Community college,Long disctance or private Floral designing school??

New to this forum reading mails and appreciate you ppls are honest and so helpful.
I am quallified Skin care professional but being jobless making me carzy.I am interested to get trained in Floral designiner and do wedding and events arrangements.
There so many experienced and newbees on this board.Can you please advice me where to get best training,
1-Community College.
2-Long Distance training.
3-Private floral designing school.
Private school offeres 10-hours courses for each in basic/advance and wedding advance and then advance workshops and fees is around $350-400 for each course.
No idea about community college, duration,fee also the standard of training??
What sabout long distance classes?
Are they worth to learning without attending in practical classes.How they teach long distance classes???Is that a good idea?
Which is better in all these options.
PLEASE friends share your training experinces and advice which is,BEST, to chose for a quality training??
I would really really appreciate your all feed back/advice and it would be so helpful to decide.
THANKS in advance.

Can you plz tell me the difference doing online OR practical hands on training?
You own florist school and can tell me the programm you offer....

I'm an instructor at two Bay Area colleges, Mission College in Santa Clara through the hospitality management department under retail florist, and sometimes at Cabrillo College in Aptos, through the horticulture department. There's also a school in San Mateo and San Francisco. Their classes are taught in the horticulture department.

One thing to consider are the units you can use towards a degree, even if you don't plan on going to school now, the future always changes. The cost is comparable if you want a good education. While the flowers are provided in a private school, many local colleges want you to buy your own or pay a lab fee and buy any extras you may want to add for a richer experience. This may include flowers like orchids or tropicals.

On-line courses are probably not the best because there is no one there to check your work, to make sure you are getting the various safety and design tips you'll need to proceed. There's also the tendency to make-do or fudge a little when no instructor is there to prevent you from developing bad work and design habits, like not putting your stems far enough below the water line or into the oasis.

I can't imagine learning wire-work for corsages on-line. Working with flowers is an organic, hands-on experience. I think it would be like trying to become a certified massage therapist on-line. It's physical job that takes skill and finesse. You also need to learn about color and care and handling of flowers in order to do weddings and events. I can't say enough about good mechanics. That means that your arrangements don't fall apart on the way to the event.

Good luck with your research,
cordycruz