New Zealand Flowers Week return this year from 11 - 17 November . The theme for this year ’s event , The Power Of Flowers , will exceed throughout the calendar week and be celebrated by five freshly picked floristry experts , who have been charge up with creating a bespoke floral installing pensive of the event ’s theme .
The chosen florists for 2019 represent the floral talent that stretch the res publica and the variegate styles that halt from some of NZ ’s key regions . The five florist shop are : Chikako Shiraki from White Tree Floral ( Auckland ) , Kerri Murphy from The Twisted Willow ( Wellington ) , Kath Parkes from Mrs Bottomley ’s Flowers ( Christchurch ) , Samantha Trott from Samantha Rose Flowers ( Christchurch ) and Linda McKenzie from Fallow and Fox ( Dunedin ) .
Rebecca Jones , NZ Flowers Week Group Marketing Manager says , “ We ’re rosy New Zealand has such a deep , diverse range of florists . Our homegrown experts are global leaders in their craft . It does however make choosing the five who represent the case incredibly unmanageable . This yr ’s flower store have gone above - and - beyond and we ’re so grateful to be working with such long - standing , world - class women for 2019 ’s issue . ”
To effectively portray the theme for NZ Flowers Week 2019 , each flower store is allot an emotion that feeds into ‘ The Power of Flowers ’ concept continues Jones . “ The flower store were tasked with creating an arrangement that reflects their awarded emotion and the overarching radical . It was amazing watching the selected florists assimilate their given emotion and conceptually grow idiosyncratic arrangements . Each florist shop has her own particular narrative , which is beautifully exceed as they worked to produce a broad range of vibrant invention . ”
Auckland ’s Chikako spoke of her emotion , joy : “ As a florist shop , see the delight that people have when they receive flowers and the emotion connect with giving flowers , ; makes me feel that we provide an significant service to our community . The combination of vividness and plan in my facility hopefully certify the power that flowers have in creating and changing emotion instantly . ”
Wellington ’s Kerri spoke of her emotion , sorrow : “ The concept I decided to base my creation on was mental health and the sadness it evokes in many of us . My three rings constitute the mind and its journeying from darkness to light when we are in a depressive state . I personally suffer from depression and know many others who put up that are close to me . I hope that this concept helps the great unwashed understand and relate to genial health on a different spirit level . ”
Christchurch ’s Kath verbalize of her emotion , nostalgia : “ So often someone will say how a flower cue them of a special person in their living – often a grandparent . Sometimes it ’s the scent , which is very powerful at evoke memories and transfer us back to a place or time , but sometimes it ’s the flower itself and remember it mature in the garden . My installation is a garden that trigger positive associations with the past – with gardens of the past , or with the people who create those gardens . ”
Christchurch ’s Samantha speak to her emotion , love : “ I have named my construct ‘ The Proposal ’ , the tractor trailer - rotary of bloom around the pouffe has an conflict ring on it . The woman is mistake into a bathing tub to look up to her new ring . The floral back drop and colours have been selected to represent her feeling all the ‘ love ’ . ”
Dunedin ’s Linda talk to her emotion , gratitude : “ My emotion is gratitude and thankfulness . Using the linguistic process of efflorescence , these emotions are stand for by bloom such as rosebush , sweet-scented peas , poppies and the vividness pink . I decided to utilize these flowers and other fabulous NZ - acquire stems to showcase a lush and handsome installation ; which best represents the tactile sensation of gratitude and thankfulness . ”
The installations by the five take florist are create in the lead up to Flowers Week , with bewitch content of each design revealed between 11 - 17 November .
For more information : New Zealand Flowers Week09 573 2317[email protected]nzflowersweek.co.nz
