A Two-Day Immersive Floral Experience with Gabriela Salazar
For two days each autumn, during the peak of dahlia season, I open my private garden in Valle de Bravo to a small group of students from around the world.
This workshop is not simply about learning floral design techniques.
It is an invitation to slow down.
To spend two days immersed in a garden overflowing with dahlias. To observe nature closely. To understand flowers not as products, but as living forms filled with movement, personality, rhythm, and emotion.
Over the course of two days, we will design with dahlias in their peak season while exploring a more intuitive approach to floral artistry.
Together we will create bouquets, arrangements, and larger compositions, but the deeper work happens through observation.
As we walk through the garden, lessons in color, texture, composition, movement, scale, and harmony begin to reveal themselves naturally. The garden becomes our classroom and the flowers our teachers.
For me, designing has never been about following formulas. It is about developing a relationship with flowers and learning to trust what they reveal. Through direct experience in the garden, concepts that are often taught as technical rules begin to feel intuitive and alive.
This experience is designed for both professional florists and passionate beginners who feel drawn to flowers and are seeking inspiration, creative renewal, and a deeper connection with their artistic voice.
Whether you arrive feeling energized or creatively exhausted after a busy season, these two days offer space to reconnect with the reason you first fell in love with flowers.
You will leave with new design skills, renewed inspiration, meaningful connections, and a deeper understanding of how beauty can guide the creative process.
• Floral designers seeking fresh inspiration and artistic growth.
• Florists who feel creatively exhausted after wedding season and are longing to reconnect with their creativity.
• Beginners who wish to immerse themselves in flowers at the highest level.
• Creatives searching for a deeper connection with nature, beauty, and the artistic process.
• Anyone longing to slow down, reconnect with their intuition, and rediscover a sense of wonder.
• Harvesting dahlias directly from the garden.
• Understanding color through observation rather than theory alone.
• Texture, movement, rhythm, and composition.
• Bouquet design.
• Floral arrangements inspired by the garden.
• Working with abundance and seasonality.
• Developing a more intuitive and personal approach to floral design.
• Finding inspiration through nature and direct observation.
$1,750 USD
Included:
• Two full days of instruction with Gabriela Salazar.
• Unlimited flowers and materials.
• Harvesting sessions in the dahlia garden.
• Bouquet and arrangement design.
• Seasonal lunches and refreshments.
• Professional photography of the experience.
• Transportation between recommended hotels and the garden.
• Preferred rates at selected local hotels.
• Concierge support and travel guidance prior to arrival.
The workshop takes place in my private dahlia garden in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, a destination known for its forests, mountains, and natural beauty.
Closest Airports
• Mexico City International Airport (MEX)
• Toluca International Airport (TLC)
Getting to Valle de Bravo
Many participants travel from abroad, and we do our best to make the journey simple and comfortable.
Shared transportation from Mexico City and Toluca airports to Valle de Bravo will be coordinated for participants arriving on similar schedules.
Transportation between the recommended hotels and the garden is included throughout the workshop.
Recommended Accommodations
• Hotel Cinco Rodavento
• Casa Rodavento
• Hotel Chichipicas
Accommodation is not included in the workshop investment.
Approximately six weeks before the workshop, participants will receive a detailed schedule, travel recommendations, suggested arrival and departure times, and all logistical information needed for the experience.
Participation is intentionally limited in order to preserve the intimate nature of the experience.
Upon registration, you will receive a welcome email with payment confirmation, accommodation recommendations, and additional travel information. Detailed schedules and transportation arrangements will be shared closer to the workshop date.
I look forward to welcoming you into the garden and sharing two days dedicated to flowers, beauty, and the art of seeing.
— Gabriela Salazar
For those who wish to continue the journey after the workshop, a limited number of participants will be invited to join Beyond the Garden, a private three-month mentorship experience designed to support the development of their artistic voice, creative confidence, and floral practice.
Additional information will be shared with workshop participants.
