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Eurofleurs 2010 - "Marriage At The Mansion"

In this fourth and final gallery, you can find the pictures of the lovely bridal bouquets made by the various contestants for Eurofleurs 2010.

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Eurofleurs 2010 - "Kitchen Garden"

In this gallery you can find the pictures from the third round of works the contestants made during Eurofleurs 2010, revolving around the "Kitchen Garden" theme.

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Eurofleurs 2010 - "By the Golden Brook"

In this gallery you can find the pictures from the second round of works made during Eurofleurs 2010, themed "By the Golden Brook".

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Eurofleurs 2010 - "Oneplace at Tatton Park"

The Eurofleurs Junior Florist Championship took place not long ago, and the various works turned out to be of a very high quality. In this gallery, and the subsequent ones, you can have a look at the spectacular designs the contestants created. Enjoy the pictures!

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Decinska Kotva 2010 (Czech Republic)

Decinska Kotva 2010, also known as the Florists Championship of the Czech Republic, recently took place in the city of Decin, as we detailed earlier in Opens external link in new windowour news post. It was won by Mr. Jaromir Kokes, but seeing as we figured a picture is worth a thousand words as always, please Opens internal link in current windowclick here for the top-3 prize-winning designs in both the junior and senior category. 

 

Havirov in Flowers 2010 - Part Two

In this second gallery of pictures from the Havirov Festival, you will find a dozen photographs detailing the procession of flower-decorated cars and horse carriages. The theme remains the same: animals, but because of the presence of the florists in these pictures, we can now also get a feel for how the decorating process took place.

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Havirov in Flowers 2010 - Part One

This is the first gallery of photographs from the animal-themed 'Havirov in Flowers' event which took place on the 19th of June. Click on the link below to go to the gallery and see all the photos.

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ArtFloral 2010

The exhibition ArtFloral 2010 recently took place during the "Blühendes Österreich" fair in Austria, and resulted in an impressive display of floral works. Naturally, when we see such beauty our instinct is to desire to share it with others, so here are the pictures for you to marvel at!

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Alpe Adria Cup - Bridal Bouquets

We present you with more lovely pictures from the Alpe Adria Cup, and this time the incredible bridal bouquets. With designs ranging all the way from the classically romantic to the minimalist and modern, they should most certainly provide you with some food for thought, if not downright amazement. But don't just take our word for it, Opens internal link in current windowgo have a look for yourself!

 

Alpe Adria Cup - The Bouquets

The spectacular Alpe Adria Cup took place in Graz (Austria) recently, and included various high-quality floristry competition elements. Below, you will find a link to the first gallery of photographs, those of the hand-tied bouquets that the contestants designed. We believe them to be impressive, and expect you to agree once you have seen them! Opens internal link in current windowClick here for the splendour.

 

Floralies 2010 in Ghent

The 34th edition of the Ghent Floralies took place during the last week, once again organized by Belgium's Royal Agriculture and Horticulture Society. This splendid floral event takes place only every five years, and stands in a tradition that is over two centuries old. This year's incarnation proved to be as outstanding as always, as can be glimpsed from the selection of photographs we have to offer you. Opens external link in new windowClick here to see them!

 

Festival dei Fiori 2010

From March 12th to 15th, the beautiful Royal Palace - as well as UNESCO World Heritage Site - 'La Venaria Reale', near Torino, was host to the Festival dei Fiori 2010. Below, you can find a set of pictures from the floral competition held there, which revolved around the theme of 'court life in the royal palaces of the 17th and 18th century'. Various European florist schools competed for the trophy, and it was the Floral Design School Nicole from Moscow that took it home in the end. Opens internal link in current windowClick Here!

