Director Of We Send Flowers becomes Chairman.

Mark Nicholas NDSF FSF AIFD director of we send flowers as just become Chairman of St Ives Round Table again for the second time. Mark was voted into the chair on Monday evening at the AGM of St Ives Round Table.

Fellow tablers are convinced that Mark can help restore the round table back to it's former glory after a few year of decline. Mark is very passionate about Round Table and the charity work he does in the community.

Find you want to find out more about Round Table in St Ives or nationally email Mark on flowertime@btconnect.com or round-table531@hotmail.co.uk

Chelsea Flower Show Thinner this Year.

Chelsea looking thinner as credit crunch bites

Chelsea Flower show will have several less gardens this year and fewer exhibitors in the Grand Marquee as companies pull in the horns in the face of the recession. Notable names like Notcutts and Squires have already pulled out while the NFU is still seeking a sponsor for its award winning display which has won an amazing 12 Gold Medals.

However while the show will be smaller the organisers, the Royal Horticultural Society are still convinced it will be a marvellous showcase of all things floral, including this year, another display of floristry organised by the British Florist Association.
source fandwb

Cornwall Garden Society - Spring Show 4th & 5th April.

SPRING FLOWER SHOW at BOCONNOC nr Lostwithiel.
The weather was very kind to the show organisers and the crowds turned out in their hundreds to enjoy a fantastic two day show of everything plant and flower orientated.

Nearly everyone leaving the show were carrying bags and bags of plants and flowers.

They held a Ready Steady Floral Art competition, Brass band played on the lawn and everyone enjoyed themselves to the full.

Photos give an over view of the great time that everyone was having.

Well done to the Cornwall Garden Society.

International Teachers of Floristry at IPM Essen -1stPublic Appearance

International Teachers of Floristry
In Hall 1 at the IPM ESSEN 2009:

New Affiliation of the “International Teachers of Floristry”
has its First Public Appearance at the IPM ESSEN 2009


As a publisher for floristic inspirations in education and training, FLORALDESIGN EDITION offers a new movement a platform for a trend-setting dialogue with the visitors to the IPM ESSEN 2009. The group of “European Teachers of Floristry” from France, England, Poland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Germany is to meet up with florists from Japan and South America.
The group is also to receive support from various national organisations such as the Society of Floristry, Federfiori, Floriform, NFD, Polska Skola Florsticznie and the Escuela Iberoamericano de Arte Floral. The initiative, made up of internationally recognised floral designers, is headed by the Frenchman Jaques Pastor from Castries in the Languedoc area of France.
The group’s first central objective is to formulate a mutual methodical approach to floral design. In this way, little by little, an international vocabulary is to emerge which will harmonise the definition of design techniques and methods: a levelling of fundamental knowledge for all those involved in designing with plants and who, through their work, place this within the context of the different cultures.
The IPM ESSSEN 2009 forms the right international framework for the first public appearance of the “International Teachers of Floristry” at the stand of FLORALDESIGN EDITION, at the BGI Trade Centre in Hall 1.
Source : floraldesign-edition & IPM Essen

AIFD_ NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM is coming to Kanas City

Hollywood has the Oscars. Sports has the Olympics. And the Floral Design Industry has the AIFD National Symposium; the one place where floral designers from all over the world gather to share the latest trends in floral design.
AIFD National Symposia feature programs by the floral industry's best and brightest. Meet colleagues who share your interests. Learn about the latest trends in floral design. Acquire new skills, ideas, and innovations that you can carry home to colleagues and students alike.
AIFD's 2009 National Symposium, "The Sky's the Limit" will be held in Kansas City, Mo. July 11-16.
Symposium AttireYou’ll be enjoying summer in the city, so comfortable business casual clothing is appropriate for wear throughout AIFD’s National Symposium. There are several times, however, when other dress is more appropriate. These include the Monday, July 13, Awards & Induction Dinner where business dinner attire is more appropriate, and the Wednesday, July 15, Final Night Dinner/Dance where we dress to the nines in black-ties and elegant dresses.