Floristry and floral design
Flower Design of Britain

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Hall of fames The tutorial team of Flower Design of Britain

Barbara Shakespeare

Barbara Shakespeare has been an active florist for over 30 years and for the past 15 she has been the principal of Flower Design of Britain. Through her expertise and patience in teaching, she has generally become recognized as one of the foremost floristry trainers in Europe.

She has held posts as both a senior verifier and regional training officer for the worldwide relay organisation Interflora.

Her wealth of experience in the field of floristry led to her appearing in the gHall of Fameh magazine produced by the leading UK newspaper gThe Daily Mail".

QualificationsF National Diploma of the Society of Floristry England, Fellow of the Society of Floristry



Geoffrey Hughes, Commercial floral designer


His CV is a who's who of floristry in the UK, past Chairman of Interflora British Units and Representative on the World Board of Interflora inc, past Editor of Society of Floristry magazine, past Chairman British Retail & Professional Florists Association, past Chairman of academic Government lead body for the floristry Industry, past Chairman of European Floristry School, lead representative and past floristry Governor Lackham Horticultural College. Director of busy flower shops in the West Country. His courses will cover all aspects of floristry design and will include the most up-to-date techniques.

He has some 35 years of educational background of floristry.

Guest florists

Flower Design of Britain occasionally invites commercial florists and floral designers to give different approaches of teaching. All of our teachers have solid experience of floristry teaching.



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