FDF Trends 2010

The FDF Trend agents created 4 series of artistic, yet consumer-oriented floral works, based on the trend prognoses published by the European floral and lifestyle suppliers association (EFSA) for the first six months of 2010. Headed by Manfred Hoffmann, they focused the emotional themes “moments of nature” and “passion in violet” on the family-oriented consumer. The design-oriented themes “Havanna nights” and “floral escapade” were focused on the business-oriented consumer. Opens internal link in current windowClick here to view the pictures.

Kick-off event Europa Cup 2011

Below you will find a few pictures from the Kick-off event of the Europa Cup 2011 in Czech Republic.

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IPM 2010 FDF NewComer Contest

Winner of the FDF NewComer Contest 2010 at the International Plant Fair IPM in Essen, Germany, is the talented master florist Elisabeth Schoenemann, working at Blumen Prinz in Mönchengladbach in Germany. She will represent her country at the international Eurofleurs 2010 in Britain, next July.
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IPM 2010 Teachers Club

A gorgeous selection of photographs from the Teachers Club session of the IPM Essen 2010 event, where half a dozen educational institutions offered an overview of the college range available to master florists, and showcased some beautiful flower arrangements.

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IPM 2010 Arte Floral Brasiliera

The floristry show entitled "Arte floral do Brazil" brought Brazilian fire on to the stage at the German IPM 2010. In a vivacious show, the florists from the land of the Sugar Loaf Mountain presented exotic floral arrangements and beautiful work pieces in which they had processed materials from their home country such as fruits and nuts.
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IPM 2010 Various Works


Here you find pictures from different work at the IPM, Essen, like bouquet competition / Bjorn Kröner & Co / chrysanthemum 2010
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Just Chrys 2010

         
New face of the Chrysanthemum: Just Chrys: a project of the German Florist Federation FDF in cooperation with the Dutch Flower Council. Brilliant colours and a huge diversity of shapes make Chrysanthemums the ideal flowers for daring florists. Those with the courage to experiment with colours and shapes, who enjoy the challenge of new terrain, will find these flowers have everything they need to help them express their full creative potential. 
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Florists at work


Some pictures of florists, making their beautiful works of art.
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Anthurium unlimited: new star flower

With strong names like Black Queen, Anastasia, Cassis and Angel and exotic looks, new Anthurium flowers are created in a Dutch breeding program. These Flamingo Flowers give new inspiration and creative ideas for decoration in the first special Anthurium workshops, initiated by the German FDF and Flower Council Holland in the fall of 2009.  Over 30 sorts of Anthurium are used in the extravagant works of art from Anthurium unlimited. They result in luxurious, trendy and exclusive floral arrangements, as you can see in this gallery.
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Floral Movement in The Netherlands

Many florists enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere during the gala night of the renewed Floral Movement, which was held on Saturday, the 17th of October in theatre De Flint in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. The floral arrangements of the National Floral Junior Championship were shown on stage. Five regional teams gave their own, original performance consistent with the theme of ‘Friendship’.
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Russian Championship of Professional Floristry 2009

On the 3rd and 4th of September the Russian Championship of Professional Floristry 2009 took place. The event was organized in partnership with Pavilion “Floriculture and Greenery” and International  Exhibition  “FLOWERS 2009", by the Russian National Guild of Florists, which chose for the uniting theme “How beautiful is that world...”. 
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Norwegian National Championships 2009

It’s been an interesting weekend in Lillehammer, Norway at the Norwegian Floristry Championships.  Fifteen senior competitors and twenty-one junior competitors, with less than four years experience, fought it out for the title of National Champion 2009.  A group of judges from the UK Floristry Judges Guild went along to see the action-taking place.
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Buga 2009 Flower Show

Many visitors were present at the Buga Flower Show in Schwerin, Germany. Twelve floral teams demonstrated their creativity and floristic craft, but overall winner was Team Green of the school Hannover-Ahlem, followed by the Dresdner Floristic Institute DIF.
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Nordic Championship 2009

