Would you like to learn how to create your own floral arrangements with “wow factor?” Have you ever walked through the floral design competitions at the Boston Flower & Garden Show or the Barnstable, Topsfield, or Marshfield Fairs and thought to yourself, “I could do this?” The Massachusetts Horticultural Society is ready to give you the tools to design your own arrangements!

Beginning September 30 from 7 – 9 and continuing for six Wednesday evening sessions in The Parkman Room in the Education Building at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street, Wellesley, you’ll learn the nuts and bolts of how the basics of floral design, you’ll even learn how to enter a competition. The class will cover the basics: how to choose a container, select plant material, and entering a design show. Expert designers will teach you the basic elements of the most popular classes of floral arrangement: traditional, creative, miniature and table design.

You will receive the encouragement, guidance and the tools that can take you from arranging flowers at home to designing for a competition that will be viewed by thousands. Image from www.pamelaeganfloral.com.

Course Fee: $100 Mass Hort members; $125 for non-members. Register online at http://www.masshort.org/eventdetail/181/422|427|430|433/beginning-floral-design-at-mass-hort-2015?filter_reset=1