February shoot behind the scenes

A big part of The British Flowers Book is the photoshoots using seasonal flowers in “real life” situations that we’d supply flowers for .

For our book 2 photo shoots, we wanted to make sure we used only sustainable floristry methods, and in readily available, in season flowers. For February we created table centres with shallow bowls and kenzan pin holders to support the flowers

A Photoshoot is a great way of showing off floristry, without having to be under a time constraint of handing over a display to a customer, but that does mean that sometimes displays made specifically for photoshoots, might stretch the truth about what would be easily accessible, or are unrealistic in what would be included in a customer budget.. We wanted to use real life models (us, the British flowers book team) and the actual flowers that are available., and also assess how long they lasted when the camera went away. Our behind the scenes photos show you how we actually got the shots, In February this was using the greenhouse cleared of plants, and a table to take the photos on.

We’d chosen another dull and wet day for the photoshoot, so Kerry did well to get the greenhouse to look bright and the displays cheerful

These flowers were all in water, and the weather was cold but not freezing, so the flowers lasted really well in their vases, and only faded when they ran out of water.

We also learnt that if you hang a hair band in a tree, the wind will catch it , and you will get to see all the wire and tape gubbins!