The Magic of Chelsea 2024 by Christine Thompson-Wells

The Magic of Chelsea 2024 by Christine Thompson-Wells

We are delighted to bring you our next and latest edition of the 'Magic of Chelsea' 2024.
As with our previously published Magic of Chelsea books, this one is also published with those in mind who cannot visit the event but would love to, and keeping in mind those who did visit the show and want to cherish their memories, so we are bringing this book to you.
Unlike many other years, the weather was cold, windy, and wet. With so many summer clothes packed and unable to be worn, I went to my favourite store to buy warmer things. We were lucky as our tickets for Chelsea this year were bought later than usual. With the first few days of the opening of Chelsea being wet, our visiting day was at least dry...
It was a fun day with lots of happy people enjoying not only the dryer weather but the camaraderie and enjoyment of the moments; the different stands and exhibits were evident. With enthusiasm and excitement filling the air, we were out to have a good time.
It was busy with crowds, possibly because there were more people than usual on the previous bad weather days Regardless, with patience and persistence, we achieved our goal of accessing almost a thousand photographs for this latest edition of the 'Magic of Chelsea...'
From beautiful floral displays, different flowers, and plants in the Great Pavilion to outstanding pieces of creative sculpture, all were displayed at this year's Chelsea Flower Show.
As a lover of art in modern and traditional forms, I marvelled at some interesting sculptures. The use of ovals, rounds, and geometric forms was evident, especially in the work exhibited, and the encouragement shown to young artists still finding their way, as in the work presented by Guruve.
While every stand presented a feast of colour, difference, and new, seeing the traditional wildflowers featured on some of the stands and the joy of individual flowers or mass celebrations within the flower colour and different varieties brought to the visitors was stimulating.
It is only on reflection and by working on this book that I celebrate the treasured moments spent and the gratitude now felt, and the nostalgia of the time becomes one of life's precious memories. I, too, know that this book, by turning the pages and feasting your eyes on the photographs, will leave you with the feeling of peace, enjoyment, and satisfaction that I have felt during its writing.
Please also see our Magic of Chelsea Diary, Notebook, and Calendar; this creates a full set of exciting and different book ideas for cherished gifts.Christine

Thompson-Wells, Christine: - Christine Thompson-Wells trained as a florist in London. She has owned and run many successful florist shop businesses and taught many students in her own floristry school and taught floral design, art, visual merchandising and many other subjects at the Canberra Institute of Technology and is a Further Education teacher. Christine, because of the need for florists to enter the workforce, initiated the commercial floristry course in1984 at Canberra Institute of Technology where the course is still running at Bruce Campus, Bruce, Canberra in the Australian Capital, Australia. She says, 'the course took four long years to bring to fruition but, thankfully, it's still running in 2021.' After selling one of her businesses, Christine was appointed as the florist for the Prime Minister and Mrs Fraser at the Prime Minister's Lodge, Canberra, Australia. During that time she created the floral arrangements for one of the Queen's visits to Australia; she has been a writer for Flora International where her work was published to a worldwide audience. Feeling the need to know more, after selling one of the businesses, Christine went to university to study Education and Psychology. She says, 'the reason I went to university was that I wanted to know why people bought flowers?' This question has led her on to do a great deal of writing and has had many books and articles published on the study of human behaviour. She writes within a large genre which includes: children's books, books on mind health and wellbeing, poetry and a range of other subjects.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781763680609
ISBN 10	1763680606
Title	The Magic of Chelsea 2024
Author	Christine Thompson-Wells
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	How2books
Year published	2024-09-07
Number of pages	126
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.