Ukrainian student Svitlana Oliinyk Mashtaler’s dreamlike landscape is filled with nature’s soft summer bounty: “I wanted everything to be very simple but filled with enchantment, catching the freedom and innocence…
read moreWe’re delighted to see British Flowers Week blossom for its 5th year from 19-25th June! Check Zita’s spectacular real flower gown created for the campaign in 2015. This year we’re…
read moreOur final Wedding Stories post, photographed in Kew Gardens’ historic Nash Conservatory, features reception flowers designed by Ji Yeong Kim, Youngson Song and Bora Ju, all professional florists and designers, on…
read moreIn part II of this special Advanced Wedding Design Master Class we look at the personal flowers created by Eunhee Lim and Su Jin Kim: bride and bridesmaid’s bouquets, buttonholes,…
read moreA special advanced wedding design master class was devised in April for a talented group of professional florists and designers from Korea. The week began at the Zita Elze Design…
read moreConnecting music, floral art, compassion and love came naturally to cellist and floristry student Ka Young Kwon. Researching her Advanced Wedding Design concept, she says: “I saw one picture. There…
read moreDesign Academy student Kim Gyongmi’s advanced wedding project transports us to a colourful beach scene worthy of a tropical princess. Zita said, “Kim was such a delightful open minded student…
read moreEun Seo Kwak’s wedding design masterclass project is suffused with vintage style in a soft palette of muted metallics, pale pinks, earth tones and rich burgundy foliage. Set around an…
read moreWelcome December, the first day of Advent and the final preparations for tomorrow’s Kew Sparkle, our annual village Christmas party. We hope you’ll join us in the shop between 5…
read moreThe film featuring Zita in Korea for a week of floristry master classes (March/April 2016) is now available on the videos page. You can read more about Zita Elze Design…
read moreInspired by the cycle of nature, floristry student Jisoo Park’s glorious wedding design concept draws on the rich colours of the earth itself. On a table strewn with soil, her…
read moreIn an imagined forest clearing, a flower filled table is set for an intimate wedding breakfast. The branches above flutter with feather and twig garlands, tiny birds nestle and a…
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