Tina Parkes joined the floristry industry at sixteen, straight from school onto a youth training scheme and fell in love with floristry. Advancing from trainee to manager to lecturer to floristry school head, she is now a director at the British Academy of Floral Art, along with her business partner Julie Collins. They offer the complete training package from beginners to masters. The Academy has allowed Tina to teach and demonstrate around the UK and the world including Sydney in Australia, Boston and Los Angeles in America, Riyadh, Jeddah and Al Khobar in Saudi Arabia, and Essen in Germany. With various accolades and gold and silver medals from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to her name, Tina believes in sharing her knowledge and inspiring new thinking and creativity in floral design. Funeral work has always been her specialism and she believes in inspirational, personalized and quality designs.