Valentine's day in London

Here are some picture of London florists.

• M&S
• The Isles of Flowers
• Jane Packer
• Judith Blacklock Flower School
• Fortnum Mason

M&S sells a stem of rose at 6 pounds. On the other hand, Sainsbury offers a stem at 5 pounds. I think general price around Valentines day is 4 to 7 pounds. It depends on supermarkets, local florists or famous florists.

Chain florist, The Isles of Flowers at London Liverpool Street station showcase bouquets starting from 50 pounds.

Jane Packer have a fantastic display. I was astonished actually. Very neat and themed well.

I popped into Judith Blacklock Flower School and had a chat with the lovely staff. On the day there were no school. It was luck that I bumped Judith at the new covent garden market in the early morning.

Fabulous arrs at Fortnum Maison at Piccadilly circus. There were 4 at the ground floor. Red colour tells us Valentine's day is coming soon.

How can a florist be inspired by William Morris?

William Morris was flowerholic. His great achievement is what all florists do. They get materials from the nature, arrange them and showcase for public. He succeeded in 2 aspects.One was he could grasp how people perceive that nature. Second was he could retransformed it into more abstract but beautiful world.

He was obsessed to intercept plants and flowers in a different way. His art works have a feature in terms of form. Having had a close look at size of an above picture, you would notice that each flower and foliage is depicted simply. He transformed nature into a bit geometric world.

It is interesting  that he was desperate to make a geometric cloths while he show huge curiosity to nature. In other words, he loved both something natural and unnatural. The idea has been manifested through his works. A picture below might be one of them. It is a chair for a royal coronation.

In terms of dimension, he chose 2-D rather than 3-D. He drew plants as flat materials by making them simple. In that way,  it could be said that his crafts are abstract way of expressions.

Visit to New covent garden Market

The marked was festive enough to the upcoming event- Valentine's day. Red roses, which is on the above, have lovely colour and texture as if deep love.

 February is still good season to enjoy tulips, isn't it?