The most wonderful time of the year deserves a warm welcome and what better way than with a handcrafted Christmas wreath designed by you.
In this creative workshop, you’ll learn to create a modern, long-lasting Christmas wreath using a bounty of locally sourced Australian botanicals in natural tones, finished with your choice of accents. Designed to dry beautifully over time, your wreath will remain a stylish addition to your home throughout the festive season.
Guided by our expert tutors, you’ll explore modern techniques for structure and balance, while learning how to work with texture and form. This is Christmas design the Matthew Landers way. Elegant, natural, and endlessly welcoming.
Perfect for beginners or hobbyists looking to elevate their festive décor with a touch of modern artistry.
Available dates:
Wednesday 3rd December 2025 10am-12pm or 6pm-8pm
Cost: $195 per student. This includes all materials (fresh flowers, sundries and accessories).
Location: Matthew Landers Academy
Celebrate the joy of giving this festive season with Gifted Blooms. A creative workshop where you’ll design two charming hand-tied bouquets, perfect for gifting to loved ones, colleagues, or hosts.
In this hands-on class, you’ll learn the spiral hand-tied technique, explore colour harmony through soft festive tones and metallic accents, and perfect your presentation and wrapping for a polished finish. Using premium summer botanicals and fragrant foliage, we’ll guide you through the art of creating designs that are both personal and professional.
Each bouquet will be crafted in your own unique style, one to give and one to keep, making this workshop as heartfelt as it is creative.
A wonderful experience for complete beginners or hobbyists wanting to create meaningful, handmade gifts that reflect the spirit of the season.
Available dates:
Thursday 11th December 2025 10am-12pm or 6pm-8pm
Cost: $195 per student. This includes all materials (fresh flowers, sundries and accessories).
Location: Matthew Landers Academy
Make your Christmas table the talking point of the season with a stunning floral centrepiece created by you.
In this guided workshop, you’ll learn to create a contemporary Christmas table arrangement in a premium vessel, using a vibrant palette of summer botanicals and festive accents. With a focus on natural tones, structure, and longevity, this design will take pride of place on your table right through the celebrations.
You’ll be guided step-by-step through foam-free techniques, colour pairing, and styling elements that bring warmth and sophistication to your festive setting. Designed to complement the Australian summer, this arrangement feels fresh, refined, and unmistakably celebratory.
Ideal for beginners or experienced hobbyists seeking a creative, hands-on way to style their Christmas table with intention and flair.
Available dates:
Tuesday 23rd December 2025 10am-12pm or 6pm-8pm
Cost: $195 per student. This includes all materials (fresh flowers, sundries and accessories).
Location: Matthew Landers Academy
Summer is the season for celebration. Long lunches, balmy evenings, and tables overflowing with colour and joy. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn to create a foam-free, elongated table arrangement in a premium vessel, perfect for styling your next dinner party or summer gathering.
Guided by our expert tutors, you’ll explore how to build structure, layer colour, and create flow across a tablescape. Using vibrant summer botanicals, textural foliage, and playful seasonal accents, we’ll show you how to design centrepieces that not only impress but also spark conversation.
Ideal for complete beginners or hobbyists looking to design for entertaining, this workshop is the perfect way to celebrate the season, with flowers that capture the spirit of summer.
Available dates:
Thursday 5th February 2026 10am-12pm or 6pm-8pm
Cost: $195 per student. This includes all materials (fresh flowers, sundries and accessories).
Location: Matthew Landers Academy
Bright, fresh, and full of energy. Citrus Bloom is a celebration of summer in bouquet form. In this class, you’ll learn the foundational spiral hand-tied technique, creating a joyful bouquet inspired by the vibrant colours and scents of citrus season.
Working with a curated mix of seasonal blooms, aromatic foliage, and zesty tones, you’ll be guided step by step through structure, balance, and how to present your bouquet beautifully in a glass vase. Along the way, we’ll share insights into floral conditioning and colour selection, helping you understand how to keep your arrangements fresh and lively.
Perfect for beginners, this class offers an uplifting creative experience. Ideal for gifting, home styling, or simply celebrating the brightness of summer.
Available dates:
Thursday 19th February 2026 10am-12pm or 6pm-8pm
Cost: $195 per student. This includes all materials (fresh flowers, sundries and accessories).
Location: Matthew Landers Academy
Channel the bold, sculptural beauty of summer through a dramatic floral design in a statement vessel. Tropical Elegance explores how to work confidently with large-scale forms, vivid colour, and strong architectural lines, all while maintaining balance and refinement.
You’ll learn how to design with modern tropical botanicals such as orchids, anthuriums, heliconia, and lush foliage, combining them into a composition that feels contemporary and considered. Our expert tutors will guide you through techniques for structure, movement, and proportion, helping you transform striking materials into an effortlessly elegant design.
Ideal for beginners who want to explore more adventurous materials or develop a modern design eye, this class is vibrant, dynamic, and undeniably sophisticated. A true celebration of summer style.
Available dates:
Thursday 5th March 2026 10am-12pm or 6pm-8pm
Cost: $195 per student. This includes all materials (fresh flowers, sundries and accessories).
Location: Matthew Landers Academy
A beautifully guided introduction to the art of floristry, our Beginner’s Master Class is designed to build your creative confidence, refine your technique, and give you a true taste of what it feels like to design with purpose — even if you’ve never touched a flower before.
In this elevated half-day experience, you’ll create not just one, but two distinct floral designs: a sculptural table arrangement and a hand-tied bouquet, using only the finest seasonal botanicals selected by our studio team. You’ll be gently guided through each step by our experienced florists — from understanding how to select and prepare your materials, to learning the design principles that bring structure, balance, and elegance to your work.
