Flowers insolita Blog

Julie Ardery of Human Flower Project wrote an interesting article entitled “How to flower a Queen.” Julie writes:

“…We’re just a shade away from expecting Her Majesty to chunk a $20 into the self-serve rose cooler at baggage claim.”

“Here, an attractive bunch of young girls meets Queen Elizabeth as she arrives at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, on May 3. No curtsey, and a melee of stems they picked up at Sam’s Club on the way over. Did anyone offer the Queen a stick of gum?”

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Yeah, I would have to agree with Julie’s analysis. In the picture, Her Majesty does indeed look like frowning at the flowers. These flowers definitely enforce a common British stereotype of we Americans, i.e., people with no taste nor respect. Who is that guy taking a picture of the Queen? I mean, he should show at least some respect to the Queen. She isn’t a Hollywood star; she is a Queen.

These cheap flowers are totally inappropriate for the Queen, the symbolic head of United Kingdom. It’s like serving a burger and fried chicken to Her Majesty; no one would do that… Wait a minute… wasn’t that what they did serve to Queen in the White House? Possible.

Anyway, I kept wondering… From where did the girls get those burger flowers? Sam’s Club? No, I suspect the truth is worse than that; I think they bought the flowers at local florists. The green wax-paper shown in the picture is the kind of material that we retail florists use everyday. Supermarkets don’t.

Did the girls tell the florists that flowers were a gift for Queen? I hope not…