Rachel Carlyle says fake flowers have moved on a lot since the 1970s horrors you might have spotted in a funeral director s window. Here, she reveals the best blooms you can order online in the UK.
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Even through a screen on Zoom, Chantal Larocque’s world bursts with colour.
Vibrant blooms surround her – an exuberant palette of fuschia and white and yellow and green. When I ask what she loves about the art and craft of paper flowers, she turns to look at the array of creations over her shoulder.
“Just look at them, at that decor,” she says. “You cannot see that and not react. It’s happy, it’s colourful and it lasts forever.”