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March 12, 2020

Stay safe and stay well! Zita Elze staff are all COVID-19 AWARE – our shop is regularly cleaned according to UK Government guidelines and all our orders are mindfully and hygienically prepared and packed. It seems that it has never been so meaningful to send flowers – recent global events…

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May 14, 2014

Floral Embroidery Class May 2014

More beautiful work in Zita Elze’s popular flower school in London this week as Helen, one of the students, creates simple fresh arrangements using white roses, wild flowers, leaves, tiny fruit and nuts, together with a basket full of luscious green apples interspersed with the daintiest flower garland. Check course details and reviews on the…

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May 8, 2014

Dia das Mães

Mother’s Day, which we covered recently in a couple of blogposts, is back on the agenda – Korea’s Parent’s Day is today – Saturday sees celebrations in El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Belize and Sunday May 11th is a popular date for numerous other countries. Brazil, Zita’s beautiful native country certainly deserves a mention as…

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May 1, 2014

May Day

Traditionally May Day marked the end of winter, an occasion for celebration and decoration: floral garlands, a house filled with flowers and greenery, a time for renewal and fertility festivals. Across England it is the time for Maypole and Morris dancing, village parties and the crowning of a May queen to celebrate Flora, the Roman…

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April 23, 2014

Handmade with Flowers

We were delighted to see photographer Lucy Davenport’s beautiful pictures appear en masse in a Style Me Pretty feature last week, focused on Leanne and Ben’s exquisite wedding. So much so that we’ve picked out some favourite shots for these pages and are reposting The Dreamcatchers’ video (below, with thanks to Debs McCoy for the…

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April 17, 2014

Easter 2014

Easter is a glorious time for flowers. In London Spring has truly taken hold, wherever you look there is colour to be seen, from powdery blues; soft primrose to brash canary yellow; eggy oranges; a myriad of pinks; luscious purples and every single shade of white and green. A dream palette brought to life by…

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April 13, 2014

Lord Mayor’s Big Curry Lunch 2014

Zita was delighted once again to design and contribute floral decorations for this important fundraising event in aid of ABF The Soldier’s Charity. The theme for this year’s Lord Mayor’s Big Curry Lunch was ‘100 Years of Duty’ to commemorate the 100 years that have passed since the beginning of the First World War, and…

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April 4, 2014

It’s All in the Detail

We’ve been working on some exciting large scale projects recently and will be posting news about those soon. Meanwhile, the focus is always on the detail. Here are a few vignettes from the shop this week.

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February 26, 2014

Press: You & Your Wedding Jan/Feb 2014

Leanne and Benjamin’s wedding, photography by Lucy Davenport, dress designed and hand made by Zita Elze fresh flower and wild berry bodice, wild grass skirt

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February 23, 2014

Behind The Scenes – Floral Dress Design

Zita Elze creates a floral dress using wild grasses, fern and flowers for the Chelsea Flower Show 2013 filmed and edited by Adrian Stone, The Dreamcatchers http://zitaelze.com/wp-content/uploads/ftp/zita-elze-floral-dress-made-for-the-chelsea-flower-show-2013.mp4

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February 23, 2014

Press: The Florist Interview

One of the Floral Design Academy students just sent in a link to this press coverage in The Florist’s 31 January 2013 issue. Zita Elze Florist and teacher, Zita Elze Flowers Ltd. What three words would best describe you? Perfectionist, Organized, Sensitive, Empathetic Best business decision? Closing a beautiful business that was in a bad…

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February 17, 2014

Rona’s Flower Blogs

Thrilled to link to a couple of Rona Wheeldon’s beautiful and informative Flowerona blog posts, one featuring more Valentine’s Day bouquets from the Zita Elze shop and the second showcasing our Mediterranean themed wedding flowers at the recent Sandown Park Wedding Fair. With thanks to Rona for the cover and detail photographs too!

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February 13, 2014

Valentine’s Day 2014

The shop has been busy all day with Valentine’s Day orders from the daintiest wrapped bouquet to bold signature arrangements.