Hundreds and hundreds of photographs were taken during the event and we can post some of them here so you can relive the memories. Click on the particular area that you are interested in which will take you to the site.
Ordering photos
And if you see a particular shot that takes your fancy, drop us an email and quote the area of the show and the reference number and we’ll do our best to find it – oh and give us your telephone number too so we can call you to make sure we are sending you the right shot.
Have fun and see if you can spot yourself.
Competition Work
With literally hundreds of entries on each day of the show we are able to show you just a small selection of the outstanding work made by everyone who entered – a very special thanks to everyone who entered and brought so much to the event. Click here to see some truly outstanding work.
Competition Winners
Yes there has to be winners so a special thanks to the sponsors of the competitions Steve and Stephanie Le Chevalier of Specialist Aggregates (www.specialistaggregates.com) Caroline Marshall-Foster of Florist & Wholesale Buyer (www.fandwb.com) and Anne Bricklebank and Andrew Hey of Chrysal UK (www.chrysal.co.uk) for sponsoring these areas of the show and also to Paul Raven NDSF FSF immediate past president of the Society of Floristry (www.societyoffloristry.org) and his team of judges who ensured that this area of the show ran so smoothly. Click here to see the winners
Delegates
With literally thousands of people attending the event we give you a huge number of photographs which show all the fun that we had – look out to see if you can find yourself by clicking here.
Exhibition Stands
So much time and effort is put in by exhibitors to make sure that the event looks spectacular – click here to see what we mean.
Florist Shop of the Year
With thanks to Flower Council of Holland who, through their work and dedication to the industry, staged this year long competition to find the Florist Shop of the Year. SFE08 was lucky enough to see the finalists being brought together for the first time when the overall winner was announced. Lots of fun and heartiest congratulations to everyone involved. Click here to view the finalists.
On-Stand designers
One of the sure fired ways that exhibitors attract even greater crowds to their stands and to the show is by having top designers working with products throughout the show. It is always a welcome treat for the delegates as you’ll see when you click here.
Exhibitors
Here you can see just some of the top names in the industry at the event. Their presence once again ensuring that the delegates get to see the very best of everything all under one roof. Click here to see some of them again.
Products Seminars
With thanks to OASIS Floral Products (www.smithersoasis.com) and Dutch Creations (www.dutch-creations.nl) we staged a series of fantastic demonstrations on how to approach Mother's Day with Sally Bennett, how to jazz up hats and accessories with Fascinators with Ann Purt, how to make a success of Valentine's Day with Helen Jamieson, and How to produce Funeral Work that Works with Phillip Horgan.
All fantastic designers, all fantastic subjects, all very well received. Click here to see them in action.
Business Seminars
During the two days hundreds of delegates attended the business based seminars learning how to hosting an Open Day for Mother's Day and Weddings from The Design Element. They learnt how to treat grieving customers ordering flowers for their funerals as well as many humorous anecdotes from the funeral industry from the ‘other side’ with Phillip Horgan. They learnt how to understand how and why customers buy and the Psychology of Selling with Linda Dovey and also all about the latest legislation regarding Employment Law with the Peninsular Group and how to hold onto your customers. Click here for photos of the action
Wedding Seminars
With the fantastic support of Metz UK (www.metz.nl) we staged a series of seminars exploring the different types of weddings that florists are asked to undertake these days. With the traditions and formalities of Christian Weddings being demonstrated by Johann Huisman from Holland, and Jewish Weddings and all the customs associated with them being shown by Aviva Eckstein, with all the background information about Hindu Weddings being demonstrated by Pinkesh Patel and with everything you needed to know about Muslim Weddings explained with Iffat Ali on platform, florists were shown a whole new world in design, customs and traditions that they could use to win future business. Click here to be part of it.
Registration Displays
Iain Franklin NDSF FSF designed and constructed a series of enormous displays that thousands of people enjoyed as they arrived at SFE08. Thanks to Carmel Agrexco who supplied the fantastic flower that ensured the delegates had something new to look at. Click here to enjoy what others saw. |