A Two-Day Immersive Floral Experience with Gabriela Salazar
For two days each autumn, during the peak of dahlia season, I open my private garden in Valle de Bravo to a small group of students from around the world.
This workshop is not simply about learning floral design techniques.
It is an invitation to slow down.
To spend two days immersed in a garden overflowing with dahlias. To observe nature closely. To understand flowers not as products, but as living forms filled with movement, personality, rhythm, and emotion.
Over the course of two days, we will design with dahlias in their peak season while exploring a more intuitive approach to floral artistry.
Together we will create bouquets, arrangements, and larger compositions, but the deeper work happens through observation.
As we walk through the garden, lessons in color, texture, composition, movement, scale, and harmony begin to reveal themselves naturally. The garden becomes our classroom and the flowers our teachers.
For me, designing has never been about following formulas. It is about developing a relationship with flowers and learning to trust what they reveal. Through direct experience in the garden, concepts that are often taught as technical rules begin to feel intuitive and alive.
This experience is designed for both professional florists and passionate beginners who feel drawn to flowers and are seeking inspiration, creative renewal, and a deeper connection with their artistic voice.
Whether you arrive feeling energized or creatively exhausted after a busy season, these two days offer space to reconnect with the reason you first fell in love with flowers.
You will leave with new design skills, renewed inspiration, meaningful connections, and a deeper understanding of how beauty can guide the creative process.
• Floral designers seeking fresh inspiration and artistic growth.
• Florists who feel creatively exhausted after wedding season and are longing to reconnect with their creativity.
• Beginners who wish to immerse themselves in flowers at the highest level.
• Creatives searching for a deeper connection with nature, beauty, and the artistic process.
• Anyone longing to slow down, reconnect with their intuition, and rediscover a sense of wonder.
• Harvesting dahlias directly from the garden.
• Understanding color through observation rather than theory alone.
• Texture, movement, rhythm, and composition.
• Bouquet design.
• Floral arrangements inspired by the garden.
• Working with abundance and seasonality.
• Developing a more intuitive and personal approach to floral design.
• Finding inspiration through nature and direct observation.
$1,750 USD
Included:
• Two full days of instruction with Gabriela Salazar.
• Unlimited flowers and materials.
• Harvesting sessions in the dahlia garden.
• Bouquet and arrangement design.
• Seasonal lunches and refreshments.
• Professional photography of the experience.
• Transportation between recommended hotels and the garden.
• Preferred rates at selected local hotels.
• Concierge support and travel guidance prior to arrival.
The workshop takes place in my private dahlia garden in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, a destination known for its forests, mountains, and natural beauty.
Closest Airports
• Mexico City International Airport (MEX)
• Toluca International Airport (TLC)
Getting to Valle de Bravo
Many participants travel from abroad, and we do our best to make the journey simple and comfortable.
Shared transportation from Mexico City and Toluca airports to Valle de Bravo will be coordinated for participants arriving on similar schedules.
Transportation between the recommended hotels and the garden is included throughout the workshop.
Recommended Accommodations
• Hotel Cinco Rodavento
• Casa Rodavento
• Hotel Chichipicas
Accommodation is not included in the workshop investment.
Approximately six weeks before the workshop, participants will receive a detailed schedule, travel recommendations, suggested arrival and departure times, and all logistical information needed for the experience.
Participation is intentionally limited in order to preserve the intimate nature of the experience.
Upon registration, you will receive a welcome email with payment confirmation, accommodation recommendations, and additional travel information. Detailed schedules and transportation arrangements will be shared closer to the workshop date.
I look forward to welcoming you into the garden and sharing two days dedicated to flowers, beauty, and the art of seeing.
— Gabriela Salazar
For those who wish to continue the journey after the workshop, a limited number of participants will be invited to join Beyond the Garden, a private three-month mentorship experience designed to support the development of their artistic voice, creative confidence, and floral practice.
Additional information will be shared with workshop participants.
