Check out these Princettias, fantastic flower displays from Germany's IPM Essen horticulture trade show
Submitted by Lisa on Tue, 2010-03-09 22:45
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Today’s guest post comes from Phillip Townshend, Global Operations Director for Tesselaar Plants. Phillip lives and works in Australia:
Last month, Rod Thorpe (CEO of Tesselaar) and I undertook our annual pilgrimage to Germany’s IPM Essen, one of the largest horticultural trade shows in the world and the venue where new products and design trends are previewed for the horticultural industry.
Usually, attending this show (whilst incredible from a design and innovation point of view) is something of a challenge for us southern hemisphere dwellers. We are coming off our summer holidays in Australia and have been enjoying the sun, sand and surf along with time with the family that’s especially well-deserved, since our business has us travelling for up to five months each year.
It can be hard to build the motivation to visit the bitter cold winter that accompanies this show, but the experience of past years and the fantastic plants and design features keep us coming back.
I am pleased to report that this year was no different, with 1,511 exhibitors from 43 countries presenting their innovations, products and services to the international trade public across approximately 110,000 square meters in 16 adjacent exhibition halls.
Over 57,000 visitors from all over the world attended the show.
For me, the highlights are always the fantastic floral displays and the quality of the plant presentation. For Tesselaar as an organization, participating as an exhibitor and talking to our peers keeps us at the cutting edge of the horticultural industry and abreast of new developments and design influences.
Attached are some quick snapshots taken during our time walking the halls, As always, the creative elements in design and presentation continue to inspire and leave me wondering, "Why don’t my plants look like that, and how is it I never think to mix those colors?" At least the questions in my mind support my wife’s comments each day whilst I am trying to match ties to shirts that I "should leave the design and color matching to the professionals."
Note: I loved the Princettia display and took this image for my seven-year-old daughter who is still very much a ‘Princess’ and would love a setting like this:
Here’s a display featuring the tropical flower anthurium:
And here,a green and pink, spring-inspired display:
And moving on to summer, here’s a water-wise collection of succulents:
And back to winter - a lovely Christmas centerpiece!
As always, despite the bitter cold, I left this show looking forward to next year’s event and inspired to further attempt to improve my garden.
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nice flowers!
This is a very great site!!!a was enjoy those flowers, of yours, the way it was decorated, the way it is?My eyes was captured with it’s color combination.I really appreciated it so much..I really had fantastic time in viewing the site of yours.I thank you for that because, you became my inspiration in making myself more creative.Thank you and i hope that there would be more people that will be happy of what you are doing, most of all your clients!
nice flowers!
This is a very great site!!!a was enjoy those flowers, of yours, the way it was decorated, the way it is?My eyes was captured with it’s color combination.I really appreciated it so much..I really had fantastic time in viewing the site of yours.I thank you for that because, you became my inspiration in making myself more creative.Thank you and i hope that there would be more people that will be happy of what you are doing, most of all your clients!
Impressive!
I was impressed about your work, i was impressed how you touched the lives of different people through your work,You know what i have a suggestion it is more appreciated if you flowers will be decorated in cakes!the fresh flowers!that would look more unique and pleasing to the ob servants eye, the costumer would surely love it.But that is just my suggestion.;)
Impressive!
I was impressed about your work, i was impressed how you touched the lives of different people through your work,You know what i have a suggestion it is more appreciated if you flowers will be decorated in cakes!the fresh flowers!that would look more unique and pleasing to the ob servants eye, the costumer would surely love it.But that is just my suggestion.;)
That is a unique way to
That is a unique way to display anthurium; usually I would create a minimalist Zen inspired display because they look so pretty by themselves, so all I need is a dark coloured plate and some dried branch or just propped one or two into a clear glass bottle.
Regards,
Paul
Conservatories
These pictures brought back.
Thanks for visiting and for your wonderful comment. Isn't it funny, how plants can touch us in this way and bring back such memories? Reminds me of my blog post on memory gardens, where I recreated the white urn of coral geraniums my dear, belated nana always had out on her front porch.
These pictures brought back
These pictures brought back some lovely memories some happy some sad. It reminded me of my grandmother who is not with us anymore and set me thinking about her absolutely amazing collection of cacti. She had the largest collection in our area. I remember there used to be some people who would come and destroy her plants. The tulips took me to Amsterdam obviously and France. I remember reading a book about how they were brought into England. Thanks for bring back some joyous moments.
Mathew
www.newprocontainers.com
everything is so impressively
I can ask Phillip Townshend if he has any more photos of that show. The show includes a Floriculture exhibit, so perhaps there were some roses there he also took some images of. Thanks for visiting Your Easy Garden and posting a comment!
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