In September I headed off to sunny Spain to demonstrate for the Torrejevas flower club near to Alicante and had a lot of fun with lovely ex pats who all have a love of everything flowery.
The day after I returned from Alicante I boarded a plane for Belgium and spent two fab days book signing for Fluer Creatife at the fabulous Alden Biesen show.
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
July and August were such glorious months filled with warm sunny days and some really lovely weddings of friends of the family. Tessa was married to Adam at the beautiful and historical Chiddingstone Castle here in Kent and her vintage look was so soft and pretty and delicate set against the imposing interior of the castle. The sun shone all day and it was one of the prettiest ones I have done in my career as a floral designer . 
Jonathan married his beautiful Brazilian bride in August with the ceremony being held in the stunning Tonbridge Boys School chapel here in Kent. Fusing the two different nationalities together and interpreting their wishes was exciting and creatively a dream wedding .
The chapel, although full of beauty in its décor looked stunning with typical English pedestals and fabric to soften the look.
Back at the reception at the family home set amongst acres of beautiful gardens, we created a real HOT party look within the marquee and brought the two nationalities together as one.
Thursday, 1 August 2013
July 2013.
So, for the last 6 weeks I have actually been here in the UK enjoying the sunshine and working on up and coming projects. Having had a heavenly 2 week break in the beautiful city Vancouver visiting friends and then heading off to the HOT and hectic Symposium for AIFD that was held in Las Vegas this year its been great to catch my breath and head to places here in the UK I have not been to for a long time .
Hampton court was just AMAZING and the first time for me as a visitor. The RHS certainly know how to host a gardening show and it was fun to promote my book with demo's and book signings.
Two days later I headed to Bournemouth and I had a fun filled two days with the Fusion flower team promoting my book and catching up with friends from the flower arranging world.
Last week I headed for Tatton Park in Manchester for the RHS and stayed at a lovely B&B and really enjoyed the flower show in-between book signing and demonstrating again .
Next trip is in September and I will be boarding a plane to Alicante to spend time with flower lovers from the UK for a week of sun, fun and a flower demo on Wednesday 18th followed by a trip to Alden Biesen, Bilzen to the Fleuramour show on September 21st where I will be signing my books . Exciting times ..
So, for the last 6 weeks I have actually been here in the UK enjoying the sunshine and working on up and coming projects. Having had a heavenly 2 week break in the beautiful city Vancouver visiting friends and then heading off to the HOT and hectic Symposium for AIFD that was held in Las Vegas this year its been great to catch my breath and head to places here in the UK I have not been to for a long time .
Hampton court was just AMAZING and the first time for me as a visitor. The RHS certainly know how to host a gardening show and it was fun to promote my book with demo's and book signings.
Two days later I headed to Bournemouth and I had a fun filled two days with the Fusion flower team promoting my book and catching up with friends from the flower arranging world.
Last week I headed for Tatton Park in Manchester for the RHS and stayed at a lovely B&B and really enjoyed the flower show in-between book signing and demonstrating again .
Next trip is in September and I will be boarding a plane to Alicante to spend time with flower lovers from the UK for a week of sun, fun and a flower demo on Wednesday 18th followed by a trip to Alden Biesen, Bilzen to the Fleuramour show on September 21st where I will be signing my books . Exciting times ..
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
June 12th 2013 .
Just had two fun days teaching at the Paula Pryke flower school in London with really great students.
Paula has an amazing school and certainly knows how to deliver a great programme . Its great to be back in London and back on the freelance circuit .
I'm available for any freelance work from the 6th July should you know of anyone looking for a qualified fun teacher / team member for any event's/weddings during the busy summer season..
Just had two fun days teaching at the Paula Pryke flower school in London with really great students.
Paula has an amazing school and certainly knows how to deliver a great programme . Its great to be back in London and back on the freelance circuit .
I'm available for any freelance work from the 6th July should you know of anyone looking for a qualified fun teacher / team member for any event's/weddings during the busy summer season..
Sunday, 9 June 2013
In May, I headed to Chelsea flower show to share my book with RHS members and the flower loving public and it was great to see it for sale on the shelves of the RHS gift shop .I spent 2 hours talking and signing books for visitors.
I'm heading up to Birmingham on Thursday 13th June for a repeat show at the BBC Gardeners live show and hopefully be spotting some stars.
I'm heading up to Birmingham on Thursday 13th June for a repeat show at the BBC Gardeners live show and hopefully be spotting some stars.
June 2013
So its been a while since I last added anything on here and thought it was about time I shared all that has happened and is happening in the life of this floral designer.
March .. Fresh Floral Jewelry is official launched in the USA at the Philadelphia flower show.
I flew out to Philadelphia to work as a flower team designer with Bill and Kris Schaffer on the Philadelphia flower show for Schaffer designs and helped to create "Jack". the ripper and bring their design idea to life ,winning the coveted "best in show " award again for the 5th year 18.000 stems of flowers were used in the exhibit and designers came in from all over the States and Canada
My first ever book was launched at the show and it was spine tingling to see it on a book shelf in a gift shop being sold.
My book arrives in the UK . A very proud Dad (in law )
So its been a while since I last added anything on here and thought it was about time I shared all that has happened and is happening in the life of this floral designer.
March .. Fresh Floral Jewelry is official launched in the USA at the Philadelphia flower show.
I flew out to Philadelphia to work as a flower team designer with Bill and Kris Schaffer on the Philadelphia flower show for Schaffer designs and helped to create "Jack". the ripper and bring their design idea to life ,winning the coveted "best in show " award again for the 5th year 18.000 stems of flowers were used in the exhibit and designers came in from all over the States and Canada
My first ever book was launched at the show and it was spine tingling to see it on a book shelf in a gift shop being sold.
My book arrives in the UK . A very proud Dad (in law )
Guildford Cathedral 2013
June 2013Guildford Cathedral Flower Gala. What a fantastic week working on the Alter exhibit for this fab show. Paula Pryke headed the design team and I worked from Monday through to Thursday on the preparation and launch.
My design depicts the Queens Coronation and it was left up for the coronation mass on Sunday 9th June in the Cathedral . My aim was to create an English country garden look and Chris Wolfe from Southeast flowers knew exactly where I was coming from and wanting to go with my ideas.
The crown is made from bronze mesh shaped into a crown and 400 freeze dried statchy leaves were glued onto the wire frame. Reindeer moss was wired and glued around the base and diamantes glued into place. Wire structures were made and I glued in aspidistra leaves and trimmed them to fit. I then added tiny flowers and berries which were were glued around the frame. A cushion was made from Purple velvet and the remainder was placed inside the crown.
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