I hope you enjoyed yesterday’s post featuring Neill Strain’s floral designs at the ‘Celebrating the Rose’ event at New Covent Garden Flower Market.

Today’s post features Suffolk-based florist, Claire Cowling.  As well as being an internationally recognised florist, Claire is also co-author of several best-selling floristry books and via her company, Thrive Floristry, she conducts workshops and sells hard-to-find floristry books.

Claire started off with an arrangement of white roses, hydrangea, pepper berries, magnolia leaves and honesty in a large silver boat-shaped dish (pictured above and below). … Read more