eden flower school
Somerset
Eden Wedding Florist and Flower School Eden is a Wedding Florist and Flower
School based near Taunton, set up in 1999 by Jane Cowling. At the end of 2014,
Eden specialised to concentrate on providing top quality wedding flowers and
their rapidly expanding Flower School. Eden have recently moved from their Town
centre location to a beautiful countryside studio in Higher Ford. Eden is a team
of two very talented Florists who have accolades such as Gold Medals at Chelsea
Flower Show and widespread success in other national and international
competitions. One of the most rewarding things is the transformation from
students saying ‘I will never be able to make a design like that’ to ‘wow! I did
make a design like that!’ It’s great passing on the knowledge Jane opened her
first flower shop at the age of 19, after an upbringing in catering. A pretty
tea rooms with a florist business at the back in her home town of Bampton in Mid
Devon caught her eye. Within a few months, the flower bug had bitten. It soon
dominated and the flower business grew and grew into a successful, well known,
design led florist in it’s current location in Taunton, now specialized as a
wedding florist and flower school. Achievements: – Jane has a level 5 Master
diploma in floristry, has competed in many national competitions, the most
recent being the prestigious ‘RHS Chelsea Florist Of The Year’ competition in
2017, She’s hoping to find the time to challenge herself again soon. She has
also featured in national floristry publications and taught at Bicton College in
South Devon. Jane’s fondness of teaching was indulged with the move to St.James
Street in Taunton where she launched Eden Flower School running workshops, short
courses and demonstrations in the distinctive ‘Eden’ style. Jane lives on the
outskirts of Wiveliscombe in rural Somerset with her husband and two sons. My
Floristry highlight was being crowned Chelsea florist of the year 2014 at the
prestigious RHS Chelsea Flower Show with my Gold medal winning ‘fantasy floral
dress' Lisa started her career in floristry straight from secondary school, when
stumbling upon an advertisement for an apprenticeship as a florist in her home
town of Chard. Floristry hadn’t even occurred to her but a natural talent and
passion for floral design has seen her work her way from apprentice in Chard to
Manager at Eden in Taunton where she has been since the beginning of Eden.
Lisa’s main role is assisting Jane with the wedding flowers and anything
technical, but she has been known to teach the occasional class at Eden’s flower
school, her specialty being the paper wreath designs! Achievements: – Lisa has a
level 4 Higher diploma in floristry, she studied at The Academy of Floral
Design, and was taught by English Dutch Master Tina Parkes. She is a keen
competitor in the floristry world, competing in national and international
competitions, The most prestigious being crowned Chelsea florist of the year
2014 with her Gold medal winning ‘fantasy floral frock at Chelsea flower show.
She competed again at Chelsea 2015 and gained another gold with her Tulgey Woods
inspired fantasy floral tree. Other wins include a silver medal at the Chelsea
flower show competing for Chelsea Florist of the Year 2012 with her diamond
jubilee chandelier and 2 silver & 3 bronze awards in Fusion flowers
International designer of the year 2010 & 2011 &2013 and the most recent is a
silver medal for RHS Chelsea Flower show 2018.
