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Associated Press
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Kochetova Flowers launches Elegant Collection of Artificial Bouquets for Your Wedding Day
05/21/2025, Blaine, MN // KISS PR Brand Story PressWire // Kochetova Flowers, a high-end boutique florist renowned for its luxurious, life-like artificial flower bouquets, is thrilled to announce its latest collection: The Best Artificial Bouquets for Your Wedding Day. The release reflects the growing demand for elegant, long-lasting, and adjustable flowers that are breathtaking on and even after the wedding day. A wedding bouquet is more than just a decoration, but a true representation of the bride's love, uniqueness, and beauty. Kochetova Flowers' new collection of artificial bouquets lives by these words and offers unmatched practicality. It contributes to the looks, reflects the wedding theme, and is included in precious wedding photos. More and more couples choose artificial flowers for a bouquet, and there are good reasons. Modern materials render such mixtures almost imperceptible to natural ones, and they are not subject to fading, losing their shape, or being affected by hot or cold. A faux bouquet can be made in advance, saving the bride from stress during the wedding day and ensuring it looks great up to the last evening. Furthermore, such a bouquet is also maintained as a memory - it is preserved as a souvenir or heirloom. It is a functional, beautiful, and durable choice that is aesthetically gratifying and handy. Types of Wedding Bouquets Kochetova Flowers' synthetic bouquets allow you to duplicate any wedding style with precision and longevity: These arrangements are particularly suitable for boho and country weddings. Due to the plasticity of materials, artificial flowers are a chance to think through every moment of the arrangement in advance and choose the perfect color. Thus, you get amazing, long-lasting, and easy-to-keep bouquets for a wedding that will preserve appearance after the holiday. Color Combos and Textures Kochetova Flowers' new collection of artificial wedding flowers offer an excellent opportunity for color and texture experimentation. Because of the variety of materials, you can combine and match colors and shapes that are not always present in fresh flowers. For example, fine silk creates softness and a delicate sheen on the petals, while latex offers realistic density and texture. Blending matte and shiny components produces visual dimension and volume. Trendy color palettes are pastel shades (powder pink, peach, ivory), contrasting combinations (blue and white, burgundy and cream), or natural colors (greenery, ocher, beige). With fake flowers, it is possible to achieve a perfect match for the wedding colors and be certain of coordinating the arrangement throughout the day. A bouquet like this looks lush, multi-dimensional, and showcases the bride's personality. Preservation and Reuse One of the top advantages of an artificial wedding bouquet is that it lasts a long time. Unlike real flowers, which wilt within a few days or hours, artificial bouquets remain intact and unchanged for years. This means that one can save the bouquet as a memento or even reuse it. To maintain the beauty of the bouquet, proper care must be provided. Dust it lightly after the wedding with a soft brush or dry cloth. Store the bouquet in a dry place away from sunlight so it does not fade. A nice option to keep the composition intact is placing it in a glass box or an ornamental display case. This option will serve as a stylish interior element and a keepsake of a memorable day. In addition, an artificial bouquet can be reused with ease, for example, on a wedding anniversary, in a photo session, or passed on to the family as a family heirloom. The components of the bouquet can be broken down and used in other design arrangements—wreaths, interior decorations, or wall decorations. Not only is it convenient, but it also gives special meaning to items associated with major events in life. An artificial bouquet is not just a day-wear accessory, but a beautiful and enduring reminder of the beginning of your love story together. An artificial wedding bouquet is an elegant and convenient way to make a memorable bride's image. It provides faultless taste, long-lasting nature, and design freedom. This bouquet will not fade its look in time, does not change shape, and allows you to consider the composition beforehand up to the slightest detail to perfectly correspond to the dress and the wedding concept. This is an effective investment that reduces the anxiety related to the wedding day and makes the decorations more predictable over time. By choosing an artificial bouquet from Kochetova Flowers' new collection, you have a beautiful, long-lasting, and symbolic accessory that will bring smiles to others' faces not only on the day of the event, but for years to come. About Kochetova Flowers Kochetova Flowers creates wedding artificial bouquets that marry art, sentiment, and usability. From a passion to offer brides a long-term alternative to real florals, the company has grown into a destination for elegant, made-to-order arrangements that are as much a love story—and a preservation of it. Press contact: Anastasia Kochetova, Founder & Creative Director of Kochetova Flowers [email protected]
