Floral Design Institute
📍 1138 NW 17th Ave, Portland, ORThe Floral Design Institute has operated at its NW 17th Avenue address since 1969, making it one of the longest-running professional floral education programs in the country. The school offers hands-on workshops in contemporary floral arrangement, seasonal design, and event floristry, taught by instructors with decades of working design experience. Classes are open to complete beginners and to working florists looking to add new techniques, and the studio stocks fresh flowers for each session so you work with real materials rather than practice stems.