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Apr 2023
Regal floral art wows visitors at Harrogate Flower Show
A stunning golden cloak, crown, orb and sceptre fashioned out of flowers is one of the star attractions at this year's Harrogate Flower Show.
Today's first day of the show saw around 15,000 enthusiastic visitors. This year's theme was the coronation of King Charles III.
The show, which is organised by the North of England Horticultural Society, is the first big gardening event on this year's UK calendar. More than 50,000 people are expected over the four days.
Nick Smith , show director, told the Stray Ferret:
The royal cloak, crown, orb and sceptre were designed and created by Harrogate florist, Helen James - who is no stranger to winning awards for floral artistry.
This display however, was not made to be judged but to promote the show and has done its job — images of her work graced the front pages of the national press this morning, much to the delight of show organisers.
A close up of the cloak's beautiful floral fabric
Helen James has created promotional displays for the show for the past eight years but she said this one in particular seemed to have captured people's attention:
The work took Helen and her team four days to create, then the cloak was gently draped over a table, put in the back of a van and taken to the Great Yorkshire Showground.
The Harrogate Spring Flower Show runs until Sunday 23 April. Gates open at 9.30am and close at 5pm.
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