Frolicking with very British flowers

Lara from Manor Farm Cottage Flowers

On Friday we welcomed Lara to the Flower School with her buckets of very British flowers to collaborate on our first British Flower Day Course.

Getting to grips with our natural hand tied bouquets

After an introduction to British flowers from a grower's perspective it was time to get hands on and create gorgeous natural hand ties as nature intended them to be. When flowers are this fresh and this seasonal, there's no need to over style - they simply speak for themselves in all their British glory!

A beautiful kind of floral chaos

Just some of our flower heroes for the day included bright blue Cornflowers, deep purple and pink heavenly scented Sweet Peas, Dahlias, Zinnias and Larkspur - all of which are at their freshest right now so if you are looking for some July floral inspiration, they are a great place to start.

A big thank you to Lara for nurturing these wonderful blooms and of course to our day students who we had a blast with!

You can see more of Lara's beautiful blooms and her styling of them via her Manor Farm Cottage Facebook page.

Mother's Day Bouquets

A blooming lovely bunch of sorbet roses

What did you get up to this Mother's Day? We were joined by a lovely bunch of ladies for our Mother's Day workshop on Friday and had a great time getting to grips with a range of different hand tied bouquets. First up on the menu was this soft and perfectly feminine rose bouquet featuring some of my favourites - the acapella, talea, avalanche and senorita varieties. Their sorbet shades looked good enough to eat together.

Spring was definitely in the air on Friday

In the afternoon we went 'wild and free' and made beautifully lose, garden style bouquets with the freshest spring blooms. On the menu were headily scented narcissus, apricot parrot tulips, white anemones (with green centres!), colour popping craspedia and vibrant gelder roses. The wilder style of bouquet is always a challenge but our ladies rose to it and left literally with an arm-full of gorgeous blooms  - enough the give to their mums and keep for themselves!

Getting to grips with being more wild & free...

The Mother's Day series...

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Last week we shared our thoughts on motherhood with you...well, nurturing in general really. We praised those of our graduates who are balancing their new floral careers with busy family lives and promised to share some of their profiles with you in the run up to Mother's Day this week. So pop over to our Facebook Page and meet our first pair of partner's in crime - Holly and her son Noah.

We'll also be celebrating Mother's Day in style in the school rooms this Friday with our special one day workshop. Places are limited but we do have just spaces left so if you are looking for a special gift for your mum this year, why not come and learn how to make the perfect seasonal hand tied bouquet with us using a beautiful selection of blooms. There's nothing more special than presenting your mum with a beautiful bouquet that you have made yourself, or come and learn together and share the experience of flowers.

You can visit our website for more details or simply email us at hello@tallulahroseflowers.com or call 01225 425 998 x

Bridal workshops

A beautiful bridal bouquet from a Tallulah Rose student

Yesterday saw our February Career Course students get to grips with bridal bouquets. For a dark, heady, romantic feel (well it is Valentine's this week after all!), we teamed the softly hued Amnesia rose with similarly toned seasonal Hyacinths, Veronica, Succulents and Clematis with contrasting Majolika roses and trailing Jasmin. Tied with a delicate cotton lace ribbon, we love this feel of this bouquet.

Our take on beautifully 'dark florals'

If you would like to learn how to make your own bridal bouquet, along with other key bridal pieces we offer a one day Bridal Day Course every month with our bridal specialist Amy. Our next course is Friday the 21st February and we have just one place remaining. If you would like to join us simply email us at hello@tallulahroseflowers.com or call us on 01225 425 998 to reserve your place.

Spring bulbs workshop

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With our February Career Course well under way, the school rooms are full of flowers again and we're in our element working with the best that the season can give us. We're also super excited about welcoming our Day Course students this Friday for our Spring Bulbs workshop.

We'll be exploring various ways of presenting seasonal bulbs in the home, from something very rustic and garden style to more contemporary arrangements using clear glass.

If you'd like to fill your home with bulbs then come and join us in beautiful Bath and let us show you how. We have a limited number of places still available so simply call us on 01225 425 998 or email us at hello@tallulahroseflowers.com - as ever we'd love to hear from you!

Spring workshops

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You may have noticed on your morning commute (or maybe not, depending on if you've had your coffee?) that something amazing is beginning to happen. From the endless wet and muddy January ground, spring bulbs are emerging. They are tiny and they're just about getting brave enough to pop their heads out of their cosy parapets but to us florists, it's a BIG deal!

To celebrate all things spring we have some new workshops for 2014 so if you feel like getting creative with a flourish of spring flowers through your own home, we'll teach you how. All of our day courses take place at our inspiring school rooms in the heart of beautiful Bath, which is a treat in itself in springtime. 

For full details and how to book, visit our website

Give the gift of Tallulah Rose

Tallulah Rose Gift Vouchers

With December just about to pop its little wintry head around the corner, we're offering Tallulah Rose gift vouchers as a gift idea this year. So with the Christmas countdown about to begin, if you're struggling to know what to squeeze into a stocking this year, why not give a special experience rather than a pair of socks (albeit cashmere ones)?

Each voucher costs £150.00 and is redeemable against all any of our 2014 Day Courses. Our day courses take place in our creative school rooms, full of floral inspiration for any flower lover. They are designed to suit all abilities and we aim to give an insight into professional floral design in a relaxed and fun environment.

Gift vouchers are easy to order* - simply email us at hell@tallulahroseflowers.com and we will get our elves on the case. They will arrive beautifully packaged so all you have to do is pop it under the tree, or slip it in a stocking!

*Last orders will be taken on Tuesday 16th December to allow for Christmas postal services.

New horizons...

We're busy packing up our old school room this week ahead of the big move into our shiny new premises on Friday! The flower school is going from strength to strength and the new school room will enable us to help more students and also run more of our popular day courses.

We have just launched our Spring 2014 Day Course timetable so if you've been wanting to come and play with flowers with us, why not take a peek and see if there's something you like the sound of. We are also now offering a gift vouchers service in time for Christmas which you can redeem against any of our courses so if you need to drop some serious hints - here's the link you'll need!

Spring 2014 Timetable

We hope to see you soon, Team Tallulah x