Camilla supports British Flowers Week with a homegrown bouquet
THE DUCHESS of Cornwall has heralded the power of flowers to “lift our spirits” as she took part in an initiative to support British Flowers Week.
Camilla, a keen gardener, placed a bouquet of her homegrown blooms in the window of Birkhall, Aberdeenshire, in celebration.
New Covent Garden Market, which runs British Flowers Week, is calling on the public to join in by positioning Britishgrown flowers in their windows, front porches or gates where passers-by can see them. Camilla said in a video message: “In these difficult times, when we are all searching for something to brighten our lives, there is nothing that can lift our spirits more than our native flowers and plants.
“They are nature’s healers. In our gardens, in our window boxes, or even in just a simple vase, their glorious scents and myriad of colours are veritable life enhancers.”
The Duchess’s colourful bouquet was made of flowers she grew, picked and arranged herself.
It included forgot-me-nots, cranesbill, alchemilla, tulips, peonies, poppies, cow parsley and Solomon’s Seal.
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Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.
Floral Angels, a charity based at New Covent Garden’s Flower Market, which recycles flowers used at weddings to send out to community organisations, such as care homes and hospices.
Rebecca Barrett, of the Covent Garden Market Authority, said: “As we see non-essential retailers, including florists and New Covent Garden’s Flower Market itself, reopen to the public, it’s more important than ever to show your support for independent British florists and growers.”
Their glorious scents and myriad of colours are life enhancers.