A new year of learning, growing, and blooming together
Every year at Poppy & Fern, Flower School feels a little bit like magic. What began as a small, hopeful idea, a place for people to learn the full journey of flowers from seed to vase, has grown into something truly special.
We’ve watched complete beginners fall in love with growing or designing. We’ve seen seasoned florists reconnect with their creativity and find a more sustainable way forward. We’ve had people change careers, rediscover themselves, and build lifelong friendships all because they stepped into the field with an open heart and a pair of secateurs.
And the most beautiful part?
Flower School gets better every single year.
More depth. More clarity. More confidence. More joy.
More people discovering that flowers can change your life.
As we step into Flower School 2026, we’re carrying all of that forward and expanding it in new, exciting ways.
What is Flower School (and why it’s so special)
Flower School Byron Bay is our immersive, hands-on learning space where floristry meets nature, sustainability, and creativity. It’s where you come to:
- learn how flowers grow
- understand the seasons
- grow and harvest with intention
- design with meaning
- and connect deeply with the flowers
But it’s also more than that.
It’s a doorway into a slower, more grounded way of living, one where you feel rooted, inspired, and awake to beauty again.
Each year we refine the curriculum, expand our offerings, and listen to what our community needs. Flower School 2026 brings our most thoughtful, most generous, and most inspiring calendar yet.
Who Flower School is For
If you’ve ever felt drawn to flowers, truly drawn, in that quiet, unexplainable way, Flower School is for you.
It’s designed for:
The Curious Beginners
People who love plants, flowers, design and the idea of learning something new with their hands and heart. You don’t need any experience just genuine interest.
The Aspiring Florists & Creative Entrepreneurs
Those who dream of flower shops, weddings, bouquets, flowing colour palettes, intentional design, and meaningful work. Flower School gives you the skills, the structure, and the confidence to start.
The Makers, Growers & Garden Lovers
If you want to grow your own flowers, even just a small patch, this is where you learn the rhythms, the essentials, and the seasonal dance that makes everything flourish.
The Seekers of Something More
People craving reconnection, creativity, community, and a sense of coming home to themselves.
If flowers speak to you, Flower School will feel like stepping into the right room.
What’s New & Beautiful in 2026
We’ve taken everything students have loved from previous years, the laughter in the field, the hands-on learning, the calm atmosphere of The Farm, the confidence-building design lessons and we’ve expanded it.
2026 brings:
- a richer calendar of seasonal workshops
- more opportunities to learn both growing and design
- career pathways and mentorships
- visiting instructors + advanced sessions
- a renewed focus on sustainability and thoughtful floristry
Every year, our teaching deepens. Our offerings refine. Our community grows.
Flower School 2026 is a culmination of everything we’ve learned and everything we’re excited to share.
Why People Love Flower School
Our past students describe their experience as:
- “life-changing”
- “the spark I needed”
- “so grounding and inspiring”
- “like stepping into my dream life, and having the confidence to do so”
Many have gone on to start small businesses, design weddings, grow cut-flower fields, create floral art, or simply find a new creative rhythm in their lives.
And for lots of people, it all started with one workshop.
One day in the field.
One moment of saying yes to themselves.
A Gentle Nudge to Book Early
We release our dates early each year so people can plan ahead and because Flower School tends to fill quickly once the new year begins.
Booking early also means you can:
- secure your preferred workshop dates
- take advantage of earlybird prices
- gift a workshop to someone special
- plan your year with something beautiful to look forward to
We never want to feel salesy or rushed — Flower School is the opposite of that. But if your heart is already leaning toward joining us, this is your invitation to take that gentle, exciting step.
Flower School 2026: A New Chapter
If there’s a little spark inside you a craving for creativity, connection, soil, colour, slowness, or possibility let it guide you here.
Come learn with us.
Grow with us.
Design, explore, play, and bloom with us.
Flower School 2026 is open. And we’d love to have you in the field.
