Floret Online Workshop

Enrollment in the 2023 Floret Online Workshop will open in the fall of 2022. Be sure to add your name to our waitlist to be notified.

The course includes more than 150 videos on a password-protected site, plus a 280-page printed course book. Once the workshop kicks off, we release one module per week. For each of the six modules in the workshop, you'll watch multiple video lessons, which are broken down into bite-sized pieces, making it easy for you to go back and rewatch particular segments. As a student, you're also invited to join the Floret Learning Community, a private discussion group where you can submit questions for Erin and Team Floret to answer during the six weekly Q&A session videos.

Absolutely! We've had students from nearly 50 countries ranging from cool climates to very arid areas and everywhere in between successfully complete our course. The workshop covers the fundamentals of growing flowers on a small scale and includes core principles such as seed starting, plant propagation, and use of season extension structures that are applicable or easily adaptable to other climates. Plus, Floret’s marketing tutorials are relevant no matter where you live and grow flowers.

Because all the content is online, you can go at your own pace to get through the material. It’s no problem to take a break during your busy times and resume the course once things quiet down. There is no specific time you need to login to access the workshop content. Once the workshop begins and each weekly module is released, you can watch the video lessons whenever it is most convenient for you. You can always revisit a lesson when questions arise about a specific topic, as you have lifetime access to the course materials.

Yes! We’ve had students with varying levels of farming and gardening experience complete the course, including many with no experience at all. For example, Mercedes Attig, a student in our 2020 workshop shared, “This is my first year, and the Floret training was essential. I’ve never even grown flowers before. I had zero experience and never would have been able to do this without the class. I gained at least 5–10 years of experience in 6 weeks.”

No. Experienced farmers, gardeners, and landscape professionals have greatly benefited from the course. The small-scale, high-intensity methods we teach are unique to the Floret Online Workshop and have helped experienced growers expand their production and make existing operations more efficient, productive, and profitable. Consider Cristina McCutcheon’s words: “I’ve been involved in the horticulture/agriculture industry for almost 20 years, and this is by far the best and most complete presentation of material I have seen. The fact that it also allows those of us who cannot take a break from our lives to attend lengthy programs or become interns is a gift beyond measure. I continue to return to the course offerings and continue to find them an invaluable resource as my farm evolves.”

Please see the Workshop Timeline section above. Once the workshop begins, we release one module per week for 6 weeks. Students have lifetime access to the workshop content, plus all the new material we add to the course each year.

The gap between when registration ends and when the course begins allows us time to print and mail the course books to attendees around the world. Unlike other online courses, we will be sending out physical copies of the material, plus other goodies. We promise it will be worth the wait!

No, there is no extra fee for shipping the course book to you. The cost of the workshop materials is included in the cost of the workshop.

There are more than 150 videos, which cover everything from planning your growing area, to efficient harvesting and social media marketing. There are also tutorials on plant propagation, seed starting, irrigation, season extension, and so much more.

With the online format, we are now able to accommodate everyone who wants to participate as long as you register during the enrollment period.

We do not currently have plans to offer any on-farm workshops.

No, the course is offered as a complete flower growing workshop experience just once per year. As part of the Floret Online Workshop, Erin and Team Floret will go through the course modules with you. We'll also have a group of experienced farmer-florists who will be able to answer your questions and provide additional support.

The Floret Online Workshop is only available as a complete course. Individual modules are not available à la carte.

No, the workshop is a web-based platform, so all you need is an Internet connection. You can access the content on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other mobile device; no special applications or software downloads are necessary.

No, unlike other online courses that restrict access to the content after a year, or only allow you to view it on one device, you will have lifetime access to all of the content and any updates we make to the course.

When registration is open, you can choose either the “Pay in Full” or “Pay Monthly” option to checkout.