Workshops

Floral Design workshops by Tobey Nelson

Dates announced for the 2020 Whidbey Flower Workshop dedicated to teaching foam-free floristry

Whidbey Flower Workshop 2020

April 26, 2020

This year is especially for the wedding specialists, though there is plenty here for any floral business.  As always, everything we cover will be from the perspective of Sustainable Floristry.   This year we are also placing emphasis on floral craftsmanship and some light design theory and color.  We will focus on bridal bouquets and installations.  Of course, we won’t overlook business topics!   We have 3 sessions on that: pricing, floral storytelling, and a juicy dive into Pinterest marketing.  As always, when Tobey is producing the workshop, there is no fluff – just precious, well-spent time crammed with information!

Joseph Massie teaches a floral design workshop with Susan Mcleary and Tobey Nelson

Designing Consciously – a Floral Design Workshop

December 8, 2019

Designing Consciously : combining Principles of Design with good techniques to elevate your work
*THIS WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT**

Become a better and more confident floral designer. Attend this two-day floral design workshop with award-winning British florist Joseph Massie in the studio of Passionflower Sue Mcleary. Using a combination of lecture followed by hands-on projects, Joe will guide us through both design concepts and techniques, and how to implement them in our practice. Day one will cover the Principles and Elements of Design, the Design Scheme, and the Golden Ratio. Day two is dedicated to techniques. We will cover both centerpieces and hand-tied bouquets. The goal of this workshop is to enhance your understanding of design theory, as well as to strengthen your technical skills, to help you take your design work to the next level.

This workshop is hosted by Susan Mcleary & produced by Tobey Nelson

Art of the Table Botanical Runners Flower Workshop taught by Tobey Nelson

Art of the Table: Botanical Runners

March 7, 2019

Come to this botanical runner workshop in Langley and learn how to make a different kind of centerpiece. Botanical runners can be made any time of year, with clippings from your yard! In this class we'll learn how to make them using sustainable floristry techniques - foam-free, and with locally grown elements!

Tobey Nelson teaches a tablescaping workshop Langley

The Art of the Table: Tablescaping

February 2, 2019

This tablescaping class in Langley will teach you how to transform your table setting to create an especially engaging experience, even with things you have laying around the house.

Sustainable floristry centerpiece workshop by Tobey Nelson

The Art of the Table: Centerpieces

January 10, 2019

Come to a centerpiece workshop at the Learning Lab of the Living Design Foundation in Langley! Tobey Nelson will teach you how to create a beautiful flower arrangement using sustainable floristry practices with no floral foam and using American Grown flowers.

Whidbey Island Flower Workshop 2017

April 23, 2017

We are over the moon to invite you to dig in to this exciting, jam-packed 2+ day workshop designed to expand your creativity, style, and floral mechanics horizons! Join Susan McLeary of Passionflower Events, Debra Prinzing of Slow Flowers, Kaleb Norman James of Kaleb Norman James Design at a cozy Pacific Northwest island winery for an inspirational getaway designed to help you develop your creative voice, refine and update your floral design skills, perfect your tablescaping game, and get hands-on experience creating a large floral installation without foam. During the course of the workshop we will discuss sourcing, pricing, creative challenges, staying renewed and inspired, working with your farmer, and more. Each student will have hands-on experience and all work will be professionally photographed with professional models to be used by students in their portfolios, websites, branding etc. We will work with only the most luscious, locally-sourced and American grown product including lots of spring treasures grown right here on Whidbey Island.

This course is designed for the floral professional who has some skills and experience but who wants to expand their creative horizons and update their mechanics so they can avoid floral foam in their practices.

tobey nelson teaches private floral design classes

1:1 Teaching – your personal floral design workshop

Tobey Nelson offers private floral design teaching at her studio in Clinton, WA. Personal 1:1 instruction sessions are tailored around the interests and needs of the student. These studio intensive sessions teach sustainable floristry practices using locally-grown florals and botanicals.