Daily Mail
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Harry Maguire's wife throws support behind footballer husband as Man United WAG joins rowdy fans for beers in Bilbao ahead of Europa League final
Harry Maguire 's wife Fern has posted an update from Bilbao, where she has flown to support her husband ahead of Wednesday night's Europa League final. She flew out to the Spanish city prior to the game taking place, with it being held at Athletic Club's San Mames stadium. Fern, 30, was seen in of the city's main squares along with a hoard of Manchester United fans who she joined for beers as she wore an Adidas bucket hat featuring the phrase 'I ❤️ Harry'. She posted another image with the caption 'supporting bae always x'. She was also pictured in a group photo posted to Instagram by Harry's sister Daisy, as many of the players' families convened before the match. Former Red Devils captain Maguire married Fern (née Hawkins) in 2022 in a ceremony in the south of France, with the pair having been engaged since 2018. Fern is a qualified physiotherapist but it was previously reported earlier that she was planning a career change due to her passion for floristry. In April last year, The Sun reported that she was keen to arrange flower displays for weddings and parties organised by A-list celebrities. A source close to Fern - who confirmed that she had undertaken private floristry tuition to aid her business goals, said: 'She's always worked and is a physio by trade, but she is really excited by this. 'She's always had an eye for creativity and a passion to build her own business. 'She wants to hit the celebrity wedding market as the go-to brand.' She has also set up a private Instagram account for her business named @saintrosefloristry, which currently has 20 post and 387 followers. Like Harry, she is from Sheffield, with the pair having met when they were teenagers - when Fern was 16 and Harry was played in Sheffield United's youth team aged 18. The couple have two daughters together, Lillie, born in April 2019, and Piper, born in May 2020. Outside of her relationship with Harry and being a mother to two girls, Fern also obtained a Bachelor's degree in science and physiotherapy, graduating in 2017 with First Class Honours.
Daily Mail
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Chelsea Flower Show visitors break down in tears over 'moving' funeral display in a festival first
Chelsea Flower Show is usually a happy occasion characterised by peonies, Pimm's and lots of smiling faces. But a new display this year is leaving some visitors in tears. For the first time in the show's 112-year history there is a funeral floristry exhibit showcasing a willow coffin, gravestones and a wire sculpture of a man and his dog. Nestled nearby in the grass are personal flower tributes including walking boots filled with garden-style flowers, a wreath of living plants, a violin holding flowers and a casket arrangement designed to be divided and shared with family and friends. The centrepiece of the installation, created by The Farewell Flowers Directory team, is an arrangement of 'vibrant, wildly natural seasonal garden flowers'. Gill Hodgson, co-founder of the company, said: 'Funeral flowers haven't altered for 50 years. The designs haven't altered and they're based in floral foam which is plastic. 'We want to let people know that they have a choice. 'Funeral flowers don't have to look funeral, they can be whatever you want them to be. 'You can choose to celebrate and reflect a life with fresh, seasonal materials that are natural, beautiful and resonant with meaning. 'And you can choose for your tributes to tread lightly on the planet. There's not a single piece of plastic here – not a plant pot or a cable tie.' The flowers on the display are sitting in glass jugs full of water to help them keep their shape and structure of the design. The team is encouraging people to think – possibly for the first time – what their wishes for their own funeral might be. Among those to shed a tear at the display include florist and TV presenter Simon Lycett. 'So many people have come down and cried,' Ms Hodgson said. 'Simon Lycett came and burst into tears. 'I don't mean to sound rude if I say we don't mind people crying but I think it's nice that people can be moved. 