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: school@judithblacklock.com)