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Fearless Flowers iPhone App

November 26, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

Now you can create some stunning seasonal displays with the Fearless Flowers iPhone app.

Search by flower, arrangement or occasion

Ever find yourself staring at flowers in the supermarket? Wondering what to buy and how to arrange it?

Take the Fearless Flowers app along and search by flower or arrangement type, even by special occasion.

Find the arrangement you like and get all the information you need to put it together.

It’s the indispensable tool for people who want to enjoy flowers. Don’t go into the flower section without it.

Fearless Flowers iPhone app - FREE from the iPhone apps store.

More information

Fearless Flowers website – Virtual flower arranging workshop

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Floristry Societies & Organisations

September 3, 2008 by admin Leave a Comment

There are a number of organisations supporting the cut flower industry as well as many flower arranger’s groups around the country.

British Florist Association
The BFA is the only recognised trade association for professional retail florists.
With over 2,600 members committed to providing the best possible “flower buying experience” , professional, personal service with beautifully designed floristry and excellent value for money.

Go to BFA Website

National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies
In 1959, flower arranging clubs and societies joined together and with the support of the Royal Horticultural Society, formed NAFAS.
The society has grown rapidly to encompass a national network of flower clubs and was granted charitable status in 1984.
The association is the only national organisation dedicated to pursuing the art of flower arranging, through education and events and now boasts over 78,000 members within 1,315 clubs, including 34 junior clubs across the UK.

NAFAS website

Scottish Association of Flower Arrangement Societies (SAFAS)

The Scottish Association of Flower Arrangement Societies (SAFAS) is one of twenty one Areas of the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies (NAFAS). There are currently 93 affiliated Clubs in SAFAS, which includes 4 Contemporary Design Groups, from the Borders to the Orkney Islands, with a total membership of 6000 which includes Junior and Island Club members. We have 2 Junior Clubs and 4 Island Clubs.

SAFAS, the third Area of NAFAS was formed in 1956 by a nucleus of 5 enthusiastic Clubs – Border, Edinburgh, Hawick, Glasgow and Peebles.

Visit SAFAS website to find out more.

If you know of any others or would like your organisation listed, then please send us the details via our “contact us” section and we will do the rest.

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Update: Spreading the Word

August 24, 2008 by admin Leave a Comment

This is just a quick update to let you know about some of the stories we have been made aware of.

Negotiated Brief 2 Interpretations of British Cut Flowers (link)

Well done to Vicky Williams for getting her BA Honours Degree in Design specialising in Illustration and for being inspired by British Cut Flowers.

If you ever fancy doing us some illustrations you are most welcome to send us them.

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If you have any news, press releses or photographs then let us know via our contact us section

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Monty’s Going Native

July 21, 2008 by admin Leave a Comment

July issue of BBC Gardener's World Magazine

In the July issue of Gardeners World Magazine Monty Don looks at the plants that have become the backbone of British Gardens giving them a sense of identity and place.

“The British gardening tradition is based on a wide range of flowering plants from all over the world”

Many species have been brought to us by plant hunters over the centuries from China, Aftrica and new Zealand, not to mention the diverse collections brought over by the romans.

Monty says that “our British gardens are invariably a rich tapestry of colours textures and fragrances, and with our enviably mild climate, the range of plants we can grow in a sheltered garden is greater than anywhere else in the world. This gives our gardens a sophistication and depth that can make them endlessly fascinating, whatever the season”.

Included in Monty’s pick of natives for the garden are Crab Apple, Silver Birch and Wild Cherry with flowering plants including native Bluebells, Lilly of the Valley, Sea Holly and Wood Anemone. For those shady areas, look out for ferns such as Hart’s Tongue and Lady Fern.

For a list of plants native to your local area, log on to the Natural History Museum’s POSTCODE PLANTS DATABASE.

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Grow Your Own Cut Flowers

July 5, 2008 by admin Leave a Comment

Growing your own cut flowers can be quite inexpensive and does not have to take up too much time or space.

A couple of packets of sweet peas will provide arm fulls of blooms and can be grown against a sunny wall, fence or obelisk.

Cosmos are excellent value for money providing blooms from June through September and even October. Ranging from white, many shades of pink and even yellows and oranges, there is one to suit every arrangement. Their delicate feathery foliage form a feathery backdrop to other flowers in the garden and give softness to floral displays.

Garden Pinks are the wonderfully fragrant, more delicate version of the mass produced large carnation and can last up to two weeks in the vase. Perennial versions which flower year after year are normally bought as young plants, but can be raised from seed.

Annual versions which flower for only one season are grown from seed.

There are literally hundreds of flowers to choose from, saving a small fortune in bought flowers and providing blooms that are not only diifferent and seasonal, but many of them have a magnificent perfume so often lacking in commercial imported blooms.

To find a fantastic variety of seeds and plants visit Marshalls Seeds.

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Fearless Flowers iPhone App

Floristry Societies & Organisations

Update: Spreading the Word

Monty’s Going Native

Grow Your Own Cut Flowers

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Growing lily of the valley

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Grow Your Own Cut Flowers

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