Hi newbee,
well, to cut a long story short, we were greengrocers many years ago, 28 to be exact. We were the first greengrocers in our town to go self select,i.e. pick your own produce as the supermarkets do. there was an opening for floristry,no one around us offered that service, so,we employed a florist,kitted part of the shop out,walla, we were off. SO I THOUGHT. Two weeks before Christmas, our wonderful florist,(not) went sick, phoned me on the Sunday, and said she wasn't coming back!!
To cut an even longer story short, with shed loads of flower orders,I studied the design book we had in the shop,and did my best.
I did all the floristry work for ten years before I was confident enough to call myself a florist.
As i said, that was 28 years ago,my daughter was 11months old,in the shop in her pram,thankfully,we had the best of customers who would take her for a walk in her pram to give her a different view from the four walls that surrounded her.
I, no we, have had a good life, many all nighters, but hopefully, I'm about to retire, my daughter is now the best hand tied queen (as I call her).
So basically, if you've got the stamina,and the flair,cos I don't care what people say, you cannot be taught it,it's in you. Go for it. On hignsite, get some shop experience first,'cos it aint as easy as it looks. good luck whatever you do