I hope you’ve had a great week.
There’s still been lots of sunshine here in the UK, interspersed with a few thundery showers and some much needed rain for our gardens.
Here’s what I’ve been up to…
My week
Monday
On Monday, I went to the beautiful city of Bath to visit the Tallulah Rose Flower School.
I was there to teach their floristry students all about social media. We covered Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and blogging.
It was lovely to see Rachel, the founder of the school, and spend time with her new intake of students on the Four Week Career Course.
I’m looking forward to following their floral journeys…and am so impressed by the progress some of them and past students have already made with setting up social media accounts to promote their floristry businesses.
They include Lydia of Rose & Ammi, Kirstie of Ruby & The Wolf and Holly of Holly May Floral Design…many congratulations ladies!
Whilst I was in Bath, I couldn’t resist capturing this colourful bicycle adorned with flowers, positioned in the centre of the city to promote a local business…
Tuesday-Thursday
Mainly stay-at-home days…writing blog posts, editing images, using social media and finally getting to the bottom of my email inbox by Thursday lunchtime (phew!)
Friday
On Friday morning, I was up bright and early to go to New Covent Garden Flower Market to take photos and talk to the traders for my monthly reports.
The first image in today’s post is of some wonderful teasels which I spotted on Porters Foliage stand.
Blog posts this week on Flowerona
My blog posts this week on Flowerona were :
- A morning in the stunning Walled Garden at Loseley Park in Surrey : Part 1
- A morning in the stunning Walled Garden at Loseley Park in Surrey : Part 2
- Beautiful floral personalised clutch bags from Mama Bleu Designs
- Wedding Magazine Blog Awards…the first award that I’ve ever entered
- New floral-inspired homeware from Anthropologie for Autumn 2013
- Floristry event at LeSoCo…over 60 yrs of floristry at Southwark College
The most popular blog post this week was ‘Lisianthus – often mistaken for a rose or peony’.
New Covent Garden Flower Market
On the New Covent Garden Flower Market blog, I wrote and compiled a Product Profile report all about hydrangeas.
So, I hope you have a great Saturday. See you tomorrow for Flowerona Links…
(Images : Rona Wheeldon for Flowerona)
Thanks for the mention Rona. I loved your social media class at Tallulah Rose! Hoping to add a blog page to my website soon.
You’re very welcome Kirstie 🙂 .