by avaflora | July 10, 2019 | Workshops
There’s a story behind why I’m passionate about teaching floral design but the idea came to life simply because I was being asked – “Do you offer workshops?”. It started with wreaths, then flower centerpieces and now 1:1 workshops. It wasn’t easy in the...
by avaflora | February 24, 2019 | Flowers, Workshops
Winter as a North Eastern Florist…it’s mostly dreadful. December is decent and festive (referring to retail), January is awful (as usual), and February is well, awful (yet shorter, with the exception of the Valentine’s Day hustle, and really...
by avaflora | February 18, 2019 | Workshops
For the past several years Mike and I have been really enjoying hosting small group workshops in our Cold Spring Harbor shop. Not going to lie, while small, they are a TON of work to plan and organize. Between cleaning and reorganizing the entire store (to comfortably...
by avaflora | August 3, 2018 | Workshops
We created this workshop with a different approach in mind – designing our signature organic centerpiece using only lush focal flowers. With peonies being the main focus, attendees chose from some of our favorite varieties including Coral Charm, Alertie,...
by avaflora | November 8, 2017 | Workshops
Harvest Moon Farm & Orchard is a apple orchard located in North Salem, New York. It is family owned and operated much like our own flower shop. They sell their very own hard cider (Hardscrabble Cider), their own farm fresh free-range eggs, local honey, local dairy...
by avaflora | June 21, 2017 | Workshops
Spring happens to be one of our favorite flower seasons so Mike and I thought it would be the perfect time to host our very first floral design workshop. We welcomed 11 women into our Cold Spring Harbor boutique and it turned out to be an incredibly beautiful day....