Floral Design Day
This week it’s:
THIS Sunday (28 February) is National Floral Design Day. It’s an American invention, but it’s starting to take a hold over here, too. It recognises the art and history of floral design, important cultural art forms for thousands of years – from simple bouquets and floral depictions in paintings and on textiles to flower arrangements and, of course, complete flower-filled gardens. A multi-billion pound industry, it brightens our lives on a daily basis. I thought, therefore, that this would be the perfect time to look at flowers in art – and floral art!
■ National Floral Design Day started in 1995 in Boston, Massachusetts, to celebrate the birthday of Carl Rittner.
A pioneer in floral art education, he founded the
