On 2013-12-15 21:15:00 +0000, Martin said:

On Sun, 15 Dec 2013 21:00:00 +0000, David Hill
wrote:

On 15/12/2013 18:19, sacha wrote:
On 2013-12-15 15:59:13 +0000, David Hill said:

With it tipping down with rain and a fair wind blowing I thought I'd
repost this link to a really spectacular display
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...therlands.html


David @ a side of Swansea Bay that makes you want to hibernate.

Absolutely fabulous display but the Jersey Battle of Flowers started in
1902. Actually. Not that I'm boasting or anything! ;-)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/jersey/about_je...fflowers.shtml


Some of our family get involved with the Jersey floats and the
Bridgwater ones, so I've forwarded your link to them. They really are
quite stunning.

I thought that the "Battle of flowers" had been terminated, and had in
the last few years used paper flowers as they just don't grow enough to
make the floats.

The local bloemen corso had to import French hyacinths to decorate the floats
this year.

I would think nearly all the flowers used in Jersey are imported. Time
past, it was a very local affair and people used what they found in the
island but once it go bigger and more of a tourist attraction, the
floats got bigger and more ambitikous. A lot of early work is done
with marestails or whatever they're called - those fluffy things that
can be dyed all sorts of different colours. They don't deteriorate so
can be started on weeks before the actual day.
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Sacha
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South Devon
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