Queen Elizabeth at the Chelsea Flower Show 2011
The opening day of the Chelsea Flower Show 2011 saw HRH Her Majesty The Queen enjoying Judith Blacklock’s seasonal bouquet.
Simple, British blooms, grown by The Sun’s world famous horticulturalist, Peter Seabrook, were shaped into a pretty posy for The Queen by expert Judith Blacklock.
Using sustainable, seasonal blooms is a key trend when it comes to indoor and outdoor floral decoration – and in this Blacklock leads the way. A passionate advocate of using all available plant material for her floral displays, including a number of well known weeds – Judith puts her money where her mouth is!
Her demonstration at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show ‘Sustainable Style’ in the Chelsea Flower Show’s ‘Talking Flowers Marquee‘ was designed to show how the humblest bloom, even weeds such as Taraxacum oficinale (dandelions), can be used to create a stylish arrangement for the home.
Judith is renowned worldwide for her teaching skills in flower arranging and floristry. She set up her flower school in Knightsbridge 12-years ago. Today it is the only private flower arranging and floristry school in the UK with accreditation from the British Accreditation Council (BAC).
Many of Judith’s world-renowned classes follow her ethos of using whatever flowers are available. This direction has to be the way to go, eco sustainable materials used to produce something of beauty…we like.
So this Autumn, why not take a day out, to learn how to transform seasonal, home-grown flowers into something gorgeous for your home? Course details below -
1. Handtied and flowers in a vase
Date: 8th September 2011
Time: 10.30am – 2.45pm
Venue: Judith Blacklock Flower School, London SW1.
Cost: £235 (includes cost of all materials and refreshments)
2. Seasonal Flowers – Best of British: Autumn
Date: 30th September 2011
Time: 10.30am – 2.45pm
Venue: Judith Blacklock Flower School, London SW1.
Cost: £235 (includes cost of all materials and refreshments)
JudithBlacklock Flower School, Knightsbridge, London SW1. (Tel: +44 (0) 20 7235 6235. Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address))
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