This week’s Flowerona Reflects video features florist InWater, vase designer Lee Broom, florist Mary Jane Vaughan and the charity, The Floral Angels.
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It’s been a very special month, in more ways than one….
Out & About
Held our first Social Media for Florists workshop in London Helped judge the eFIG Office Plant of the Year Went on a week’s holiday to Devon Did a talk at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show Went to a meet-up of London bloggers Market visit/training Tallulah Rose Flower School students on Social Media Visit to New Covent Garden Flower Market for my monthly reportsWrote
Reports for New Covent Garden Flower Market, including one on Sunflowers 17 Flowerona blog postsOther News
Wedding Magazine Blog Awards: I was thrilled to find out that I’ve been shortlisted in the Best Flowers Blog category and I’d really appreciate it, if you’d like to vote for me.… Read more
I had a wonderful moment of realisation this month. I’d spent the day at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show on Press Day, then gone to Neill Strain’s Passion for Peonies event. I was travelling home on a very crowded commuter train at 6.30pm, admiring my bouquet of Neill’s breath-taking peonies (which feature in today’s post), when I suddenly thought…how different is my life now to when I used to work in the City over six years ago? And, in that moment, it made me really appreciate how much happier I am now, doing something which I’m totally passionate about…
Here’s a look back at what I’ve been up to this month:
Out & About
Attended the Blogtacular event in London Went to an Insta Meet at Hatchlands Park in Surrey Gave a garden designer a training session on Social Media Had new headshots taken by photographer Vicki Knights Went to the Spirit of Summer fair Went to the Amicus Botanicus exhibition Attended the RHS Chelsea Flower Show & Chelsea in Bloom Went to the Passion for Peonies event at Neill Strain’s boutique Attended a Designer’s Guild Blogger Event Botanical Bites afternoon tea at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Flower arranging workshop at West Elm Visit to New Covent Garden Flower Market for my monthly reports Breakfast event with Arianna Huffington Interviewed Eric Lanlard of Cake BoyWrote
Reports for New Covent Garden Flower Market, including one on Succulents Flowerona Newsletter Article for Laura Ashley blog 51 Flowerona blog postsOther News
New workshop : I’m thrilled to have launched my first ‘Social Media for Florists’ workshop with Fiona Humberstone, which will take place in London on July 1st.… Read more
I definitely think that the older I get, the faster the time goes…don’t you? It’s the last day of April and it feels like this month has rushed by at such speed. I really don’t know where the time goes! Of course, I’m not complaining as it’s been ‘flower heaven’…all the way!
Out & About
Attended Good Results Press Day Visit to Clifton Nurseries in London A Most Curious Wedding Fair in Hackney Press Day at Hillier Gardens Press Event at Quo Vadis with Indoor Garden Design Selina Lake‘s book launch at The White Orchid Social media training at a client’s office in London The Sweet Smell of Decay with Rebecca Louise Law & Rachel Warne Styling course at Sabine Darrall’s Flower School in Somerset Social Media for Florists training at LeSoCo Visit to New Covent Garden Flower Market for my monthly reports UK Blog Awards ceremony in London Spring Riot & Revelry workshop by The Little Flower SchoolWrote
Reports for New Covent Garden Flower Market, including one on Alstroemeria Article for Wedding Flowers & Accessories magazine Article for Homemaker magazine Article for Amara Weddings 28 Flowerona blog postsOther News
UK Blog Awards: I was thrilled that Flowerona was Highly Commended in the Wedding category.… Read more
I hope you had a lovely weekend. The incredible flower featured in today’s blog post is a Japanese double anemone, very kindly given to me by Dennis Edwards at New Covent Garden Flower Market. I’ve never seen this flower before and was completely blown away by it’s breath-taking beauty! As today is the last day of March, I’m featuring a round-up of what I’ve been up to this month…
Out & About
Insta-Meet at The Medicine Garden in Cobham Private View of miNiATURE in London Wildabout Flower Arranging workshop at Heal’s Filming for a PR campaign Country Living Magazine Spring Fair in London Cabbages & Roses – Book Launch & Shop Opening Waitrose Press Event with Alan Titchmarsh Brides The Show in London The Decor Cafe’s Decorfest in Wimbledon Visit to New Covent Garden Flower Market for my monthly reports Market visit & training Tallulah Rose Flower School students on Social Media Florimania at Hampton Court Palace Teaching photography skills at the Flowers from the Farm workshopWrote
Reports for New Covent Garden Flower Market, including one on Orchids Guest blog post for My Garden School Twig about Narcissi for IntoGardens 34 Flowerona blog postsOther News
Country Living magazine : I was thrilled to be mentioned in Stephanie Donaldson‘s column in Country Living magazine.… Read more