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.
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.
In September, Kyrgyz floral designer Petr Anokhin put capital city Bishkek in
flowers with the event FloraFusion Kyrgyzstan, a grand project at the intersection of floral expo and theatrical art spectacle. In addition to a spectacular evening floral show, the city was a meeting place for florists, designers and art lovers for several days; a place where craftsmanship, nature and culture came together. The project was dedicated to the International Day of Peace as well as to the fifth anniversary of the Guild of Florists in Kyrgyzstan so that aesthetics and meaning reinforced each other.
