Over the Christmas holiday, I read this blog post by Monica at The Elgin Avenue. It references an aptly named technique for the floristry community called Rose, Thorn, Bud!
The idea is to decide on the highlight of your day (Rose), what went wrong during your day (Thorn) and what you’re looking forward to tomorrow (Bud). The method can be equally applied to a year. And I thought you may find it useful for reviewing your last 12 months, plus looking forward to 2018.… Read more
Today, Flowerona celebrates its 7th birthday! And to mark the occasion, I thought I’d share with you advice I’d have loved to have had at the very start of my flower journey.… Read more
I’m thrilled to announce that today the @UnderTheFloraSpell Instagram account hit 50K followers! Thank you so much to everyone who follows the account and to all of you who add the hashtag #underthefloralspell to your beautiful flower images.
The @UnderTheFloralSpell account has grown so quickly since I started it last November. There are now over 188,000 images with the #underthefloralspell hashtag and it’s such a joy choosing my favourites to feature on @UnderTheFloralSpell. Both the account and hashtag are wonderful ways to get inspiration for your own designs, plus see what’s trending globally on the flower scene.… Read more
I’m so thrilled to be able to share with you a special project, which I’ve been working on ‘behind the scenes’ over the last few months! It’s a brand new video featuring The Flower Market at New Covent Garden Market!
Film-makers, Duncan McCabe of McQueens and Julian Langham and I were at the market for three alternate mornings back in the summer. And whilst I interviewed each of the five florists and five traders, these very talented cameramen captured everything on film.… Read more
Have you heard about my new Instagram hashtag, #inthefloralspotlight, which I mentioned on Flowerona last week? Well, there’s been such an incredible response that I’ve set up a new Instagram account, @inthefloralspotlight.
I’ll be featuring your images of florists, florists-to-be, flower growers, flower school owners, flower wholesalers – basically anyone involved in the floristry industry – on this new Instagram account. You just need to add the hashtag #inthefloralspotlight to be in with a chance of being featured.
The first person to appear is Norfolk based Katy Rayner from Bracken & Twine Flowers. … Read more