For the 4th time the Nordic Championship was held as a competition for the national teams of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Each team consists of four florists and during the competition each competitor has to do one of the four tasks.
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Alden Biezen Floral Show

floating crownsThe yearly Flower Arranging Event at Alden Biezen - Belgium, this year with the name "the Royal Edition", took place from the 18th till the 21st of September. In the gallery you get a good impression of the very many outstanding arrangements made by a selection of floral arrangers.
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Flormart Miflor Padova 2009

At this fall's Italian Flormart a positive atmosphere was noticed again after the difficult international economic situation. Exhibitors were content with the interest of visitors and rewarded the event in Padua with a good grade, also for the organisation, which received compliments of visitors and exhibitors regarding planning and implementation.
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Tatton Park Flower Show 2009

This year Florint's second board meeting of 2009 was held in July, enabling the board members to be present at the Tatton Park Flower Show. The members were quite positive about Tatton being the place for Eurofleurs 2010, as the show offers quite some interesting highlights for florists.
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American AIFD Convention 2009

In the beginning of July in Kansas City the AIFD National Symposium took place. The American Institute of Floral Designers is a USA-based organization, affiliating far over 1000 florists in America as well as other parts of the world.
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Chelsea Flower Show 2009

This year’s world renowned Chelsea Flower Show, organised by the Royal Horticultural Society of Great Britain, was a brilliant showcase for professional florists. In conjunction with the RHS the British Florist Association pulled out all the stops to get floristry competitions back into the main marquee at the show. 
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International Master Class in Crete

The 6th Master Class seminar, which was held from 29th of March till the 9th of April this year had the inspiring title “Spring starts from Greece!” This successfully seminar was organized this year by Interflora Hellas and meant to offer a high and expert education to all pioneer florist designers. The pictures in the gallery clearly show the high level of the work.
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Czech Championship 2009

This year the championship of florists in the Czech Republic was organized within the framework of the famous Decin Festivities. Decin is the largest town in the Děčín District in the north of the Czech Republic. Some pictures of this competition can be seen in the gallery.
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Moscow Championship 2009

From the 18th till the 20th of March the Moscow Florist Championship took place, with 13 participants from Moscow city and the region. Demonstrations were given by former champions of the regional and national championship. Pictures of the results can be seen in the gallery.
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Floral Emotions at Sanremo Flower Festival

Pictures of the Sanremo Flower Festival 2009, where the floral show "Medieval Myths and Tales" took place. An outstanding show with participants from various European countries and a performace of the top-arrangers united in Life3.
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Impression of the IPM in Essen (DE)

Pictural impression of the International Plant Fair IPM in Essen - Germany. The gallery mainly contains pictures made during the demonstrations at the stage in the Event Center of the German Florist Federation FDF and some of the Bouquet Competition of FDF NRW.
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Pictures of EuroSkills 2008

EuroSkills 2008, the first ever Europe-wide skills competition, organized in Rotterdam (NL) has been a great success. The 420 candidates from the 29 participating European countries finished their three days of competitions on Saturday 20th September . The floristry competition at EuroSkills, with 22 particicpants from11 countres, was an initiave of Florint.

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The EuroSkills flower girls

One of the tasks of the EuroSkills floristry competition was to decorate a live model. The participants managed to create a variety of astonishing floral decorations. The models toured the entire fair grounds several times and also had a performance on stage. Amongst the public and press there was much enthusiasm about these beautiful flower girls.

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Pictures of Eurofleurs 2008 in Brussels

The 2008 edition of the youth contest Eurofleurs was quite a succesful one. Visitors almost couldn’t believe their eyes: the young contestants at this junior championship made floral work of an outstanding level. Especially amongst the theme works and the bridal bouquet, that could partially be prepared at home, there were very special creations.

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Pictures of the Congress on VET

On the 18th and 19th of September an interesting congres took place in Rotterdam, as a side event of EuroSkills, regarding vocational training in floristry. The report of this congress you find under "events/congress on VET".
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