Inside this beautiful new issue, you will find talented floral designers, beautiful wedding florals from our Wedding Magic Contest, floral special events, many creative tutorials, book reviews, a coming events calendar, floral gift ideas, and much more. Evolution of the Garden Rose Introducing Sophie Powell Summer’s Here Wedding Magic Contest New Era of Sympathy Flowers Maximizing Sales Fabulous Floristry Skills Floral Events Many Creative Tutorials and Much More Celebrating 50 years! Purchase a Digital Subscription To purchase a Print Subscription, please click here The post FLORA ..read more

This year, Keukenhof, often lauded as the most beautiful spring garden in the world, is holding a special exhibition to celebrate the park’s founding 75 years ago.  The exhibition Keukenhof Turns 75 brings stories from the past to life with memorabilia, nostalgic items and video fragments. Visitors can learn what goes on behind the scenes, from 1949 to the present day, and see what’s in store for the future. The first steps towards the creation of Keukenhof, the brainchild of a group of flower-bulb farmers and bulb-export firms looking for somewhere to display products from th ..read more

The Harrogate Flower Show (25-28 April 2024) is nearly upon us and there will be many exciting competitions taking place. Submissions had to be in by 15 March, so we know there is some frantic planning and prepping go on right now! Here’s a small taster of what to expect… No wonder we’re excited and look forward to sharing some of the designs in due course! Good luck to all those taking part… The post The Competition Circuit first appeared on Flora Magazine ..read more

RHS Chelsea Flower Show is one of THE floral events of the year and this year’s event takes place between 21 to 25 May 2024. We are delighted to have our team on site to bring you all the latest news. Keep checking our social media channels for lots of posts. And there will of course be further coverage in our Autumn issue which is published on 01 August 2024. Exciting! The post It’s Chelsea Show Time! first appeared on Flora Magazine ..read more

“If you have learned a skill, teach someone else to do it. If you meet a designer who has perfected a skill, learn from them. This keeps our design skills alive and cross pollinate expertise between craft and art forms creating a stronger skill set that ensures floral art stays relevant and continues to thrive. We can buy flowers anywhere, it is a skilled floral artist that translates flowers into emotions. It is our skills that sets us apart.” In this issue, our Editor caught up with Canadian experimental floral designer Christine de Beer who is an accredited Advanced/Master Florist and w ..read more

With a background in Fine Art (Leeds University 2007), London based Harriet Parry has successfully combined her love of flowers and nature with works of art creating stunning compositions full of texture, detail and colour. Her pieces are playful, eye catching and rather unexpected as she brings just about any image to life with flowers that mimic the original colour palette and shape perfectly. She has successfully been running her own floristry business for more than a decade now which includes creating florals for weddings and other events, and her artistic flair has caught the imaginati ..read more

Inside this beautiful new issue featuring talented floral designers, beautiful bouquet ideas for Mother’s Day, our Spring tablescape contest winner, the 2024 Colour Trend report, floral special events, many creative tutorials, book reviews, coming events calendar, floral gift ideas and much more. Bouquets From Around the World Introducing Christina de Beer Step into Spring Contest 2024 Colour Trends The Finishing Touch Fabulous Floristry Skills Floral Events Many Creative Tutorials and Much More Celebrating 50 years! Purchase a Print Edition For a limited time, we offer our d ..read more

Call for submission: Wedding Magic This is your chance to have your design featured in our Summer 2024 issue which will be published on 01 May 2024. Your task is to share with us wedding florals be it showcasing your bouquets, ceremony flowers, wearables, reception flowers, cake flowers etc., and past work is totally acceptable. The competition is open to professional and amateur floral designers in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world. Share design inspiration- Enter today, it is so easy!!  The post FLORA Wedding Magic Contest 2024 first appeared on Flora Magazine ..read more

We asked a whole host of floral artists, near and far, to share with us their favourite festive wreaths and they duly obliged. Over the next few pages, you can feast your eyes on their wonderful rings and draw inspiration from them. Merry Christmas! With our grateful thanks to: Alex Segura Arana, Spain; alexsegurafloraldesign.com Bruno Duarte, Canada; @freshfloralcreations Chrissie Harten, UK; @madplantaholic Christine de Beer, Canada; @chris10debeer Hans Haverkamp, UK; hansflowers.co.uk Helen Hare, UK; @helen_hare_flowers Jacqui Arnold, UK; @jacquiarnoldsimplyflowers Jenny Thomasson, USA ..read more

Step Into Spring Call for submission for your Springlike table scape designs for your chance to be published in our Spring 2024 issue published on 01 February. There are so many wonderful flowers to consider, such fresh colours to include, to make your table scape sing, so… don’t delay… let your imagination run riot and get florally creative. Share design inspiration- Enter today, it is so easy!!  The post FLORA Spring Table Scape Contest first appeared on Flora Magazine ..read more