British Flowers Week 2022 - Garden Museum

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British Flowers Week 2022

The Garden Museum’s annual British Flowers Week exhibition is returning this summer in partnership with New Covent Garden Market. Uniting florists, flower growers and flower lovers, British Flowers Week is a celebration of British-grown flowers and the immense creative talent in floral design to be found across the country.

Five of the country’s top florists will create show-stopping floral installations, transforming the Garden Museum into a five-day immersive floral wonderland filled with the heavenly scents and colours of beautiful British blooms. The floral sculptures will be made with seasonal, sustainably-sourced, British-grown flowers, using environmentally friendly materials and methods.

Theme: The Future

Responding to the theme ‘The Future’, this year’s installations will use floral design to explore sustainability, the future of floristry and its impact on the environment, and the intersection of nature, humans and technology.

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In partnership with New Covent Garden Market


Installations

Frida Kim installation at British Flowers Week 2022, photo by Benedict Johnson

Frida Kim

Frida Kim’s ethereal arrangements are underpinned by a reverence for nature that began in her earliest years, which were spent growing up surrounded by the unspoilt beauty of the Korean countryside. Whether a sculptural installation or a small arrangement, Frida approaches each task with the same intention: to make art that touches people and tells a story.  Frida’s work has an air of refinement that belies layers of complexity. Seasonality and sustainability play an important part in her creations which combine Eastern and Western sensibilities to convey a strong visual message using the most delicate fresh and dried materials.


Harriet Parry installation at British Flowers Week 2022, photo by Benedict Johnson

Harriet Parry

Combining her love of flowers and nature, with her background in Fine Art, Harriet Parry produces playful pieces conceived as works of art.

Harriet works with flowers across various artistic disciplines. Paying close attention to detail, colour, texture, and composition, with a touch of the unexpected. Referencing both contemporary and historical art, fashion, and film, she seamlessly unites these with the world of floral design. This approach is particularly evident in her series “Flower Interpretations”.

Harriet’s designs ask people to pause. Study them. To share in the wonder of nature, and to ultimately create, just for a moment, a sense of stillness in our fast-paced world.


Kate Wren installation at British Flowers Week 2022, photo by Benedict Johnson

Kate Wren Flowers

Kate Wren Flowers is founded by Kate Kashiri. Growing up in the vibrant heat of Zimbabwe, the garden was her happy place. Filled with marigolds and wild foliage, Kate loved spending time outside among the flowers.

After working in finance for several years Kate decided to take a plunge and follow her heart, beginning her floral journey in 2018. Working with flowers is a way for her to connect with nature. Kate loves designing but most importantly loves seeing the joy on clients faces when the final look is achieved.


McQueens Flower School installation at British Flowers Week 2022, photo by Benedict Johnson

McQueens Flowers

McQueens Flowers is one of the world’s most admired luxury floral design brands, with a reputation for creating memorable floral designs in 5-Star hotels such as Claridge’s in London and The Peninsula in New York, and for events such as Vanity Fair’s Oscars After Party in Beverly Hills and The Evening Standard Theatre Awards in London.

Central to the brand’s success and reputation is its world-famous flower school, which establishes a platform for forward-thinking creative exploration and the championing of sustainable floristry techniques – not just for its employees but for current and future generations of talented florists across the world.

This year’s installation at the Garden Museum will be led by The McQueens Flower School tutors.


Wagner Kreusch installation at British Flowers Week 2022, photo by Benedict Johnson

Wagner Kreusch

Wagner Kreusch is a London based florist born in Brazil best known for his long career dedicated to teaching floristry and his graphic and sculptural work highly inspired by contemporary Ikebana.

After completing a BA in Graphic Design, he moved to London in 2011. His journey into the floristry world started a few years later in a flower kiosk in Liverpool Street Station. During this period, Wagner started his studies at the renowned Sogetsu School of Ikebana under the supervision of the late Ikebana master and former director of Sogetsu London, Mr Shigeo Suga. Wagner is a certified Sogetsu teacher simultaneously practicing and teaching the art form today.

In 2017 he co-founded the London Flower School, which has become renowned around the world for pushing boundaries of education in the flower industry. As LFS Co-founder and Creative Director, Wagner’s focus was to bring awareness to floristry as an art form and to use his voice as a teacher to serve the industry that he is so passionate about. Within the last year Wagner took the opportunity to be fully immersed in the garden, embarking on a new journey to develop his art practice promoting the profession of floristry in the hope that more people can experience its powerful healing qualities as well as highlighting awareness of the fragility of our natural environments.