They are planning a number of floral shows Nov-Aug 2014 in Newton Abbot, Bristol, Manchester, Norwich and Oxford, England. The shows are a completely new concept involving top Master Florists and Chelsea Floristry medal winners, such as the Academy’s own Julie Collins and Tina Parkes, making floral designs on stage, with music and lights to create a mood of Africa.
Funds from the ticket sales, raffles, collection buckets and the auction of staged show designs will all be donated to the cause. All proceeds, after expenses, will go to WaterAid.
It is said that the original parrot tulip was traded for property in Holland over 100 year ago. A property that in today’s standards was worth several hundred thousand dollars! Unfortunately, the plant died within a year, due to a virus which was cause of the unusual blooms.
Today we can enjoy these beautiful flowers for a great deal less, and, from the benefit of hybridization – not virus!
The recent state dinner with French President Francois Hollande was full of the standard White House traditions that serve to highlight the very best of our country’s culture and culinary.
However, this state dinner was notably different. Something special, subtle and important happened.
The Obama White House decided to ensure that the flowers presented at the center of the table would be as fresh, sustainable and as American as the food that would be served to their special guests.
The floral arrangements displayed at the dinner included:
Flowering quince branch – Mississippi; Weeping Willow – South New Jersey; Scotch Broom -Virginia; Iris (blue and purple) – California; Alocasia – Apopka, FL and Zellwood, FL; Equisetum, Nandina and Green Liriope – East coast FL, De Leon Springs.
They are planning a number of floral shows Nov-Aug 2014 in Newton Abbot, Bristol, Manchester, Norwich and Oxford, England. The shows are a completely new concept involving top Master Florists and Chelsea Floristry medal winners, such as the Academy’s own Julie Collins and Tina Parkes, making floral designs on stage, with music and lights to create a mood of Africa.
