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Floristry students enjoy professional visits

London’s Dorchester Hotel to meet celebrated in-house florist Philip Hammond and had a trip to national floristry wholesaler Country Baskets in Bristol. While in London visiting the hotel, students went to the Victoria and Albert Museum, exploring the fashion and design galleries to help inspire creativity. Student Romana Burrough said: “The trip was an amazing opportunity to go behind the scenes of a luxury hotel and see how the florists work. Phil was inspiring and proof that you can achieve whatever you want if you work hard.” The students then visited historical florist Moyses Stevens, established in 1876. The florist is famous in the industry for introducing the hand-tied bouquet and has won two royal warrants, which helped put British floristry on the map. Moyses Stevens is instantly recognisable in the floristry industry. and are appreciated amongst the people in the know as the flower gift that is instantly treasured The trip to national floristry wholesaler Country Baskets came about after a Facebook post by the wholesaler seeking colleges to work with was spotted. Tutor Tracey Nadin contacted the company who put on a day of demonstrations and workshops at their Bristol outlet. A total of 28 level two and three floristry diploma students took part with l... http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/14159280.Floristry_students_enjoy_professional_visits/

Win a Megan Lily Flowers Bristol florist arrangement worth 40

Guide2Bristol.comWin a Megan Lily Flowers Bristol florist arrangement worth 40Guide2Bristol.comMegan Lily has previously exhibited at The Chelsea Flower Show 2013 as a finalist in The Chelsea Florist of the Year Competition, and she was also part of a small team from City of Bath College exhibiting at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show 2013 where ... http://www.guide2bristol.com/news/86707

Bees can sense flowers' electric fields, researcher finds

At first, all Gregory Sutton really wanted to know was why flowers looked so different.He was “naive,” the University of Bristol biologist told the Christian Science Monitor. He didn’t know then that the question would launch him on a years-long quest to understand the invisible interaction between flowers and the bees that pollinate them.It turned out that flowers develop varied sizes and shapes in order to force bees into a monogamous relationship with them — since the insects have to invest a lot of time in learning how to extract nectar, once they figure out how to do so they’re reluctant to keep flying around. But even more surprising was how bees are able to tell what kind of flower they’re looking at.In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences last week, Sutton reported that the fuzz that covers bees’ bodies helps the tiny critters sense flowers’ natural electric fields, allowing them to home in on their favourite plants to pollinate.“The bumblebees can feel that hair bend and use that feeling to tell the difference between flowers,” Sutton told NPR.The 2013 discove...