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Posted on November 8, 2008 with No Comments
Great Yarmouth in Britain will be bringing its history life with a display of flowers at the parish church, in the form of tour designed to resemble the town in medieval times.
Floristry students from Great Yarmouth College have planned and designed seven displays, marking the granting of the King John Carter, which occurred about 800 years ago.
Friends and family have been enlisted to help with the preparations needed for the floral displays, which will include a jousting marquee, six-foot paper mache medieval ladies and a throne.
“It will be truly spectacular. The students have done hours of research in the library and on the Internet to make sure every historical detail is accurate. We just hope people will make the time to come into the church and enjoy it,” said floristry course leader Julia Knights.
“Staging this sort of event with all the background research will help them later in the industry because today there are themed weddings, parties, functions and celebrations and students need to know how to respond to a diverse range of ideas in a professional way.”
[Via: The Advertiser 24, Image from here]
Posted on September 12, 2008 with No Comments
One of the best ways to welcome the coming fall season is to decorate your deck with containers of fall-friendly flowers. Usually, chrysanthemums are the favourite for fall, but this should not hold you back from trying some other flowers.
First of all, you need to choose your container or containers. Small pots are good for smaller chrysanthemums as they will not overwhelm the display. For your larger containers you can try some bigger mums.
The colours of your flowers will decide the effect your flower display will have. If you use flowers that all have the same colours, or similar colours you will create a strong and bold effect. By using many colours, you will make your display seem more fun and vibrant.
To make your displays even more interesting try to add flowers of different heights. Adding grass to your displays can also add a point of interest. Carex “Toffee Twist” is one of the options you should consider — it is cinnamon-coloured and will fit well into any fall display.
Finally, some other fall flowers you can consider for your display are breacteantha (Strawflower), diascia, nemesia, osteospermum, phlox, and pansies.
[Via: courierpress.com]
Posted on April 28, 2008 with No Comments
The Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival, is a great event to go to for those who are looking for new ideas for their gardens, or for new tips on gardening.
Every year at the festival there are a multitude of seminars on gardening, people from all over the United States attend, and speak; even the horticulturalists for Disney have been at the show.
There are many colorful flower displays — one nautical flag display houses as much as 75,000 plants and bedding flowers. There are floating gardens, which are put out each spring, and housed in the nursery during the year.
Along with the colorful flower gardens there is a butterfly garden area, where guests can experience the beauty of butterflies up close, as they fly among the flowers.
According to Debbie Mola-Mickler, one of the horticulturalists and presenters at the festival, after the flower displays the seminars are not to be missed.
However for those looking for some gardening inspiration will have to wait until June 3rd to visit the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival.
[Via: CFnews13]