'It's not that they're sad, but they've been moved.' The display was awarded a gold medal by RHS judges this morning – the highest accolade for garden design and execution. 'We had some great feedback from the judges who said all the right things about how we've done exactly what we aimed to do,' Ms Hodgson said. 'We wanted to bring funeral flowers to Chelsea but it no way be macabre or dark.' The display, which located inside the Great Pavilion, is also completely sustainable and plastic-free. The group aims to banish single-used plastic from funeral arrangements, especially plastic floral foam. This is a type of porous material used in flower arranging to provide support and hydration, and is commonly used in floral signs such as 'Mum', 'Dad' or 'Nan'. 'Around 80 per cent of funerals are now cremations and the proportion is going up every year,' Ms Hodgson said. 'And at a cremation the flowers tend to get seen less. At a burial you'd put them on the grave but t the crematorium, those flowers are seen for about 20 minutes. 'Then, after they've been moved outside for a few days they get put in the skip. And it sits there forever. 'Floral foam was invented in 1954 and every bit that's ever been made is still sitting there.' The ground-breaking installation is sponsored by the Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management (ICCM). Mathew Crawley, Chief Executive of the ICCM said: 'The Farewell Flowers Directory champions a simple but transformative idea: funeral flowers can be personal, beautiful, and environmentally responsible. 'This exhibit is more than just a showcase of flowers – it's a statement that grief, remembrance and sustainability can exist together in harmony.'
BBC News
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Chelsea Flower Show invite a 'privilege' for Doncaster College
A group of floristry students have said it was a "massive privilege" to be able to showcase their talents at this year's RHS Chelsea Flower delegation from Doncaster College created a design titled "Colour My World" which consists of six woven willow globes and a vibrant mix of flowers, recycled elements and hidden glass section has been individually designed and features houseplants such as tillandsias alongside garden varieties including foxgloves and Jade Loftus said she was "so proud" of her students, adding: "They have really gone above and beyond everything I expected." Doncaster College was invited to send a delegation to the show in December, which they described as a "big deal" for the students were selected to travel to London to help with the installation. One of them was Ellie Davey, who said the process had been an "eye-opener". "It's been a massive privilege," she said."You don't realise how much stuff you can actually do with flowers or plants - anything really. "And some of the techniques and how people's minds work to create something like that is incredible."Ms Loftus, who has also been selected for the highly competitive Floral Creation category, said she was really pleased with her students' display, which she described as a homage to floristry."We've achieved it and I feel like we are doing it for Doncaster." Also from Doncaster is Rachel Kennedy, who designed this year's RHS letters co-founder of Acacia Creative Studio floral designers in Rossington said this year's theme was "tropical", with the colour scheme running from yellow, through oranges, into reds and pinks."It's just full of different movement and texture throughout," she letters can be admired at the show from Tuesday to Saturday. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
The Guardian
09-05-2025
- Business
- The Guardian
Avoid same-day wilt: how to order the freshest Mother's Day flowers
Melbourne florist Jane Marx, founder of same-day delivery service The Beautiful Bunch, is preparing to send more than 1,000 bouquets this Mother's Day. Each artfully wrapped arrangement – pastel-toned sweet pea, peachy tulips – will come from farms in Victoria. 'Because the best flowers are the ones grown closest to you,' she says. 'We're lucky enough to have a lot of variety in Victoria,' Marx says. 'Our customers trust that whatever we're putting into our arrangements is the best of the season, but unfortunately that's not reflected more broadly in the flower consumer market.' It's estimated only 50% of flowers bought in Australia are grown here, according to Flower Industry Australia. Chief executive Anna Jabour says that percentage shifts again during peak times. 'There's an influx of imported flowers, mainly because major supermarkets purchase a significant amount of imported flowers for periods such as Mother's Day,' she says. While not all flowers sold at supermarkets are imported, Jabour says there is no mandatory country of origin labelling for cut flowers in Australia. This makes it difficult for customers to make an informed choice. 