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Beautiful Flowers
Custom Floral Design and Instruction
The Floral Design Class Created For You
Classes held in Albany, New York.
Each class is a minimum of two hours.
Classes can be scheduled for day or evening.
Classes may be scheduled for one to three people.
Classes are hands-on. All participants may make floral designs.
Based on your designs, you will receive a supply list of items to bring to
class.
Bring a notebook. You will receive numerous tips and suggestions for
working and decorating with flowers.
Where to Start?
What is your design experience?
Have you made floral designs or are you just starting out? What tools do you use? Have you worked with floral foam?
Will you use fresh flowers or silk flowers?
This will determine the types of flowers, containers, foam, and other tools, supplies, and materials you will use in class. You can
choose all fresh flowers or all silk flowers.
What do you want to learn how to make?
Do you want to make centerpieces, wreaths, topiaries, bouquets? Depending on the complexity of the piece and its degree of
completion, you can learn the basic construction for a variety of designs in one class.
What is your style?
What appeals to you — what colors, flowers, containers, types of designs? Bring photographs that show your style.
Do you have the time and patience to purchase all the flowers and supplies you need?
Before class, Janice will help you determine the flowers and other supplies you will need to make your floral designs. If you are not
used to purchasing flowers and supplies it can take several hours of shopping.
Class Policies
When class is scheduled, a validation email will be sent with class date and class fee required.
Full payment confirms class. If not received within five days of receipt of validation email, class may be cancelled.
Upon registration for class, number and names of all participants must be provided. The main contact person
scheduling the class must provide her or his name, address, and contact information (telephone number(s) and email
address).
Upon receipt of verified payment, and after finalizing the floral designs to be made in class, contact person will receive
a supply list by email. Participants must bring required tools, supplies, and flowers to make the floral designs in class.
Upon receipt of verified payment, address and directions to class location will be provided by telephone. Classes are
held in Albany.
Basic design instructions and techniques for each design will be demonstrated and discussed in class. Larger or more
complicated designs may not be fully completed in class.
Class is scheduled for a specified time, and all participants are expected to arrive at start time. Classes that extend
beyond the specified end time are charged $15.00 per person for each 15 minute increment exceeding the specified
end time of the class, and must be paid in full in cash before the specified end time of class, unless other arrangements
have been agreed upon.
If instructor cancels class, contact person has the option to accept a full refund or reschedule the class.
Payment in full signifies agreement to all fees, payments, and policies as described above.
Class Fees
Each
class
is
a
minimum
of
two
hours
and
fees
are
based
on
the
number
of
people
attending
the
class.
The
more
people
who
attend
(up
to
three),
the
lower
the class fee per person.
A
class
for
one
person
is
$100.00,
the
second
person
pays
$60.00
for
the
two-hour
class.
Add
a
third
person
for
$40.00.
A
class
of
three
participants
is
$200.00, just under $67.00 per person.
Two-Hour Class
One person $100.00
Two people $160.00
Three people $200.00
Cancellations are accepted up to 14 days before
scheduled class. Refund of deposit, minus a $50.00
consultation fee, will be returned by check and mailed
within five business days.
No refunds for cancellations made within 14 days,
unless specified through prior written agreement.
Cancellations within 14 days of class may be
rescheduled within four weeks with no penalty.
