Bouquet Basics: Local Flowers & Balanced Bouquets (Easthampton)

 
FREE In-Person Class
Bouquet Basics: Local Flowers & Balanced Bouquets

with Sarah Berquist
Flower Grower • Designer • Educator

Tuesday, August 27, 2024 • 5:30 - 6:45pm
Easthampton Community Room • 228 Northampton St, Easthampton, MA

CLASS IS FULL

Registration Closed

Join flower grower, designer and educator Sarah Berquist to learn about integrating and balancing different shapes and colors of flowers in simple but elegant bouquets! Participants will create one bouquet that they will get to take home with them using fresh flowers that Sarah grows here in the Valley. After the class, you'll start seeing flower arrangements in a whole new way! No previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome!

* Registration is required. NOTICE: Class is full
 

ABOUT SARAH BERQUIST

Sarah is a small-scale flower farmer and educator based in Hadley, MA. She teaches, advises, and provides leadership for Sustainable Food & Farming at the Stockbridge School of Agriculture at UMass Amherst.  Over the last year, she has built a floral design program, Stockbridge Floral Design, where students design arrangements with local flowers for the campus community.

Her approach to teaching is student-centered, participatory, emergent, inclusive, and experiential. She loves to create and hold spaces, both for students and community members, where learning flows in all directions. Beyond her work at UMass: she runs a small floral production and design side hustle, and also loves practicing dance and swimming.

Visit Sarah's website to learn more: https://www.flowersbysarahberquist.com/