The Melbourne Flower Show was on again. I had only been once before with Mum and thoroughly enjoyed it. Granted, I just loved looking at all the floral arrangements and the insane landscape gardens that were assembled just for the four days the show was on. I went early on Saturday in an attempt to avoid the crowds. When you first arrive, you get to walk through the Grower’s Garden Walk. My favourite display was by Wafex. So many pretty colours. Once you’re finished going through the walk, you can peruse a number of floral arrangements that have been submitted by the top florists in Melbourne. These are judged and awarded prizes.
This was by Art Stems on Lygon. I really liked how they used different sized old bottles in their display.
This arrangement by Floral Creations was meant to represent a Rubik’s cube.
This arrangement was by the well-known florist in Melbourne, the Flower Temple. I thought it was really lovely how they used more structural motifs in their arrangement.
This was by far my favourite. It was a peacock by Cakes & Vases.
I finished with all the tabletop arrangements and decided to go through the large floor displays.
This one spanned an area as large as my apartment.
The great thing about the Melbourne Flower Show are the opportunities for students to compete for prizes. These entries generally followed a particular theme. The following were some entries I thought were really well thought out.
Notice the panels of mirror placed at the bottom of the following arrangement. Gives a lovely illusion that the arrangement extends beyond the surface of the table.
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his entry was lovely. As you can see the ‘poppy’ is made from red carnations and black succulents.
I thought this was really clever. There are three gold pans incorporated into the arrangement. By the way they have been tilted, you can imagine water running from the top pan, to the second pan and then to the third.
This was a really intricate arrangement and deserved second prize. So many needles. Would not have liked to be the person assembling it. I would have probably come out of the experience looking like I got into a fight with an angry porcupine.
This was my favourite arrangement and it totally deserved first prize. I’ve taken pictures of two angles so really get the effect of paint pouring down.
After the student competitions, I had a look at the entries from the RMIT Bachelor of Fashion students. Really amazes me what can be produced from flowers and bark.
So that pretty much marked all the interesting stuff within the building. I decided to have a quick look outside to see. The first display I came upon was the ‘Lest we forget’ garden.
They constructed a lovely garden around a pond and dotted it with poppies. The poppies however were knitted and approximately 5000 poppies were used in the display.
The other landscape garden I thought was really cool was one by the Tourism Board of the Northern Territory.
They constructed a shelter where you could go in an sit down. And if you look carefully at the picture below, you can see the waterfall on the left side of the house that feeds all the connected ponds.
This marked the end of my visit as I had a full day of catching up with friends planned afterwards.
Until next time.
Love Sim
