Bloom in Business: Getting Started
The mini-introduction course to get you started the right way in a floristry business!
$97 'FREE ACCESS for a LIMITED TIME'
Do you dream about owning a florist business?
What's been holding you back from being your very own bloom, boss?
You see the incredible florists on Instagram making stunning flower arrangements, and it all looks so dreamy and oh-so fulfilling, right?
Do you say things like "I wish I had a creative business, one that I could have flexibility and even run from home if I want to, if I could just get paid for doing something I love, it would be so fulfilling."
But... how do these florists on Instagram do it? How did they get started? "I have a full-time job and other things that get in the way, how would I find time?"
Working without it feeling like work is the ultimate career goal, don't you agree?
Job satisfaction is close to the top of most people's wish lists. Nobody wants to sit back in their 80s and wish they had worked more or worked harder, but many say they wish they had followed their passions. Let's not be one of those people....
Is there anything holding you back? Do you wonder if you are creative enough or that you lack the required business acumen?
Whether you want to run a business from home or open a retail store, this short course will highlight the starting points every successful floristry business needs to cover. If you also need the floristry know-how and business skills, you might like to consider our self-paced Complete Floristry and Business 12-week online course .
We have helped 100's of students from all backgrounds learn the necessary skills and knowledge to bring their dreams to life, and we teach you proven methods Yvette Timmins (founder of Bloom College) applied to her own floristry businesses.
Getting Started
Be introduced to the key steps to start your floristry business
In this 30 minute session, Yvette Timmins, Bloom College founder, will be your mentor, covering the steps required to start your floristry business - whether it be a retail or online business.
The course content will introduce you to these key requirements:
Why start a floristry business?
Legal Requirements
Lifestyle Match
The Market
Business Structure
Product Range
Launch Campaigns
Website, Marketing & Advertising Campaigns
Suppliers
Financials
Planning & Creative
Contribution
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
- Lao Tzu
About Yvette...
Yvette Timmins has been in the floristry industry for 30+ years!
From casual employee to apprentice to senior florist, manager, teacher and now principal founder and director at Bloom College.
At age 26 Yvette founded her first floristry business from scratch and successfully sold it 5 years later. Since founding Bloom College flower school Yvette and her team continue to witness the success of so many graduates. 🎓
Yvette now wants to share her lessons in the flower business and show you what’s required in order for you to feel the success you deserve.
During the course you will hear Yvette's story of making the mistake, that being a great florist does not necessarily mean you will automatically be a great business owner!
Bloom In Business | Getting Started
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more about the teacher
Yvette Timmins has covered everything in Floristry from Casual Florist Assistant to Apprentice, Senior Florist, Florist shop manager, Florist Shop Owner, Floristry teacher and Principal of her school, Bloom College she founded in 2013. Yvette was a founding director and board member of Australia’s peak national body, Flower Industry Australia. Yvette is also a co-founder of the charity Floral acts of kindness, which was set up by Bloom College graduate Dr Isabelle De Solier. The charity delivers flower bouquets to nursing homes and hospitals. It could be said that Yvette’s passion and skill for working with flowers is in her blood. Yvette’s Grandmother, Great Aunt and Great Grandmother were all florists. Yet Yvette will tell you that arranging flowers is not an inherited special skill reserved for only a few, but rather is available to everyone. Yvette believes we are all born with an innate sense of creativity and a need to connect with nature. Arranging flowers feeds both of those human needs simultaneously; the only requirement, she says, is to enable the process by getting our own inner negative self-talk and criticism out of the way. Creating a comfortable and nurturing environment allows our creativity to flow.The ongoing positive flow on effects that Yvette has witnessed first hand over her 30+ years in the industry include, but is not limited to, a decrease in feelings of anxiety and depression. Yvette is passionate about many causes, yet possibly the highest on the list is the need for greater opportunity to connect with nature and our creativity for the purpose of generating positive effects on our mental health. It is this reason Yvette has developed Bloom College courses online and via the App to ensure people are not restricted by location or mental or physical ability.
Awards & Qualifications include;
Victorian Florist of the Year – Junior - 1994 & 1995
Australian Florist of the Year – Junior – 1994 & 1995
Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show – Silver 1997
ABC Gardening Australia Award – Bronze 2003
Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show – Bronze 2017
Australian Floristry Certificate III & IV
Business Certificate IV