lead students through a detailed demonstration. Students will then craft their own bouquets and can choose to finish them with wide satin ribbons and tissue wrap or place them in cylinder vase for an easy-breezy arrangement to take home.
Registration Opens August 11th.
FLORAL FUNDAMENTALS: AUTUMN ABUNDANCE – 9.20.25
Date: Saturday, SEPTEMBER 20, 2025
Time: 10:30AM – 12:45PM
Dive head first into a flower farm in all its early autumn glory! In this workshop, you’ll have plenty of time to play with our dahlias, cosmos, lisianthus, grasses, rusty-hued foliages, herbs, and much more! Take lots of photos in the soft golden light. Learn how to incorporate seasonal fruits and pods into your designs. A beautiful large earthen bowl will be provided for each student to use and is yours to keep. Walk long rows of blooms at the farm and harvest as your heart desires. Learn how to craft a loose, lush, “earthy elegant” arrangement that is the signature look at Love ‘n Fresh Flowers. Take home a paper-wrapped bundle of extra blooms to practice some more!
Registration Opens August 20th.
FLORAL FUNDAMENTALS: THE ART OF HAND-TIED BOUQUETS – 9.20.25
Date: Saturday, SEPTEMBER 20, 2025
Time: 2:15PM – 4:45PM
There’s magic in making a bouquet in your hand and then, with sweeping flare, putting it in a vase for a perfect arrangement! Come learn the art of crafting a European-style hand-tied bouquet with the bounty from our farm. This technique is timeless and one that we use at Love ‘n Fresh to create our gorgeous, textural, relaxed bridal bouquets. We also use this technique to make many of our wedding centerpieces. But you don’t have to have a wedding on your calendar to enjoy mastering hand-tied bouquets. This technique is also very “handy” to know if you’re making a bouquet to take to a friend in the hospital or to take a oh-ah-worthy hostess gift to the next party. After walking the farm to gather some select special blooms, Jennie will lead students through a detailed demonstration. Students will then craft their own bouquets and can choose to finish them with wide satin ribbons and tissue wrap or place them in cylinder vase for an easy-breezy arrangement to take home.
Registration Opens August 20th.
FLORAL FUNDAMENTALS: DAHLIA HAPPY HOUR – 9.25.25
Date: Thursday, SEPTEMBER 25, 2025
Time: 5:15 PM – 6:45 PM
Late September is PRIME dahlia season! Our hundreds of dahlia plants will be bursting with the most exquisite little floral masterpieces you can imagine. Get off of work and head straight to our farm for cocktails and a floral happy hour where you can walk our field, snip whatever blooms your heart desires, and make a few little fun arrangements in a super relaxed setting as the late summer sun sets.
A cute little vessel will be provided for students to use when making their floral designs and are yours to keep. You may also bring additional small vessels of your own to use if you’d like.
Registration Opens August 25th.
ADVANCED SERIES: LARGE-SCALE FLORAL INSTALLATIONS – 10.2.25
Date: Thursday, OCTOBER 2, 2025
Time: 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
This class is the third in a three part series this season, designed for students who have already been to some of our Fundamentals workshops or for budding floral professionals honing their technical skills. In this session, we will tackle working as a team to create a lush floral arch using sustainable mechanics.
Registration Opens September 2nd.
FLORAL FUNDAMENTALS: OCTOBER CENTERPIECES – 10.4.25
Date: Saturday, OCTOBER 4, 2025
Time: 10:30-12:45 and 2:30PM – 4:45 PM
The long low golden rays of the autumn sun will touch on the very last of our flowers to bloom before frost. The cold nights will have turned the jewel-tones of the dahlias into something you can’t quite believe, proving Mother Nature is indeed a sorceress. The meadow will be full of dying grasses and seed pods to forage. The swan song of a field about to give up the last of its spirit for the season is intensely beautiful and somehow unexpectedly calming. Find your center in this wild space before the winter sets in. A unique moody vessel will be provided for each student to use and is yours to keep. Walk long rows of blooms at the farm and harvest as your heart desires. Learn how to craft a lush dramatic arrangement full of wildness.
Registration Opens September 4th.
FLORAL FUNDAMENTALS: FOLIAGE FIRST – 10.16.25
Date: Thursday, OCTOBER 16, 2025
Time: 2:30PM – 4:30PM
Flowers usually take center stage when it comes to centerpieces. But around Love ‘n Fresh Flowers, we covet and grow heaps of really interesting foliage that make our bouquets stand out. During this autumn afternoon class, we’ll explore the idea of creating a centerpiece focused on foliage first, with perhaps just a few accent blooms. Ninebark, smokebush, snowberry, spirea, viburnum, mountain mint, eucalyptus, dusty miller, fennel fronds, ferns, heuchera, and so much more will be at students’ disposal. We’ll start class as we always do, with a walk around the farm, but this time with a focus on the plants that produce the best cut foliage for our work. Then we’ll return to the spacious barn and get to work on creating an ample, wild, textural, foliage-inspired design in a large bowl. If you’re a floral designer looking to crack a creative rut, this class could really help you step out of your flower-focused comfort zone and embrace new materials. If you’re a farmer florist, this class will definitely expose you to lots of new cultivars for cut foliage (can you really ever have enough??). And if you’re new to floral design, this class will be super relaxed and fun while still teaching you all the basics of creating a beautiful, lush centerpiece.
Registration Opens September 16th.
FLORAL FUNDAMENTALS: SEASON FINALE WITH HEIRLOOM MUMS – 11.1.25
Date: Saturday, NOVEMBER 1, 2025
Time: 1PM – 3:30PM
Heirloom mums will take center stage in this workshop where you’ll craft your own bountiful arrangement from the last harvest of the season. Work in mini pumpkins, ornamental corn, sticks, grasses, fall leaves and more for a striking conversation piece for your late autumn table that will last for several week.
Registration Opens October 1st.
FALL FIELD DAY – 11.7.25
Date: Friday, NOVEMBER 7, 2025
Time: 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Join Jennie, host of the No-Till Flowers Podcast, to discuss several strategies for growing practices that will go beyond sustainability to actually regenerating our earth. For this late autumn field day, we’ll be looking at no-dig dahlias, worm bins, composting systems, planting a hoop house/greenhouse for early spring harvests, soil testing, and more. Meet like-minded growers who can help support you on your journey to being a better steward of the earth. Get away from your own farm at the end of a long season to gain invaluable perspective and start planning for next season!
Registration Opens October 7th.
Important Info to Know
Our workshops typically sell out quickly so please scan the full flower workshop schedule above and mark your calendars with a reminder for the day registration opens so you’ll be sure to get a spot.
All workshops take place at our flower farm in the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia (zip code 19128). Registered students will be emailed detailed directions for finding the farm.
Class size is typically limited to 10-12 people unless stated otherwise; five students must be signed up for a class to run.
Students must be 14 years or older to participate. We use sharp tools that are not appropriate for younger children.
Price per person ranges from $175-$250. No refunds, credits or transfers are offered for students who can not make it after registering. This is like buying a ticket to a concert. You can always give/sell your ticket to someone else, but we are not able to take back the ticket.
In case of severe weather, the class may be rescheduled or canceled. Students will be notified in advance as much as possible and refunds will be issued as needed if Love ‘n Fresh Flowers chooses to cancel a class.