John Warland Archives

Florist Friday: My favourite floral designs at Flowers@Oxford

This week has whizzed past! It’s quite hard to believe it’s Friday already…and it’s time for my weekly Florist Friday blog post. Today, I thought I’d share with you my favourite floral designs at Flowers@Oxford, which took place last month. Designers from all over the world had created breath-talking masterpieces. I loved Per Benjamin‘s hanging discs of interwoven blooms in various hues.

And Dennis Kneepkens‘s structural design, created using chrysanthemums, was fabulous!

Roselilies were in abundance in Stijn Simaeys‘s spectacular creation.… Read more

Flowers@Oxford…an international floral extravaganza: August 22nd-24th 2014

You may remember that back in 2011, I visited Flowers at Chicheley Hall? Well, one of the co-organisers of the event, Judith Blacklock, has another floral show lined up called Flowers@Oxford. It’s taking place from August 22nd-24th at Lady Margaret Hall, an Oxford University college, renowned for its beautiful gardens on the bank of the River Cherwell. Flowers@Oxford promises to be the largest and most innovative show of cut flowers that has ever been seen in the UK. The college’s gardens and punts will be transformed with floral installations created by designers and contemporary design groups.… Read more