UK: 5,000 roses for Queen's 90th birthday
Botanical artist Joseph Massie, 27, has been commissioned to create the floral installation at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show next week.
The award-winning florist has created a design that will see 5,000 fresh-cut roses from Meijer Roses and 1,000 preserved rose petals suspended in the air to create a romantic, sensory tunnel.
The floral tunnel design, called Rosa, will be 20 metres long by 10 metres wide and suspended four metres above the ground.
Joseph, who is returning to the Chelsea show for the first time since he achieved five successive RHS Gold Medals and four Best in Show Awards between 2009-2013, said: "I am thrilled to be back at Chelsea – and on a much a larger scale this time around.
"It is a huge honour to be commissioned by the Royal Horticultural Society to create an installation to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th birthday."
Read more at the Liverpool Echo
