Floral Media - The Flower Appreciation Society Workshop and Book

'Not Your Average Florists' Anna Day and Ellie Jauncey are the team behind The Flower Appreciation Society and they have also just published their first book - The Flower Appreciation Society: An A to Z of All Things Floral.

Last Saturday I had the great pleasure of meeting the two lovely ladies, Anna and Ellie, and take part in their British Bouquet Making workshop at the GROW London contemporary garden fair on Hampstead Heath in London.

While they were checking their social media I took a few pictures of the fabulous British grown flowers they had brought in - all placed in oversized recycled pickling jars.

Every jar of flowers were a little bit different - an array of colourful British summer flowers with a few herbs mixed in.

I had already bought a copy of their lovely and fun book and they happily posed and signed it for me.

We were shown how to make a hand-tied bouquet - the kind you hold in one hand while adding the flowers with the other and the stems form a spiral. Looks easy but takes a little bit of practice to master - so every opportunity to try it is a step in the right direction. 

We all left happily carrying an oversized and wild looking flower bouquet full of seasonal colour.

Here is the final result - my bouquet at home - in a vase.

Anna and Ellie feature cut glass vases in their book and feeling inspired I went to dig out a few that I inherited from my grandmother. 

So here we are at the end of a great day - a perfect combination of beautiful summer flowers in a vintage cut glass vase.  

Enjoy your flower arranging!

Have a Great Floral Day!

I will see you later in the week with more Do-It-Yourself flowers from 'Of Spring and Summer'.

~ xoxo ~

Ingrid

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Floral Media - GROW LONDON Garden Show

Next week for the second year running GROW LONDON is back on Hampstead Heath in north London. It's a contemporary garden show and has around 100 carefully selected exhibitors selling plants, furniture and garden paraphernalia.

The Garden Party preview is on the 18 June in the evening and the show runs for three days from 19 June - 21 June. Here is a link to opening times and tickets.

There will be four feature gardens to provide plenty of inspiration and ideas to steal. Here is a link with more information.

The Society of Garden Designer are providing garden design consultations and GROW London resident gardener Mark Gardner will provide garden advice. Here is a link about that.

Throughout the three days there are lots of talks and workshops. There are many well known names from the British gardening world like Sarah Raven, Stephen Woodhams, Cleve West, Helen Yemm and Fergus Garrett to name a few. Here is a link to all the speakers.

The talks are both educational and fun for all ages and experiences to enjoy. Some more info about the talks and workshops.

When you need a break there is a champagne bar and a Kitchen Garden Cafe with views over Hampstead Heath. Have a further look here.

Why not make a day of it and spend some time exploring Hampstead and its beautiful surroundings. Here is a little bit of information about the area.

I went to the show last year and very much enjoyed it. I'm recommending it as it's an opportunity to enjoy a contemporary garden show in a lovely setting. Enjoy!

Have a Great Floral Day!

I will see you later in the week with more Do-It-Yourself flowers from 'Of Spring and Summer'.

~ xoxo ~

Ingrid

[All images from GROW London.]

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A Bunch for the Weekend - # 12 - Limonium

This week on 'A Bunch for the Weekend' - I'm featuring Limonium or Statice as it's also called.

Limonium has a bit of a frumpy, old-ladyish image - but it's now just like carnations becoming popular again. 

It might be hard to get hold of as a lot of florists don't stock it. I got mine from my local farmer's market but I have also seen it sold by flower sellers on street corners and in supermarkets.  

It's a flower that needs to be purchased when the flowers are open as they will not develop further once cut.

As usual condition the flowers by removing any of the lower leaves that would end up below the waterline in the vase. Cut the stems at an angle and put immediately in a clean vase with fresh water over night or at least a few hours before making the final arrangement.

Limonium is an easy plant - has very few leaves to remove, lasts for ages and comes in a huge range of colours. Last but not least it dries really well and will keep it's bright colour even when dried.    

I went to a brand new gardening fair last weekend on Hampstead Heath in North London - called Grow London. It's a fair of about 80 stalls with almost exclusively modern, contemporary stuff and plants for sale.

At the fair I bought this rather funky vase from Judy Green's Garden Store. It has a round clear glass inner vase and around the outside is a crinkly nest of stainless steel wires. 

I was intrigued by how it would look with flowers in it and I think it worked very well with the Limonium - a flower that also have a crinkly look to them. 
  

Have a Fabulous Floral Day!

See you on Sunday for another floral quote by another flower lover.

xoxo Ingrid