BLOOM SHOW and The Horrors of Funeral Letters

Final details have been made for my trip to Lingfield Racecourse this weekend, where the new concept floristry show will be held, run and skillfully organised by the Wordhouse publishing team. Extremely excited about this opportunity to see and work behind the scenes at the show lending a hand where I can. The camera is already on charge for the plethora of photos I hope to snap!  For now though, I will be working on university assignments such as questions for an interview with the talented publisher of Florist and Wholesale Buyer and planning a floral worded funeral tribute with two of my colleagues from college.  The oasis letters are to spell 'NAN'. Personally, I have distinct dislike of these types of tributes  as they are usually garish and unimaginative. Our vision is to turn these letters upside down and shake up the whole concept of  letter tributes. Desperate to move away from massed white chrysanthemums and carnations and use something more wholesome, more unusual is proving difficult due to a tight budget. Our awarded theme is ' Natural' which seems rather contradictory considering the mechanics  of the tribute are made from non biodegradable  florist foam on a plastic rack. However, we have been inspired by the flowing and highly textural work of Claire Cowling and hope to adapt some of the beautiful ideas from her book on funeral design ( see my recommendations box, amazon sells this) to our tribute. A few choice naturally textural pieces such a birch twigs, cones etc to enhance the design seems to be the way to do style on a budget. Updates will follow.