About our School

Tonie Yuen Professional Floristry Program started the first professional florist training course in Hong Kong in 1987. Over years of development and training of instructors, it now offers several popular courses : Ikebana, Elvamay Floristry Course (a professional florist training course developed in California, USA since 1947), and Pressed Flower Art. It has since spread these courses to other places like Mainland China, Taiwan, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Canada and the United States.

The Joy of Spring

Champion of 1994 Hong Kong Flower Show

By Li Hsiao-ling

About our Program Director

Ms Tonie Yuen, a professional designer both in Eastern and Western floral arts, has practised in the wonderful world of floral design since the 70's. She was trained as a planting and garden designer in the Harvard University, as a Ikebana teacher in the Tokyo Sogetsu School, as a Dutch design demonstrator in Europe, and as a floral design commentator in the United States. Ms Yuen taught floral design classes in the Harvard University campus, the former Minna Young School of Floral Art, and the former floral design class of Sha Tin Arts Association. Being the Program Director, she also taught classes in the Elvamay School of Floral Design, California. She judges for the floral design contests, both in local and international competitions. She demonstrated floral design program on both TV stations in Hong Kong, in the annual Hong Kong Flower Show, and many cities in Mainland China. She writes regularly for floral design columns in popular newspapers and magazines including Ming Pao, Sing Tao, Style, Cosmopolitan and Blossom's magazines.

Affiliated/associated with:

Elvamay School of Floral Design, USA International Design Seminars, Calif. Carik Services Inc. Li's Florist, Taiwan