A common complaint we often hear (particularly around North / East London) is that on a Sunday afternoon, you flower enthusiasts come home from Columbia Road Flower Market with an excellent haul, only to be stumped... What to do with these beaut blooms? How to prepare and arrange them?
With this is mind, we hosted The Wild Bunch Workshop at the lovely Stories bar in Broadway Market, as part of their Harvest Festival season. We supplied a ton of autumnal stems: attention-seeking orange Dahlias, burnt red Freesias with their delicious scent, green-grey Eucalyptus, russet coloured English Hydrangeas, fluffy Astilbe, buddy Rose hip and bonfire-hued Skimmia.
We showed our work-shoppers how condition their straight-from-market stems to improve their lifespan, how to spiral a hand tie, how to cut their creations down to fit any vessel, and how to aqua-pack and wrap their bouquets to give as gifts.
Everyone was dead pleased, and we were dead impressed, with what they'd achieved. They all ordered dinner and drinks to celebrate and stayed to chat, making new friends. (Apart from Jess & Charlie who had to cry off as the flower market called early the next morning. Thems the breaks, eh?) Thanks gals, we had an absolute riot!
Also, thanks to Lydia for the phone-tos (particularly the one what she left her ketchup in...)
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