Fall 2023 Floral Design Classes

Basic Floral Design (AVO 8573-01)
Mondays, 9:30 - noon, Aug. 28 - Oct. 2, no class Sept. 4
NOTE: First day attendance is REQUIRED to continue in this class.

Basic Floral Design (AVO 8573-02)
Mondays, 6:30 - 9 p.m., Aug. 28 - Oct. 2, no class Sept. 4
NOTE: First day attendance is REQUIRED to continue in this class.

Fall and Holiday Floral Designs for Your Home (AVO 8569-01)
Tuesdays, 6:30 - 9 p.m., Sept. 19 - Oct. 10

Intermediate Floral Design (AVO 8602-01)
Mondays, 9:30 a.m. - noon, Oct. 9 - Nov. 6

Intermediate Floral Design (AVO 8602-02)
Mondays, 6:30 - 9 p.m., Oct. 9 - Nov. 6

Sympathy Flowers (AVO 8710-01)
Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. - noon, Nov. 8 - Dec.13, no class Nov. 22

Wedding Flowers (AVO 8575-01)
Wednesdays, 6:30 - 9 p.m., Nov. 8 - Dec. 13, no class Nov. 22

Master Floral Design (AVO 8574-01)
Mondays, 6:30 - 9 p.m., Nov. 13 - Dec. 11

Note: Basic Floral Design and Intermediate Floral Design are mandatory prerequisites for all additional floral classes except Fall and Holiday Floral Designs.

All classes meet on Central Campus
Overcash Center, Room 155

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Floral Design Certificate Program

If you're looking for floral design programs in North Carolina, look no further than Central Piedmont. Our Floral Design Certificate Program offers step-by-step, progressive training to prepare you for enhancing your home or pursuing a career or small business in floral design. Choose stand-alone courses or complete all floral design classes in the series to fulfill a comprehensive certificate.

 - Part 1: Basic Floral Designs (AVO 8573)
(prerequisite for all additional floral classes)

 - Part 2: Intermediate Floral Designs (AVO 8602
(prerequisite for all additional floral classes)

 - Part 3: Master Floral Designs (AVO 8574)

 - Part 4: Wedding Flowers (AVO 8575)

 - Part 5: Sympathy Flowers (AVO 8710)

Additional Floral Design Classes:

 - AVO 8675 - Advanced Wedding Flowers (Wedding 2.0)

 - AVO 8674 - Advanced Master Floral Designs (Master 2.0)

 - AVO 8569 - Fall and Holiday Design for Your Home

Meet the Instructor

Carolyn Shepard has traveled extensively around the U.S., designing for weddings and special events, teaching floral design, developing new products and showrooms for the floral industry, and creating designs for international floral design symposiums.
 
Her work has been featured on television as well as in dozens of industry journals and fashion and home décor magazines over the years, garnering national and international awards. She was chosen as the co-key note speaker with Martha Stewart at the Mint Museum’s “Art in Bloom” symposium, and she has headlined with many wedding industry luminaries at national conventions.
 
Carolyn’s love of creating beautiful and unique wedding designs, her unique use of color and lighting, combined with her vast experience and extensive inventory of rental linens and decorative props, has made her Charlotte’s “go to” floral and event designer, since she opened Carolyn Shepard Design Group, in 1998.

She brings all this and more to our Central Piedmont students who give her rave reviews for her floral design classes.