The pot rose brings classic beauty into your home. Not only does she have beautiful flowers for you to admire, she is such a quintessential symbol of love that she’ll have you wrapped around her finger in no time. A light spot and a little water every two to three days is all she asks in return.

Beauty & Symbolism
She is also known as the queen of flowers. In ancient times, it was the Greeks, Romans and Egyptians who did their utmost to cultivate the perfect rose, but the splendour of the rose was appreciated in China and Africa too. In those days roses were used in rituals and to decorate temples and palaces as well. She truly is a multi-talented beauty!

In brief:
Position: A light spot
Water: A little water every two to three days
She will also happily stand in direct sunlight, but then she will require watering every day

The two-day event also gave Myerscough’s BA (Hons) Floral Design students a chance to showcase their designs, with design seminars held throughout the day explaining the research and motivation behind their exhibition pieces.

Vicky said “It was a very inspiring weekend for students and visitors alike, and it was great to get to showcase our work to the visitors that came along!”

Don’t miss out on the Wedding Demonstration Evening, on Wednesday 25^th April 2012 at Chain Caul Way,Preston.

• From 4pm onwards
• Demonstrations by Sarah Horne sponsored by Chrysal at 4.30pm and 6.30pm
• Fabulous Wedding Fever Offers
• Additional Sundries offers on the day
• Large display of wedding flowers
• Buffet supper at 5.30pm

Call Cathie on 01772 333024 if you would like to attend!

We hope you all have a great Mothering Sunday!!

The Flower Council of Holland’s Houseplant of the Month for April is a wonderful example of altruism. You see, the Kalanchoe is extremely generous, yet asks for almost nothing in return. In fact, scientific research has proven that this small, tough fat plant with its characteristic vibrant flowers is in fact an expert at making you feel better.

 It’s really quite simple; as long as a Kalanchoe is part of your view, you will feel a lot better about life. Swedish research demonstrated that intensive care patients who had a poster with nature scenes in their room felt much better than patients who had abstract art to look at. Other research showed that patients who had been operated recuperated considerably faster and suffered fewer complications when they had a view of green vegetation and trees than when their view was a grey wall.

We’ll also be offering the usual bacon butties, so why not come and have your breakfast with us and get yourself organised for what will hopefully be a fantastically busy weekend!

The competition provides an opportunity to demonstrate creative and technical skills in various tasks based upon a theme. Competitors will have to show a range of skills, including knowledge of the principles of design and floristry techniques within the schedules provided. 

The regional heats will take place as follows: 

Writtle College, Chelmsford, Essex – Sunday 22^nd April
Kingston Maurward College, Dorchester, Dorset – Sunday 29^th April
Deeside College, Northop, Flintshire – Wednesday 2^nd May
Moulton College, Northampton – Saturday 12^th May
Bishop Burton College, Beverley, Hull – Wednesday 16^th May
Greenmount College, Co. Antrim – Saturday 16^th June

The highest scoring competitors from these heats who meet the required standard will be invited to compete in the UK Final, held at the RHS Tatton Park Flower Show later in the year.

Entry levels for the competition are as follows:

Advanced Competition
This competition is intended for those competitors with two to seven years of floristry experience in either education or the equivalent to a Level 3 or higher qualification.

Intermediate Competition
This competition is intended for those competitors with less than two years of floristry experience in education, training and employment or the equivalent of a Level 2 qualification.

Registrations must be made before 15^th March 2012. To register, log on to www.worldskillsuk.org

More than 500,000,000 Colombian flowers are being shipped to countries around the world to meet the February 14th deadline including over 5 million roses into the UK. That’s enough flowers to go round the world at least 8 times!!

And not only will Colombian flowers be saying ‘I love you’ in a truly international language but helping provide safe and financially rewarding work for more than 200,000 workers in Colombia who work directly or indirectly for the country’s second biggest export business.

Speaking today in Bogotá, capital of Colombia, Augusto Solano, President of Asocolflores, the Association of Colombian Flower Exporters, said:  “We are on the threshold of the most important season for our industry.  Colombian growers are renowned for their quality roses which are sold in high end stores like Marks & Spencer, Waitrose and quality independent florists.  With larger heads and strong stems they have become the rose of choice for customer wanting something extra special to express their love and friendship.”

Due to the near perfect growing conditions in the Sabana de Bogotá, just outside the capital city, Colombia produces amazing flowers with larger heads, stronger stems and more vibrant colours.

More importantly the country is acknowledged as one of the leaders in terms of social and environmental achievements with an independently audited certification programme, Florverde, which has Global Gap approval and is respected by some of the most demanding flower buyers in the UK.

Solano continued:  “In 2011 over US$ 5 million was spent by the Colombian flower industry on local social programmes that directly benefited more than 90,000 workers and their families.  Be it low-cost housing, schools, university programmes or medical services, the money spent on flowers throughout the world is directly fed back to the people who grow and look after them.”

We will have our Mothers Day bouquets on display, along with a full range of planted arrangements, and a full range of new Spring/Summer sundries for you to have a look at!

For one day only, there will be a wide selection of special sundry offers, so make sure you come along and bag a bargain.

Light refreshments will be provided, so its the perfect opportunity to come along and have a cup of tea with us and get ahead of the game!

From 7am onwards – see you there!

Hopefully you have all got your orders placed in time for roses and bouquets, and are eagerly awaiting delivery!

Don’t hesitate to give us a call if there’s anything we can help with – and we hope that you have an incredibly busy time….