FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS
The ‘Festival of Flowers’ showed below was taking place in February 2013 at the Christchurch Botanic Gardens in New Zealand.
For the occasion, several booths each displayed a flower arrangement reminiscent of a specific decade, starting in the 1920s. There were also several topiaries on display at the same time.
Topiaries are plant sculptures and can take many forms, from the elaborate French gardens to animal topiaries to cloud-pruned pines in Japanese gardens.
There was also a 15 meter high sculpture, Kaitiaki or 'The Keeper', that was inaugurated at Cathedral Square for this Festival of Flowers.
THE TOPIARIES
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| A sympathetic penguin |
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| More friendly penguins |
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| A topiary with antlers |
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| Elephant topiary |
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| Topiary menagerie |
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| Mama and baby giraffe |
THE PERIOD BOOTHS
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| 1920s Art nouveau |
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| Art nouveau panel |
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| 1930s Art deco |
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| Art deco panel |
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| Memories of a 1940s kitchen |
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| 1950s Rock and roll |
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| Rock and roll panel |
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| 1960s Bachs and flower power |
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| Bachs and flower power panel |
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| 1980s Floral bungalow |
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| Floral bungalow panel |
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| New millennium design |
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| New millennium panel |
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| Welcome sign |
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| Atua living wall |
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| Kaitiaki, the 'Keeper' |
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| The Keeper chalice |
For beautiful painted flower arrangements, please visit this website:
https://www.clemencestlaurent.com/