'We think that if the community realises not all flowers are grown here, they will choose Australian grown,' she says. Although flowers are an expensive purchase – with bunches often retailing for more than $100 – florists say they're frequently an impulse buy. This means shoppers don't always make informed decisions about quality. Flowers are imported to meet year-round demand for popular varieties such as roses, which are usually brought in from Colombia and Ecuador. Imports aren't necessarily cheaper, and carry additional costs. There is a quality cost, as they've undergone fumigation and other chemical treatments, says Jabour. 'Flowers that are imported into Australia are fumigated with methyl bromide and they're dipped in glyphosate,' she says. Flowers grown overseas also carry an environmental cost, as they've travelled by plane or ship, and a social cost, due to poorer labour conditions of workers. Sydney florist Sarah Regan, who runs same-day delivery service Little Flowers, is committed to selling 95% Australian grown flowers for those reasons. 'With local flowers, you get better quality, better freshness, no transit times and less environmental impact,' she says. 'We consider imports to be an absolute last resort. I think customers don't necessarily think about it proactively, but they do care once they know,' she says. 'It's part of our responsibility as business owners to help educate people – in a nice way.' Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning The Beautiful Bunch, which employs women from refugee backgrounds, has a commitment to selling 95% Australian grown flowers too. 'We have social impact embedded into the work we do, so buying imported is not a good fit,' Marx says. Janae Paquin-Bowden, who runs a micro flower farm, Fleurs de Lyonville, in Victoria's Macedon Ranges region with her husband, Chris, has noticed this shift. 'At the Melbourne farmers market, we have florists now coming to us to say they only [buy] Australian grown flowers. We didn't have that 10 years ago.' Hydrangeas, tulips, poppies and sunflowers are some of the Australian-grown flowers in season this Mother's Day, says Jabour. 'They're really beautiful flowers with a lot of character.' 'Visit your local florists and specifically ask for Australian grown flowers,' she says. 'And avoid the supermarkets.' For an affordable alternative, seek out local growers at farmers markets and ask for what's in season. Chrysanthemums naturally bloom before Mother's Day, which is why they're closely associated with the date. That and they contain the word 'mum'. 'April-May is their natural flowering period, so it's easy to grow them at this time of year,' says third-generation grower Aldo Vumbaca, who only grows chrysanthemums. Vumbaca says white is their most popular colour, followed by pinks and pastels. Recently, florists have also been asking for 'autumn colours – oranges and browns and sunset colours,' he says. At Little Flowers, Regan sells mix bouquets of stems bought that morning from her network of growers at Sydney flower market. 'I'm buying from people who've worked on flower farms for generations. There's mud in the bucket. Weathered hands. I think there's just a magic to it.' She also sells abundant seasonal flowers en masse – such as elegant tulips from Victoria, bushels of bright sunflowers grown in NSW's Southern Highlands, and ruffly stock from Sydney, known for its distinctive mustardy scent. 'The first thing you do is bury your nose in them once you've received flowers,' says Marx, who is also selling sweet peas, local roses, marigolds and orange banksia this Mother's Day. 'Often flowers that have been imported and treated don't have a scent,' says Chris Paquin-Bowden. Vumbaca says he's not totally against imported flowers, but notes they have longevity issues. 'You're battling to get three days out of an imported one,' he says. Based 35 minutes from Sydney flower markets, his company, Commercial Flowers, can cut and sell flowers within a day. 'We virtually guarantee anything up to three weeks' vase life on our crissies.' If you're buying in season, local cut flowers will typically last around a week, says Marx. 'It's going to be a superior product; the vase life from tulips, for example, are significant, because they're in season. We're selling tulips en masse, not roses en masse, because that's what we can get a lot of at the moment.' The best thing customers can do, she says, is support florists that buy locally. Second to that: 'Look at the most delicate flowers – such as sweet pea, stock, violet – as they're almost impossible to import,' she says. 'Look at what you can't imagine would survive on a plane,' Marx suggests. 'Also, if it's not growing on your street, it's probably been imported.'
