Eurofleurs Results

23 Jul 2010

After three days of intense competing the Hungarian entrant Attila Kiss has won the Eurofleurs 'Young European Florist of the Year' title.

 Atilla Kiss, overall Winner

Twelve of Europe’s finest young florists took centre stage in two days of competitions culminating in the breathtaking finale. The Eurofleurs Competition held in the BFA Marquee at the RHS Tatton Park Flower Show showcased 12 of the best young florists in Europe. The contest went down to the wire, when Attila Kiss won by a tiny 0.01 of a mark, just ahead of Britain’s Joe Massie who had been in the lead until the end of task 4. Thomasz Max Kuczynski, the Polish entry took third place.

Each design was themed around the schedule 'Art at Tatton' and competitors impressed both the judges and visiting public with their inspiring and creative designs. The standard of this years competition was incredible and the competitors all bonded together as if they had known eachother a life time. 

The winners in each category were:

- Task 1 – “One place at Tatton Park”, free expression design: Joe Massie, Great Britain.

- Task 2 – “By the Golden Brook”, hand tied design: Elisabeth Schoenemann of Germany.

- Task 3 – “The Kitchen Garden”, planted design: Attila Kiss of Hungary

- Task 4 – “Marriage in the Mansion”, bridal design: Janneke Roeland of The Netherlands

- Task 5 – “Let’s go Gardening”, surprise design: Atilla Kiss of Hungary

A new award went to Thomasz Kuczynski of Poland who was presented with the award for innovation after creating a stunning bridal bouquet created from Sanseveria spikes.

Please click here to view an interview with the events director at Tatton talking about the competition.

The BFA would like to express it's thanks to all the sponsors that helped to make the event such a big success. Without their generous contributions this event would not have been possible. 

“Supporting the industry” is a slogan that is appropriate for the activities of International Florist Organisation, FLORINT, as well as Smithers-Oasis (OASIS® Floral Products & Floralife® Postharvest Products). FLORINT does this by supporting the national florist organizations in achieving their goals, as well as by organizing international projects and events, like the European competitions in floral design. Smithers-Oasis does this by providing solution-based products, education, design techniques and inspiration for florists and floral designers. Also, many of the European competitions in the past have been sponsored by Smithers-Oasis.

October 2009, at the Hortifair in Amsterdam, both parties signed a 5-year agreement regarding sponsorship of all European competitions, underlining the continuation of Smithers-Oasis’ support of the industry through long-standing partnerships.