I've been told by a local college that they are no longer offering the national diploma and they are finishing with the certificate course this year because their funding has been cut, so come next academic year they will only be offering short evening courses in 'flower arranging'.

What's going on with floristry training these days, is there really so little interest in it? Are all the colleges getting their funding cut so it's not economic for the smaller ones to run these courses?

I really struggle to find qualified florists, yet there are students posting on here that say they can't get work. Bonkers.