With a focus on both form and feeling, this immersive session explores the why behind each technique, not just the how — helping you create floral pieces that are both beautiful and intentional. Along the way, you’ll gain insight into composition, movement, colour harmony, and the simple yet vital techniques that extend the life of your arrangements.
Perfect for complete beginners, curious creatives, or hobbyists looking to refine their skills, this class offers a nurturing, inspiring environment to explore your potential. You’ll leave not only with two beautiful floral designs to take home, but with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to keep creating long after the class is over.
Whether you’re exploring a new hobby or testing the waters for a future in floristry, this is where it begins — with hands full of flowers, and a mind full of possibility.
Available dates:
Saturday 22nd November 2025, 9am-12pm
Saturday 7th February 2026, 9am-12pm
Cost: $330 per student, for the complete course. This includes all materials (fresh flowers, sundries and accessories) for both designs.
Location: Matthew Landers Academy
Step into the world of floral design with our most comprehensive beginner experience — a five-week journey designed to build your confidence, spark your creativity, and offer a true glimpse into life as a florist.
Over five inspiring sessions, you’ll explore a range of professional techniques — each reflecting a different challenge or creative moment a florist might encounter in a working week. With expert guidance and premium materials, you’ll create five unique designs that showcase the fundamentals of modern floral artistry.
What you’ll create:
Week 1 – A front-facing arrangement in a ceramic vessel
Week 2 – A hand-tied bouquet presented in a glass vase
Week 3 – A fully wired floral crown
Week 4 – A luxury gift-boxed floral design
Week 5 – A 360 table arrangement in a reusable vessel
This course is ideal for complete beginners, curious creatives, or hobbyists exploring the next step. Many students find it’s not just a course — but a turning point, often becoming the first step toward a career in floristry.
Available dates
Tuesdays 3rd February – 3rd March 2026
Cost: $875 per student, for the complete course. This includes all materials (fresh flowers, sundries and accessories) for the 5 classes.
Payment options: $375 non-refundable Deposit and $100 paid each week throughout the course or in-full at the time of booking.
Location: Matthew Landers Academy
Time: The course runs from 6pm – 8pm each Wednesday, across the 5 week period.
Semester 1 2026 (Day Class) Course Outline
Semester 1 2026 (Evening Class) Course Outline
If you’re ready to turn your passion for flowers into a career, this is the course that will take you there.
Our 20-week Industry Ready Course is a comprehensive, hands-on training program designed to prepare you for immediate entry into the floristry workforce — or to launch your own floral business with confidence.
This is not a traditional classroom experience. You’ll be trained in real-world design techniques and industry practices that reflect what it actually means to work as a florist today. From everyday commercial floristry to premium event work, you’ll gain the skills, speed, and creative insight that florists use on the job — every day.
Unlike many formal qualifications, our contemporary training plan is built around the realities of today’s floral industry. We don’t just teach technique — we build resilience, problem-solving, and the mindset required to thrive in a fast-paced, creative career.
No previous experience is required — we start at beginner level and progress quickly, with personalised support from experienced florists every step of the way. Past students have gone on to gain employment in leading studios, freelance with confidence, or launch their own businesses.
If you’re ready to take floristry seriously — and build a future in the industry — this is your first step.
Full course outline available above.
SEMESTER 1 2026 INTAKE
Wednesday (Day)
4th February 2026 – 1st July 2026
or
Wednesday (Evening)
4th February 2026 – 24th June 2026
Cost: $3,900 per student, for the complete course. This includes all materials (fresh flowers, sundries, tuition, digital notes).
*except Excursion, required to purchase own materials.*
Payment: $1,250 Deposit and $265 paid every second lesson throughout the course or $3,900 if paid in full.
Location: Matthew Landers Academy
Time: Wednesday – refer to Course Outline applicable to your booking (Day or Evening Class).
Note: The evening class includes one Saturday morning class for the Flower Market excursion.
Lecturer: All lecturers on rotation.
Block 1 Course Outline
Block 2 Course Outline
Block 3 Course Outline
For those who need flexibility without compromising on quality, our Intensive Format delivers the same comprehensive training as our 20-week program — condensed into three focused blocks of immersive, in-person learning.
This accelerated version of our flagship course is designed for regional, interstate, or time-poor students who want to fast-track their floristry journey. Across three intensives, you’ll gain practical, real-world skills in commercial floristry, from foundational techniques to premium presentation — all taught in a mature, detail-oriented learning environment.
Our contemporary curriculum reflects the real-world pace and demands of today’s floristry industry. You’ll leave with not only a solid skill set but also the confidence to enter the workforce, freelance, or begin building your own floral business — supported by a network of mentors and an ongoing culture of learning.
Whether you’re entering the industry at a later stage in life or simply ready to invest deeply in your passion, this course is structured to help you succeed — with many of our graduates now working across the country or running successful businesses of their own.
No previous experience is required. Just commitment, curiosity, and a love of flowers.
Full course outline available above.
Available dates:
Block 1 – Monday 08/12/2025 – Wednesday 10/12/2025
Block 2 – Monday 16/02/2026 – Wednesday 18/02/2026
Block 3 – Monday 20/04/2026 – Wednesday 22/04/2026
These blocks can be completed in any order, however, all 3 blocks must be completed for a certificate to be issued.
Cost: $1,320 per student, per block. This includes all materials (fresh flowers, sundries, tuition, digital notes).
Payment (per block): $320 non-refundable Deposit and $1,000 paid on first day of training or Paid in-full at time of booking.
Location: Matthew Landers Academy
Time: Each class runs from 10am-3pm, each day of the 3 day block.
Lecturer: All lecturers on rotation
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