Dahlias can be difficult to use in floristry. Join flower farmer and florist Georgie Newbery of Common Farm Flowers for this hand-tie demo using dahlias freshly cut from her own flower field.
RHS dahlia trials judge Georgie will give you top tips for using dahlias for all floristry, as well as demonstrating the ‘florists’ twist’ used to make a hand tie and wrapping in an aqua pack for delivery.
With time for questions, and tips for different varieties, this demo will help you take your dahlias from your garden, with a discussion on their particular demands when cutting and conditioning them and put these gorgeous blooms centre stage in your cut flower arrangements.
If you love dahlias you might also like our Dahlia Workshop, or buy the demo and the workshop in our special dahlia bundle!
Here's what some recent students had to say about this demo:
"I booked the hour online session on tying dahlia bouquets and found Georgie to be an engaging and authoritative speaker, full of tips for successful growing and floristry. She made the session accessible to all, from people like me who grow dahlias for fun right through to those who are florists and flower farmers. We overran because no question was left unanswered. Enthused by what I learned yesterday I have just tied a couple of bunches - next stop Sowing Hardy Annuals course I think! Thank you Georgie."
Why do a workshop or demo with Common Farm Flowers?
Georgie Newbery has been building her small business growing flowers for sale and creating floristry with material she’s grown on the farm since 2010. She is a Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Floristry Judge, RHS dahlia trials committee member, and Garden Media Guild New Talent Award Judge.
Georgie does not see other flower farmers and florists as competition, but rather as potential colleagues and collaborators. Georgie knows that it is in her interest to teach her students everything she knows. And she spends a great deal of time talking to other flower farmers and small business owners and learning as much as she can around the subject of running small businesses and farming gardens and small acreage.
There are no secrets held back from you at a Common Farm Flowers workshop.
Information about all our online workshops and demos:
You are welcome to join our workshops and demos whether you grow for pleasure or profit, and wherever you are in the world.
All our online workshops and demos take place via Zoom at 5.00pm (UK time.)
Workshops last approximately two hours and demos are around one hour.
Online workshop numbers are generally restricted to a maximum of 20 students.
We will be in touch a few days before the workshop with your joining instructions. This email will come from nicola@commonfarmflowers.com. If you’ve not heard from Nicola 48 hours before the session takes place please email nicola@commonfarmflowers.com but do please first check your junk / spam items and make sure you are checking the inbox of the email address you used to book your place.
We record all our sessions, which means you don’t miss out if, for example, you get interrupted or lose internet connection during the course of the session.
All our online workshops and demos work well if you can’t attend live. Simply book your place as if you were coming along and we will send you the recordings as soon as possible after the session has taken place.
We will send recordings (and notes for workshops) within 7 days of the session taking place, but usually much sooner than this.
Please familiarise yourself with our terms and conditions in case you need to cancel your workshop or demo place.
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