Guest Bloggers - The RHS Cardiff flower show comes to town…
With Spring now upon us, earlier this month Cardiff welcomed the RHS Flower show to Bute Park for the thirteenth year running for three days of all things flowers. This year's show embraced Wales’ Year of Legends, with many themed gardens and features connecting to the surrounding landscape. http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2017-04-07/rhs-flower-show-to-embrace-welsh-legends/ .
People were out in their thousands. In 2016 26,000 people turned up to the event over the three days
So we thought to go down and check it out as part of our ‘what’s your story campaign’ to ask members of the public what it was that they loved about flowers! And we had a great response!
One of the greatest responses was how beautiful flowers were. One of the major things to be highlighted by the public was the diversity and the variety that flowers have. This was an aspect people were looking forward to on the day to experiencing and how different flowers can be used to make beautiful arrangements.
Another thing members of the public highlighted to us to why they loved flowers was the fact that they make our environment around us. People believed that having flowers around are a big health benefit, making you feel more relaxed and stress free. With the overall public comment linking flowers to emotion and enjoyment. People believed that flowers in your house also add to the atmosphere and create a joyful environment to live in.
The last reason why members of the public that we spoke to loved flowers was because they felt that flowers represented different cultures. Different flowers have unique patterns and smells which they felt told a story in themselves. For example, one lady told us that a rose to her symbolised love, which yes, is a basic example, but shows the meaning flowers do have to people!
Whilst we were out and about talking to the public outside of the venue. Pick Me owner Hannah ‘Strizz’ Stracy was lucky enough to be inside the grounds! Hannah highlighted to us how knowledgeable the people at the show were and she has come away with some brilliant new insights to arranging flowers and some awesome flowers including sempervivums! She also highlighted how brilliant the food was! (Where was ours?!).
We had a great time down at the RHS Cardiff flower show and we would like to express our thanks to those who took the time to speak to us! We would also like to note that Hannah doesn’t actually have a snapchat she uses, we have just created one for her for the purpose of this work!
Want to find out more about what Hannah took away from the show? Why not get in touch with her and see what bouquet or arrangement she can create for you!
Pick Me x
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