A Bouquet of Blues: A Free Lesson from Flower Class

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As we move through late winter and into early spring, I often find myself craving designs that feel thoughtful, calm and quietly expressive. Work that responds to the season as it is, rather than forcing something louder or more obvious.

A Bouquet of Blues sits very much in that space.

I’ve opened up this lesson as a complimentary tutorial, taken directly from Flower Class, where it also features as part of February’s Monthly Spotlight. It’s a piece of work I’ve really enjoyed sharing, and one that continues to make sense well beyond a single moment in the calendar.

A soft, seasonal approach to colour

A Bouquet of Blues is a soft, romantic hand tied bouquet built around a monochromatic palette of blues. Calm, expressive and full of subtle movement, it explores how a single colour, handled with care, can feel generous, elegant and full of sentiment.

Rather than relying on contrast, the bouquet is built through layering. Tints, tones and shades of blue sit alongside one another, supported by gentle shifts in texture and form. This creates depth and interest without the design ever feeling heavy or overworked.

It’s a way of working I return to often, particularly at this time of year. Early spring calls for a little restraint. Colour begins to soften, and it’s the nuance that really does the work.

Designed to be interpreted

One of the things I enjoy most about this bouquet is how adaptable it is.

With small changes in proportion or flower choice, it can become a thoughtful seasonal gift, something for the home, or be refined into a simple bridal or bridesmaid’s bouquet. The framework is there, but it’s intentionally open. Your intention as a designer is part of the process.

What matters here isn’t the specific flowers I’ve chosen, but the approach. Designing responsively to the season. Working with what's available. Allowing colour and form to guide the feeling of the piece.

Less about formula.
More about control, restraint and trust in colour.

If this approach resonates, Flower Class offers a calm place to keep practising and developing your work over time.

What we’ll explore in the lesson

In this free video tutorial, I'll guide you step by step through the creation of A Bouquet of Blues, sharing how I think about:

• Layering tints, tones and shades within a single colour palette

• Creating a relaxed oval form that feels natural and light

• Using small shifts in placement to bring depth, movement and life

• Designing responsively, to both the season and the materials in front of you

You’ll also find the full flower recipe and clear, step by step guidance, making it easy to design along with me or to reinterpret the piece in your own palette and style.

February’s Monthly Spotlight

Inside Flower Class, everything centres around Monthly Spotlights.

Each month, I curate a seasonally relevant selection of lessons designed to give you something focused to work with, rather than everything all at once. It’s about helping our community practise consistently and make progress without overwhelm.

February’s Spotlight reflects the shift into early spring. On the design side, I’m focusing on hand tied bouquets, from simple, structured approaches through to more open, expressive designs. Alongside this, there’s a four part business series looking at how to prepare for the months ahead, from refining your product range to thinking clearly about promotion and in house preparation.

Each Monthly Spotlight is paired with a challenge. For February, everyone is invited to design an emotive hand tied bouquet inspired by one lesson from the selection, capturing the essence of early spring.

A gentle invitation

This lesson is shared openly as a preview of the kind of content Flower Class members enjoy each month.

You’re very welcome to simply watch and enjoy it. Or you might feel inspired to gather some flowers and create your own interpretation, using blue or any monochromatic palette that feels right for you and the season you’re in. 

And if all this lesson offers you is a slightly different way of thinking about colour, form and intention, that’s a very good place to begin.

You can watch A Bouquet of Blues now taken directly from Flower Class.
👉 ACCESS THE FREE TUTORIAL HERE

Until next time,

If you’d like to keep going, Flower Class offers a calm, supportive place to practice, experiment and develop your work over time. A space to return to regularly, alongside a global community of florists and designers working thoughtfully with flowers.