From Wildflowers to Wearables: Pearsons Students Win Big in 2025

We’re incredibly proud of our students for their outstanding achievements across two major floristry competitions in 2025: the Pink Pazzazz Floral Competition, presented in collaboration with the Professional Florist Association, and the “Thanks Mum!” National Student Floristry Competition hosted by Wildflowers Australia,

Pink Pazzazz Floral Competition – Professional Florist Association

We are equally thrilled to celebrate our students’ success in the 2025 Pink Pazzazz Floral Competition, a floristry showcase dedicated to creativity, technique, and support for Breast Cancer Awareness.

A huge congratulations to Kirsty, who won "First Place" with a striking wearable floral design.

Kirsty chose Rosa (mini spray roses), Limonium (pink fairy statice), and dried Stirlingia to represent the iconic pink of Pink October. Her piece took the form of a floral reinterpretation of the breast cancer awareness ribbon, complete with two tails and a loop symbolising remembrance, strength, and community. Each bloom was individually wired using 24-gauge wire and parafilm, with T-bars added to secure the wearable to the garment — a testament to her meticulous craftsmanship and artistic vision.

We also congratulate Jazmine on receiving the "President’s Award". Despite being new to floral competitions, Jazmine decided to enter the Pink Pazzazz challenge after hearing about it in class, and she was over the moon when she heard the results. She experimented with several concepts before returning to her very first design, which best captured the vibrant pink theme.

Working with many flower varieties she’d never used before, it was exciting for Jazmine to watch the arrangement evolve throughout the week, especially as the peonies opened and transformed the look of the piece. Her final design featured Astilbe, Larkspur, delphinium, Hydrangea, Xmas bush, Rose lily, Carnations and Peonies, with minimal greenery to let the colour and form shine.

We congratulated Chloe on winning "best use of Colour". Chloe also shared the inspiration behind her beautiful piece, which combined both dried and fresh materials. She incorporated flowers she had previously dried during her Pearsons classes alongside fresh pink waxflower used in class that Saturday. The dried elements symbolised the death of cells and the presence of cancer, while the vibrant fresh blooms represented renewal and the growth of new cells, a thoughtful and moving interpretation of the theme.

“Thanks Mum!” National Student Floristry Competition – Wildflowers Australia

This year’s theme invited students to create a Hogarth (S-style) curved arrangement to honour a special mother figure, whether a mum, grandmother, or mentor, using predominantly Australian wildflowers.

The challenge called for technical skill, symbolism, and creativity, and our students delivered beautifully. Each design radiated harmony, intention, and heartfelt storytelling.

A special congratulations to Natalie, who achieved Third Place nationally.
Her arrangement, dedicated to her mum, celebrated “unconditional love, strength, and inspiration.” Natalie used Protea Pink Ice and White Ice as focal blooms symbolising courage and transformation, complemented by paper daisies, Leucadendron, Kangaroo Paw, and waxflower to create an elegant, flowing Hogarth curve. Judges praised her balance, movement, and emotive design.

Take a look below as we celebrate the rest of our talented student entries. 

We extend our thanks to the Professional Florist Association and Wildflowers Australia for this opportunity for our students and the many sponsors who made this competition possible, including Sydney Flower Market, East Coast Wildflowers, the Sustainable Floristry Network, and Koch and Co.