A gallery of floral art
Flowers, spun into something more
Spinning Web Florist collects ambitious flower design: suspended webs, sculpted forms, painterly still lifes and quiet single stems. Alongside the gallery is a guide to the competitions around the world where florists and whole towns push flowers furthest.
The collections
Six collections, each built around one way of working with flowers.
4 pieces
Spun and Suspended
Flowers lifted off the table: webs, clouds and chandeliers hung from wire, line and frame.
4 pieces
Sculpted Forms
Competition-stage structures where the frame matters as much as the flowers.
4 pieces
Line and Space
Few stems, a lot of air. Arrangements built on the angle of a branch and the empty space around it.
4 pieces
Still Life
Full, dark and painterly arrangements in the spirit of the old flower painters.
4 pieces
Garden and Wild
Loose, seasonal arrangements that look as if they were cut and carried straight in.
4 pieces
Tables and Ceremonies
Large event work: long tables, arches, aisles and flowers made to be worn.
Competitions around the world
Championships, show classes, parades and carpets: what entrants make, how they are judged, and who won lately.
Changes each time (Manchester 2023, Philadelphia 2019, Berlin 2015)
Interflora World Cup
One florist per nation, surprise tasks and a live final on stage.
Changes each time (Katowice 2022, Genoa 2016; Murcia 2027)
Europa Cup
Europe's florist championship, next in Murcia in April 2027.
Changes each time (Shanghai 2026, Lyon 2024; Aichi, Japan in 2028)
WorldSkills Floristry
Young florists from around the world, marked module by module.
Rotates between member countries (Sydney 2027, Jaipur 2020, Barbados 2017)
WAFA World Flower Show
The world show of flower arranging societies, Sydney 2027.
Great Pavilion, Royal Hospital Chelsea, London
RHS Chelsea Florist of the Year
Themed floristry in the Great Pavilion at Chelsea every May.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, USA
Philadelphia Flower Show
The oldest indoor flower show, with big staged floral exhibits.
From the competitions
Real entries photographed at the events, shared under open licences. Each photo is credited to the person who took it.
Work by Bart Hassam (Australia), 2019 world champion, at the Philadelphia Flower Show
Photo: Laura Blanchard from Philadelphia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Lupins in a show garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, 2018
Photo: Ball94, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Hamlet Schijf's winning float 'Beet!', Corso Zundert 2024
Photo: Erwin Martens, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
A sculptural arrangement of proteas and curled stems on a plinth, 2017
Photo: Laura Blanchard, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr.
Floral exhibit by Robertson's Flowers & Events, Philadelphia Flower Show 2018
Photo: Laura Blanchard from Philadelphia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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The Bloemencorso Bollenstreek passing Hillegom, 2015
Photo: Jane023, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
A large floral display at Gardens by the Bay, Singapore, 2026
Photo: Choo Yut Shing, Public Domain Mark, via Flickr.
A competitor at work in a floral design competition at the College of DuPage, Illinois, 2017
A float in the 2013 Rose Parade
The flower year
When the main competitions and parades usually take place. Exact dates change each year.