Just when the days are shortening, floral designers can add warmth, glow and a festive touch to interiors with their arrangements. Handcrafted creations, natural materials and playful accents in wine red, bronze, gold or surprising black link an individual story to every room. Family and friends gather around the table, floral creations bring warmth and coziness. In the darkest time of the year, Christmas is rightfully the feast of light.
If you ask yourself what the most prevalent Christmas material is you would first think of pine greens and other traditional materials. Yet worldwide first place must surely be ceded to the poinsettia. Dominantly present, widely accepted as a Christmas symbol, and the most cultivated potted plant in the world.
Norwegian florist Stein Are Hansen is outspoken in his opinions, committed to the floral profession and averse to lazy solutions. He advocates a model that re-establishes floral design in craftsmanship, sustainability and a businesslike approach. For his colleagues, he has a clear message: read the commission (giver) carefully, choose your own signature and dare to take the lead.
Féerie Florale returned to the Landcommanderij Alden Biesen in 2025, for its second edition, as the largest floral event in Belgium,
with four days of floral installations, demonstrations and competitions. The organization was again in the hands of Be-Florist, the Belgian professional federation of florists. The festival took place from Friday, Sept. 26 to Monday, Sept. 29.
