Flowers For a Coronation Celebration

The Coronation of a King, 'Our King' is a momentous occasion that calls for grand celebrations and eleaborate preparations. It hard to imagine the amount of work just in the planning and executing of this to make the event as memorable and grand as possible.

For many of us we have not seen a coronation such as this and maybe one that has so much controversy surrounding it. Who will be on the list? who will not? Many of us having our own condemnatory opinions on who deserves to be there!

But for us, we cant wait to see the flowers. Floral designs will always and have always for centuries played an intregal part of coronation cermonies around the world, symbolising new beginnings,opulence and wealth, all that royalty stand for. Do they have a place in this modern world , ABSOUTELY, imagine not a single petal or scent of a flower embracing this Coronation, actually dont imagine it....... Our Charlie, not having flowers,never in a million years, albeit will he find enough organic ones? let's hope so!

A coronation is the ceremony in which a monarch is formally crowned and anointed as the official ruler of the kingdom. The event is steeped in history and traditions, rituals and symbolism. We will see septres and crowns and hear the choirs enchanting song with the National Anthem proudly sang by all who attend. This is a national celebration, a new beginning for the nation, celebrating unity , culture, heritage and solidarity.

Westminister Abbey will be adorned with flowers and foliages and the world will watch with fevered passion, at the styles, the pomp, the colossal cost, the entourage , the guests, and yes us florists will be wondering who did that, how will we manage to create this for our next big event, because followers will follow.

The symbolism is very important, looking at Tudor England, the Red Rose to this day still has significant representation. We have created many designs for the Mary Rose Trust, always using red roses to symbolise the Tudor times .World wide flowers are used to symbolise different things at most ceremonies. Orchids represent strength and endurance, roses - Love and support, lilies- purity, tulips- prosperity and wealth and so many more which we will explore throughout the year in our blogs.

Are you celebrating the coronation with a street party ? Do you have flowers in mind ? Are you even a fan ?

We will be creating something special for our window, maybe not on such a grand scale as Westminister Abbey, but what a gig if we were doing that !