Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show
Spectacular Spectacular’ is perfectly peculiar.
Conceptualised and created by Artist Julia Rose this exhibit is a delightfully intriguing theatrical interactive installation created for fun.
Its quirky and left-of-centre feel, features no less than an enchanting, dancing piglet in a floral tutu and sweet little flower crown, a clown with the wildest flower hair, plus a fortune teller in a fresh floral gown.
Julia Rose conducted two main stage demonstrations at the
Melbourne International flower and garden show;
The demonstrations feature floral couture designs, intricately exquisite fashion-infused fresh flower gowns, shoulder pads and stunning over-the-top floral headpieces.
After the main stage demonstrations, Julia Rose guides her models into the crowd, where visitors can take see these pieces up close and are welcome to take photos with them.
Julia Rose and her team then head off for a photo shoot
within the grounds of the Carlton Gardens.
Julia Rose conducted five days of workshops on site 83, level 2 in the great hall of flowers. From simple sweet flower crowns for garden and flower lovers, to sessions of random weaving and over-the-top headpieces! Sessions were held daily.
As a treat, we held a one-night session on Friday as part of the night gardens and flowers after dark experience.
OUR PARTNERS
Behind this extravaganza of beauty and fun.
Bloom Into You Flower Farm is set in glorious Flowerdale, Victoria. A chemical-free flower grower using insect and microbe-friendly methods, committed to producing high-quality, environmentally responsible flowers for the floristry, wedding, and events industry.
Premium Greens Australia, based in the stunning hinterland of the Sunshine Coast, Qld, has specialised in the harvest, production, and supply of unique cut native foliage and flowers for customers in Australia and around the world since 1989 . From their facilities throughout Queensland, unique native foliage is sustainably harvested, hand graded, and carefully packed; to provide the floral industry worldwide with a premium quality product all year round.
Gary And The Blue Bear is set in the foothills of the Tweed Hinterland, creating beautiful and lovingly handcrafted sustainable furniture. Designed from locally sourced Australian hardwood, pieces are custom-sized to fit your space perfectly. Each piece has its own unique character to be treasured family keepsakes.
Agra Wool Sideau®. Bases in the Netherlands AgraWool Sideau® produces 100% biodegradable floral foam alternative known as Earthwool, a natural product made from basalt. In contrast to floral foam, which is made from oil derivatives and phenol resin (plastic), Sideau® is fully biodegradable and perfectly suited for florists and flower arrangers who want to use a fully environmentally friendly base for their creations.
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Colour My World Joy, Creativity, and a Life Surrounded by Flowers
$49.95AU + Postage
Colour My World Joy, Creativity, and a Life Surrounded by Flowers
From her earliest days, renowned floral designer Julia Rose has been inspired by
beauty, creativity and, yes, flowers. In “Colour My World,” Rose shares those passions
through her warm, often whimsical personal stories and glimpses behind the floral
design curtain.
Born in Australia, Rose fell in love with creativity and art early in her life and throughout
formative years of exploration, traipsing through rainforests, snorkelling the Great Barrier
Reef and strolling along golden beaches. She’s always loved to paint, weave, carve and
sculpt, but flowers became her medium of choice.
Her lavish floral couture designs have taken over the world’s fashion runways, and her creative public floral installations have inspired joy in others, giving Rose the inspiration she thrives on to continually create.
“Colour My World” captures Julia Rose’s singular approach to floral design – both in
stunning images and sweetly told tales – and mixes it with a dash here and there of the
colorful, creative life she’s lived thus far.
Its pages take you along Rose’s vibrant journey, from her early stomping grounds in Newcastle to worldwide fashion runways, red carpets and festivals and back to her bucolic farm in Australia, where she finds the inspiration to fuel her floral magic.