Designer Flowers
venues like The Celtic Manor
Resort in Wales and the
Birmingham NEC.
Designer Flowers are an
accredited Hilton supplier to
the Hilton Metropole, Hilton
Waldorf and the London Hilton
on Park Lane, where they are
also their in house florist
company. They service the
hotel and it’s guests on a daily
basis, from their public lobby
areas and Food & Beverage
Outlet’s, to large events in the
hotel’s Grand Ballroom.
D
esigner Flowers is
celebrating their 25th
year as one of the capital’s
leading Floral Event & Party
Design and Lighting
Companies. This includes,
Fresh Flowers, Prop Hire and
Theming, Lighting and of
course Wedding Design. The
Company Directors are a
husband and wife team,
Shirley & Gerard Poyntz.
Upon Shirley’s return to
London, 25 x years ago, she
recognised that there was a
gap in the market for
alternative floral arrangements
with cutting edge design. She
decided that London was
missing out on alternative
contemporary designs, which
she then introduced to the
capital as Designer Flowers,
The Floral Design Company.
It all began when Shirley was
the In-House Florist at the
Sheraton Park Lane Hotel in
London. Having worked in
many of London 5 Star Hotel’s,
she was offered a Managerial
and Head Designer post in the
Island of Bermuda as a florist.
With cutting edge floral design,
she was recruited to open and
launch Bermuda’s newest
bespoke flower studio in the
island’s capital of Hamilton.
Today their Creative Team
specialise in both Corporate &
Bespoke decoration for a
variety of venues and hotels
throughout the UK and London.
This includes The Dorchester
Hotel, The Grosvenor House,
The London Sea Aquarium,
Madame Tussauds, The Natural
History Museum, RIBA, and the
QEII Conference Centre, to
name but a few. They also
travel out of London to many
Designer Flowers cater for both
small boutique size events to
large charity and awards
dinners, catering for a
thousand guests plus. They
regularly design and decorate
prestigious annual events such
as the Business Traveller
Awards, where they supplied
4ft tall Crystal Glass
Candelabra’s, lit in a Midnight
Blue LED light alternated with
low-level Crystal Glass Globes,
in contrasting LED Lighting of
Gold. Along with the
Prestigious AA Awards, this
time they alternated low level
contemporary Funky Fresh
Floral Designs into “Designer
Flowers Silk Display Hire”.
These can also include LED
lighting to enhance the table
centre pieces, still creating that
Wow Factor on arriving at an
event, but at a fraction of the
cost of fresh flowers.
Crystal Glass Globes and Fresh
Flower Globes in their branded
logo colour of purple lighting.
Both of these above events took
place in the Great Room of the
Grosvenor House.
Only each Event had its own
unique design, colour and
branding, so that no two events
looked alike.
If you are on a strict and tight
budget, Designer Flowers have
now created and reproduced
some of its most popular and
Looking for ideas for your next
event or Christmas party.
Designer Flowers was once
again the appointed Florist at
the Square Meal, Venues &
Events Show, which took place
at Old Billingsgate, on the 21st
& 22nd of September. As well
as designing all the Show’s
public areas, Designer Flowers
was also exhibiting down in the
Vaults of Old Billingsgate,
where they had on display a
variety of the above designs
and ideas.
Designer Flowers can be reached on Tel: 020 8961 6844.
E-mail: [email protected]
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