Welcome to Flourishing
Online or In-person Floral Education
Floral Design Education to Help You Master the Basics and Create Arrangements That Are Truly Your Own
I’m Amber Mustain.
If you’ve been dreaming of learning floral design, but didn’t know where to start, I’m here to guide you step by step with clarity and encouragement.
Are you looking for someone to teach you the skills and strategies necessary for building a thriving career in flowers?
With over 25 years in the floral industry, I’ve worked in many roles from florist and freelance designer to business owner. I’m excited to share what I’ve learned and help you build strong, lasting floral design skills.
Flourishing will give you the design foundations and confidence you need to work professionally with flowers. Whether you dream of working in a retail flower shop or with a wedding and event company, you’ll gain the floral design skills needed to pursue your passion with clarity and confidence.
Every thriving floral career begins with strong foundations: flower care, design basics, color theory, and the confidence to land your dream jobs.
Bloom
An online course that introduces you to floral design and gives you practical, hands-on floral design skills you can apply immediately.
What you’ll learn:
How to process flowers properly
Learn how to design two beautiful arrangements
Explore the basics of color theory
& style a table with confidence.
This course includes four step-by-step video tutorials, helpful downloads, floral recipes, and links to essential tools—everything you need to start your floral journey with ease!
($97)
The Everyday Florist Online Course
A self-paced online course for learning floral design basics and floral business foundations
Business Basics: How to set up your business correctly, from the beginning.
Floral Design Basics-The hows and whys (principles & elements explained) + Processing Flowers
Video Tutorials: tall/low vase arrangements, casket spray, sympathy urn, personal flowers
Pricing, Sourcing, Proposals, Creating Recipes & Ordering
Branding & Social Media
Setting up a Floral Studio: the essential items and tools
BONUSES:
Wedding Bouquet video tutorial
Styling Tutorial + Color Theory Basics
60-minute mentoring call
($597)
1-1 Mentoring
Work one-on-one with me to achieve your goals in your floral business. Whether it’s an online design session or a business strategy session, we will work on your specific goals. This can be purchased as needed or in a lump sum of hours.
($197/hour)
If you’re looking for hands-on, personalized floral training, in-person is the best place to start!
I’ll create a custom learning plan just for you, so we can work together to refine your skills, adjust your designs in real time, and help you truly understand the art of floral design.
Learn the floral fundamentals and how to create a brand that will
TAKE ROOT, GROW AND ALWAYS BE
F · L · O · U · R · I · S · H · I · N · G
The Everyday Florist Curriculum
Business Basics
Building a firm foundation with your business is important. You will learn how to set everything up correctly the first time.
Floral Design & Flower Processing
Learn how to create structurally sound and aesthetically gorgeous floral designs. Amber gives you the “floral recipes” and you adapt to your style, taking the guesswork out of design!
You will also learn how to process flowers for a longer vase life.
Recipes + Ordering
Building design recipes for proper ordering amounts are the key to a profitable business. You will learn how to make beautiful designs by creating a recipe and then ordering appropriately.
Pricing & Proposals
Take the guesswork out of how to price for profit in the floral industry with detailed examples of proposals that clients love and pricing structures that ensure you will always be cash positive.
The Perks of being an Everyday Florist Student
One-on-One Mentoring
We are working online in a group, but you have direct access to Amber during the 6 weeks, and included in the course is a 90-minute mentoring session.
Community
Each student will be able to join the private Facebook community to grow and build relationships with other florists. Amber and Taylor are also available for questions within the group.
Mini Workbooks & Videos
The online course comes with mini workbooks for each session. You can print them off for easy reference. The videos are broken down into short chunks of information that allows you to learn at your pace and always be able to come back and practice all of the designs.