Another date for our diaries - at least those of us who can get to London between mid-February and the end of April next year - the exhibition Floriculture: Flowers, Love and Money will be on at the Garden Museum, telling the story of the cut flower trade from the 17th. century to the present day, "exploring the inspiration of cut flowers to painters, and to the art of
floristry, and their symbolism in rites of passage such as marriage,
funerals, and memory".
Here's an astonishing fact from the exhibition's summary page: in 1940, 4 million bulbs were shipped to America as payment for arms.
(By the way, as a great example of having the right name for one's job, the chef at the Garden Museum's café is called Sorrel!).
I can vouch for her excellent cakes!
Posted by: Mary | 16 December 2012 at 01:52 PM
Oh, I must go and try them!
Posted by: Cornflower | 16 December 2012 at 01:57 PM
Do let me know when you are planning on coming to this! P x
Posted by: Dark Puss | 17 December 2012 at 02:34 PM
Right-o.
Posted by: Cornflower | 17 December 2012 at 03:29 PM
May I ask if this is an annual event?
Posted by: Karen - Flowers UK | 22 January 2013 at 11:31 AM
I'd doubt it, Karen.
Posted by: Cornflower | 22 January 2013 at 11:43 AM