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Subject
Floristry
Level
Foundation Degree (Level 5)
Study Mode
Full-Time
Duration
2 years full-time/3 years part-time
Start Date
September 2025
The course
This foundation degree in Floristry Design is focused on developing your knowledge and understanding of a broad range of floristry skills and techniques, supported with essential theoretical studies.
The programme is designed to help you gain a firm understanding of essential commercial floristry skills and to give you the ability to develop these skills further, becoming confident with contemporary techniques and a wide range of approaches to floristry design. There will experience a real-life work environment for a learn whilst doing approach, allowing your development of enterprise and entrepreneurial skills.
British Floristry Association
This programme has been accredited by the British Floristry Association (BFA). Bishop Burton has demonstrated the standards of excellence required to be recognised as a recommended training provider and College member of the BFA.
Course Information
- Evaluate information, knowledge and critical understanding of influences and research in new and emerging contexts.
- Analyse selected research, and utilise to develop agreed outcomes.
- Show advanced use of carefully selected digital information and communication technologies for specific tasks.
- Select and employ a range of appropriate digital design 2D and 3D visual communication and illustration systems to communicate design ideas to a diverse audience.
- Evaluate and reflect on own and others process, ethics and development using wide-ranging approaches and criteria in a range of complex contexts.
- Design and develop solutions that demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of floristry elements and principles, technical implications and design aesthetics resulting in client satisfaction within a floristry design related context.
- Conceptualise practical and theoretical concerns though experimentation with 2D and 3D media, materials and processes in response to client and site-specific contexts.
- Synthesise knowledge of environmental and sustainable design principles and evaluate the effectiveness of creative responses to given contexts.
- Reflect on development of employable skills, evaluating personal strengths and weaknesses in preparation for further study or employment.
Year 1
- Academic Skills Development 20 credits
- Visual Communication 20 credits
- Floristry Design: Elements and Principles 20 credits
- Floristry Workshop Practice 20 credits
- Commercial Floristry Design Project 40 credits
Year 2
- Floristry History and Context 20 credits
- International Floristry Design 40 credits
- Floristry Creative Practice 20 credits
- Industry Design Project 40 credits
You will need:
A minimum of 72 UCAS points OR a relevant Level 3 and significant industry experience
Plus:
- GCSE English 4 or above or equivalent
- A suitable reference
- A portfolio of creative work
UCAS points may be from qualifications such as T Levels, A Levels, BTEC Level 3 Extended Diplomas, Access to Higher Education Diplomas, and City and Guilds Advanced Technical Diplomas amongst others. Please use the UCAS Tariff points calculator to determine the UCAS points value of your qualifications.
Life and/or experience of non-traditional students will be taken into account when considering applications. The successful completion of an entry task may be required when considering applications without the required formal entry qualifications.
If an applicants first language is not English, or a Tier 4 student visa to study is required and GCSE English at grade 4/C or equivalent is not held, they will need to evidence their English language proficiency level, such as International English Language Testing System (IELTS) 6.0 overall (with a minimum 5.5 in each skill).
Advanced entry may be possible due to prior experience or certificated learning; applicants will need to complete the recognition of prior learning approval process.
This programme is delivered with a variety of learning and teaching approaches to include all students' learning styles and preferences.
For all modules, theory lectures are delivered that aim to deliver the core content and provide the underpinning knowledge.
The teaching methods focus on facilitating a student-centred approach to enhance your independent learning outside of the classroom.
Teaching will take place at the Bishop Burton campus in East Yorkshire, UK.
The full-time pathway includes approximately 12 to 14 hours a week, incorporating lectures, seminars, debates and tutorials. You are also expected to carry out a significant amount of private study in addition to contact time (25-30 hours a week). A part-time option is also available. You can expect to receive your timetable during induction week.
- A tablet, laptop and/or stationery to take notes in lectures and seminars.
- Stationery including sketch books and a range of drawing pens and pencils.
- Digital camera or smartphone.
- Tool box.
- Floristry scissors and knife.
- Para film, pot tape and floristry glue.
- Secateurs, pliers and tweezers.
- Selection of floristry wires (including decorative wire) and ribbons.
- An apron to protect your clothing.
- Glue gun.
- There will be external off-site visits that are in the programme with some associated costs
- On successful completion of the programme, students have the opportunity to graduate at a ceremony wearing formal dress. The hire of the formal dress is an additional cost.
Validated by University of Hull
We are proud to collaborate with University of Hull on the validation of this course.
This includes transforming our programmes to ensure that we meet the evolving needs of the sector, giving you the best opportunities for success when you graduate by having a competence-based focus. Find out more about competence-based higher education.
View the policies and procedures you would be agreeing to comply with by registering for this programme. This encompasses University of Hull Quality and Standards, including a Guide for Collaborative Provision students.
Financial Information
Find the full details of the fees associated with this programme and the financial support available.
