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A student's perspective emc core program floral education inspiration Mar 14, 2023

Expand your creative horizons 

Sofia Castignano - Switzerland, EMC student 

Before every Foundation Course launch we encourage the florists who reach out to us to hop on a call with a member of the Educational Team of EMC in order to clarify all questions that might arise before...

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The Mastermind Experience part 3 emc alumni emc community emc designer floral education inspiration Mar 08, 2023

Celebrating Creativity

by Sara Marie Andrews, EMC

The story of the EMC Mastermind Experience, as seen through the eyes of the participants enfolds in a 3 parts blog, detailing every aspect of the journey our designers have embarked on in September 2022. Set up as an anniversary event to...

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The Mastermind Experience part 2 emc alumni emc core program emc designer floral education inspiration Mar 03, 2023

Conquering New Peaks of Creativity 

An insight story of the EMC Mastermind 2022 by Sara Marie Andrews, EMC

The story of the EMC Mastermind Experience, as seen through the eyes of the participants enfolds in a 3 parts blog, detailing every aspect of the journey our designers have embarked on...

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The Mastermind Experience part 1 emc alumni emc community emc designer floral design floral education Feb 27, 2023

Journal of an amazing EMC design experience

by Sara Marie Andrews, EMC

The story of the EMC Mastermind Experience, as seen through the eyes of the participants enfolds in a 3 parts blog, detailing every aspect of the journey our designers have embarked on in September 2022. Set up as an...

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Winter designs emc alumni floral design inspiration trends Dec 22, 2022

Inspiration from EMC designers

2022 trends interpreted in winter designs

As the end of 2022 approaches we celebrate the diversity and the beauty of individuality in floral design, as this blog dives into winter as a source of inspiration, with four amazing EMC designers from Israel, China,...

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Roundtables in the Circle Community emc alumni emc community emc designer floral design floral education inspiration Dec 18, 2022

Inspirational talks

A blog on growth, inspiration and floral design with EMC Coaches

The EMC coaches taking part in this inaugural round table discussion are Diana Toma from Romania but now living in Belgium; Jorge Uribe from Colombia, now living in the USA; and Francisca Pérez...

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The Power of One emc alumni emc core program emc designer floral design floral education inspiration Nov 28, 2022

Focus on one single flower

Advanced Class task to enhance our student's design abilities

Floral design is the art of communicating emotions through flowers. The entire EMC curriculum is built on this concept. It is a place where designers get to grow in their capabilities to engage people...

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5000 Alexandra Farms Roses in an installation? emc community floral design floral education inspiration Nov 22, 2022

Use of exclusive flowers explained

A design by Tomas De Bruyne

That’s a fair question! For any regular day florist, the works of large scale installations are sometimes hard to comprehend simply because you’ve never had the chance to experience the making of one. And most of us...

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Meet the EMC Team emc alumni emc designer emc team floral design floral education inspiration Nov 11, 2022

Portrait of a designer 

EMC Coach, Dalia Bortolotti is an inspiration for us all

Floral design was not Dalia Bortolotti’s original first choice of career.  She has always been interested in flowers and gardening, but that was really as far as it went until there was a crash in...

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Design and Critiques series emc alumni emc community emc designer floral design floral education Nov 07, 2022

Design and Critique enfolds

With EMC Alumni bringing growth and gorgeous designs to the table

EMC already started and we're well into our 4th month of the “Design and Critique” program, designed especially for our Alumni. It is a program that you can read more about here and it is...

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Let's discover! emc team floral design inspiration trends Nov 05, 2022

Growing the ultimate bridal rose

The story of Alexandra Farms nursery

Alexandra Farms is a famous boutique grower, located in the incredibly fertile savanna of Bogotá, high in the Andes Mountains of Colombia. The garden roses and David Austin varieties from Alexandra Farms are...

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Design with intention emc alumni emc designer floral design inspiration Nov 02, 2022

Floral creations serving a theme 

The art of design blends with photography in the work of EMC Alumni

A theme is not the same as the subject of a work.  Themes are similar but also different from motifs in that themes are ideas conveyed by the...

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