All things bright and beautiful

A simply stunning use of bold colour from October student Mary

As I sit here in the office, the rain lashing at the windows and the grey clouds creeping over the City of Bath, these images of Mary's beautiful final designs are perking me up! Mary came to us at the beginning of the month preferring natural tonal colours and three weeks later she's leaving with the confidence to create stunningly bold designs such as this bridal bouquet. We salute your bravery Mary.

Hearts full of hope and heads full of dreams

From the left: Marie, Judith and Amy - our September Class

Last Friday was Day 20 of our September Career Course and the last day of flowering for the three students that have been with us for the past month. Amy, Judith and Marie came to us at the beginning of September, we posted the results of Day One - a potted Orchid, and within a month we have watched their individual style and talent flourish. 

As with all of of Career Courses, the final week end with the student's own freestyle designs. They are given the freedom to plan, design and budget for three bridal pieces. We love to see the progress the students have made and this is their time to showcase just what they can do on their own.

We adore the flowering mint in Marie's wild meadow style bridal bouquet

The striking hot pink Piano Rose takes centre stage in Judith's bouquet

Colour clash perfection with these peach Mis Piggy Roses and the muted Mentha Rose

So it was with hearts full of hope and heads full of dreams for their new businesses that our students left us last week. We wish them every success for their future and can't wait to see where their businesses take them.

Our next course begins on the 4th of November and you can find more information via our website: www.tallulahroseflowers.com

Back to school...

So, today we got to use our long awaited new school bags and skipped into school in our shiny new pumps - well maybe just in our heads, but there was a real 'back to school' vibe amongst Team Tallulah this morning as we welcomed two new groups of students.

In the school room, we kicked off our September career course with a group of five budding new florists. More about them later this week. We cannot wait to watch them blossom over the next four weeks and are looking forward to sharing some of their work with you.

Over at the Royal Crescent Hotel we also welcomed a group of six Japanese students who spent the day dressing the hotel with stunning floral arrangements. Here's a sample of just some of their work today, our thoughts were transported to a whimsical English country garden and hope you are too!

Late summer colour in the courtyard thanks to stunning Hydrangea, Delphiniums, Roses and oodles of fresh foliage

A Close Up: Inky purple Hydrangea, ivory Stocks, pale pink Astilbe, blue Delphiniums, pale peach Roses and pretty white Veronica 

Bringing the outside in as this amazing window dressing is illuminated by the early afternoon Bath sunshine